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STING SUCCESS MAY 4 & 5
12U WINS IT ALL / 11U TIES FOR “B” CHAMPIONSHIP / 10U MAKES SEMIS
IN APRIL, THEY KNOCKED ON THE DOOR. LAST WEEKEND, THEY KICKED IT IN……….
PICTURED ABOVE IS STING 12U AFTER WINNING THE “12UC” DIVISION AT USA SOFTBALL’S “BATTLE OF THE BATS” AT EAST HARTFORD, CT AFTER A 2-1 POOL SATURDAY FOR A #4 SEED, STING 12U BATTLED THROUGH THE RAIN AND MUD WINNING ALL THREE SUNDAY GAMES, BEATING THE RI CRUSH 7-2 IN THE QUARTERFINALS, BESTING THE ENFIELD EXTREME 7-6 IN THE SEMIFINALS AND WHIPPING THE CT MIRAGE 13-3 IN THE FINALS. JESSICA WALLACE WAS A WORKHORSE IN THE CIRCLE ON SATURDAY. ON CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY, LAUREL BEISEL AND WALLACE SHARED THE CIRCLE FOR THREE IMPRESSIVE WINS. THE 12UC PLAYS NEXT ON MAY 18 & 19 IN FASTPITCH NATIONS, NORTHEAST STATES CHAMPIONSHIP.
PICTURED IN SUNDAY ACTION BELOW (TOP), LAUREL BEISEL DIVES SAFELY BACK TO THE BASE. BELOW (BOTTOM) CATCHER, MADDIE WALTERS TAGS OUT A RUNNER AT HOME.
ON SUNDAY, MAY 5, STING 11U TIED FOR THE “BATTLE OF THE BATS” “12UB” CHAMPIONSHIP. AFTER A PERFECT SATURDAY, 11UB ENTERED CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY AS THE #2 SEED. THEY BEAT THE NE HURRICANES 6-4 IN THE SEMIFINALS, DISPATCHED THE MASS THUNDER 12-0 IN THE SEMIFINALS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE DRIVING RAIN MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO FINISH THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, WHICH ENDED IN A 6-6 TIE. MAEVE EAGLESON, LEAH MICHALOWSKI AND CASEY KOLVA SHARED TIME IN THE CIRCLE.
A VERY YOUNG, STING 10U HAD A ROUGH SATURDAY, MAY 5, IN THE USA SOFTBALL TIDES “MAYHEM MADNESS” IN MIDDLEFIELD, CT. THEY ENTERED CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY WITH A TOUGH CHALLENGE VS. THE TOURNAMENT’S #2 SEED, CT JADES. STING 10U MADE EVERYONE PROUD, COMING BACK FROM A SIGNIFICANT DEFICIT, WITH AN 11 RUN INNING TO BEAT THE JADES AND GAIN A SEMI-FINAL BERTH. THEY UNFORTUNATELY LOST IN THAT GAME IN THE SEMIS. THEY WILL PLAY NEXT ON SATURDAY, MAY 11 IN FASTPITCH NATION’S “STAY HOME WITH MOM ON MOTHER’S DAY” EVENT.
APRIL 27 & 28
STING 12U FINALISTS AT FPN “FLOWER POWER”
SHORELINE STING 12U MADE A TRIP TO “FASTPITCH NATION”, WINDSOR, CT AND CAME UP AS FINALISTS, PLAYING LATE INTO THE AFTERNOON ON SUNDAY. COACH BURDICK’S 12U TEAM FINISHED 2-1 IN SATURDAY’S POOL ROUND FOR A #8 SEED IN SUNDAY’S CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND.
THEY OPENED WITH A 9-5 WIN VS THE BRISTOL GATORS IN THE QUALIFYING ROUND AND BEAT THE CT HURRICANES 11-7 IN THE QUARTERFINALS. STING 12U WENT ON TO DISPATCH THE ALWAYS TOUGH RIDGEFIELD TIGERS IN THE SEMI FINALS TO EARN THE FINALIST BERTH. THEY GAME UP JUST SHORT IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, LOSING TO THE NEW CANAAN RAMS 4-1.
MADELYN WALTERS LED A WELL BALANCED OFFENSIVE ATTACK WITH 12 HITS IN 17 AT BATS OVER THE WEEKEND, INCLUDING THREE TRIPLES, 2 HOME RUNS AND 11 RBIS. SYDNEY BROWN CHIPPED IN WITH SIX HITS IN NINE AT BATS WITH A HOME RUN AND EIGHT RBIS. WALTERS SHINED BEHIND THE PLATE, THROWING SIX OUT OF SEVEN WOULD-BE BASE STEALERS.
IN THE CIRCLE, LAUREL BEISEL AND JESSICA WALLACE COMBINED FOR FIVE WINS IN 31 2/3 INNINGS PITCHED.
