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STING 18U WINS CHAMPIONSHIP AT “CHAMPIONS NATIONAL”

STING 18U CAME FROM DEEP IN THE PACK AND GAINED VICTORIES IN ALL OF THEIR FOUR BRACKET GAMES ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY, JULY 13 & 14 TO WIN THE PRESTIGIOUS “NATIONALS” EVENT IN OSWEGO, NY.  THEY BEAT NAPANNEE EXPRESS FROM ONTARIO, CANADA IN A COME-FROM-BEHIND “WALK-OFF” NAIL-BITER ON THE “PLAY-IN” SATURDAY NIGHT GAME.  THEY CONTINUED THEIR SUCCESS AS THE BATS CAME ALIVE ON SUNDAY MORNING AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY.  STING 18U KNOCKED OFF THE #2 SEED CENTRAL NY MONSTERS 12-7 IN THE QUARTERFINALS AND PROCEEDED TO DOMINATE THE EXTREME BLACK (NY) 11-2 IN THE SEMIFINALS AND SHUT OUT THE #1 SEED POCONO PRIDE 10-0 IN THE FINALS.  PICTURED ABOVE DISPLAYING THE CHAMPIONSHIP BANNER ARE (KNEELING IN FRONT FROM LEFT): ANNIKA RYER, CAMARYN REYNOLDS, NIKKI MARSH, RACHEL MILLER.  (STANDING FROM LEFT):  ERIC BEVERLY, BRIANNA BEVERLY, DAN MARSH, HANNAH LEMKE, JULIE VINCENT, JILLIAN BATICK, JAELYNN POTTER, TAYLOR MYERS, ALEX BURDICK, EMILY NELSON, MacKENZIE PETERS, ED HOBSON, KATHE BURDICK.

STING 12U BLUE RUNNERS-UP IN PLANTSVILLE……….

HEAT, RAIN & A TRIP ACROSS THE BORDER

STING 12U BLUE (11U) HAD A PHENOMENAL WITH A 2-1 SUNDAY AND SUNDAY WINS IN BOTH THE QUARTER AND SEMIFINAL GAMES AT “THUNDER & LIGHTNING” EVENT IN PLANTSVILLE, CT.  THE YOUNG 12’S FINISHED THE EVENT WITH A RUNNER-UP FINISH.

COACH GAGE’S 16U BLUE TEAM VENTURED ACROSS THE BORDER AND FINISHED A VERY RESPECTABLE 5-3 OVERALL IN THE QUEBEC REBELLES INVITATIONAL.  THE GIRLS DIDN’T LET THE RAIN STOP THE FUN, AS THEY ENJOY “LINE DANCING” WITH THE CANADIANS.  (BELOW)

STING 18U RECORDED THEIR THIRD “QUALIFIER” FINISH IN FOUR 2019 OUTINGS AT THE NE FUSION COLLEGE SHOWCASE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.  THE RAINS ACTUALLY HELPED THEM GAIN THE SILVER TROPHY (BELOW).  MORE IMPORTANTLY, OUR UNCOMMITTED HIGH SCHOOL MEMBERS SUCCESSFULLY SHOWCASED THEIR TALENTS IN FRONT OF SEVERAL PROMINENT COLLEGE COACHES.

OOOOOOO BABY……….

