MAY 5 & 6..........ANOTHER TOURNAMENT WIN..........

STING 12U TAKES FUSION SPRING FLING

STING 12U PITCHERS JULIA HAECKEL (ABOVE LEFT) AND BRIANA MARCELINO (ABOVE RIGHT) LED THEIR TEAM TO VICTORY IN THE FUSION SPRING FLING, PITCHING BACK-TO-BACK SHUTOUTS IN THE SEMIFINALS AND FINALS.

FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE WEEK, STING 12U TOOK AWAY THE WINNER'S TROPHIES.  THEIR TOURNAMENT VICTORY AT VALLEY FUSION SPRING FLING, NOT ONLY GAINED THEM THE ASSOCIATED HARDWARE, BUT EARNED THEM A PONY NATIONAL QUALIFIER FLAG.  STING TOPPED THE 12-TEAM FIELD WITH PITCHING AND DEFENSE, PLAYING SOLID, MISTAKE-FREE BALL ON SUNDAY.  STING, BEHIND PITCHER JULIA HAECKEL, BEAT THE "CT RAIDERS" 3-0 AND THE "WATERTOWN RAPIDS" 4-0, WITH BRIANA MARCELINO GETTING THE SHUTOUT WIN.

ANOTHER 3-0 SATURDAY, PROVIDED STING WITH THE #1 SEED GOING INTO THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND.  SATURDAY OPENED WITH AN 8-0 WIN VS. "THE TRADITION."  MARCELINO HAD 12 STRIKE OUTS AND WENT 3-3 AT THE PLATE, WITH A DOUBLE IN THE FIRST.  EMILY MUZYKA AND JULIA SANGIOVANNI BOTH WENT 2-2 IN THE GAME.  THINGS TIGHTENED UP A LITTLE IN GAME #2,WITH STING BEATING THE "CHESHIRE WILDCATS" 6-1.  HAECKEL HAD TEN STRIKE OUTS AND MARCELINO HAD ANOTHER PERFECT 3-3 GAME AT THE PLATE.  SAM GALLO WENT 2-2.  IN GAME #3, STING BESTED THE "SEAHAWKS" 6-2.  SYDNEY SENERCHIA STARTED AND PITCHED FOUR SOLID INNINGS, STRIKING OUT FOUR.  MARCELINO FINISHED THE GAME IN RELIEF, SHUTTING THE DOOR ON THE "SEAHAWKS."  LILY GESHWIND, PLAYING BEHIND THE DISH, ENDED ANY "SEAHAWK" HOPES, THROWING OUT THREE RUNNERS ATTEMPING TO STEAL.

STING OPENED CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY WITH A 9-1 VICTORY AGAINST THE "EMPIRE STATE HUSKIES."  MARCELINO GOT THE WIN.  MICHELLE THEILGARD WENT 3-3 WITH A DOUBLE AND SANGIOVANNI AND MARCELINO EACH TRIPLED IN THE AFFAIR.  ONCE AGAIN, STING FACED THE "CT RAIDERS" IN THE SEMIFINALS.  HAECKEL GOT THE BETTER OF THE HARD-FOUGHT PITCHING DUEL, WHICH WAS PLAYED  LIKE A GOOD HIGH SCHOOL GAME.  IT WASN'T UNTIL THE BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH THAT FIRST BLOOD WAS DRAWN.  GALLO WAS HIT BY A PITCH AND MARCELINO SINGLED.  THEILGARD SINGLED, SCORING GALLO AND MARCELINO FOLLOWED, CROSSING THE PLATE ON AN ERRANT THROW.  SABRINA PIETROSIMONE FINISHED THINGS OFF, WITH A SINGLE SCORING THEILGARD.

LILY GESHWIND MADE HER PRESENCE KNOWN EARLY IN THE FINALS.  THE "WATERTOWN RAPIDS" DECIDED THAT BUNTING AGAINST MARCELINO MIGHT BE THEIR BEST OFFENSIVE WEAPON.  NOW PLAYING AT THE "HOT CORNER", GESHWIND TOOK AWAY ANY RAPIDS' IDEAS OF A SHORT GAME, MAKING TWO EXTRODINARY DIVING CATCHES ON BUNT ATTEMPTS.  MARCEINO AND STING NEVER LET THE "RAPIDS" IN THE GAME AND WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP 4-0.  MARCELINO WAS AGAIN 3-3 AND THEILGARD WENT 2-3.

STING, NOW 13-0, PLAY NEXT IN MERIDEN, CT AT THE ELIMINATOR'S MOTHER'S DAY CLASSIC ON SATURDAY, MAY 12.

..........14U BLUE OPEN WITH TWO WINS IN USSSA "QUEEN OF DIAMONDS"

STING 14U BLUE OPENED THEIR 2012 TOURNAMENT CAMPAIGN IN EAST HARTFORD WITH WINS VS. "THE CENTRAL CT COMETS" 9-4 AND THE "CT CRUSH" 9-2.  LAURA ANDERSON GOT THE WIN IN THE OPENER, WITH SARAH FLANAGAN SAVING THE GAME, PITCHING THE FINAL TWO SCORELESS INNINGS.  KAITLYN MINGIONE WON GAME #2 VS. THE "CT CRUSH."  STING BLUE LOST IN GAME #3 TO A TOUGH "FAIRFIELD LIGHT" TEAM.