STING 12U PLAYS NEXT ON SATURDAY & SUNDAY, MAY 4 & 5 IN USA SOFTBALL’S “BATTLE OF THE BATS” IN EAST HARTFORD, CT.
AWAITING SPRING……….WINTER PRACTICE WINDING DOWN
ALL STING TEAMS HAVE EITHER CONCLUDED, OR ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CONCLUDING THEIR WINTER INDOOR TRAINING. STING PARTNERED WITH HOMEFIELD, CENTERBROOK AGAIN THIS WINTER, AS WELL AS, STING 12U AND 14U PARTNERING WITH THE CT BOMBERS, WHO WE THANK FOR SHARING THEIR NORWICH FACILITY. PICTURED ABOVE TOP LEFT, CAMILLE LESAGE EXECUTES A PERFECT SLIDE AND TOP RIGHT HELEN MUENCH CATCHING. IMMEDIATELY ABOVE, COACH MUENCH’S STING 14U GIRLS IN NORWICH.
STING 12U PICTURED ABOVE: THE TEAM EXECUTES A “CROSS-OVER” DRILL AND MEETS WITH COACH BURDICK, WRAPPING UP WINTER.
18U GOLD VISITS ADIRONDACKS
STING 18U GOLD RECENTLY VISITED THE ADIRONDACK DOME” IN QUEENSBURY, NY TO PLAY IN THE ADIRONDACK WINTER TOURNAMENT. PICTURED ABOVE (LEFT), THE TEAM “BREAKS DOWN” AFTER A DAY OF GAMES. AND ABOVE (RIGHT), CAMI BROWN AND SYDNEY ROBISON WARM UP.
STING 11U CELEBRATES FASTPITCH NATION’S “FALL’S LAST BLAST”
SHORELINE STING 11U TRAVELED TO FASTPITCH NATION IN WINDSOR, CT. TO PLAY IN “FALL’S LAST BLAST”. CONNECTICUT HAD SOME BEAUTIFUL BONUS FALL WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND, BEFORE THE IMPENDING WINTER THE 11U TEAM WON TWO OUT OF THREE SATURDAY POOL GAMES AND WON THEIR FIRST TWO GAMES ON CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY, GAINING THEM ONE OF FOUR SEMI-FINAL SPOTS IN A VERY TOUGH 14 TEAM FIELD. THE TEAM WILL BEGIN OFFICIAL WINTER TRAINING IN EARLY JANUARY. PICTURED ABOVE, CASEY KOLVA DELIVERS. BELOW LEFT, ALLIE MAYNARD WAITS FOR A PITCH.
SHORELINE STING OPENS 33RD YEAR
- OUR 2024 FISCAL YEAR BEGAN SEPTEMBER 1, 2023, CONSISTENT WITH THAT OF USA SOFTBALL AND FASTPITCH NATION. SOME TEAMS HAVE ALREADY HAD SOME FALL TOURNAMENT SUCCESS.
- EIGHT TEAMS ARE FORMING (10U / 11U / 12U / 14U / 16U / 18U GOLD / 18U BLUE & WOMEN’S (18U+). THERE ARE A FEW OPENINGS AVAILABLE. IF YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN 2024 STING SOFTBALL, PLEASE CONTACT US AT hobson01@comcast.net, OR CALL (230) 530-3964.
- WE WILL FORM A WOMEN’S DIVISION (18+) TEAM IN 2024. THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF OUR ALUMNI PLAYERS, WHO HAVE “AGED OUT” OF TRADITIONAL SOFTBALL, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER 18U+ PLAYERS THAT HAVE AN INTEREST.
- ONCE AGAIN, STING WILL BE PARTNERING WITH HOMEFIELD IN CENTERBROOK, CT FOR WINTER PRACTICE AND TRAINING. WE WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO A NEW AND EXPANDED FACILITY, WITH A FULL INFIELD.
- THE CIAC STATE TOURNAMENT WILL BEGIN ON TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2024 AND CONCLUDE WITH THE FINALS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, JUNE 7 & 8, 2024.
- OUR THREE OLDER TEAMS WILL BE SCHEDULED TO PLAY IN THE CAPE COD COLLEGE SHOWCASE ON JULY 19-21, 2024 IN SWANSEA, MA, AS WELL AS OTHER COLLEGE SHOWCASE EVENTS. ANY OLDER PLAYERS WISHING TO EXPLORE AN AVENUE TOWARD COLLEGE RECRUITING AND POST A PROFILE, PLEASE CONTACT US AT hobson01@comcast.net, OR CALL (203) 530-3964.