STING 18U CHAMPIONS AT RHODE ISLAND SUMMER SLAM

STING 18U FINISHED SATURDAY IN RHODE ISLAND WITH A 3-0 FINISH AND #1 SEED.  ON SUNDAY, JUNE 23, THE 18’S SHUT-OUT THE GRAFTON DIAMONDS 7-0, BEHIND PITCHER MacKENZIE PETERS IN THE QUARTERFINALS.  THEY BEAT THE SOUTH COUNTY SEA DEVILS 8-4 IN THE SEMIFINALS AND THE POWERFUL WATERTOWN RAPIDS 3-1 IN THE FINALS.  BOTH SEMI AND FINAL WINS WERE PITCHED BACK-TO-BACK BY IRON-LADY RACHEL MILLER, IN A COMMAND PERFORMANCE.  RI WAVES SUMMER SLAM CHAMPIONS PICTURED ABOVE IS STING 18U:  STANDING FROM LEFT:  TAYLOR MYERS, BRI BEVERLY, CAMARYN REYNOLDS, JILL BATICK, JAELYNN POTTER, EMILY NELSON, RACHEL MILLER, HANNAH LEMKE, ANNIKA RYER.  (IN FRONT):  NIKKI MARSH, ALEX BURDICK, MacKENZIE PETERS, JULIE VINCENT.)

STING 16U TEAMS SPRINT OUT OF THE GATE……….

16U BLUE WINS IT ALL IN RHODE ISLAND

IN THEIR SEASON OPENING EVENT ON JUNE 15 & 16, 16U BLUE MADE THEIR IMPACT IN THE “NE IMPACT SUMMER OPENER” IN JOHNSTON, RI, WINNING THE EVENT WITH THREE STRAIGHT DOMINANT SUNDAY VICTORIES.  PICTURED ABOVE ARE COACH GAGE’S CHAMPIONS.  (FROM LEFT) FINELLA SMITH, BELLA WILLIAMS, EMILEY WILSON, VIVIAN PARADIS, SAM FRANCESCHI, VICTORIA GAGE, CHRISTINA LOMBARDI, CAYLEE PARKER, CALLIE TEPER, MAYA CONCEPCION, SARA COLEY, MEGAN HART.

16U GOLD RUNNERS UP IN WATERTOWN

ON OPENING WEEKEND, JUNE 15 & 16, 16U GOLD CAME ALL THE WAY FROM THE #11 SEED TO BEAT THREE HIGHER SEEDED TEAMS FOR A RUNNER UP FINISH IN THE “RAPIDS SUMMER SWING” IN WATERTOWN, CT.  COACHES PICTURED STANDING IN THE REAR (FROM LEFT) HEAD COACH BRENT AIKEN, BOB CRONIN, CHRIS HILLS, MATT O’CONNOR.  PLAYERS STANDING (FROM LEFT) MAIREAD AIKEN, TESSA O’CONNOR, HANNAH CRONIN, MADDIE CANN, LENA BARTHEL, BRIANNA SCARANTINO.  IN FRONT (FROM LEFT) ERIN DONLAN, GRACE LATHROP, BELLA HILLS, CARINA DeCLEMENT, BIANCA ARIAS.

STING 18U FINISH RUNNERS UP IN OPENER

ON SUNDAY, JUNE 9, STING 18U NETTED A RUNNER UP FINISH IN USSSA BRING THE HEAT AT THE NEW FPN PARK IN WINDSOR, CT.  PICTURED STANDING (FROM LEFT), BRIANA BEVERLY, CAMARYN REYNOLDS, JULIE VINCENT, MacKENZIE PETERS, ALEX BURDICK, TAYLOR MYERS, JAELYNN POTTER.  KNEELING (FROM LEFT) JILL BATICK, NIKKI MARSH, RACHEL MILLER, HANNAH LEMKE, ANNIKA RYER.

