Masuk's Fico does it again


MONROE — Masuk junior Rachele Fico pitched her fourth consecutive perfect game in a 4-0 win over Pomperaug Thursday.
Fico, who had 19 strikeouts, has now pitched five perfect games in her last seven starts and has not allowed a hit over the last 49 innings.


POMPERAUG 000 000 0 — 0 0 1
MASUK 002 200 x — 4 7 0

Records: Masuk 17-0, 11-0 SWC
Batteries: P — Casey Foster (L) and Miller; M — Rachele Fico (W, 17-0) and Caitlin Viccari
Highlights: M — Fico struck out 19 while pitching her fourth straight perfect game, fifth out of her last seven and 15th of her career. She has not allowed a hit over her last seven games, a span of 49 innings. Alyssa Pagano had two hits and an RBI. Sam Barbessi had a triple. Fico had an RBI double.
Softball

AMITY 202 020 1 — 7 11 1
CHESHIRE 000 000 0 — 0 3 1

Records: Amity 15-2, 6-2 SCC Housatonic; Cheshire 16-1, 7-1
Batteries: A — Lauren Bespuda (W, 12-2) and Jenna Casolino; C — Linda Amarante (L, 8-1), Christina Orcutt (5) and Emily Amento
Highlights: A — Bespuda struck out 10 and walked one. She also had two hits and two RBIs. Cathy Tinker had three hits, two RBIs and scored a run. Tori Cimino had two hits.

WOODLAND 000 050 1 — 6 9 1
ANSONIA 000 000 0 — 0 0 2

Records: Ansonia 9-7
Batteries: W — Kelly Mollor (W) and Mikelyn Messina; A — Maria Darling (L) and Sarah Wyant
Highlights: W — Mollor struck out seven. Lauren Gentile had a double and two RBIs. Messina had a double and a single.

STAPLES 212 300 0 — 8 11 1
CENTRAL 000 000 0 — 0 5 0

Records: Staples 11-5, 10-5 FCIAC; Central 2-16
Batteries: S — Fiona Hees (W, 3-0) and Caroline Ross; C — Raijona Crear (L) and Jessica Velez
Home runs: S — Emily Constantini
Highlights: S — Eleni Kursten had a triple. Constantini had a two-run homer. C — Chavon Holman had a double.

BROOKFIELD 000 000 0 — 0 3 1
LAURALTON HALL 220 020 X — 6 7 0

Records: Brookfield 10-6; Lauralton Hall 13-1
Batteries: B — Kayla Berardi (L, 10-6), and Morgan Foley; LH — Bridget Gates (W, 9-1), and Courtney Collins
Highlights: B — Nikki Suib had two hits; LH — Rebecca Napolitano had a two-run single in the first, Abbey Casey had a two-run single in the second.

TRINITY CATHOLIC 001 000 0 — 1 2 1
ST. JOSEPH 201 101 X — 5 8 0

Records: Trinity Catholic 8-9, 7-8 FCIAC; St. Joseph 11-7, 11-5
Batteries: TC — Megan Demetros (L, 8-9), and Julianna Vesciglio; SJ — Micki Keltos (W, 9-7), and Katee Repko
Highlights: SJ — Chelsea Glynn went 2-for-3 with two runs, Bridget Figmic went 3-for-3 with a double, one run scored and an RBI, Keltos had two hits and two RBIs, Christy Babis had a double and two RBIs.

STRATFORD 000 100 0 — 1 2 5
NEW MILFORD 214 000 X — 7 8 0

Records: Stratford 7-7, 5-5 SWC; New Milford 9-6, 7-3
Batteries: S — Carrie Potter (L), and Kelley Rios; NM — Vanessa Maloney (W), and Hannah Spones
Home runs: NM — Meg Johnson
Highlights: S — Potter struck out 10; NM — Johnson had two hits, including a two-run home run and an RBI double.

PLATT TECH 050 000 0 — 5 7 7
ABBOTT TECH 000 220 0 — 4 4 4

Records: Platt Tech 13-3
Batteries: PT — Alyssa Morrell (W, 4-1) and Audrey Martineau; AT — Samantha Ferreira (L) and Ashley Gunter

GREENS FARMS 242 04 — 12 12 0
CONVENT OF S. HEART 000 00 — 0 4 3

Records: Greens Farms Academy 2-9; Convent of Sacred Heart 1-8
Batteries: GFA — Blum (W, 2-7) and Mernick; CSH — James (L) and Reshin
Home runs: GFA — Friedson
Highlights: GFA — Friedson went 3-for-4, including a home run and a triple, and had five RBIs and two stolen bases, Mack went 2-for-3 with three stolen bases and an RBI, and Blum went 3-for-3 with an RBI and had four strikeouts.

BASEBALL


UPTON LAKE 000 00 — 0 5 1
CHRISTIAN HERITAGE 114 07 — 13 12 0

Records: Christian Heritage 5-2, Upton Lake 3-6
Batteries: UL — Rory Giller (L) and Chris Deeds; CH — Zach Bohling (W, 1-0) and Paul Khamarji, Dan Mercado (4)
Home runs: CH — Matt Korman
Highlights: CH — Bohling had nine strikeouts and three hits. Eric Wolak had two doubles and three RBIs. Max Bohling scored twice. Brendan Ryan had a triple and two RBIs.

