Winning pitcher Nicole D’Amato had a run-scoring triple in the third inning to lift the host Cheshire softball team to a 1-0 Southern Connecticut Conference interdivision victory over Hand Friday at Cheshire.

Bunnell 4, Barlow 1: Ashley Pastor had two hits, including a triple, a run and an RBI to lead the host Bulldogs to this South-West Conference win at Stratford.

Amity 3, Law 1: C.J. Semones had a two-run double for the host Spartans in this SCC interdivision victory at Woodbridge.

West Haven 3, Career 0: Jocey Morrell doubled and scored for the visiting Westies in this SCC interdivision win at New Haven.

Sacred Heart Academy 3, Branford 2: Gina Valentine allowewd just five hits and struck out 12 in the host Pacers’ SCC interdivision win at Hamden.

Guilford 5, Sheehan 4 (9): Mallory Streat went 4-for-5 for the visiting Indians in this SCC interdivision win at Wallingford.

Old Lyme 2, Hale-Ray 1 (8): Kaitlyn Mueller had two doubles, including a game-winning RBI double in the eighth inning to lead Old Lyme to its home Shoreline win.

Foran 3, Lyman Hall 0: Carli Matrisian had two doubles and an RBI for the visiting Lions in this SCC interdivision victory at Wallingford.

Seymour 3, Holy Cross 2: Winning pitcher Stephanie Burt struck out the final three batters she faced in the seventh inning after the host Crusaders loaded the bases with no outs as the Wildcats prevailed in NVL action at Waterbury.

CSC
Platt Tech 11, O’Brien Tech 0
NVL
Ansonia 22, Wilby 0 (5)
Naugatuck 8, Derby 2
Seymour 3, Holy Cross 2
SWC
Bunnell 4, Barlow 1
Lauralton Hall 5, Bethel 0
Shoreline
Haddam-Killingworth 13, Westbrook 2
Coginchaug 14, Old Saybrook 0
Old Lyme 2, Hale-Ray 1
SCC interdivision
East Haven 7, Hamden 2
Amity 3, Law 1
Guilford 5, Sheehan 4 (9)
Foran 3, Lyman Hall 0
Shelton 19, Hillhouse 0
Mercy 5, North Haven 2
Sacred Heart Academy 3, Branford 2
West Haven 3, Career 0
Cheshire 1, Hand 0

NVL
Seymour 19, Crosby 0 (5)
Derby 3, Torrington 2 (10)
Shoreline
Coginchaug 16, Westbrook 0
SCC Hamonasset
Guilford 7, Foran 0
SCC Housatonic
Lyman Hall 4, Sheehan 3
SCC Oronoque
Branford 17, Wilbur Cross 0 (6)
CSC
Platt Tech 14, SMSA 3
FCIAC
St. Joseph 1, Trumbull 0
SWC
Bunnell 4, Weston 1

Each Thursday, the Batter’s Box blog will feature a Connecticut native, who is now playing in college.



Nikki Maier
Maryland

The former Lauralton Hall standout is a freshman second baseman/shortstop for the Terps.

Her season stats so far include:

Avg. .158
Runs 10
Hits 9
RBI 7
HR 1
HBP 18


For more on Maier, click here.

NVL
Naugatuck 15, Kennedy 0
Seymour 8, Ansonia 0
SWC
Lauralton Hall 5, Barlow 3
Shoreline
Coginchaug 13, Portland 0
Haddam-Killingworth 4, Old Lyme 0
Hale Ray 4, East Hampton 2
Morgan 4, Cromwell 0
North Branford 3, Old Saybrook 2
SCC Quinnipiac
Mercy 6, Sacred Heart Academy 5 (14)
SCC Hammonasset
Hand 12, Law 1
SCC Oronoque
East Haven 8, Wilbur Cross 3
North Haven 3, Branford 0
SCC Housatonic
Shelton 6, Sheehan 1
SCC interdivision
Foran 11, Career 1
Preps
Hamden Hall 15, Chase 7
Hopkins 4, Canterbury 1
FCIAC
St. Joseph’s 6, Danbury 0

Senior Allie Doheny pitched five shutout innings, allowing just two hits and striking out three, to lead the visiting Indians to this SCC Oronqoue Division victory.

Erica Pustari had a run-scoring single, and Alyssa Puglia and Jenna Migliozzi each drew bases-loaded walks for North Haven (5-5, 3-1).

Jess Bainer and Emily Sears had the only hits for the Hornets (3-6, 1-2).