CT HIGH SCHOOL POST-SEASON HONORS FOR STING PLAYERS

STING 16U GOLD

LENA BARTHEL (EAST HAVEN HS) CATCHER – ALL-SCC

MADDIE CANN (OLD LYME HS) OUTFIELD – ***ALL-STATE*** – ALL-SHORELINE

GRACE LATHROP (OLD LYME HS) SHORTSTOP – ALL – SHORELINE

BRIANNA SCARANTINO (PLAT TECH, MILFORD) UTILITY *JUNIOR ALL-STAR GAME SELECTION

STING 16U BLUE

VICTORIA GAGE (OLD LYME HS) PITCHER – ALL – SHORELINE

18U

JILLIAN BATICK (GUILFORD HS) OUTFIELD – ALL – SCC

ALEX BURDICK (NFA) OUTFIELD – ALL ECC

HANNAH LEMKE (HALE RAY HS) FIRST BASE – ALL – SHORELINE & *SENIOR ALL-STAR GAME SELECTION*

NIKKI MARSH (EAST LYME HS) SECOND BASE – ALL ECC

RACHEL MILLER (WATERFORD HS) – PITCHER – ***ALL-STATE*** & ALL ECC  & *JUNIOR ALL STATER GAME SELECTION*

EMILY NELSON (ST. BERNARD HS) – PITCHER & SHORTSTOP – ALL ACADEMIC & *SENIOR ALL-STAR GAME SELECTION*

MacKENZIE PETERS (PLAINFIELD HS) – PITCHER & SHORTSTOP – ALL ECC & *JUNIOR ALL-STAR GAME SELECTION*

CAMARYN REYNOLDS (HAMDEN HS) – OUTFIELD – ALL SCC & *JUNIOR ALL-STAR GAME SELECTION*

JULIE VINCENT – (NFA) THIRD BASE – ALL ECC HONORABLE MENTION

STING 12U GOLD – ROSE CITY RUMBLE CHAMPIONS

ON SUNDAY, MAY 19, STING 12U GOLD ROSE TO THE OCCASION IN ROSE CITY AND MARCHED TO VICTORY IN THE ANNUAL ROSE CITY RUMBLE IN NORTH FRANKLIN, CT.  GETTING OFF TO A SLOW SATURDAY START, COACH SENERCHIA’S GIRLS DROPPED THEIR OPENER TO THE CT BOMBERS WHITE, BUT BOUNCED BACK NICELY, BEATING THE KP PRIDE FROM MASSACHUSETTS AND THE CT PRIDE FOR A 2 – 1 SATURDAY AND A #2 TOURNAMENT SEED.  THE 12U GOLD OPENED CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY ONCE AGAIN BEATING THE KP PRIDE AND GOING ON TO A SEMI-FINAL WIN VS. “THE PIT” LADY NATIONALS.  AVENGING SATURDAY’S OPENING LOSS, THEY DEFEATED THE CT BOMBERS WHITE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

PICTURED ABOVE ARE THE STING 12U GOLD – 2019 ROSE CITY RUMBLE CHAMPIONS.  STANDING FROM LEFT ARE REECE HEBERT, MORGAN MODINE, GABBY BIGIO AND EMMA BAYOR.  KNEELING IN FRONT ARE ADRIANNA HILLS, GABI SENERCHIA, NATALIA LUCIBELLO, ADDIE SMITH, ALEXA FALCIONI, ALAYNA MARIANA AND KILEY MULLINS.

SCHOLASTIC SEASON & PRE-SUMMER GAMES & EVENTS

ON SUNDAY, APRIL 7, STING 12U BLUE ATTENDED YALE YOUTH DAY.  YALE DEFEATED DARTMOUTH 6-4 AND PLAYERS JOINED YALE PLAYERS ON THE FIELD FOR INTRODUCTIONS AND THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.  PICTURED ABOVE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT:  BACK ROW:  JULIANA ONOFRIO, ELLA MUNSON, TAYLOR FERRAIOLO, KALEIGH DURKIN, ANAI ALVAREZ AND CHRISTINA ANEIRO.  FRONT ROW:  MILLIE GOBLECK, ALIA MARTONE, LAUREN VITARISI, CAITLIN BURGESS, LILY ARDITO & AVA RYSZCZYK.

