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Canton is No. 3 seed in Sunday’s season-ending CTWSL tournament

Softball graphicCANTON, July 29 – Canton will hit the diamond Sunday for the season-ending tournament in the Connecticut Women’s Softball League at Vernon Middle School. Canton is seeded No. 3 in the seven-team tournament.

Canton (9-3) finished the season with a pair of forfeit victories over the CT Tides of Durham last weekend. It was the second time this season that Canton picked up a pair of forfeit victories. They also had two forfeit wins over Rocky Hill in June when the team folded.

Canton faces Windsor (4-10) on Sunday at 12:15 p.m. with the winner advancing to the championship semifinal. Canton swept a pair of game from Windsor earlier in July, 6-1 and 16-4.

Canton has won four of the last five CTWSL tournaments. They won four straight championships from 2011-14.

2016 CTWSL Tournament
At Vernon
Game 1: (4) CT Tides vs. (5) West Hartford, 10 a.m., field 2
Game 2: (2) CT Bombers vs. (7) Thomaston, 10 a.m., field 1
Game 3: (3) Canton vs. (6) Windsor, 12:15 p.m., field 3
Game 4: (1) CT Mirage vs. winner game 1, 12:15 p.m., field 2 (Gold bracket semifinal)
Game 5: Loser game 1 vs. loser game 2, 12:15 p.m., field 1 (Silver bracket semifinal)
Game 6: Winner game 3 vs. winner game 2, 2:30 p.m., field 2 (Gold bracket semifinal)
Game 7: Loser game 3 vs. loser game 4, 2:30 p.m., field 1 (Silver bracket semifinal)
Game 8: Winner game 4 vs. winner game 6, 4:45 p.m., field 2 (Gold bracket final)
Game 9: Winner game 5 vs. winner game 7, 4:45 p.m., field 1 (Silver bracket final)

Field 1: Vernon Middle School, lower field
Field 2: Vernon Middle School, upper north volunteer field
Field 3: Vernon Middle School, upper south volunteer field

Final league standings 2016
CT Mirage (Suffield)                     13-0
CT Bombers (Mansfield)               9-5
Canton                                          9-3
CT Tides (Durham)                       8-4
West Hartford                                5-8
Windsor                                         4-10
Thomaston                                    3-9
Rocky Hill                                      0-12
Wednesday, July 20
CT Bombers 8, Windsor Angels 3 

Sunday, July 24
CT Mirage 18, Windsor Angels 2
CT Mirage 10, Windsor Angels 0
CT Bombers 2, West Hartford 1
CT Bombers 7, Thomaston 0 (forfeits)
CT Bombers 7, Thomaston 0
Canton 7, CT Tides 0 (forfeits)
Canton 7, CT Tides 0
West Hartford 7, Rocky Hill 0 (forfeits)
West Hartford 7, Rocky Hill 0

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