Will Boone was 2-for-3 with three RBI to lead the Avon American Legion baseball team to a 10-3 win over Winsted Monday night.
AVON, July 16 – The Avon American Legion completed their most successful Zone 1 campaign with a 10-3 victory over Winsted to close out the regular season Monday night at Buckingham Field.
Avon had 10 hits and three Post 201 pitchers combined to strike out eight Winsted hitters to finish the Zone 1 campaign with a 16-2 record and capture their third straight Zone 1 championship. It’s the best Zone 1 winning percentage (.888) in team history. Avon won 20 of 24 Zone 1 games in 2013 for a .833 winning percentage.
Will Boone was 2-for-3 with three RBI to lead Avon (17-4-1, 16-2 Zone 1) while Chris Jacobs was 2-for-3 with a single and a double. Catcher Jeremy Zarwanski was 2-for-5 with one RBI with Ryan Ollestad getting one hit and driving in two runs. Avon took advantage of 10 walks from five Winsted pitchers.
Avon pitcher Connor Harris (8-1) pitched four innings, gave up four hits and struck out five to earn the victory – his eighth of the season. Jake Coppen pitched two innings and Chris Jacobs pitched one inning to close out the contest.
Post 201 took a commanding 6-0 in the first inning thanks to a RBI single from Zarwanski, a two-RBI single from Boone, a RBI single from Ollestad and a Winsted error.
Avon plays an exhibition game on Tuesday when they host an AAU team called the Connecticut Hammerheads at 5:30 p.m. at Buckingham Field.
Avon makes their tenth consecutive state tournament appearance beginning Saturday at Buckingham when they host the No. 4 team from Zone 8. They will play another game on Sunday in the double elimination Group A. Avon won nine of their final Zone 1 contests.
Avon 10, Winsted 3
At Avon
Winsted (11-8) 000 201 0 – 3-6-1
Avon (17-4-1) 601 201 x – 10-10-2
Jayson Redar, Zachary West (2), Kyle Matthews (4), Vinny Tancreti (5), Sam Foley (6) and Kevin Sullivan; Connor Harris, Jake Coppen (5), Chris Jacobs (7) and Jeremy Zarwanski; WP: Harris (8-1); LP: Redar; 2B: Jacobs (A)
| 2018 Zone 1 standings | ||
| Team | Zone | Overall |
| xy-Avon | 16-2 | 17-4-1 |
| y-Bristol | 12-5 | 16-5-1 |
| y-Winsted | 11-7 | 11-8 |
| y-Simsbury | 10-7 | 14-8-1 |
| Wolcott | 4-12 | 4-12 |
| Plainville | 4-14 | 4-14 |
| Torrington | 3-13 | 3-13 |
| x-won Zone 1 championship y-qualified for state tournament |
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| Sunday’s games Simsbury 4-7, Bristol 1-9 |
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| Monday’s games Avon 10, Winsted 3 Bristol 12, Plainville 0 Wolcott 5, Torrington 1 |
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| Tuesday, July 17 Simsbury at Wolcott Torrington at Bristol CT Hammerheads (AAU) at Avon, 5:30 p.m. |
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| Thursday, July 18 Stratford at Bristol |
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| Saturday, July 21 State tournament TBA at Avon TBA at Bristol Winsted at TBA Simsbury at TBA |
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| Sunday, July 22 State tournament Avon vs. TBA Bristol vs. TBA Winsted vs. TBA Simsbury vs.TBA |
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