STING 16U BLUE PLAYERS GATHER AFTER THE CT SHORELINE CONFERENCE CLASH BETWEEN NEW LONDON AND MORGAN (CLINTON).  16U STING BLUE PLAYERS JOIN AFTER THE GAME.  FROM LEFT: FINELLA SMITH (NEW LONDON), VICTORIA GAGE (OLD LYME), CAYLEE PARKER (NEW LONDON),  EMILEY WILSON (OLD SAYBROOK) AND COLLEEN EDWARDS (MORGAN) AND CHRISTINA LOMBARDI (OLD SAYBROOK)

AFTER THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CONTEST BETWEEN OLD LYME AND ELIOT (CLINTON), STING 14U WHITE PLAYERS GATHER.  FROM LEFT:  ALYSSIA MAIKOWSKI (ELIOT), JENNA SCHAUDER (OLD LYME), JAMIE BUCIOR (OLD LYME) AND 14U WHITE COACH SHAE CROSBY.

COLLEGE SIGNING DAY AT NORWICH FREE ACADEMY.  STING 18U STANDOUT COLLEGE-BOUND PLAYERS JULIE VINCENT (AT LEFT) HEADED TO RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE IN PROVIDENCE AND ALEX BURDICK HEADED TO ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY IN BRISTOL, RI, SIGN THEIR LETTERS OF INTENT TO PLAY IN COLLEGE.

JAELYNN POTTER RECEIVES MLK ESSAY AWARD

SHORELINE STING IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT JAELYNN POTTER HAS BEEN HONORED WITH THE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. ESSAY AWARD IN STATE-WIDE COMPETITION.  JAELYNN RECEIVED THE AWARD IN A RECENT CEREMONY.  IT WAS PRESENTED BY CONNECTICUT’S US SENATOR CHRIS MURPHY.  THE AWARD IS IN RECOGNITION OF JAELYNN’S MLK ESSAY, WHICH WAS SELECTED THE WINNER OUT OF OVER 1,000 ESSAY’S SUBMITTED IN THE COMPETITION.

JAELYNN IS A STING 18U STANDOUT INFIELDER/CATCHER.  SHE IS A JUNIOR AT NEW LONDON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE SHE EXCELS ACADEMICALLY AND ATHLETICALLY, PLAYING SOFTBALL AND SOCCER.

SHE LIVES IN NEW LONDON WITH PROUD PARENTS JOHN AND LISA.

SHORELINE STING IS VERY PROUD OF JAELYNN AND WISHES HER WELL IN ALL OF HER ACADEMIC AND ATHLETIC PURSUITS.

SHAE CROSBY NAMED HEAD COACH – STING 14U WHITE

SHORELINE STING IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE APPOINTMENT OF SHAE CROSBY AS HEAD COACH OF ITS 14U WHITE TEAM.  SHAE IS A RECENT GRADUATE OF KEENE STATE UNIVERSITY IN KEENE, NH, WHERE SHE WAS A FOUR-YEAR STANDOUT PLAYER.  SHAE WAS PRIMARILY A LEFT SIDE INFIELDER FOR THE OWLS, STARTING AT BOTH SHORTSTOP AND THIRD BASE.  HER CAREER WAS HIGHLIGHTED BY HER ALL-CONFERENCE (LITTLE EAST) SELECTION IN 2017.  SHE ALSO WAS SELECTED AS A PARTICIPANT IN THE NCAA LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE.  IN HIGH SCHOOL, SHAE WAS GRADUATED FROM EAST LYME HIGH SCHOOL IN NIANTIC, CT, WHERE SHE WAS ALSO A STARTING PLAYER IN THE INFIELD.

ALWAYS AN AGGRESSIVE LEADER ON THE FIELD AND IN THE DUGOUT, WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT SHAE WILL BE AN EXCELLENT COACH AND ROLE MODEL FOR THE 14U WHITE GIRLS.

SHAE WAS GRADUATED FROM KEENE STATE WITH DEGREES IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION AND MATHEMATICS.  SHE IS CURRENTLY A “PERMANENT SUBSTITUTE” TEACHER AT SALEM SCHOOL AND IS PURSUING A FULL-TIME TEACHING JOB.  SHAE LIVES IN SALEM, CT WITH HER FAMILY.  WE AT

SHORELINE STING ALL WISH SHAE GOOD LUCK AND GOOD FORTUNE WITH THIS PRECIOUS GROUP OF YOUNG PLAYERS.

