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Friday, May 28, 2010

Swinging for a Milestone

Shelton senior Eric Christensen is three hits shy of tying Matt Memoli’s school record of 108 career hits.
Christensen, a senior who will play at Westfield State next season, has 105 hits entering Saturday's SCC title game against Amity. Memoli, a former standout for the Gaels, who now coaches Newtown, set the record in 2002.

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Video Interview With Shelton's Eric Christensen




Check out the game story from Thursday's semifinals here.

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Friday, May 21, 2010

Friday's Highlights

Coginchaug 1, Morgan 0: Tommy Ryan allowed just three hits, struck out nine and walked one as the Blue Devils blanked the Huskies.

Mike Sbona scored the game’s lone run in the third innning when he doubled and later scored on a wild pitch for Coginchaug.

Derby 11, Ansonia 2: Ryan Skelly had two hits, including a three-run home run, and five RBIs for the Red Raiders.

Lyman Hall 9, Foran 5: Lance Powell had three hits, three runs and two RBIs to lead the Trojans.
Bill Graeb had three hits, two runs and an RBI and Mark Popolizio had two hits and two RBIs for Lyman Hall.

Hamden Hall 8, King 3: Vinny Teixeira picked up the win and went 2-for-5 as the Hornets beat King.
With the win, Hamden Hall advanced to today’s New England Small Schools championship at Salem State College at noon.
Austin French and Mike Cox both homered for Hamden Hall.

North Haven 5, Notre Dame-West Haven 4: Chris LaVorgna picked up the win as the Indians beat the Green Knights. Dave Beisler homered for Notre Dame.

East Haven 6, North Branford 5: Adam Poulin’s base hit in the top of the seventh inning drove in the winning run for the Easties.
Paul Spadacenta added a solo homer for East Haven.

Amity 8, Law 1: Nick Baviello had two hits and two RBIs for the Spartans. Ted Ballou had two hits and two RBIs for Amity.

Shelton 9, Hand 4: Eric Christensen had three hits, three RBIs and two runs to lift the Gaels over the Tigers. Christensen became just second player in school history to record 100 career hits.

Sheehan 8, Guilford 3: Reid Nelson homered and had two RBIs as the Titans knocked off the Indians. TK Kiernan went 3-for-4 with two RBIs for Sheehan.

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Thursday, May 6, 2010

Thursday's Highlights

Shelton 7, Career 5: Trailing 3-2 heading into the seventh, the Gaels scored five runs in the seventh inning to beat the Panthers.
Eric Christensen had two hits and two runs for Shelton.

Law 4, Xavier 3: Jeff Rouse had a solo home run while Brett Michael Doran scored the go-ahead run on a stolen base and overthrow in Law’s victory.
Oliver Hart had a two-run homer for Xavier.

Fairfield Prep 2, Hand 0: Max Freccia allowed just three hits to pick up the win for the Jesuits.

Haddam-Killingworth 8, Portland 1: Andrew Brough had two hits and three RBIs for the Cougars.

Lyman Hall 4, Wilbur Cross 2: P.J. Higgins went 4-for-4 with two RBIs for the Trojans.

O’Brien Tech Sweeps Whitney Tech: The Condors beat the Inventors 9-6 in the opener and followed with a 5-3 victory. Chris Turaj picked up the win in the opener and went 1-for-1 with two RBIs in the nightcap.

Stratford 6, Notre Dame-Fairfield 2: Alex Tyler had three hits and three RBIs in the Red Devils win.

Valley Regional 20, North Branford 5: Tim Mesite went 4-for-5 with a double and two triples for the Warriors.

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Thursday, April 22, 2010

Wednesday's Highlights

Eric Christensen went 5-for-5 with four RBIs to lead Shelton an 11-4 win over Cheshire.
It’s only the third time in the last 12 years that a player has gone 5-for-5 for Shelton. Ryan Zahornasky added two hits and three RBIs and starting pitcher Dan St. George had nine strikeouts for the Gaels.

Axel DeJesus pitched a two-hit shutout and went 4-for-4 at the plate to lead the Red Devils to a 5-0 victory over rival Bunnell.

With one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, Brandon Urzua’s RBI single gave the Chargers a 6-5 win over St. Paul.

Paul Spadacenta had three hits, including a triple, and four RBIs to lead the Easties an 11-3 win over Career. Pitcher Mike Anastasio went six innings and had 10 strikeouts for the Easties.

Brian Salzillo struck out seven, walked just two and earned the win as North Haven beat Foran 5-2.

Luke Miconi had two doubles, a triple and four RBIs to lead the Indians to an 8-0 win over Hillhouse.

David Beisler had three hits, including a home run and double, and Connor Keniry also homered and doubled to lead Notre Dame-West Haven to a 15-3 rout over Hamden.

Brian Dobek score twice and had two RBIs to lift Derby to a 10-6 win over Watertown.

Colin Sledzik had three hits and drove in two runs and Jeff Waterbury two hits and three RBI to pace the Cougars’ 12-1 win over Hyde.

Junior left-hander Dan Duffy earned his first varsity win after striking out seven and walking just one for the Titans in their 4-1 victory over West Haven.

Anthony Aprile and Joe Ciancola each went 2-for-3 in Amity's 15-5 win over Lyman Hall. The Spartans scored 15 runs in the first inning.

Buddy Shea had three hits, three runs and two stolen bases in Branford's 15-1 over Wilbur Cross.

Jeff Tiedemann picked up the win, had three hits and an RBI in Coginchaug's 11-5 win over Hale-Ray.

Mike Cox hit a walk-off homer in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift Hamden Hall to a 4-3 win over Brunswick.

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