- OUR HOSTED EVENT, SHORELINE STINGER XVII IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 27 AND 28 ON CONNECTICUT’S CENTRAL SHORELINE. WE WILL ONCE AGAIN PARTNER WITH FASTPITCH NATION AND POST THE EVENT WITH THEM.
2024 CAMPAIGN BEGINS
STING 11U MAINTAINS LAST SEASON’S MOMENTUM
MOVING UP FROM 10U AND NOW PLAYING AT THE 12U LEVEL, STING 11U CONTINUED LAST SEASON’S MOMENTUM, FINISHING AS A RUNNER-UP QUALIFIER IN FASTPITCH NATION’S “TUNNEL TO TOWERS” CHARITY EVENT. THE 12 INCH BALL AND 40 FOOT PITCHING DISTANCE HAD NO IMPACT ON STING 11U, AS THEY WON ALL THREE GAMES IN THEIR SEASON OPENING, RAIN-SHORTENED EVENT IN WINDSOR, CT. THE EVENT WAS REDUCED TO ONE DAY (THREE GAMES) ONLY WITH NO “PLAY DOWN” TO DECIDE THE WINNER. ALTHOUGH STING 11U ONLY ALLOWED TWO RUNS, THE EMPIRE STATE HUSKIES ALLOWED NO RUNS AND WERE NAMED TOURNAMENT CHAMPION. BECAUSE OF THE RAIN AND THE VAGARIES OF THE SCHEDULE, STING 11U DID NOT PLAY ESH, BUT THEY WILL BE LOOKING FOR THEM NEXT TIME.
IN GAME #1, LEAH MICHALOWSKI GOT THE WIN ALLOWING JUST TWO RUNS, WHILE PITCHING 3.2 INNINGS AGAINST LI CRUSH (2011). SHE RECORDED EIGHT STRIKE OUTS AND ALLOWED NO HITS. MAEVE EAGLESON GOT THE SAVE AND MAINTAINED THE NO-HITTER. RYAN COPLIN WAS STRONG BEHIND THE PLATE, THROWING OUT TWO RUNNERS, AS WELL AS CONTRIBUTING TWO BASE HITS. OLIVIA MAHON AND BRYNN GILL ALSO PACED THE OFFENSE. STING 11U – 8, LI CRUSH – 2.
IN GAME #2, STING 11U BEAT CT MIRAGE 14-0. CASEY KOLVA AND MICHALOWSKI WERE BOTH 2-2, EACH CONTRIBUTING A DOUBLE, WITH THREE AND FOUR RBIS, RESPECTIVELY. CHASE FERRAIOLO AND REAGAN KLEIN BOTH HAD A HIT AND AN RBI. EAGLESON AND KOLVA COMBINED FOR THE NO-HIT SHUTOUT.
EAGLESON WENT THE DISTANCE IN GAME #3, SHUTTING OUT A STRONG CT VELOCITY OFFENSE, ALLOWING JUST THREE HITS AND A WALK. SHE HELPED HER CAUSE WITH A TRIPLE AND A STEAL OF HOME IN THE FIRST. ALLY MAYNARD AND COPLIN HAD STRONG DEFENSIVE GAMES. GILL AND MICHALOWSKI HAD TWO HITS A PIECE, WHILE MAHON CONTRIBUTED ONE HIT. STING 11U – 3, CT VELOCITY – 0.
PICTURED ABOVE LEFT, MAEVE EAGLESON DELIVERS. INSET RIGHT, LEAH MICHALOWSKI SETS UP.
SHORELINE STINGER XVI CONCLUDES WITH CHAMPIONS NAMED
(PICTURED BELOW) STING 10U RUNNERS UP IN 12U BRACKET
AFTER SEVERE WEATHER HIT GUILFORD, CT BOTH OVERNIGHT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, BUT 2023 STINGER XVI HAD NO DISRUPTIONS IN PLAY AND THE FIELDS WERE IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION. MANY THANKS GO OUT TO ALL OF THE STING PERSONNEL THAT WORKED HARD TO SEE THAT STINGER XVI REMAINS A FAVORITE ON EVERYONE’S SUMMER TRAVEL BALL SCHEDULE.
THE 12U BRACKET SAW THE TOURNAMENT’S ONLY 10U TEAMS PLAYING IN THE FINALS. THE CT LIGHTNING (10U) PREVAILED OVER STING (10U) TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. CT FURY WERE CHAMPIONS IN THE 14U DIVISION, DEFEATING WCT EAGLES RED IN THE FINALS.
THE BOMBERS WHITE WON THE 18U DIVISION OVER THE CT TIGERS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE WINNERS AND RUNNERS UP, AS WELL AS, ALL OF THE COMPETITORS IN THE EVENT. WE HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE BACK FOR SHORELINE STINGER XVII IN LATE JULY, 2024.
14U BLUE FINALISTS AGAIN