STING 10U OPENS WITH FIRST WINTER PRACTICE

SHORELINE STING IS VERY HAPPY AND PROUD TO INTRODUCE OUR NEWEST AND YOUNGEST 2019 TEAM.  THE 10U TEAM OPENED THEIR 2019 WINTER PRACTICE SEASON IN NORTH BRANFORD, CT.  THE TEAM WILL PRACTICE INDOORS EACH SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH MARCH.  BEGINNING IN THE SPRING AND THROUGH THE SUMMER, THEY WILL BE COMPETING IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY FASTPITCH LEAGUE (CVFL), AS WELL AS, ONE FULL SANCTIONED TRAVEL EVENT AND THE CVFL SEASON ENDING TOURNAMENT IN JULY.  THE TEAM IS COACHED BY PAUL LUDINGTON AND HE IS ASSISTED BY DEAN VITARISI AND KEVIN FROST.  PICTURED (ABOVE FROM LEFT) BRIANNA PALMESE, AMBER MAIKOWSKI, ASHLEY BERARDESCA, MADISON DISTEFANO, LENA AGUZZI, ADRIENNE FROST.  (FRONT FROM LEFT)  DELANEY SHEPARD, SOFIA LUDINGTON, LAUREN VITARISI, SAM JOHNSON, TESSA DELUCIA AND PAYTON PALMESE.  MISSING IS PEYTON LEMAY.

STING 18U CELEBRATES THE HOLIDAYS

STING 18U CELEBRATED THE HOLIDAYS AT THEIR, SOON TO BE,  ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY, HOSTED BY THE BURDICK FAMILY IN LISBON, CT.  GREAT FOOD AND FRIENDSHIP WAS SHARED.  THE PARTY WAS HIGHLIGHTED BY A “YANKEE SWAP” WHERE THE GIRL’S EXCHANGED SOME WONDERFUL GIFTS.  PICTURED ABOVE (BACK ROW FROM LEFT) JAELYNN POTTER, RACHEL MILLER, TAYLOR MYERS, BRI BEVERLY, HANNAH LEMKE.  (FRONT ROW FROM LEFT) NIKKI MARSH, ALEX BURDICK, EMILY NELSON AND ANNIKA RYER.  (MISSING WERE MEAGHAN GILLIS, JULIE VINCENT, CAMRYN REYNOLDS AND JILL BATICK.)

16U BLUE OPENS WINTER BALL AT ADIRONDACK DOME

COACH GAGE’S STING 16U BLUE TEAM TRAVELED TO THE LAKE GEORGE, NY AREA AND OPENED UP THEIR WINTER SEASON AT THE ADIRONDACK DOME IN QUEENSBURY FOR A COMBINED 16U/18U EVENT.  STING MANAGED TO DISPATCH BOTH 16U OPPONENTS ON SATURDAY AND LOST THEIR ONE 18U CONTEST FOR A 2 – 1 POOL FINISH.  THEY GOT THE “SHORT STRAW” ON SUNDAY, MATCHED AGAINST ANOTHER 18U TEAM.  IT LED TO AN EARLY DEPARTURE, BUT A GRAND TIME WAS HAD BY ALL. 

PICTURED ABOVE AT TOP, (BACK ROW FROM LEFT) FINELLA SMITH, SARA COLEY, EMILEY WILSON, CAYLEE PARKER, CALLIE TEPER & CHRISTINA LOMBARDI.  (CENTER STANDING) ARE VICTORIA GAGE, MAYA CONCEPCION, MEGAN HART, SAM FRANCESCHI AND (KNEELING BELOW) ARE COLLEEN EDWARDS AND VIVIAN PARADIS.  AT BOTTOM, THE TEAM ATTENDED AN ADIRONDACK THUNDER HOCKEY GAME ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND WERE WELCOMED ON THEIR “JUMBO-TRON”.

