Simsbury’s Brady Naspo had one of Post 84’s five hits in Tuesday night’s loss to South Windsor in the American Legion state tournament.
SOUTH WINDSOR, July 29, 2025 – South Windsor got just three hits but it was enough to beat Simsbury, 3-1 and advance to the championship round of the 2025 Connecticut American Legion state tournament Tuesday night with a victory at Rotary Field.
No. 2 seed South Windsor (24-4) will face top seed Waterford on Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m. in the finals at Palmer Field in Middletown. South Windsor needs to win on Wednesday night and again on Thursday night to capture the double-elimination tournament and a berth to the Northeast Regional.
Both programs are seeking their first state American Legion championship. Waterford was swept in a best-of-3 final by Danbury in 2022.
No. 14 Simsbury (12-13) won four state tournament games for the first time since 2015 when they also finished one game shy of the championship round. Post 84 faced South Windsor twice in three days. They dropped a 4-0 decision on Sunday.
On Tuesday night, South Windsor took a 2-0 lead in the third inning. Goulet walked and moved to second base on a sacrifice bunt. With two outs, Logan Sinacola reached on an error and Goulet scored from second base for a 1-0 lead. Lucas Sinacola reached on another error with Logan Sinacola scoring from second base for a 2-0 lead.
Post 84 cut the lead to one in the fifth inning. Will Gills led off with a single to center field and moved to second on a ground ball out. Gills moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on Colby Wilhelm’s RBI single.
South Windsor came right back in the bottom of the fifth. Sean Habeeb earned a lead off walk and stole second base. He moved to third base on a sacrifice fly from Sam Balducci. Habeeb scored on a sacrifice fly from Logan Sinacola for a 3-1 lead.
Simsbury couldn’t convert their opportunities. In the first inning, they loaded the bases with one out. Wilhelm singled and Patrick Matyczyk reached on a fielder’s choice when South Windsor tried to get Wilhelm at second base but failed.
Kyle Anthony was hit by a pitch to load the bases. But South Windsor pitcher Andrew Goulet got Jacob Croteau to pop out to shortstop and Jackson Senecal to pop out to the catch to end the threat.
Simsbury had a two-out rally in the third when Matyczyk and Anthony reached base with a pair of two-out singles. But Goulet got Croteau to ground out to second base to end the inning.
Simsbury’s Zachary Jainchill pitched a complete game, going six innings, allowing three hits and one earned run. He struck out one and walked four.
South Windsor 3, Simsbury 1
At South Windsor
Simsbury (12-13) 000 010 0 — 1-5-2
South Windsor (24-4) 002 010 x — 3-3-0
Zach Jainchill and Jacob Croteau; Andrew Goulet, Bennett Durbois (6) and Justin Dittmar; WP: Goulet; LP: Jainchill; Save: Durbois; 2B: none; 3B: none; HR: none; NOTE: South Windsor advances to state final against Waterford on Wednesday. South Windsor will have to beat Waterford twice to win the title. All eight hits in the game were singles. Colby Wilhelm (Sims) had one RBI.
Double-elimination portion
Saturday, July 26
Waterford 14, Danielson 0
West Hartford 4, Enfield 2
Simsbury 3, RCP (Rocky Hill/Cromwell) 1
South Windsor 3, Ridgefield 1
Sunday, July 27
Enfield 10, Danielson 0, Danielson eliminated
RCP 3, Ridgefield 2, Ridgefield eliminated
Waterford 8, West Hartford 4
South Windsor 4, Simsbury 0
Monday, July 28
Simsbury 11, Enfield 4, Enfield eliminated
West Hartford 4, RCP 3, RCP eliminated
Waterford 4, South Windsor 3
Tuesday, July 29
South Windsor 3, Simsbury 1, Simsbury eliminated
Waterford 6, West Hartford 2, West Hartford eliminated
Wednesday, July 30
Final: South Windsor vs. Waterford , 6:30 p.m., at Palmer Field
Thursday, July 31
If necessary, 6:30 p.m. at Palmer Field
Recent state champions
2024 (double elimination): West Hartford 4, Danbury 2
2023 (best of 3 final): West Hartford 2, Danbury 0
2022 (best of 3 final): Danbury 2, Waterford 0
2021 (single elimination): Avon 4, Wallingford 2