All games 3:45 p.m. unless noted

NVL
Kennedy at Naugatuck, 3:30 p.m.
Derby at St. Paul, 4 p.m.
Ansonia at Seymour, 5 p.m.
CCC
Bulkeley at Maloney
CSC
Bullard Havens Tech at Whitney Tech (Pine Rock Park), 4 p.m.
SWC
Lauralton Hall at Barlow
Bunnell at Oxford
Stratford at Brookfield
Shoreline
North Branford at Old Saybrook
Old Lyme at Haddam-Killingworth
Cromwell at Morgan, 4:45 p.m.
Coginchaug at Portland
SCC Quinnipiac
Sacred Heart Academy at Mercy
SCC Hammonasset
Guilford at Hillhouse (Degale Field)
Law at Hand
SCC Oronoque
Wilbur Cross at East Haven
North Haven at Branford, 4 p.m.
SCC Housatonic
Shelton at Sheehan
Amity at Cheshire
SCC interdivision
Career at Foran, 4 p.m.
Lyman Hall at West Haven, 7 p.m.
Non-league
Westbrook at SMSA, 4 p.m.

Holy Cross 5, Ansonia 1
Haddam-Killingworth 13, Cromwell 0
West Haven 15, Hamden 8
Mercy 3, Cheshire 2
Hand 3, North Haven 0

CSC
Whitney Tech at Kaynor Tech, 4 p.m.
SMSA at Platt Tech (Foote Field), ppd. to Thursday, 3:30 p.m.
Holy Family at O’Brien Tech, ppd., TBA
NVL
Holy Cross at Ansonia, 2 p.m.
Crosby at Seymour, ppd. to Thursday, 3:45 p.m.
Torrington at Derby, ppd. to Thursday, 4 p.m.
Shoreline
North Branford at Portland
Valley Regional at East Hampton, ppd., TBA
SCC Quinnipiac
West Haven at Hamden
SCC Hammonasset
Foran at Guilford
SCC Housatonic
Lyman Hall at Sheehan, ppd. to Thursday, 3:45 p.m.
SCC Oronoque
Branford at Wilbur Cross, ppd. to Thursday, 4 p.m.
SCC interdivision
Cheshire at Mercy
Hand at North Haven, 4 p.m.
SWC
Bethel at Stratford, ppd. to Thursday, 3:45 p.m.

Here is Tuesday's schedule and the postponements we have so far.

CSC
Whitney Tech at Kaynor Tech, 4 p.m.
SMSA at Platt Tech (Foote Field), ppd. to Thursday, 3:30 p.m.
Holy Family at O’Brien Tech, 4 p.m.
NVL
Holy Cross at Ansonia, 2 p.m.
Crosby at Seymour
Torrington at Derby, ppd. to Thursday, 4 p.m.
Shoreline
North Branford at Portland
Valley Regional at East Hampton
SCC Quinnipiac
West Haven at Hamden
SCC Hammonasset.
Foran at Guilford
SCC Housatonic
Lyman Hall at Sheehan
Amity at Shelton, ppd. to Thursday, 3:45 p.m
SCC Oronoque
Branford at Wilbur Cross, ppd. to Thursday, 4 p.m.
SCC interdivision
Cheshire at Mercy
Hand at North Haven, 4 p.m.
SWC
Bethel at Stratford, ppd. to Thursday, 3:45 p.m.

for this week are posted here.

Here is today's schedule. Most of the games have been postponed.

NVL
Woodland at Naugatuck, ppd. to Saturday, 5 p.m.
Holy Cross at Ansonia, ppd. to today, 2 p.m.
Crosby at Seymour, ppd. to today, 3:54 p.m.
Torrington at Derby, ppd. to today, 4 p.m.
CCC
Plainville at Maloney, ppd. to today, 3:45 p.m.
Shoreline
Cromwell at Old Saybrook, ppd. to Monday, 3:45 p.m.
North Branford at Portland, ppd. to today, 3:45 p.m.
Valley Regional at East Hampton, ppd. to today, 3:45 p.m.
Coginchaug at Westbrook, ppd. to Thursday, 3:45 p.m.
Hale-Ray at Haddam-Killingworth, ppd., TBA
SCC Quinnipiac
West Haven at Hamden, ppd. to today, 3:45 p.m.
SCC Hammonasset
Law at Hillhouse, ppd. to Thursday, 3:45 p.m.
Foran at Guilford, ppd. to today, 3:45 p.m.
SCC Housatonic
Amity at Shelton, ppd. to Thursday, 3:45 p.m.
Lyman Hall at Sheehan, ppd. to today, 3:45 p.m.
SCC Oronoque
Branford at Wilbur Cross, ppd. to today, 4 p.m.
Career at East Haven, ppd. to Thursday, 7 p.m.
SCC interdivision
Cheshire at Mercy, ppd. to today, 3:45 p.m.
Hand at North Haven, ppd. to today, 4 p.m.
SWC
Brookfield at Lauralton Hall, ppd. to Saturday, 3:45 p.m.
Bethel at Stratford, ppd. to today, 3:45 p.m.
Weston at Bunnell, ppd. to Thursday, 4:15 p.m.
CSC
O’Brien Tech at Abbott Tech
Wilcox Tech at Platt Tech, ppd. to May 4, 3:30 p.m.