EXCITING EARLY COLLEGE DECISIONS FOR STING PLAYERS.  GO KNIGHTS!!GO HAWKS! GO ANCHORMEN!

TOP RECRUITS MARSH, BURDICK AND VINCENT MAKE NCAA CHOICES

PICTURED TOP LEFT, STING 18U STANDOUT SECOND BASEMAN NIKKI MARSH, SPORTING HER CARLETON COLLEGE COLLEGE SWAG.  NIKKI ACCEPTED A PLAYING OFFER AT PRESTIGIOUS CARLETON COLLEGE IN NORTHFIELD, MN.  CARLETON IS CONSISTENTLY RANKED IN THE TOP TEN LIBERAL ARTS SCHOOLS IN AMERICA.  NIKKI IS HONORED TO BE A TOP ACADEMIC AND ATHLETIC RECRUIT THERE.  NIKKI IS A TOP STUDENT AND ATHLETE AT EAST LYME HIGH SCHOOL AND WILL SERVE AS A TEAM CAPTAIN IN 2019.  SHE IS BEGINNING HER FOURTH SEASON WITH STING, BATTING 300+ EACH YEAR.

ALEX BURDICK IS PICTURED TOP RIGHT (IN THE LEFT OF FRAME) WITH HER STING 18U, AND SOON TO BE, 2020 ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY TEAMMATE TAYLOR MYERS  (PICTURED AT LEFT OF FRAME)  ALEX WAS RECRUITED BY RWU AT THE 2018 CAPE COD SHOWCASE IN SWANSEA, MA AND AT THE RWU PROPRIETARY RECRUITING CAMP.  ALEX IS A POWER HITTING THIRD BASEMAN, CATCHER AND OUTFIELDER, WHO IN HER INAUGURAL STING SEASON HIT .369 AND LED THE TEAM IN RBIS.  ALEX IS A TOP ACADEMIC PERFORMER AT NORWICH FREE ACADEMY, WHERE SHE RECEIVED ALL-EASTERN CONNECTICUT CONFERENCE HONORS IN 2018.

AFTER A WHIRLWIND PROSPECT CAMP AND CAMPUS VISIT, FOUR YEAR STING VETERAN, JULIE VINCENT ACCEPTED A PLAYING OFFER AT RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE IN PROVIDENCE.  RIC HEAD COACH, BRIAN CLAYPOOL QUICKLY SELECTED JULIE AT CAMP AND INVITED HER TO THE RIC CAMPUS, WHERE HE MADE HER A PLAYING OFFER.  JULIE IS A THIRD BASEMAN AND CATCHER, WHO HIT 300+ IN EACH OF HER STING SEASONS.  SHE RANKS IN THE TOP TEN PER CENT OF HER CLASS AT NORWICH FREE ACADEMY.

WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR HARD WORKING STING PLAYERS AND WISH THEM SUCCESS AT THE NEXT LEVEL.

STING 12U GOLD WINS OPENING EVENT

SHORELINE STING 12U GOLD BEGAN THEIR 2019 CAMPAIGN WITH VICTORY IN THE USSSA FALL BRAWL IN EAST HARTFORD.  STING SWEPT THE FIELD IN A TWO-GAME POOL SATURDAY AND A DOUBLE-ELIMINATION SATURDAY, BEATING THE BVSA LADY TITANS AND THE LADY PRIDE EACH TWICE.  PICTURED ABOVE STANDING (FROM LEFT) EMMA BAYOR, GABBY BIGIO, ALEXA FALCIONI, GRACE PHANEUF, NATALIA LUCIBELLO, REECE HEBERT, GABI SENERCHIA, ADRIANA HILLS.  KNEELING IN FRONT (FROM LEFT) KILEY MULLINS, ADDIE SMITH, ALAYNA MARIANI.