Sunday, June 14 TRI-STATE BASEBALL
Canton 20, Naugatuck 7
Bethlehem 6, Waterbury 0
Winsted 4, Amenia NY 1
Burlington 19, CT Sliders 2 AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL
West Hartford 21, Ansonia 3
Milford 4, Berlin 3
Trumbull 4, Torrington 1 PRO BASEBALL
Hartford 7, New Hampshire 6
TRI-STATE BASEBALL League standings: Burlington 7-1, Candlewood 6-1,Wolcott 6-3, Canton 5-3, Amenia NY 6-4, Bethlehem 5-4, Winsted 5-5, Tri-Town 4-5, Waterbury 3-4, Valley Ducks 2-3, CT Sliders 3-5, Torrington 1-8, Naugatuck 1-8
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL Zone 1 standings: Bristol 1-0, Simsbury 1-0, West Hartford 2-1, Torrington 1-1, Berlin 1-2, Oakville 0-0, Farmington 0-3
CONNECTICUT COLLEGIATE BASEBALL LEAGUE League standings: Simsbury 6-0, Bridgeport 1-0, Gold Star (Groton) 4-1, Danbury 3-2, Southington 3-2, Meriden 2-2, West Haven 1-1, Western Mass. 2-4, Silk City 2-4, Waterbury 1-3, Glastonbury 1-4, Hamden 0-3
PRO BASEBALL New Hampshire 7, Hartford 6 At Hartford
The Yard Goats fell to the New Hampshire Fisher Cats 7-6 in front of 6,872 fans on Sunday afternoon in Dunkin’ Park. Somerset (35-28) defeated Binghamton to pull within a half game of the first place Yard Goats (35-27) with six games remaining in the first half. A playoff berth goes to the Northeast Division champion when the first half of the season ends on June 21. Hartford’s Aidan Longwell continued his hot streak with a solo home run, his second straight game going deep, while Roc Riggio added a towering solo blast to center field. Zack Kokoska contributed an RBI triple. Hartford’s Dyan Jorge sparked the offense by reaching base, stealing second, and scoring the game-tying run in the seventh inning. Hartford erased deficits twice and held leads in the middle innings, but New Hampshire plated the go-ahead run in the eighth. The Yard Goats begin a crucial six-game series in Reading Pennsylvania on Tuesday.
Saturday, June 13
TRACK and FIELD New England Championships at Noble HS (Maine) AMERICAN LEGION
Berlin 4, Farmington 2 Simsbury 6, Trumbull 2
Bristol 4, Tri-County 3
Bristol vs. Oakville, ppd. rain
Torrington 13, Ansonia 3 TRI-STATE BASEBALL
Waterbury 17, Amenia NY 2
Candlewood 6, Tri-Town 0
Wolcott 19, Torrington 1 PRO BASKETBALL
Indiana 85, Connecticut 75 PRO BASEBALL
Hartford 7, New Hampshire 2 PRO SOCCER
Hartford 1, Tampa Bay 0
PRO BASEBALL Hartford 7, New Hampshire 2 At Hartford
Braylen Wimmer drove in four runs, Aidan Longwell crushed a three-run home run, and pitchers Jake Brooks, Carlos Torres and Fidel Ulloa were solid on the mound as the Hartford Yard Goats defeated the New Hampshire Fisher Cats 7-2 in front of 7,005 fans on Saturday night at Dunkin’ Park. The game was tied 2-2 heading to the bottom of the eighth before an RBI-double from Braylen Wimmer and Longwell’s homer capped a five-run eighth and gave the Yard Goats a 7-2 lead. Yard Goats starter Jake Brooks allowed two runs over six strong innings to help Hartford win their third straight and fifth game of the series. The Yard Goats remain in first place of the Eastern League Northeast Division with seven games remaining in the first half.
PRO SOCCER Hartford 1, Tampa Bay 0 At Tampa Bay
Hartford Athletic handed Tampa Bay Rowdies their first loss of the season as a first-half tally by Sebastian Anderson and Antony Siaha’s sixth clean sheet of the season helped maintain a 1-0 win in USL Championship action on Saturday night. Defense was paramount in the second half as Tampa Bay (8-1-4) fired 11 total attempts towards Siaha with four being blocked and another two being saved by the goalkeeper. The 28-year-old’s best save of the half came on a goal-line try in the 88th minute, keeping the score locked at 1-0. Siaha finished the night with five saves while Tampa Bay owned advantages in both corner kicks (15-1) and shot attempts (27-9). Hartford is 4-2-5 on the year.
