Old Lyme advances to Shoreline Conference semis

Old Lyme — Matt Kane pitched a five-hitter as second-seeded Old Lyme High School beat No. 7 Old Saybrook 8-3 in a Shoreline Conference baseball tournament quarterfinal Tuesday.

The Wildcats (10-11) host No. 3 Haddam-Killingworth in a semifinal at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday. H-K beat No. 6 Coginchaug 2-0.

Kane struck out seven with three walks. Jace Funaro, Griffin Powers and Ron Losacano had two hits each for Old Lyme.

ECC tournament

• Quarterfinal round matchups are set in the Eastern Connecticut Conference tournament, which has revised its schedule (due to the forecast for heavy rain on Thursday) and will play its quarters and semifinals on Wednesday.

At Waterford, top-seeded Waterford will play No. 9 Fitch at 1 p.m., followed by No. 5 Stonington vs. No. 13 Wheeler at 4. The two winners will then meet in the semifinals at 7 p.m. At Fitch, No. 2 Lyman Memorial plays No. 10 St. Bernard at 1 p.m., followed by No. 3 East Lyme vs. No. 6 Bacon Academy at 4. Those two winners will then meet in the semis at 7 p.m.

The championship game is still scheduled for Friday at 7 p.m. at Fitch. In Tuesday's first round: • Matt Malcom went 3-for-4 with a home run, double and two RBI as No. 3 East Lyme defeated No. 14 Woodstock Academy 9-2.

Luke Leonard added two hits and scored a pair of runs for the Vikings (19-2) to back the pitching of Ryan Kane and Blake Bragaw. Kane went 5.1 innings and improved to 7-0 while Bragaw was perfect in 1.2 innings of relief.

• Freshman Tucker Freeman pitched a four-hitter as No. 10 St. Bernard beat No. 7 Montville 3-0. Freeman struck out four with two walks. Brandon Beck had two hits and Mason Knutson drove in a run for the Saints (9-12). Byron Dewaine had two hits and Dan Kobyluck pitched a six-hitter with four strikeouts for Montville (11-10).

• Connor McCrea pitched a threehit shutout as No. 9 Fitch routed No. 8 Norwich Free Academy 10-0. Nick Helbig and Michael Williams had three hits apiece for the Falcons (912) while McCrea added two. NFA is 8-13.

• Matt Shane pitched a four-hitter as No. 6 Bacon beat No. 11 Ledyard 4-0. Shane (5-1) struck out nine with one walk. Bacon (10-9) scored three runs in the fourth inning on two bases-loaded walks and an error. Ledyard (12-9) left four runners in scoring position.