Waterford is the top team in the latest Top 10 Poll. To view the complete poll, click here.

Who will be the No. 1 team in this week's Top 10 Poll? Last week's No. 1 (St. Joseph) and No. 2 (Lyman Hall) teams lost, with the former losing twice.

So, who deserves to be the new No. 1? Should it be Waterford, who was No. 3 last week? No. 4 Woodland? No. 5 Newtown? Or someone else?


Tell us what you think.

NVL
Ansonia 12, Derby 2
Holy Cross 3, Naugatuck 0
Woodland 1, Seymour 0 (10)
SCC Oronoque
Career 6, Wilbur Cross 2
East Haven 3, North Haven 2
SCC Quinnipiac
Mercy 9, Hamden 1
SCC Housatonic
Cheshire 14, Sheehan 0
Shelton 5, Lyman Hall 0
SCC interdivision
Sacred Heart Academy 4, Amity 2
Branford 3, Law 2
Shoreline
Haddam-Killingworth 5, East Hampton 4
North Branford 10, Westbrook 0
Morgan 11, Valley Regional 2
Old Lyme 2, Coginchaug 0

Woodland 1, Seymour 0 (10): Rebecca Norton scored on an error in the top of the 10th inning to lift the visiting Hawks to this NVL win at Seymour.
Winning pitcher Katie Alfiere struck out eight for No. 4 Woodland is 8-0.
Amanda Willette has two hits and a stolen base and Carissa Wasikowski had a double and a single for the Wildcats (5-3).

Shelton 5, Lyman Hall 0: Winning pitcher Sam Rossetti allowed just one hit and helped herself with two hits and two RBIs for the visiting Gaels in this SCC Housatonic Division upset over the previously unbeaten Trojans at Wallingford. Shelton is 4-4.
Christina Andrulat had the lone hit, a double, for No. 2 Lyman Hall (7-1)

Career 6, Wilbur Cross 2: Keisha Jeffreys had two hits and four RBIs for the host Panthers in this SCC Oronoque Division win at New Haven.
Winning pitcher Brianna Longley allowed just five hits and struck out nine for Career (1-6).
Samantha Sanchez had two hits for the Governors (1-6).

All games 3:45 p.m. unless noted

CSC
O’Brien Tech at University, 4 p.m.
Whitney Tech at Platt Tech (Foote Field), 4 p.m.
NVL
Holy Cross at Naugatuck
Ansonia at Derby, 4 p.m.
Woodland at Seymour, 5 p.m.
SCC Oronoque
Wilbur Cross at Career (East Shore), 3:30 p.m.
North Haven at East Haven
SCC Quinnipiac
Mercy at Hamden
SCC Hammonasset
Hand at Guilford
SCC Housatonic
Shelton at Lyman Hall
Cheshire at Sheehan
SCC interdivision
Amity at Sacred Heart Academy
Law at Branford, 4 p.m.
Shoreline
Westbrook at North Branford
Valley Regional at Morgan
Haddam-Killingworth at East Hampton
SWC
Lauralton Hall at Immaculate
New Milford at Stratford (DeLuca Field)

NVL
Ansonia 6, St. Paul 5 (8)
Seymour 4, Wolcott 3 (8)
SCC Hammonasset
Foran 16, Hillhouse 0
Shoreline
Old Saybrook at Haddam-Killingworth, ppd., TBA
CSC
Platt Tech 7, Abbott Tech 0

Seymour 4, Wolcott 3 (8): Emily Coyne had two hits and three RBIs to lead the Wildcats to an NVL victory over the host, and previously unbeaten, Eagles.
Kim Ferris had two hits and three runs and winning pitcher Stephanie Burt had two hits and struck out nine for Seymour (5-2). Wolcott is 6-1.

Old Saybrook at Haddam-Killingworth.......no make-up date has been announced.

Each Thursday, the Batter’s Box blog will feature a Connecticut native, who is now playing in college.


Katie Yanagisawa, Yale

Yanagisawa, a junior second baseman, was the 2007 Register All-Area MVP during her senior season at Amity.

Average .243
Runs 7
Hits 9
Doubles 2
Fielding percentage .977

For more on Yanagisawa, click here.