Friday, June 12 BOYS GOLF (spring)
State Open championships GIRLS GOLF
State Open championships PRO BASEBALL
Hartford 11, New Hampshire 1 WOMEN’S SOCCER
Hartford 1, Vermont Green FC 1
BOYS GOLF (spring) State Open At Uncasville Overall (top 10): Logan Wells, North Haven,68 at Mohegan Sun Golf Club, par 71 (5 birdies) and Avery Phillips, Bristol Central 68 (four birdies), 3. Ryan Glen, Xavier, 70, 4. Jonah Scheckwitz, Old Lyme 71, 5. Henry Barry, East Catholic 72, 6. Brody Burns, Notre Dame-WH 73, Brady Margelony, Ellington 73, Wilson Ouimet, EO Smith 73, 9. Bobby Shaw, Guilford 74 and James Sagnella, North Haven 74 Other area golfers: 37. James Slavin, Canton, 83, 42. Myles Pisati, East Granby 87
GIRLS GOLF State Open At Uncasville Overall (top 10): Caroline Goderre, NFA, 72 at Mohegan Sun Golf Club, par 71 (4 birdies), 2. Ella Michaud, Berlin 79, Chloe Cui, New Canaan 79; 4. Millie Gobleck, Hand, 80, 5. Sakura Downing, Wheeler 81, Olivia Hoagland, Norwich Tech 80, 7. Layla Drago, Brookfield, 83, 8. Elyse Mazuronis, Farmington 84, Lily Simons 84, Adrian Lupo, Masuk 84 Other area golfers: 11. Abby Esposito, Farmington 85, 15. Eleni Xifaras, Farmington 89
PRO BASEBALL Hartford 11, New Hampshire 1 At Hartford
The Yard Goats defeated the Toronto Blue Jays Double-A affiliate, the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, 11-1 in front of 6,715 fans on Friday night at Dunkin’ Park. Bryant Betancourt blasted his 12th home run of the season and went 4-4, while right-hander Jackson Cox impressed in his Double-A debut. Cox struck out eight batters over 5.1 scoreless innings, allowing just three hits and three walks. Hartford’s offense broke the game open with its biggest offensive inning of the season in the fourth, scoring eight runs on six hits while drawing two walks en route to its seventh win in nine games and improving to 4-1 on the homestand. The Yard Goats (34-26) are in first place in the Eastern League’s Northeast Division by 1.5 games over Somerset (30-29) with eight games remaining in the first half.
WOMEN’S SOCCER Hartford 1, Vermont Green 1 At Burlington, Vt.
Hartford’s Diana Baffor scored her second goal in two matches but Hartford Athletic battled to a 1-1 ties with Vermont Green FC in United Soccer W League Northeast Division action on Friday night. Baffor scored in the seventh minute and Vermont tied the game in the 34th minute on a goal from Emily Mara. Both teams are 3-0-3 in the Northeast Division.
Thursday, June 11
AMERICAN LEGION Zone 1: Bristol 11, Farmington 0 (5) TRI-STATE BASEBALL
Canton 8, CT Sliders 3
Tri-Town 10, Burlington 3
Wolcott 8, Bethlehem 2
Valley Ducks at Waterbury (Municipal), ppd., rain
Naugatuck at Candlewood, ppd., rain PRO BASEBALL
Hartford 5, New Hampshire 3
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL Bristol 11, Farmington 0 At Farmington
Bristol (1-0) 400 34 — 11-7-1
Farmington (0-2) 000 00 — 0-1-3
Harrison Riker and Luke Colfer; Ryan Fitting, Grant Kintner (5) and Gavin Bonini; WP: Riker; LP: Fitting; 2B: J Finke (B); Of note: Riker (B) gave up 1 hit, struck out 5 and walked two in 5 IP. Jack Erickson (B) 2-3, 2 runs scored, 4 RBI; Finke (B) 1-2, 2 runs scored, 2 RBI; Juan Bisono (F) had a single for Farmington with one out in the first inning.
