Groton/Mystic/Pawcatuck Junior League stays unbeaten

Lyon doubles in goahead run in the seventh for winners’ bracket victory

Orange — Sydney Lyon doubled to drive in Sophia Cabral with the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh inning and the Groton/Mystic/ Pawcatuck Junior League softball team (ages 13-14) defeated Coginchaug/Killingworth 4-2 Saturday in the winners' bracket of the state tournament.

Payton Lowe led the way with two hits and Katie Tuohy pitched a complete game, striking out three, for Groton/Mystic/Pawcatuck, which will continue with a winners' bracket game at 12:30 p.m. Sunday.

District 10 LL baseball (8-10)

• Waterford won the District 10 championship Wednesday with a 5-4 victory over East Lyme, backed by three innings each from pitchers JT Sheppard and Brooks Lane. Colby Sheehan had two hits and two runs scored, while Dustin Powers added a triple and two RBI and Thomas Flanagan doubled and scored for Waterford. Harrison Papuga, Max Montejano, Karch Kaczor, Caleb Trost and Cooper Siragusa each had hits for East Lyme.

Black Wolves trade for Tinney

• The New England Black Wolves traded a second-round selection in the 2021 NLL Entry Draft to the Georgia Swarm in exchange for Joel Tinney.

Selected 18th overall in the 2018 draft, Tinney saw action in five games for the Swarm last season. The forward had five points (one goal and four assists) to go along with 20 loose balls.

"Joel is someone we had our eye on last year at the draft," Black Wolves general manager Rich Lisk said in a release. "He is extremely athletic, has a great first step and has a great shot."

At Johns Hopkins, Tinney was the fastest midfielder in Blue Jay history to reach 30 goals. A twotime All-American, he closed out his career with 119 points on 68 goals and 51 assists to go along with 107 ground balls and 24 caused turnovers. He served as team captain during his senior season.

The Black Wolves also announced that Colton Watkinson, Nick Chaykowsky and Mackenzie Mitchell have been signed to twoyear contracts. Per team policy, no terms were released.

A member of the 2018 NLL All-Rookie Team, Watkinson played in all 18 games for the Wolves during the 2018-19 season, scoring 13 points on eight goals and five assists. The defenseman also had 56 loose ball pickups and nine caused turnovers last season.

"Colton is a young cornerstone of our defense," Lisk said. "He is progressing exactly the way we believed he would. You can see his play maturing in every game."

In his second season with the Black Wolves, Chaykowsky played in 16 games, scoring nine points on two goals and seven assists. The 6-foot-2 defenseman also scooped up 60 loose balls.

“Nick is one of our young core guys,” Lisk said. “This is the second year we protected Nick in the expansion draft and for good reason. He's a player that fits the mold we want: big, strong, athletic, runs the floor and high lax IQ.”

Mitchell, who joined New England via trade in February from Vancouver, saw action in two games for the Black Wolves. He had one assist and four loose ball pickups with the team and three assists and 20 loose balls in eight total games on the season.

Said Lisk: “Mack is a big, strong, left-handed defenseman that can run the floor with a great IQ. Those are hard to find. I am very excited to have Mack with us right from the beginning of the season.”

Tigers win with seven in the fourth

• The Connecticut Tigers scored seven runs in the fourth inning, including RBI singles by Hector Martinez, Corey Joyce, Riley Greene and Ryan Kreidler, in a 9-6 New York-Penn League victory over the Tri-City ValleyCats before 1,503 at Dodd Stadium. Joyce, Kona Quiggle and Martinez had two hits each for the Tigers (13-15) and Xavier Javier pitched six innings, allowing just two hits, for the victory.

• The Tigers lost to the Auburn Doubledays 7-5 in a New YorkPenn League game on Friday night. Kingston Liniak singled, doubled and drove in two runs, Corey Joyce drove in a pair of runs and Jose King scored twice for the Tigers.

American Legion

• Waterford beat Norwich 4-3 in a Zone 6 game. Robert Silva had two hits for Waterford (17-5) and Daniel Eggler had two hits for Norwich.