Sunday, June 21 AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL Zone 1
Torrington 6, Milford 1
Bristol 9, Oakville 4 LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL District 6 Majors Division(ages 11-12) Final: West Hartford 6, East Granby/Granby 0 PRO BASEBALL
Hartford 7, Reading 4
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL Zone 1 standings (as of June 21): Bristol 3-1, Torrington 5-2, Simsbury 3-2, West Hartford 3-2, Berlin 3-2, Farmington 2-4, Oakville 0-5
TRI-STATE BASEBALL League standings (as of June 21): Burlington 8-1, Candlewood 8-3, Wolcott 6-3, Bethlehem 7-4, Canton 6-4, Tri-Town 7-5, Winsted 7-5, Amenia NY 6-6, Waterbury 4-6, Valley Ducks 3-5, CT Sliders 4-8, Torrington 2-9, Naugatuck 1-10
CONNECTICUT COLLEGIATE BASEBALL League standings (as of June 21): Simsbury 8-1, Bridgeport 4-1, Southington 5-3, Gold Star (Groton) 4-3, West Haven 4-3, Danbury 4-4, Silk City 4-5, Meriden 3-4, Waterbury 3-4, Glastonbury 3-5, Western Massachusetts 3-6, Hamden 1-7
PRO BASEBALL Harford 7, Reading 4 At Reading PA
The Yard Goats smashed four home runs and came back to beat the Reading Fightin Phils 7-4 on Sunday evening at FirstEnergy Stadium in Reading, Pennsylvania. Cole Messina, Jimmy Obertop, GJ Hill and Bryant Betancourt all homered helping the Yard Goats close out the first half with a series win, taking four of six games from the Philadelphia Phillies affiliate and improving to 10 games above .500 (39-29) at the conclusion of the first half of the Eastern League season. The Yard Goats, who clinched the first half Northeast Division title and postseason berth, return home to Dunkin’ Park on Tuesday (7:10 PM) to host the Boston Red Sox affiliate, the Portland Sea Dogs.
Saturday, June 20 AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL
Milford 6, Simsbury 4
Farmington 16, Oakville 6
Torrington 11, Trumbull 2 TRI-STATE LEAGUE BASEBALL
Canton 9, Waterbury 5
Tri-Town 16, CT Sliders 3
Bethlehem 9, Amenia NY 0
Winsted 9, Candlewood 5 LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL District 6 Majors Division(ages 11-12) East Granby/Granby 18, Tri-Town 7, Tri-Town eliminated PRO BASEBALL
Reading 3, Hartford 1 PRO SOCCER
Hartford 0, Pittsburgh 0
TRI-STATE BASEBALL Canton 9, Waterbury 5 At Canton
Waterbury 001 400 000 — 5-9-5
Canton (6-4) 301 010 22x — 9-13-3
Mason, Tristian Smith (2), Zack Drewry (6) and Matt Warren; Jim Spirito, Nate Hiscox (7) and Danny Petro; WP: Hiscox; LP: Mason; 2B: Steve Dubois (C); HR: Dane Hassan (W); Of note: Ben Sullivan (C) 3-4, 2 runs scored, 2 RBI, Steve Dubois (C) 2-4, 1 run scored, 3 RBI; Jim Spirito (C) 2-3, 2 RBI. Nine of Canton’s 11hitters had at least one hit. Spirito got the win, pitching six innings, allowing eight hits, striking out two and walking one. Hiscox pitched 3 innings of relief, allowing 1 hit and striking out 1
PRO BASEBALL Reading 3, Hartford 1 At Reading PA
Hartford P Connor Staine pitched into the seventh inning and allowed just three runs but the Yard Goats lost to the Reading Fightin Phils 3-1 on Saturday night at FirstEnergy Stadium. The Yard Goats but were held to just one run on Benny Montgomery’s RBI single. Hartford’s Conner Capel had a pair of hits including a double and Braylen Wimmer extended his hit-streak to 16 consecutive games, the longest active streak in the Eastern League, and tied for the second longest in club history.
PRO SOCCER Hartford 0, Pittsburgh 0 At Hartford
Athletic goalie Antony Siaha made two saves to earn his league-leading seventh shutout of the season as Hartford battled to a 0-0 tie with Pittsburgh in USL Championship action at Trinity Health Stadium. Siaha made a strong save on a long shot in the 52nd minute just before Hartford’s Michee Ngalina had a Grade A try a minute later that came up empty. Ngalina had another prime shot in the 60th minute that was stopped by Pittsburgh goalkeeper Nico Campuzano. Siaha came up big in the 76th minute, blocking a far-sided shot from the visitors to keep the score deadlocked. In the 90th minute, Ngalina had an identical try in close on Campuzano that was denied. Hartford (4-6-2) pitched a shutout for the third consecutive game. Campuazano had four saves for Pittsburgh (6-2-4).
