Football Foundation to hold banquet on April 29
The Southeastern Connecticut Chapter of the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame will hold its annual awards banquet on Sunday, April 29 at 5 p.m. at Lake of Isles Golf Club and Resort in North Stonington.
The event honors scholar-athletes from the Coast Guard Academy and local high schools, as well as six adult awards, including Person of the Year, which this year will be presented to Sean Patrick Bowley of Hearst Media, who oversees the popular state high school website GameTimeCT.com
Other adult award winners include Fitch High School's Mike Ellis (Active Coach), Andrew Manzi (Distinguished American), Coast Guard media relations director Jason Southard (Bill Cawley Media Award), Scott Banks (Officials Award) and Killingly senior Vasileios Politis (President's Award).
The 2018 Scholar-Athlete Award recipients are Hudson Donaway (Coast Guard), Brendan Green (Norwich Free Academy), Max Ebdon (Ledyard), George Tsakiris (Bacon Academy), Sean Flynn (New London), Isaac Tomblin (East Lyme), Nick Tibbetts (Montville), Jacob Gauthier (Killingly), Ethan Lewis (Waterford), Christopher Peasley (Plainfield), Zachary Letelllier (Fitch), Jared Rudzinsky (Stonington) and Blair Allen Valley Regional/Old Lyme).
For event information or to purchase tickets, contact Ledyard athletic director Jim Buonocore at jbuonocore@ledyard.net.
College baseball
• Mitchell College swept a New England Collegiate Conference doubleheader from Newbury at home, winning the opener 16-1 and second game 9-0. Three Mitchell pitchers combined to allow just one hit in the opener, as starter Eddie Santiago of New London pitched four hitless innings with seven strikeouts to earn the win. In the second game, starter Jakari Pellegrini pitched six shutout innings for the Mariners (14-2, 4-1) to improve to 3-0.
Kyle Hartenstein's three-run homer highlighted a nine-run first for Mitchell in the opener while Garet Griffin added a two-run single in the first and a two-run double in the fifth. The Mariners had another big inning in the second game, scoring six runs in the third as Hartenstein doubled home a run and Jack Finnegan, Markus Melendez and Griffin added RBI singles.
• Pitcher Mason Feole dominated Central Connecticut over seven scoreless innings as UConn rolled to a 6-1 win in Storrs. Feole scattered three hits and struck out a career high 13 for the Huskies (149) while Mike Woodworth went 3-for-3 with an RBI double and Zac Susi hit a solo home run.
• Castleton scored the first five runs and cruised to an 11-4 non-conference win over Coast Guard Academy. Will Stephens went 3-for-5 with a run and RBI for the Bears (6-6) while Jeremy Lhotka went 2-for-3 with a double and RBI and Jon Pressley drove in two runs.
College softball
• Mitchell cruised to a doubleheader sweep of Southern Vermont in the NECC, winning the opener 9-0 and the second game 14-1. Both games lasted only five innings due to the mercy rule. Suzanne Vachon went 3-for-3 with two runs and two RBI in the opener for the Mariners (6-6, 2-0) while freshman Stephanie Adams added a double, triple and three RBI. In the second game, Waterford's Megan Elphick went 2-for-4 with a home run, four RBI and two runs scored.
• Coast Guard remained unbeaten in the NEWMAC by sweeping Clark 6-0 and 9-1 in New London. Senior Emma Hvozdovich continued her hot start for the Bears (113, 4-0), going 5-for-8 in the doubleheader with three RBI, three runs, a double, triple and her third home run of the season. Audrey Bartz added four hits, including a double, while Carly Hattman and Courtney McKenna each had three hits. Julia Ferris (6-2) scattered four hits in the opener while Sydney Arendt (5-1) pitched her third complete game in the second game, allowing just three hits.