TRI-STATE BASEBALL
Canton 8, CT Sliders 3 At Waterbury
Canton (4-3) 100 020 5 — 8-13-1
CT Sliders (3-4) 000 020 1 — 3-5-3
Jake Bryant and Danny Petro; Ian Glover, Marino (6), Dabratz (7) and danny Rodriguez; WP: Bryant (1-0); LP: Glover; 2B: Marino (S), Ben Sullivan (C); Of note: Bryant (C) 7 IP, 5 hits allowed, 2 walks, 8 strikeouts; Ben Sullivan, Jack Rose, Steve Dubois, Angel Christiano each had 2 hits for Canton. Jackson Senegal and Christiano drove in 2 runs.
Tri-Town 10, Burlington 3 At Burlington Records: Burlington 6-1, Tri-Town 4-4. Of note: Miles Wilson was 3-for-4 as Tri-Town handed Burlington their first loss of the season. Tri-Town scored six runs in the fifth inning to pull ahead. Austin Patenaude had a double for Tri-Town, who got a strong pitching performance Miles Scribner. Chad Lavalle had a 2-run HR for Burlington in the sixth. Tri-Town outhit Burlington, 14-9. Jacob Paschetto and Tim Krol had two hits for Burlington.
Wolcott 8, Bethlehem 2 At Bethlehem Records: Wolcott 5-2, Bethlehem 4-4. Of note: The defending champion Plowboys dropped to .500 with a loss to Wolcott.
PRO BASEBALL Hartford 5, New Hampshire 3 At Hartford
Hartford pitcher Jack Mahoney struck out 10 and allowed just one hit over five scoreless innings to lead the Yard Goats to a 5-3 Eastern League win over New Hampshire Fisher Cats on Thursday night at Dunkin’ Park. The win enabled Hartford (33-26) to maintain their hold on first place in the Northeast Division with nine games remaining in the first half of the season. The winner of the first half secures a berth in the Eastern League playoffs in September. The Yard Goats have a half game lead over Somerset (33-27) and a 2.5 game lead over New Hampshire (30-28). New Hampshire right-hander Jake Bloss made an appearance as he works back from Tommy John surgery. Bloss struck out six batters over 3.1 innings but allowed three runs on four hits and walked two. Yard Goats tonight had five stolen bases, two from Jorge and two from Cole Messina. At the plate, Jorge paced the Hartford offense with three hits, while Zach Kokoska provided the big swing with a two-run home run as the Yard Goats secured the victory. Mahoney improved to 3-0 on the year.
Wednesday, June 10 AMERICAN LEGION Zone 1
Milford 3, Berlin 1 CT COLLEGIATE BASEBALL Simsbury 6, Hamden 2
PRO BASKETBALL
Toronto 106, Connecticut 102, OT PRO BASEBALL
Hartford 4, New Hampshire 3
New Hampshire 7, Hartford 5
CT COLLEGIATE LEAGUE BASEBALL
Simsbury 6, Hamden 2 At Hamden
Simsbury (6-0) 104 010 0 — 6-10-0
Hamden (0-3) 110 000 0 — 2-7-2
Dyland Ellison, M Mangini (7) and Luca Faulkner; David Antonetti, Nolan Wusterbarth (6), Lucas Davis (7) and unavailable; WP: Antonetti; LP: Ellison; 2B: Evin Curtiss (S) 2, Matt Santoro (S); Of note: Three Simsbury pitchers combine to strike out 7 and walk 8 in the victory. Evin Curtiss (S) 3-3, 2 runs scored, 2 RBI. The Sabercats won their sixth straight to open the season and are one of two undefeated teams left in the CCBL. CCBL standings: Simsbury 6-0, Bridgeport 1-0, Danbury 3-1, Gold Star 3-1, Southington 2-1, West Haven 1-1, Western Mass. 1-2, Silk City 2-4, Meriden 1-2, Glastonbury 1-4, Waterbury 0-2, Hamden 0-3
PRO BASEBALL Hartford 4-5, New Hampshire 3-7 At Hartford
Benny Montgomery smashed go-ahead two run double in the sixth inning helping the Yard Goats defeat the New Hampshire Fisher Cats 4-3 in game one of the doubleheader on Wednesday night at Dunkin’ Park. Hartford starter, Konnor Eaton, pitched 6.1 innings allowing three runs on two hits with six strikeouts to earn his fourth win. The victory ensured the Yard Goats first place in the division with less than two weeks remaining in the first half. In game two, the Yard Goats were unable to overcome an early deficit and fell to the Fisher Cats, 7-5. New Hampshire jumped out to a four-run lead in the opening inning on RBI hits from Jay Harry and Victor Arias, then added three more runs over the next four innings to build a 7-3 advantage. Hartford battled back behind a three-RBI performance from Cole Messina, cutting the deficit to two runs in the sixth inning.