Friday, June 19 AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL
Torrington 7, Simsbury 6
Bristol 6, Berlin 6, game suspended CT COLLEGIATE LEAGUE BASEBALL Glastonbury 10, Simsbury 0 LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL District 6 Majors Division (ages 11-12)
West Hartford 10, Tri-Town 0
East Granby/Granby 14, Simsbury 4, Simsbury eliminated PRO BASKETBALL
Toronto 101, Connecticut 97 PRO BASEBALL
Reading 4, Hartford 2
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL Torrington 7, Simsbury 6 At Torrington (Fuessenich Park)
Simsbury (3-1) 200 300 1 — 6-7-3
Torrington (3-2) 010 501 x — 7-6-1
Ryan Marella, Morales (4) and Mainardi; Santana, Richardson (7) and Dattel; WP: Santana; LP: Morales; Save: Richardson; 2B: Tim Beaulieu (S); 3B: McCoy (T); Of note: Santana (T) 6.2 IP, 6 hits allowed , 3 walks, 8 strikeouts; The P-38s handed Simsbury their first loss of the season, ending the game when Simsbury’s Tim Beaulieu was caught trying to steal home in the bottom of the seventh inning with the bases loaded. With two outs, Simsbury cut the lead to one, 7-6, on John Mascaro’s RBI single to RF. A walk loaded the bases before Beaulieu was thrown out at home.
COLLEGE BASEBALL Glastonbury 10, Simsbury 0 At Glastonbury Records: Simsbury 8-1, Glastonbury 3-5. Of note: The Arrows handed the Sabercats their first loss of the season after eight consecutive wins to open the 2026 CCBL campaign.
Thursday, June 18 AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL Trumbull 11,Farmington 9 Bristol 5, Oakville 2 TRI-STATE LEAGUE BASEBALL Waterbury 6, CT Sliders 1
Torrington 6, Naugatuck 1
Winsted 8, Candlewood 0
Bethlehem 19, Valley Ducks 1 LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL District 6 Major Division tournament
West Hartford 17, Simsbury 6
Tri-Town 9, East Granby/Granby 8 PRO BASEBALL
Hartford 10, Reading 6
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL Trumbull 11, Farmington 9 At Farmington
Trumbull 014 003 3 — 11-9-1
Farmington (1-4) 000 450 0 — 9-12-5
Evan Sauer, Logan Velez (5), J Velez (7) and Landers; Koi Samples, Zac Jainchill (4), Ethan Lavore (6) and Reyan Fawad; WP: J. Velez; LP: Lavore; 2B: Jimmy Walsh (F), Mastri (T); Of note: Farmington erased a 5-0 deficit and led 9-6 before Trumbull scored 6 unanswered runs to close out the game at Tunxis Meade. Logan Velez (T) 2-5, 2 runs scored, 2 RBI; Zac Jainchill (F) 3-4, 2 runs scored, 2 RBI; Reyan Fawad (F) 2-3, 2 run scored; Koi Samples (F) 1-4, 2 RBI
PRO BASEBALL Hartford 10, Reading 6 At Reading PA
Hartford center fielder Conner Capel has hit five home runs in the past two games. Capel hit a pair of two-run home runs on Thursday night to help the Yard Goats beat Reading, 10-6 and close in on an Eastern League playoff berth. Hartford (38-27) leads Somerset (36-30) by 2½ games with three games left in the first half of the season, which ends Sunday. The winner of the first half of the season secures a spot in September’s Eastern League playoffs. Capel hit three home runs and drove 6 RBI on Wednesday against the Phils. On Thursday, he was 3-for-5 with two home runs and 5 RBI. Roc Riggio was 2-for-5 with two RBI and a home run while GJ Hill also hit a homer for Hartford. Reading led 5-4 after six innings but the Yard Goats outscored Reading (28-38) in the final three innings, 6-1.
Wednesday, June 17 AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL Zone 1
Farmington 4, Torrington 3 West Hartford 13, Oakville 5 TRI-STATE LEAGUE BASEBALL
Tri-Town 3, Waterbury 2 PRO BASKETBALL
Washington 88, Connecticut 81 PRO BASEBALL
Hartford 10, Reading 2
Farmington 4, Torrington 3
At Farmington Torrington (2-2) 003 000 0 — 3-3-0
Farmington (1-3) 000 220 x — 4-6-4
Bennett Bayer, Dom Dibecelle (5) and Hunter Conklin; Xzavior Clark, Will Dilella (4) and Reyan Fawad; WP: DiLella; LP: Dibecella; 2B: Dom Dibecelle (T), Justin Dattel (T), Jack Richardson (T), Michael Prisco (F), Reyan Fawad (F); Of note: The new Farmington American Legion squad won their first game, erasing a three-run deficit. Two runs scored in the fifth inning on Nik Meltser’s two-run single to CF. Anthony Zappone had a two-out, two-run single to LF in the fourth inning for Farmington (1-3). The Farmington squad has Avon and Farmington players from Farmington High, Avon High, Westminister, Loomis Chaffee and Avon Old Farms. It is the first team from Farmington since Unionville Legion fielded a team in 2003. Avon last fielded a Legion team in 2021 when they won the state Legion championship.