3:45 p.m. unless noted
NVL
Ansonia at St. Paul, 3:30 p.m.
Seymour at Wolcott, 6 p.m.
SCC Hammonasset
Hillhouse at Foran
Shoreline
Old Saybrook at Haddam-Killingworth
CSC
Whitney Tech at Wilcox Tech, 4 p.m.
Platt Tech at Abbott Tech, 4 p.m.

Highlights from Wednesday:

Foran 8, Law 0: Carli Matrisian had three hits, including a double, and two RBIs for Foran in an SCC Hammonasset win at Law.

Cheshire 4, Shelton 1: Ali Giannone went 3-for-3 with two RBIs and Allison Fountain went 2-for-2 with a walk to lead the host Rams to their SCC Housatonic win.

Lyman Hall 5, Amity 0: Justina George had two hits, including a triple, and an RBI for undefeated Lyman Hall in an SCC Housatonic win at Woodbridge.

Sheehan 8, Hamden 6: Freshman Kayla Humphrey earned her first varsity victory as the Titans rallied for their SCC interdivision win at Hamden.

North Branford 5, Old Lyme 2: Meagan Halligan struck out 14 batters to lead North Branford to the Shoreline Conference victory at Old Lyme.

West Haven 11, Sacred Heart Academy 0: Joanna Fekieta pitched a three-hitter and struck out four for her first shutout of the season and also had two hits, two RBIs and a run scored to lead the visiting Blue Devils to their SCC interdivision win.

CSC
Kaynor Tech 14, O’Brien Tech 3
NVL
Wolcott at Woodland, PPD, TBA
Shoreline
Cromwell 6, Westbrook 4
Old Saybrook 26, Valley Regional 1
North Branford 5, Old Lyme 2
Coginchaug 3, Hale-Ray 0
SCC Quinnipiac
West Haven 11, Sacred Heart Academy 0
SCC Hammonasset
Foran 8, Law 0
Hand 14, Hillhouse 4
SCC Oronoque
North Haven 6, Wilbur Cross 3
Branford 6, Career 2
SCC Housatonic
Lyman Hall 5, Amity 0
Cheshire 4, Shelton 1
SCC interdivision
Sheehan 8, Hamden 6
Guilford 10, East Haven 0
SWC
Bunnell 16, Kolbe Cathedral 3
Lauralton Hall 13, Stratford 0 (6)

Catcher Brittany Maio reached base four times, including a two-run single in the first inning, to lead the host Indians to this SCC interdivision win.

Maio scored twice, and also reached on an error, a fielder's choice and a walk.

Sophomore pitcher Leah Torre allowed just two hits and struck out 11 for Guilford (5-2).

Ashley Borchert and Alyssa Brunski had the Easties (4-3) only hits.

All games at 3:45 p.m. unless noted

CCC
Maloney at Bristol Central
CSC
O’Brien Tech at Kaynor Tech, 3:15 p.m.
Vinal Tech at Whitney Tech, 4 p.m.
NVL
Wolcott at Woodland
Derby at Watertown, 4 p.m.
Shoreline
Morgan at East Hampton
Cromwell at Westbrook
Old Saybrook at Valley Regional
North Branford at Old Lyme
Coginchaug at Hale-Ray, 4 p.m.
SCC Quinnipiac
West Haven at Sacred Heart Academy
SCC Hammonasset
Foran at Law
Hillhouse at Hand
SCC Oronoque
Wilbur Cross at North Haven
Career at Branford, 4 p.m.
SCC Housatonic
Lyman Hall at Amity
Shelton at Cheshire, 4 p.m.;
SCC interdivision
Sheehan at Hamden
East Haven at Guilford
SWC
Kolbe Cathedral at Bunnell
Stratford at Lauralton Hall
Preps
Hopkins at Loomis-Chaffee, 3 p.m.

NVL
Naugatuck 12, Sacred Heart 1
SWC
Lauralton Hall 16, Weston 1
Brookfield 1, Bunnell 0
SCC Quinnipiac
Sacred Heart Academy 8, Hamden 4
Mercy 3, West Haven 1
SCC Hammonasset
Guilford 4, Law 0
Hand 3, Foran 2
SCC Housatonic
Amity 4, Sheehan 2
Lyman Hall 5, Cheshire 0
SCC Oronoque
East Haven 2, Branford 0
North Haven 4, Career 2
Shoreline
Coginchaug 6, Haddam-Killingworth 1
Morgan 8, Old Saybrook 5
North Branford 5, Hale-Ray 2
CSC
Platt Tech 15, Bullard-Havens 0

Lyman Hall 5, Cheshire 0: Lauren Zambrano pitched a four-hitter, struck out 12 and added a hit and an RBI to lead the host Trojans to an SCC Housatonic Division victory at Wallingford.
Steph Jensen had two hits for No. 2 Lyman Hall (6-0). Cheshire is 4-2.