STING BLUE WENT INTO SUNDAY'S CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND THE #3 SEED BUT  THEY, UNFORTUNATELY, DREW THE "FAIRFIELD LIGHT" AGAIN IN THE OPENING GAME, DROPPING THE CONTEST 8-1.

STING 14U BLUE PLAY NEXT IN EAST HARTFORD AT THE USSSA MAY MAGIC.

APRIL 28 & 29..........STING SEASON OPENS WITH A BANG..........

STING 12U WINS IN EAST HARTFORD

STING 12U OPENED ITS 2012 SEASON WITH AN IMPRESSIVE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE 16- TEAM FIELD AT THE "RAIDERS SPRING MADNESS" USSSA EVENT IN EAST HARTFORD, CT.  THE 12U SQUAD FINISHED SATURDAY'S POOL PLAY 3-0, WITH JUST THREE RUNS ALLOWED, GAINING THE #1 SEED.  THEY POSTED FOUR WINS IN THE SUNDAY CHAMPIONSHIP MARATHON, CONCLUDING WITH A 10-2 VICTORY OVER THE ALWAYS FORMIDABLE "WICKED".

JULIA HAECKEL GOT THE WIN IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.  MICHELLE THEILGARD CRUSHED TWO HOME RUNS AND BRIANA MARCELINO ADDED ONE.  LILY GESHWIND HAD TWO ROUND TRIPPERS IN THE THREE PRECEEDING SUNDAY GAMES.

ON SATURDAY, THE 12U STING OPENED WITH AN 11-1 WIN OVER THE "ELIMINATORS".  MARCELINO THREW A THREE-HITTER WITH EIGHT STRIKE OUTS.  HAECKEL WENT 4-4 AT THE PLATE AND SYDNEY SENERCHIA WAS 2-3.  IN GAME TWO, HAECKEL THREW A THREE-HITTER FOR A 7-1 WIN OVER THE "CHAOS".  ALYSSA PILLA SET THE TONE FOR THE GAME WITH A TIMELY HIT AND AN OUTSTANDING RUNNING CATCH IN THE WIND.  KELLY CODY GOT A KEY RBI AND PLACED A PERFECT SACRIIFCE BUNT.  IN SATURDAYS FINALE, STING 12U DEFEATED THE "LONGWOOD THUNDER" (LI, NY) 8-1, BEHIND MARCELINO'S TWO HITTER.  MARCELINO ADDED EIGHT MORE STRIKE OUTS.  EMILY MUZYKA AND THEILGARD EACH DOUBLED.

THE STING 12U OPENED SUNDAY WITH A 12-0 WIN AGAINST THE "MIRAGE".  MARCELINO THREW A ONE-HITTER, WITH SEVEN STRIKE OUTS.  LILY GESHWIND TRIPLED AND HOMERED.  SAM GALLO WENT 3-3, WITH TWO LASER DOUBLES.  IN GAME TWO THE 12U STING BLANKED THE "LONG ISLAND DUCKS" 8-0, BEHIND HAECKEL AND A TOUGH DEFENSE.  JULIA SANGIOVANNI WENT 2-3 AND HAECKEL, MARCELINO AND GALLO ALL TRIPLED IN THE GAME.  IN THE SEMI-FINALS, STING 12U DEFEATED THE HOST "CT RAIDERS" 9-3.  MARCELINO GAINED EIGHT MORE STRIKE OUTS TO ADD TO HER TOTAL AND GESHWIND HIT HER SECOND HOME RUN OF THE DAY.

THE "WICKED" JUMPED OUT TO A QUICK 2-0 LEAD IN THE FINALS, BUT ULTIMATELY THERE WAS "NO REST FOR THE "WICKED".  AFTER GETTING OUT OF A POTENTIAL "WICKED" RALLY IN THE THIRD, THE STING BATS CAME ALIVE.  THEILGARD HIT HER FIRST OF TWO HOME RUNS AND GAINED FIVE RBIS ON THE DAY, PILLA AND SABRINA PIETROSIMONE LAID DOWN PERFECT BUNTS TO SET THE TABLE WHEN NEEDED.  SENERCHIA WENT 2-3, DOUBLING IN THE FOURTH RUN OF THE GAME.  STING WENT ON TO PLATE SIX MORE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

"NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED".............GREGORY MAGUIRE (AND, OF COURSE BROADWAY.)

CONGRATULATIONS TO COACH HAECKEL, COACH SENERCHIA AND COACH GALLO AND ALL OF THE 12U PLAYERS AND THEIR DEDICATED SUPPORT GROUP.  THE 12U STING PLAYS NEXT AT THE VALLEY FUSION EVENT IN PROSPECT/BEACON FALLS, CT ON MAY 5 AND 6.

2012 STINGER V

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