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New Canaan Sports Digest Aug 10
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New Canaan's game againt Newtown in the winner's bracket final of the 11-year-old Cal Ripken New England Regionals was postponed on Tuesday.
The contest will be played on Wednesday at 5 p.m. in New Milford. It will be a rematch of the Connecticut state finals, won by Newtown, although both teams qualified for the regionals.
On Sunday, New Canaan defeated Exeter, N.H, 5-2 to improve to 2-0 in the tournament.
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Mikey Pelli pitched four innings, allowing only two hits and one unearned run. Robby Jones pitched the final two innings, giving up one run.
Jones hit a monster three-run home run to centerfield that cleared the 245-foot fence by at least 30 feet. Dillon Abate and Pelli scored on the blast that put New Canaan ahead 3-0 in the third inning.
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Exeter answered with an unearned run in the bottom of the third as the catcher's throw on a steal of third went into left field and the runner scored.
Justin Stemerman had a big two-run single in the fifth inning to put New Canaan ahead, 5-1. Exeter scored a run in the sixth, but New Canaan got a great defensive play by Justin Greco, who threw out a runner at second base on a hit to right field.
Trevor Donnelly also made a great play on a short hop throw at second in the inning.
Pelli was named player of the game as he had a single, two walks and was hit by a pitch. Matt Evans was 2-for-3 with a double.
New Canaan YMCA swimmers in junior nationals
The New Canaan YMCA is well-represented at this week's world junior swimming championships with five participants taking part.
On Monday, K.C. Moss finished second in the women's 200-meter butterfly with a time of 2:30:95. Moss bettered her qualifying time of 2:32.72, which also was the second-fastest of the day.
John Santoro finished 85th in the men's 200-meter breast (2:25.68) and Maddie Rush was 144th in the 200 fly (2:26.55)
The junior national championships, taking place in Palo Alto, Calif, continue through Friday.
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL STANDINGS
Team Record Points *Greenwich Sr 23-4-0 46 *Norwalk Sr 20-7-0 40 Trumbull Sr 18-9-0 36 Stamford Sr 15-12-0 30 Darien/NCSr 14-13-0 28 Wilton Sr 12-15-0 24 Bridgeport Sr 11-16-0 22 Fairfield Sr 11-16-0 22 Westport Sr 8-19-0 16 Ridgefield Sr3-24-0 6 Team Record Points *Stamford Jr 20-6-0 40 Ridgefield Jr 20-7-0 40 Trumbull Jr 19-7-0 38 Norwalk Jr 15-11-0 30 Fairfield Jr
14-13-0 28 Darien/NCJr
13-13-0 26 Wilton Jr 11-15-0 22 Westport Jr 10-16-0 20 Greenwich Jr 9-17-0 18 Bridgeport Jr 0-26-0
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