SEYMOUR 231 105 0 — 12 16 0
WATERTOWN 000 000 0 — 0 3 1

Records: Seymour 16-0, Watertown 6-10
Batteries: S — Rob Moir (W, 6-0) and Matt Lakomski; W — A.J. Thomas (L), Kyle Petrozello (6) and Ryan Jacovich
Home runs: S — Lakomski
Highlights: S — Moir struck out six and walked two. Lakomski had three hits, including a solo homer and two-run double. Jordan Kershaw had three hits, including a triple, and two RBIs. Rob Kurdy had three hits, including a double and triple, and three RBIs.

BARLOW 005 000 0 — 5 10 3
RIDGEFIELD 201 130 x — 10 8 1

Records: Ridgefield 14-3, Barlow 3-13
Batteries: B — Andrew Carlson (L, 1-4) and Aaron Kaufman; R — Rebhorn, Morrison (3, W) and Alex Folz
Highlights: R — Judde had two hits and three RBIs. Chase had two hits. Rohrer had a triple and two RBIs. B — Greg Colby had two hits.

ABBOTT TECH 000 001 4 — 5 4 0
BULLARD-HAVENS 142 014 x — 12 12 5

Record: Bullard Havens 7-6
Batteries: AT — Willey (L), Alex Johnson (3), Ken McFarland (6), and Nick Jones; BH — A.J. Acevedo (W, 4-1), Isiah Natal (7), and Jose Cardosa
Highlights: BH — Josh Velez had three hits, including a double, Joey McNellis had two hits and four RBIs.

ST. LUKE'S 201 020 2 — 7 8 2
GREENS FARMS 000 031 0 — 4 7 4

Records: St. Luke's 10-4; Greens Farms 6-8
Batteries: SL — Brendan Demon (W), Alex DiVito (5), and Connor Gandosy; GF — Francis Herman (L, 2-2), Henry Van Zant (4), and Matt Flynn
Home runs: SL — Gandosy; GF — Flynn
Highlights: SL — Gandosy had a triple and a home run, Max Conte had two hits, including a double; GF — Flynn had a double and a home run, Van Zant had two hits.

POMPERAUG 103 020 0 — 6 8 1
MASUK 004 210 x — 7 12 2

Records: Pomperaug 7-9, 4-5 SWC; Masuk 13-4, 8-2
Batteries: P — Kolini, Cherry (4), Santopitro (4, L), and Francke; M — Tom Coppola, Babina (3), Hunter Phillips (4, W, 1-0), and Haughton, Coppola (3)
Highlights: P — Francke and Billy Lucas had two hits and an RBI each; M — Tom Coppola had two doubles and two RBIs, Mike Lucas had two RBIs, Hunter Phillips had three hits.

ST. JOSEPH 401 000 1 — 6 7 5
TRINITY CATHOLIC 031 300 x — 7 4 1

Record: St. Joseph 10-8, 8-8 FCIAC
Batteries: SJ — Jack Shannon (L, 1-2), James Campbell (4), Jim Dimon (6), and Frank Fedak; TC — Ryan Walsh (W, 2-2), and Jayme Antonetti
Highlights: SJ — Anthony Vinci had a double and two RBIs, Fedak had two hits, including an RBI double, Carlos Ramirez had a two-run triple; TC — R.J. Calo had two hits and an RBI, John O'Leary had two RBIs.

NEWTOWN 101 012 26 — 13 14 1
WESTON 103 101 10 — 7 12 4

Records: Newtown 10-4; Weston 9-8
Batteries: N — Charlie Lobosco, Jake Devellis (7, W), and Brandon Rosenberger; W — Jessie Link, Mike McDonald (7, L, 4-1), and Mike Waterhouse
Highlights: N — Devellis and T.J. Cochrane had three hits each, Greg Rodden and Chris Marks had two hits; W — Kyle Zemdsch had three hits and two RBIs, Mike Berliner, Waterhouse and Sam Armstrong each had two hits.

STRATFORD 001 000 0 — 1 5 1
NEW MILFORD 320 330 x — 10 12 0

Records: Stratford 9-8; New Milford 8-7
Batteries: S — Sean Handhal (L, 3-2), Joe Purcell (2), Sean Handhal (5), and John Sulzicki; NM — Andrew Derby (W, 2-0) and Kevin Eberts
Highlights: NM — Clinton Monroe had three hits, including a triple, and an RBI, Nolan Gallagher and Justin Kimberly each had two hits and two RBIs; S — Tim Martin had two hits, including a double, and a run scored and Kevin Norris had two hits and an RBI.

DANBURY 525 303 6 — 24 22 2
HARDING 010 000 0 — 1 4 7

Records: Danbury 5-12; Harding 0-18
Batteries: D — Stephen Sirko (W, 1-1), Anthony Mannuccia (6), Donald Miller (7), and Mike Beers and Tom Robbins (4); H — McKoy (L), Younger (5), and Rosa
Highlights: D — Mannuccia went 4-for-7 with five runs scored, Chris Fiddner went 3-for-3 with two RBIs, and Sirko went 3-for-6 with three RBIs; H — Ayala and McKoy each had hits in the second inning leading to their run.

SHEEHAN 000 000 0 — 0 4 2
AMITY 700 110 x — 9 12 1

Records: Amity 12-3; Sheehan 8-8
Batteries: S — Kyle Jones (L, 2-2), Rudy Dehares (1), Ryan Moore (5), and Tim Bickford; A — Joe Ciancola (W, 6-1) and Chris Peterson
Highlights: A — Ciancola struck out six and didn't walk a batter. Chris Migani had three hits, including a double, two runs scored, and an RBI, and Steve Siena had two hits, including a double, and an RBI; S — Connor Terragua had two hits.