TRI-STATE BASEBALL Tri-Town 3, Waterbury 2
At Litchfield
Of note: Russ Sears’ RBI single in the bottom of the seventh lifted Tri-Town to a 3-2 victory at Community Field. P Miles Scribner earned the win for Tri-Town, giving up eight hits, striking out six and walking none. Waterbury’s Spencer Fox went 6.1 innings, allowed four hits and struck out 13. A RBI single from Anthony Foley gave Tri-Town a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Waterbury tied the game at 2-2 in the top of the sixth inning on a fielder’s choice.
PRO BASKETBALL Washington 88, Connecticut 81 At Uncasville
Washington’s Sonia Citron scored a game-high 26 points, including nine points in the final 2:25, as the Mystics won for the second time in three games with a 88-81 win over the Connecticut Sun on Wednesday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena.
PRO BASEBALL Hartford 10, Reading 2 At Reading PA
Hartford’s Conner Capel hit three home runs and drove in six runs as the Yard Goats beat Reading, 10-2 at FirstEnergy Stadium on Tuesday night. The win cuts the magic number for Hartford to clinch the Eastern League’s Northeast Division title to three with four games remaining in the first half of the season, which ends on Sunday. Hartford (37-27) has a 1½ game lead over Yankees affiliate Somerset (36-29). Capel tied a franchise record for home runs (3) and RBI (6) in a single game while leading Hartford to their 10th win in the last 12 games. Capel is just the third Yard Goats player with three HR in a single game and the first to do it since 2023. Yard Goats pitchers Jack Mahoney, Fidel Ulloa, Austin Smith and Cade Denton held the Fightins to just two runs. Hartford’s Braylen Wimmer extended his hit-streak to 14 games with an RBI single in the third inning. Hartford scored four runs in the fourth inning, highlighted by a two-run homer by Capel and an RBI double by Cole Messina. Capel smashed a three-run homer in the ninth inning.
Tuesday, June 16 TRACK and FIELD CIAC decathlon and hepthalon AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL
Simsbury 7, West Hartford 5
Torrington 6, Oakville 3 TRI-STATE LEAGUE BASEBALL
Candlewood 9, Canton 7 (8)
Tri-Town 11, Valley Ducks 0 CT Sliders 9, Amenia 7
Burlington 16, Torrington 1 CT COLLEGIATE LEAGUE BASEBALL Simsbury 10, Gold Star (Groton) 1 PRO BASEBALL
Hartford 6, Reading 5
TRI-STATE BASEBALL
Candlewood 9, Canton 7 (8)
At Canton
Candlewood (8-1) 002 400 12 — 9-9-3
Canton (5-4) 111 004 00 — 7-9-4
Aidan Hefele, Angelo Centrone (6), Braydon Stellato (6) and Tommy Keough; Jake Bryant, Angel Christiano (5) and Danny Petro; WP: Stellato; LP: Christiano (3-2); 2B: Braydon Stellato (Candle), JJ Coniglio (Candle), Tommy Keough (Candle). Ben Sullivan (Canton) 2, Jeff Mulhall (Canton); Of note: Candlewood scores 1 in seventh to force extra innings and 2 in eighth to win; Ben Sullivan (Canton) 2-4, Jeff Mulhall (Canton 2-4, RBI, Jack Rose (Canton) 2-4, RBI, Petro (Canton) 2-4, 2 RBI; With two outs and runners on second and third, Stellato doubles to CF in 8th for two runs for the visiting Kraken. In seventh, Keough reaches with a double and moves to third on an error. He scored on a ground ball out to tie the game at 7-7.
Burlington 16, Torrington 1
At Torrington
Burlington (8-1) 112 623 1 — 16-12-1
Torrington (1-9) 000 001 0 — 1-2-4
Unavailable, unavailable (6), Tim Krol (7) and Ty Morin; Kyle Meholik, Dylan Gagnon (3), Eli Wall (5), Kyle Green (7) and Kyle Gordon; WP: unavailable; LP: Meholik; 2B: Taylor Donofrio (B); 3B: Robert Anton (T); Of note: Three Burlington pitchers limited Torrington to two hits and struck out 17; Taylor Donofrio (B) 5-5, 2 runs scored, 3 RBI, double; Josue Lopez (B) 2-4, 1 run scored, 2 RBI; Andrew Bunger (B) 1-3, 1 run scored, 2 RBI. Burlington is tied for first place in the league with New Milford-based Candlewood Kraken.