The Naugatuck softball team will be sponsoring a trip to Mohegan Sun on May 8. The bus will leave the high school at 3 p.m. and leave the casino at 11 p.m.. Tickets are $35 and you will receive $30 in food and play vouchers. For tickets, contact Kevin Wesche at weschek@naugy.net or 203-910-7499.

A new weekly honor roll of the top performers of the past week can be found here.

All games 3:45 p.m. unless noted

SOFTBALL
CCC
Conard at Maloney
NVL
Sacred Heart at Naugatuck, 3:30 p.m.
Derby at Wolcott, 4 p.m.
SWC
Lauralton Hall at Weston, 3:30 p.m.
Bunnell at Brookfield
Masuk at Stratford (DeLuca Field), 4:15 p.m.
SCC interdivision
Wilbur Cross at Hillhouse (Degale Field), 11 a.m.
SCC Quinnipiac
Hamden at Sacred Heart Academy, 3:30 p.m.
West Haven at Mercy
SCC Hammonasset
Hand at Foran
Guilford at Law
SCC Housatonic
Cheshire at Lyman Hall
Sheehan at Amity
SCC Oronoque
North Haven at Career (East Shore), 4 p.m.
Branford at East Haven, 4 p.m.
Shoreline
Coginchaug at Haddam-Killingworth
Westbrook at Wheeler
Old Saybrook at Morgan
Valley Regional at Portland
Hale-Ray at North Branford, 4 p.m.
CSC
O’Brien Tech at Wilcox Tech, 4 p.m.
Bullard-Havens at Platt Tech, 4 p.m.

St. Joseph (5-0) is still ranked No. 1 in the latest Register Top 10 Poll. The Cadets received 13-of-14 first-place votes. Newtown (5-0) received the other first-place vote.

See the complete poll in Monday's Register.

Guilford 4, North Haven 0 (10): Mallory Streat had a two-run double as part of a four-run top of the 10th inning for visiting Guilford in its SCC interdivision victory.

Cheshire 9, Hamden 2: Anna Marcucilli had two hits and three RBIs for the Rams in their SCC interdivision home victory.

North Branford 6, Haddam-Killingworth 4: Sam Hemstock had two triples and two RBIs to lead the Thunderbirds over the Cougars in Shorline Conference play at Higganum.

Non-league
Berlin 3, Coginchaug 1
East Lyme 2, Old Lyme 1
FCIAC
St. Joseph 13, Bridgeport Central 1 (5)
NVL
Wolcott 11, Naugatuck 1
Shoreline
East Hampton 3, Old Saybrook 1
Morgan 11, Portland 2
North Branford 6, Haddam-Killingworth 4
SCC interdivision
Cheshire 9, Hamden 2
Foran 15, Wilbur Cross 0 (5)
Guilford 4, North Haven 0 (10)
Hand 6, Branford 0
Law 11, Career 5
Lyman Hall 6, Sacred Heart Academy 0
Mercy 13, Amity 3
SWC
Lauralton Hall 16, New Milford 1

Jordan Page knocked in the winning run on a groundout in the top of the seventh inning to lead the visiting Vikings to this non-conference victory, won by East Lyme 2-1.

Anna Salvatore scattered five hits and struck out six to earh the win for East Lyme (1-3).

Megan O’Neill and Kaitlyn Mueller each had two hits for the Wildcats (4-1).

Allison Lillquist singled to start the seventh, was sacrificed to third and scored on Page’s grounder for East Lyme.

Lyman Hall pitcher Lauren Zambrano tossed a perfect game and struck out 18 in a 6-0 victory over Sacred Heart Academy.

SOFTBALL
3:45 p.m. unless noted
Non-league
Berlin at Coginchaug
NVL
Crosby at Ansonia, 11 a.m.
Naugatuck at Wolcott, 3:30 p.m.
Wilby at Derby, 4 p.m.
Shoreline
Old Saybrook at East Hampton, 10:30 a.m.
Portland at Morgan
North Branford at Haddam-Killingworth, 4 p.m.
CSC
O’Brien Tech at Vinal Tech, 11 a.m.
SCC interdivision
Hand at Branford, 11 a.m.
Guilford at North Haven, 11 a.m.
Mercy at Amity
Sacred Heart Academy at Lyman Hall
Hamden at Cheshire
West Haven at Shelton
Foran at Wilbur Cross
Law at Career, 4 p.m.
SWC
New Milford at Lauralton Hall

Winning pitcher Katie Winkle hit a two-run single in the top of the seventh inning to lead the Pacers.

