Semifinals

Here's what we're looking at for semifinals on both diamonds:

Softball-
Wednesday, June 10
Class L: #1 Naugatuck vs. #5 Waterford, 4:00 PM at Moody Field, Middletown
Class M: #1 Seymour vs. #4 Lauralton Hall, 7:00 PM at West Haven HS
Class M: #6 Woodland vs. #2 St. Joseph, 4:00 PM at West Haven HS

Baseball-
Wednesday, June 10
Class M: #8 Holy Cross vs. #5 Ellington, 3:30 PM at Muzzy Field, Bristol

Quarterfinal Scores

Baseball (and we can now include softball) quarterfinals are today:

Baseball-
#8 Holy Cross vs. #17 St. Joseph- UNH at 4:00 PM
#10 Wolcott vs. #18 Waterford- Palmer Field at 7:00 PM

Softball-
#1 Seymour vs. #8 Griswold- Seymour HS at 4:00 PM
#6 Woodland at #3 Rocky Hill- Rocky Hill HS at 4:00 PM
#1 Naugatuck vs. #8 Maloney- Naugatuck HS at 4:00 PM

Report any scores here; we'll post them too when they're posted to the CIAC website.

Second Round Games

Only 3 NVL teams are left after 5 went down in the first round yesterday.

#1 Seymour vs. #16 St. Joseph, 3:30 PM at French Park
#8 Holy Cross vs. #9 East Catholic, 3:30 PM at Holy Cross HS
#10 Wolcott at #7 Foran, 3:30 PM at Foran HS

Not sure about the other games, but I will definitely take St. Joseph to win. They looked absolutely outstanding yesterday and hit the ball even better than I saw Seymour hit in 3 games against Woodland. They said they have a lefty going today.

State Tournament Brackets Released

State tournament brackets are out. Most of the NVL's participation will come in Class M, but three teams qualified in Class L. Play opens Monday afternoon.

Class L:

#21 Crosby at #12 Middletown, 7:00 PM at Palmer Field
#24 Torrington at #9 Fairfield Ludlowe, 3:30 PM at Fairfield Ludlowe HS
#25 Watertown at #8 Notre Dame-West Haven, 3:30 PM at ND-WH

Class M:

#1 Seymour vs. #32 Joel Barlow, 3:30 PM at French Park
#8 Holy Cross vs. #25 Killingly, 3:30 PM at Holy Cross HS
#10 Wolcott vs. #23 Tolland, 3:30 PM at Wolcott HS
#16 Woodland vs. #17 St. Joseph, 3:30 PM at Woodland HS
#27 Ansonia at #6 New London, 3:30 PM at New London HS

Brackets can be found here:

Class L
Class M

NVL Semifinals

2:00 PM- #2 Holy Cross vs. #6 Crosby
4:45 PM- #1 Seymour vs. #4 Woodland

Both at Municipal Stadium. Post scores if you got 'em.

NVL Tournament

Straight from the Rep-Am:

NVL baseball tournament seeds-

1. Seymour 19-1
2. Holy Cross 16-4
3. Wolcott 15-5
4. Woodland 13-7
5. Ansonia 10-10
6. Crosby 10-10

Saturday’s quarterfinals (at Municipal Stadium)-

Woodland vs. Ansonia, 12:30 PM
Wolcott vs. Crosby, 3 PM

Tuesday’s semifinals (at Municipal Stadium)-

Wolcott-Crosby winner vs. Holy Cross, 2 PM
Woodland-Ansonia winner vs. Seymour, 4:45 PM

Wednesday’s final at Municipal Stadium, 4:30 PM

Regular Season Finale

Thursday is the last day for a few NVL teams, but for others, it's just the start of meaningful games. Here's the season finale schedule:

Naugatuck at Woodland, 3:30 PM at Woodland HS
Kennedy at Sacred Heart, 3:30 PM at Municipal Stadium
Wilby at Watertown, 3:30 PM at Deland Field
Wolcott at Seymour, 3:45 PM at French Park
Ansonia at Crosby, 6:30 PM at Montoe Park

Holy Cross beat Torrington, 8-0, on Wednesday, to wrap up the Copper Division. The Crusaders will have the #2 seed in the NVL tournament and will play on Tuesday against the winner of the #3 Wolcott/#6 Crosby game.

I'll take: Woodland, Sacred Heart, Watertown, Wolcott, and Ansonia.