Tri-Town 11, Valley Ducks 0
At Litchfield
Valley Ducks (2-4) 000 000 0 – 0-3-2
Tri-Town (5-5) 003 080 x — 11-11-0
Bouchard, Spadolino (5), Caouette (6) and Mentone; Bobby Chatfield, J McNeils (7) and M Wilson; WP: Chatfield; LP: Bouchard; 2B: Jon McNeils (T); Of note: M Wilson (T) 2-3, 1 run scored, 3 RBI; McNeils (T) 2-3, 1 RBI, Austin Patenaude (T) 2-4
CT COLLEGIATE BASEBALL Simsbury 10, Gold Star 1 At Simsbury
Gold Star (4-2) 001 000 0 — 1-4-2
Simsbury (8-0) 400 501 x — 10-7-3
Morales, Kempesta (2), Reescherl (6) and unavailable; Clark Churchill, Jacob Gagnon (7) and unavailable; WP: Churchill; LP:Morales; 2B: Benny White (S), Johnson (G); Of note: William Winiarski (S) was 2-for-3 with 3 RBI. Jimmy Walsh (S) drove in two runs; Clark Churchill (S) 6 IP, 3 hits allowed, 6 strikeouts, no walks, Benny White (S) 3 stolen bases. Simsbury is off to 8-0 start and holds first place in the CCBL
PRO BASEBALL Hartford 6, Reading 5 At Reading, PA
Aiden Longwell cranked a go-ahead three-run home run and relievers Stu Flesland III, Carlos Torres, and Andrew Baker fired 7.1 solid innings as the Yard Goats defeated the Reading Fightin Phils 6-5 on Tuesday night at FirstEnergy Stadium in Reading, Pennsylvania. The win combined with Somerset’s loss in Portland lowered Hartford’s magic number to clinch the Eastern League’s Northeast Division to four with five games remaining in the first half race which ends Sunday. The Yard Goats trailed 3-0 before scoring four times in the fourth inning, highlighted by Longwell’s 10th homer of the season. Hartford’s bullpen allowed just two runs in 7.1 innings of work. Roc Riggio had three hits, including two doubles, a triple and drove in two runs. The Yard Goats are trying to reach the playoffs for the second time in three years.
Monday, June 15 TRACK and FIELD CIAC decathlon and hepthalon AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL
Simsbury 15, Oakville 2 (5)
Berlin 9, Bristol 3 TRI-STATE LEAGUE BASEBALL
Candlewood 11, CT Sliders 1 (5) CT COLLEGIATE LEAGUE BASEBALL
Simsbury 7, Meriden 2
AMERICAN LEGION Simsbury 15, Oakville 2 (5) At Simsbury
Simsbury (2-0) 280 14 — 15-11-3
Oakville (0-1) 220 00 — 4-1-5
Will Vincent, Jay Morales (5) and Gabe Mainardi; Alex Cronk, Mason Whitlock(2), Vance (5) and Sirica; WP: Vincent; LP: Cronk; 2B: Morales (S), Tim Beaulieu (S); Of note: Vincent (S) 4 IP. 1 hit allowed 7 strikeouts, 6 walks; John Mascaro (S) 2-4, 2 runs scored, 2 RBI; Mainardi (S) 2-4, 2 runs scored, 3 RBI. Wyatt Bernabucci (S) 1-2, 3 runs scored, 2 RBI
TRI-STATE BASEBALL Candlewood 11, CT Sliders 1 (5) At New Milford
Sliders (3-6) 010 00 — 1-3-0
Candlewood (7-1) 034 31 — 11-9-2
Coniglio and Prahach; pitching battery not available; 2B: Prahach (C) 2, Stellao (C), Reid (C), Coniglio (C); Of note: With the win, Candlewood (7-1) moved into a first place tie with Burlington. Coniglio 5 IP, 3 hits allowed, 3 strikeouts, 1 walk
CT COLLEGIATE BASEBALL
Simsbury 7, Meriden 2
At Simsbury
Records: Simsbury 7-0, Meriden 2-3. Of note: Simsbury remained undefeated on Monday night with a Connecticut Collegiate Baseball League victory at Memorial Field.
Gerry deSimas, Jr., is the editor and founder of The Collinsville Press. He is an award-winning writer and has been covering sports in Connecticut and New England for more than 40 years. He was inducted into the Connecticut Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2025 and the New England High School Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2018.
