UPCOMING EVENTS & GAMES




SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 2024


SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 2024




WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2024


6:30 – 8:00 – 11U PRACTICE AT HOMEFIELD, CENTERBROOK


WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2024


6:30 – 8:00 – 11U PRACTICE AT HOMEFIELD, CENTERBROOK



 



 






 

 

 

TEAM IMAGE STING LOGO WEAR (CLICK TO ACCESS LINK)

EZELL EDGE SUMMER CAMP (CLICK TO ACCESS LINK)

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

SHORELINE STING 14U BLUE WERE LOOKING FOR A “LEARNING EXPERIENCE” AND DECIDED TO “PLAY UP” IN THE 16U BRACKET OF THE CT TIGERS “SUMMER SIZZLER” EVENT AT McAULIFFE PARK, EAST HARTFORD.  WHAT THEY LEARNED WAS THAT WHEN PRESENTED WITH A CHALLENGE, THEY CONTINUALLY RISE TO THE OCCASION.

THEY FINISHED SATURDAY 3-0 AND A NUMBER THREE SEED, GOING INTO CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY.  ACE PITCHER LAUREN VITARISI SET THE TONE EARLY WITH A SIX-INNING, 11 STRIKE OUT, NO-HITTER AGAINST THE RI STORM.  KAYLYN VERNON FOLLOWED THAT UP BY NOTCHING WINS IN THE NEXT TWO GAMES.  PEYTON LEMAY LED SATURDAY’S OFFENSE WITH A SIX HIT PERFORMANCE.  VITARISI HIT HER THIRD HOME RUN OF THE SEASON IN GAME #1.  MIA GAUTHIER BECAME THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE 14U BLUE HOME RUN CLUB, CLEARING THE FENCE IN GAME #2 VS THE CT TITANS 16U.  HER BAT CAME ALIVE ON SATURDAY, HITTING .571 ON THE DAY.

SUNDAY PLAY BEGAN WITH STING BEATING THE CT TIGERS 10-0 LED BY LEMAY AND VITARISI EACH CONTRIBUTING A HOME RUN AND A TRIPLE.  VITARISI PITCHED ANOTHER SHUTOUT.  IN THE SEMI-FINALS, SOPHIA SARDO’S BAT CAUGHT FIRE.  SHE WENT 2-3 WITH A GAME-WINNING RBI, RESULTING IN ANOTHER VITARISI WIN, 4-1.  SARDO WAS A WORK HORSE BEHIND THE PLATE, CATCHING ALL THREE GAMES ON SUNDAY.  THE SEMI-FINAL VICTORY PUT THE GIRLS IN THEIR SIXTH FINAL IN A ROW.

STING 14U PLAYED A TREMENDOUS FINAL, LOSING 1-0 TO THE VERY STRONG 16U CT LIGHTNING.  A LIGHTNING SOLO HOME RUN IN THE FIRST INNING WAS THE DIFFERENCE.  EVERYONE PLAYED EXCEPTIONALLY WELL, HIGHLIGHTED BY SUNDAY’S THREE-GAME, 17 INNING, 21 STRIKEOUT, TWO-RUN PITCHING PERFORMANCE BY VITARISI.

PICTURED ABOVE ARE THE 16U TOURNAMENT RUNNERS UP, STING 14U BLUE.  FROM LEFT ALEXA SNEDEKER, EVE BACKHAUS, SOPHIA LUDINGTON, PEYTON LEMAY, SOPHIA SARDO, MADI DISTEFANO, LAUREN VITARISI, ASHLEY BERADESCA, MIA GAUTHIER, ALIA MARTONE, KAYLYN VERNON, KYLA CHAMPAGNE.  KNEELING IN FRONT IS ASSISTANT COACH BIANCA PAPPACODA.

WINNERS AT WATERTOWN “SUMMER FLING”