PRO BASKETBALL Toronto 106, Connecticut 102, OT
Tuesday, June 9 GIRLS LACROSSE Class L semifinals
Simsbury 14, Masuk 6
Cheshire 13, Guilford 11 Class S semifinals
Lauralton Hall 15, Granby Memorial 9
Somers 8, East Catholic 7 BOYS VOLLEYBALL Class M semifinals Maloney 3, Hall 0 (25-17, 25-21, 25-23)
New Canaan 3, Farmington 0 (25-20, 25-20, 33-31) AMERICAN LEGION
Zone 1
West Hartford 6, Farmington 1 CT COLLEGIATE BASEBALL Simsbury 9, Western Massachusetts 0 TRI-STATE BASEBALL
Winsted 6, Torrington 4
Canton 2, Wolcott 1 PRO BASEBALL
Hartford 4, New Hampshire 3 (10) WOMEN’S SOCCER
Hartford Athletic 4, AC Connecticut 0
AMERICAN LEGION
West Hartford 6, Farmington 1
At Farmington
West Hartford (1-0) 003 200 1 — 6-6-1
Farmington (0-1) 100 000 0 — 1-4-1
Sean Kavanagh, Sam Weiss (5), Kyle Rueckert (7) and Aiden Strong; Will DiLella, Zac Jainchill (4), Ryan Fitting (6), Michael Prisco (7) and Reyan Fawad; WP: Kavanagh (1-0); LP: DiLella (0-1); 2B: Michael Prisco (F); Of note: Prisco had a double for Farmington in their season opener against Zone 1 rival West Hartford at Tunxis Meade. Reyan Fawad, Zac Jainchill and AJ Zappone had singles for Farmington, which includes players from FHS and Avon. Declan Farley was 3-for-4 for West Hartford with Evan Schuyler and B FIscher each driving in two runs.
TRI-STATE BASEBALL
Canton 2, Wolcott 1
At Canton
Wolcott (4-4) 000 001 0 — 1-6-0
Canton (4-3) 000 200 x — 2-4-2
Ben Bianchi, Lawlor (6) and J Dunne; Angel Christiano, Jake Bryant (7) and Danny Petro; WP: Christiano; LP: Bianchi; Save: Bryant; 2B: Bryant (C); Of note: Christiano allowed six hits and struck out 5 in 6 innings of work. With one out in the fourth, Jackson Senecal singled but he was thrown out at second on a fielder’s choice. With two out and Mike Sullivan on first base, Sullivan moved to second on a passed ball and to third on a single from D Fernandes. A two-run double from Jake Bryant gave Canton a 2-0 lead.
Winsted 6, Torrington 4
At Torrington
Winsted (5-5) 031 020 0 — 6-7-3
Torrington (1-8) 300 010 0 — 4-7-0
Peter Greenwood, J Torres (6) and C Warner; Angel Santana, Kyle Meholik (5), Eli Wall (6) and Kyle Gordon, Justin Dattel (6); WP: Greenwood; LP: Meholik; 2B: John Garcia (T), Robert Anton (T), Adam Tedesco (W), Torres (W), Cummings (W); Of note: Winsted pitchers combined to strike out 10 and allow 7 hits. Tedesco (W) 2-3, 2 runs scored
CT COLLEGIATE LEAGUE BASEBALL Simsbury 5, Western Massachusetts 0 At Wilbraham, Mass.