Law get the lead in half to 2-1 in the bottom of the sixth inning, and had a runner on third base in the inning but couldn't score again.

3:45 p.m. start unless noted
Shoreline
Westbrook at Valley Regional
Non-league
Platt Tech at East Haven, 10:30 a.m.
SWC
Bethel at Bunnell
Stratford at Newtown
SCC
Law at Sacred Heart Academy

Here are some highlights of the day:

Cheshire 8, Law 0: Alyssa Cavanaugh hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning to highlight the Rams’ SCC home win.


Mercy 2, East Haven 1: Haylle Reidy had 10 strikeouts to lead the host Tigers to their SCC interdivision win.

North Haven 13, Sacred Heart Academy 1: Krissy Cullen had three hits, three RBIs and was the winning pitcher in the Indians’ SCC victory at Hamden.

St. Joseph 4, Ridgefield 2: Christy Babis had two doubles and three RBIs and Ashley Peel went 3-for-3 with an RBI to lead the visiting Cadettes to their FCIAC win.

CSC
Kaynor Tech 4, Platt Tech 3
Vinyl Tech 16, O’Brien Tech 0
FCIAC
St. Joseph 4, Ridgefield 2
NVL
Naugatuck 11, Crosby 2
Seymour 16, Derby 2
Shoreline
Old Saybrook 12, Portland 6
Old Lyme 24, Valley Regional 6
Coginchaug 3, East Hampton 1
SCC interdivision
Hamden 11, Wilbur Cross 2
North Haven 13, Sacred Heart Academy 1
Mercy 2, East Haven 1
Amity 2, Foran 0
Sheehan 6, Hand 2
Lyman Hall 15, Hillhouse 0
Cheshire 8, Law 0
West Haven 13, Branford 7
Non-league
North Branford 4, Fitch 0
Preps
Hamden Hall 9, Greens Farms 5
Hopkins 9, Westover 3

CSC
Kaynor Tech 4, Platt Tech 3
Vinyl Tech 16, O’Brien Tech 0
FCIAC
St. Joseph 4, Ridgefield 2
Shoreline
Old Saybrook 12, Portland 6
Old Lyme 24, Valley Regional 6
Coginchaug 3, East Hampton 1
SCC
Hamden 11, Wilbur Cross 2
North Haven 13, Sacred Heart Academy 1
Mercy 2, East Haven 1
Amity 2, Foran 0
Sheehan 6, Hand 2
Lyman Hall 15, Hillhouse 0

Senior pitcher Allie Baker allowed just four hits and struck out six to lead host Amity to a 2-0 SCC interdivision win over Foran Wednesday.

Pinch runner Emily Fox scored on an error, and Taylor Baker scored on a sacrifice fly, both in the first inning, for the Spartans (3-1).

Sam Wargo had two hits for the Lions (1-3).

Read the game story in Thursday's Register.

3:45 p.m. unless noted
Shoreline
Haddam-Killingworth at Valley Regional
SCC
Shelton at Hamden, 10:30 a.m.
Hand at Mercy
Foran at West Haven
East Haven at Sheehan
Career at Lyman Hall, 4 p.m.
Non-league
Stratford at Platt Tech (2), 10:30 a.m.
Newtown at Seymour, 4 p.m.

Sheehan pitcher Dani Thuerling tossed a perfect game and struck out 10 in a 15-0 victory over Wilbur Cross.

Non-league
Haddam-Killingworth 15, SMSA 0
SWC
Bethel 4, Bunnell 2
Lauralton Hall 1, Pomperaug 0
NVL
Naugatuck 6, Watertown 1
Seymour 13, Kennedy 2
Shoreline
Coginchaug 4, North Branford 0
Old Saybrook 5, Westbrook 0
SCC interdivision
Hamden 3, North Haven 1
Hand 7, Amity 2
Lyman Hall 7, Law 0
Shelton 5, Foran 1
West Haven 20, Hillhouse 0 (5)
Sacred Heart Academy 8, Career 5
Cheshire 7, Guilford 2
Mercy 5, Branford 2
Sheehan 15, Wilbur Cross 0
Preps
Choate 1, Hopkins 0

Lauralton Hall 1, Pomperaug 0
Naugatuck 6, Watertown 1
Coginchaug 4, North Branford 0
Hamden 3, North Haven 1
Mercy 5, Branford 2

Check back later for the complete list.

Sacred Heart Academy pitcher Gina Valentine won her first varsity game as the Pacers defeated Career 8-5.

Linsey DeDomenico had two hits, including a grand slam, and five RBIs and Katie Winkle had two hits and an RBI for Sacred Heart Academy.

Issie Lopez had three hits, including two doubles, for the Panthers.

If you're interested in using our web exhange system (http://sports.nhregister.com), please e-mail me at mpucci@newhavenregister.com for a user name and password.

On this system, you can manually input your softball scores after every game.

SOFTBALL
Non-league
SMSA at Haddam-Killingworth
SMSA at Stratford (DeLuca Field), 7 p.m.
SWC
Bunnell at Bethel
Pomperaug at Lauralton Hall, 4 p.m.
NVL
Ansonia at Sacred Heart (Municipal Stadium), 11 a.m.
Watertown at Naugatuck, 3:30 p.m.
Seymour at Kennedy
Derby at Holy Cross, 4 p.m.
Shoreline
North Branford at Coginchaug
Westbrook at Old Saybrook
Old Lyme at Morgan
SCC interdivision
Hamden at North Haven, 11 a.m.
Wilbur Cross at Sheehan
Amity at Hand
Lyman Hall at Law
Shelton at Foran
West Haven at Hillhouse (Degale Field)
Career at Sacred Heart Academy, 4 p.m.
Cheshire at Guilford, 4 p.m.
Mercy at Branford, 4:30 p.m.
Preps
Hopkins at Choate, 4:30 p.m.

The Seymour softball team had runners on first and third with no outs in fourth but bunted into a triple play in a 1-0 loss to St. Paul, ending the Wildcats' 27-game winning streak.

Fifth-ranked Seymour (1-1) had runners on second and third with no outs in the first inning but couldn’t score.

Emily O’Keefe doubled, was sacrificed to third and scored on a fielder’s choice to lift the visiting Falcons (2-1) to this Naugatuck Valley League victory.

Dani Oboyski had two hits, including a double, to lead visiting Guilford to an 11-0 victory over Hamden.

C.J. Semons had a double, triple and two RBIs for host Amity in an 8-0 victory over Branford.

This came via a press release from Law coach Melanie Paolini:

The Law softball team is teaming up with Guilford and using both of our games to raise money for Breast Cancer Research. Dave Ruotolo and Nutmeg Sportswear donated uniform tops for both teams. On April 19, Guilford plays at Law in the first game of their regular season meetings. The varsity game begins at 3:45 followed by the JV game. We will sell raffles and food. Alll money willl be donated.

Also, Law was asked by the president of the Connecticut Survivors of Homicide to collect 124 pairs of used shoes to represent each of the victims of murder in the state for the last fiscal year. We will be collecting and making the shoe donation that day at the game and will be mentioned at the state conference in April.

Below is a list of softball games that were postponed on Friday. If there is no postponement information, it means the game is either still on or hasn't been updated at the present time. I will update this blog as more postponements become available.

CSC
Prince Tech at Whitney Tech (Pine Rock Park), 3:30 p.m.
University at O’Brien Tech, 4 p.m.
Shoreline
Old Saybrook at Old Lyme, ppd., TBA
East Hampton at North Branford, ppd. to today, 7 p.m.
Portland at Westbrook, ppd. to today, 10:30 a.m.
Coginchaug at Cromwell, ppd. to May 24, 3:45 p.m.
Haddam-Killingworth at Valley Regional, ppd. to Tuesday, 3:45 p.m.
Morgan at Hale-Ray, ppd., TBA
SCC interdivision
Hand at Mercy, ppd. to Tuesday, 3:45 p.m.
Law at Sacred Heart Academy, ppd. to Thursday, 3:45 p.m.
Guilford at Hamden, ppd. to today, 1 p.m.
Foran at West Haven, ppd. to Tuesday, 3:45 p.m.
North Haven at Cheshire, ppd. to today, 11 a.m.
East Haven at Sheehan, ppd. to Tuesday, 3:45 p.m.
Shelton at Wilbur Cross, ppd., TBA (UPDATED)
Branford at Amity, ppd. to today, 2 p.m.
Career at Lyman Hall, ppd. to Tuesday, 4 p.m.
Non-league
Newtown at Seymour, ppd. to Tuesday, 4 p.m. (UPDATED)

Dani Thuerling and Kayla Humphrey combined for a two-hit shutout as the Sheehan softball team upset Mercy, the No. 2 team in the Register Top 10 poll, 3-0 in a Southern Connecticut Conference interdivision game Thursday at Middletown.

Holli Ryan went 2-for-3 and scored for the Titans (1-1).

Ansonia 4, Watertown 3: Kristen Mooney hit a solo home run, and Ashley Bowns had two hits for the host Chargers in a Naugatuck Valley League victory. Ansonia is 1-1.

West Haven 6, Wilbur Cross 0: Shannon Connor had two singles and a double to lead the Westies to an SCC interdivision victory at West Haven.
Elaina Maio had two hits, an RBI and scored twice, and Jocie Morrell had three hits for West Haven (1-0).