Simsbury (5-0) 021 110 4 — 9-9-1
WMass (1-2) 000 000 0 — 0-0-5
Ryan Micari, Kieran Beman (5), Lucas Davis (6) and Tyler Redden; Stogner, Costello (4), West (6) and J Smith; WP: Micari; LP: Stogner; 2B: Chase Beloin (S), Redden (S); Of note: Three Simsbury pitchers combined to pitch a no-hitter, walking four and striking out 10. Micari struck out 7 in four innings of work. Redden (S) was 2-for-4 with 2 RBI. The Sabercats roster features six players from Suffield and West Hartford along with players from Avon (2), Simsbury (2), Burlington (2), Farmington (3), East Granby (1) and Canton (1).
PRO BASEBALL Hartford 4, New Hampshire 3 (10) At Hartford
The Hartford Yard Goats took down the New Hampshire Fisher Cats 4-3 in 10 innings in front of 6,780 fans on Tuesday night in Dunkin’ Park to keep their first-place spot in the Northeast Division. Bryant Betancourt blasted a game-tying three-run home run with two outs in the ninth inning, and Dyan Jorge won the game on a wild pitch by Yondrei Rojas in the tenth inning. The Yard Goats (31-25) did not have their first hit until the seventh inning, a Braylen Wimmer lead-off single, extending his hitting streak to 10 straight games. Hartford leads Somerset by a game and the Fisher Cats (29-26) by a one and half games.
WOMEN’S SOCCER Hartford Athletic 4, AC Connecticut 0 At Waterbury
Alex Ackerman and Mya Johnson each had a goal and an assist as Hartford Athletic (3-0-2) earned a W League victory over AC Connecticut (0-5-1) on Tuesday night. Rebeca Frisk and Jocyline Koffi also had goals for Hartford, who led 2-0 at halftime.
Monday, June 8 BOYS GOLF Division III championship: East Catholic 313, Coventry 318, Canton 332 GIRLS GOLF Division II championship: Berlin 351, Masuk 356, Brookfield 365 PRO BASKETBALL
New York 89, Connecticut 80
BOYS GOLF
CIAC Division III boys golf championship
At Ellington
Team results – 1. East Catholic 313, 2. Coventry 318, 3. Canton 332, 4. Haddam-Killingworth 334, 5. Lyme-Old Lyme 335, 6. Wheeler 341, 7. Oxford 345, 8. East Hampton 349, 9. Old Saybrook and Cromwell 351. Other teams: 11. East Granby 353 Individuals (top 10): Charles Hathaway, East Catholic, 70 at Ellington Ridge CC, par 72, 2. Myles Pisati, East Granby, 75, 3. Gavin McNally, Coventry 76, Jonah Scheckwitz, Old Lyme 76, Jaxon Davis, Wheeler 76; 6. Anthony Landry, Oxford 77, Shane Leadbetter, Canton77, 8. Henry Barry, East Catholic 78, Braylon Rodriguez, Haddam-Killingworth 78, 10. Ryan Lambert, Cromwell 79 Other Canton golfers: 11. Brayden Keefe 80, 31. Jackson Rueckert 86; 46. James Slavin 89, 51. Drew Leadbetter 90 Of note: Hathaway had four birdies, including three on the back nine
GIRLS GOLF
CIAC Division II championships|
At Trumbull
Team results (top 10): Berlin 351, 2. Masuk 356, 3. Brookfield 365, 4. Weston 383, 5. Hand 387, 6. Wethersfield 390, 7. Joel Barlow 395, 8. St. Joseph 396, 9. Immaculate 402, 10. Woodstock Academy 404 Individuals (top 10):Millie Gobleck, Hand and Adriana Lupo, Masuk, 79 at Tashua Knolls GC, par 72; 3. Abbey Andros, Berlin and Layla Drago, Brookfield 81; 5. Ella Michaud, Berlin 82, 6. Eileen Bossio, St. Joseph 87, 7. Alex Cecchino, Masuk and Reagan Scheck, Woodstock Academy, 88, 9. Charlotte Bunting, Bacon Acad. 89; 10. Mazie Cox, Coventry’ MacKenzie Lee, Weston; Madeline Cardany, Wethersfield 90 Of note: Canton did not qualify as a team or individuals in this meet.
PRO BASKETBALL New York 89, Connecticut 80 At Uncasville
The Liberty won their fifth straight game behind Breanna Stewart, who had a game-high 28 points and nine rebounds. Xu Han, the 6-foot-11 center from China, started the first game of her WNBA career and had 14 points. Betniajah Laney Hamilton added 11 points and pulled down five rebounds.
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.