Wednesday marked the opening day of the 2010 softball season. There were some surprises(North Haven defeating Mercy, the No. 2 team in the Register Top 10 Poll, 8-5).

Other highlights included:

Clare Michalak tossed a no-hitter and struck out 12 as Oxford defeated O'Brien Tech 18-0.
Jessica DeMaio threw a no-hitter and struck out 10 for Darien in a 1-0 victory over Masuk.

No. 1 St. Joseph defeated Greenwich 5-0.

Here were some scores from the CCC
Bristol Eastern 3, Rockville 2
Southington 9, South Windsor 0
Rocky Hill 6, Maloney 3
Simsbury 5, East Catholic 1
Plainville 6, Tolland 4
Berlin 3, E.O. Smith 0

NVL
Naugatuck 8, Torrington 3
Seymour 7, Watertown 0
Shoreline
North Branford 5, Cromwell 1
Haddam-Killingworth 13, Morgan 9
Hale-Ray 9, Old Saybrook 0
Non-league
Derby 7, Platt Tech 5
Bunnell 3, Ridgefield 0
SCC interdivision
East Haven 11, Hamden 10 (10)
Amity 11, Law 3
Guilford 4, Sheehan 3 (9)
Lyman Hall 3, Foran 2
North Haven 8, Mercy 5
Branford 9, Sacred Heart Academy 8
Hand 5, Cheshire 3
Preps
Canterbury 18, Hamden Hall 1

Hand sophomore second baseman Allie Ruggiero singled home the winning run in the Tigers' 5-3 victory over Cheshire.

Here is what Hand senior shortstop Maggie Maguire had to say about Ruggiero.

"She's been working so hard," Maguire said. "It's great to see an underclassmen pull through like that, especially when you have in front of her, juniors and seniors pulling through. When the underclassmen can step up, it's really great. It's awesome."

HAND 5, CHESHIRE 3
(at Madison)
Cheshire Hand
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Gongaware ss 3 0 0 0 Sartory lf 2 1 1 0
Pandajis 2b 3 1 1 0 Tosiello c 3 0 0 0
Fountain c 3 0 1 1 Abbott 3b 3 2 2 0
Marcucilli cf 3 0 0 0 Maguire ss 2 1 2 1
Kushner lf 3 0 0 0 Wall p 2 1 1 1
Giannone 3b 2 1 1 0 Santry 1b 2 0 0 0
Orcutt p 3 1 1 0 Mainiero cf 3 0 0 0
Cavanaugh 1b 3 0 0 0 Ruggiero 2b 3 0 1 1
Doenhoeger dp 2 0 0 0 Ahern rf 3 0 1 0
Mongillo f/rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 25 3 4 1 Totals 23 5 8 3
Cheshire 000 120 0 --- 3 4 1
Hand 100 103 X --- 5 8 1
2B: (CH) Giannone; (HD) Santory, Maguire. 3B: (CH) Fountain; (HD) Abbott.
Cheshire IP H R ER BB SO
Orcutt 0-1 6 8 5 3 1 3
Hand
Wall 1-0 7 4 3 1 1 6
Team records: Cheshire 0-1; Hand 1-0.

Sophomore Allie Ruggiero singled and drove in a run and another run scored on an error on the same play in the sixth inning as host Hand emerged with a 5-3 SCC interdivision victory in the season-opener for both teams.

Senior Mel Abbott had two runs and two hits, and senior Maggie Maguire had two hits, a run and an RBI for the Tigers (1-0).

Allison Fountain had a run-scoring triple for the Rams (0-1).

The high school softball season begins today. Below is a list of some opening day games worth watching:

Watertown at Seymour, 4 p.m.: Both teams should be in thick of NVL race.
Sheehan at Guilford, 3:45 p.m.: Jocelyn Chang makes her coaching debut for Sheehan.
Lyman Hall at Foran, 3:45 p.m.: Foran expected to be "surprise" team in SCC.
Sacred Heart Academy at Branford, 4 p.m.: Both teams should be improved this season.
Cheshire at Hand, 4:15 p.m.: Two of the traditional powers in the SCC clash here.

To view the Register's Top 10 softball games to watch, click here.

To view the Register's Top 25 Players to Watch list, click here.

Who is the No. 1 team in the Register Top 10 preseason poll?

Find out Tuesday. Leave a comment, and tell us who your No. 1 pick would be.

The Register will present its annual softball preview in Tuesday's print edition and on-line.

The featured story is on Lyman Hall, which returns seven starters and will look to repeat as champion in the Southern Connecticut Conference.