Northern Connecticut Girls' Softball League
** 2009 U-14 League Tournament **
Brookside Park, Ellington
The 2009 NCGSL U-14 league tournament was held on Saturday and Sunday, August 1st - 2nd at Brookside Park in Ellington. Pool play on Saturday had the fifteen teams in three groups of five determined by their record in the regular season. The groups were designated as 'A' (1-6-7-12-13), 'B' (2-5-8-9-14) and 'C' (3-4-10-11-15). Each team played three games against the other teams in their group, with the exception of the 13, 14, and 15 seeds, which played all four other teams in their group. Their three best games counted in determining seeding for Sunday's single elimination.
For Saturday pool play, games were 80 minutes long with home team determined by coin toss. A mercy rule of 8 runs after 5 innings was in effect. Tie games counted as ties. Seeding for Sunday's single elimination was based on Saturday's results. Tie breakers were 1) runs allowed, then 2) runs scored.
SEEDING FOR SATURDAY GAMES (based on final regular season record)
#1 - Simsbury (11-2)
#2 - West Hartford (11-3)
#3 - Willington (8-2)
#4 - Vernon (9-4)
#5 - Somers (9-5)
#6 - Glastonbury (9-5)
#7 - Windsor (9-5)
#8 - Canton (7-5)
#9 - Coventry (6-5)
#10 - Granby (5-8-1)
#11 - Enfield (4-7-1)
#12 - Suffield (5-9)
#13 - South Windsor (4-8)
#14 - East Hartford (3-7)
#15 - Tolland (0-12)
GROUP 'A' - (1)Simsbury, (6)Glastonbury, (7)Windsor, (12)Suffield, (13)South Windsor.
GROUP 'B' - (2)West Hartford, (5)Somers, (8)Canton, (9)Coventry, (14) East Hartford.
GROUP 'C' - (3)Willington, (4)Vernon, (10)Granby, (11)Enfield, (15)Tolland.
Saturday's Results
- 10:00AM Games
Field #1: #1 Simsbury 7, #13 South Windsor 4.
Field #2: #7 Windsor 7, #6 Glastonbury 6.
Field #3: #9 Coventry 5, #14 East Hartford 0.
Field #4: #4 Vernon 3, #11 Enfield 2.
Field #5: #10 Granby 6, #15 Tolland 3.
- 11:30AM Games
Field #1: #4 Vernon 12, #15 Tolland 2.
Field #2: #2 West Hartford 7, #14 East Hartford 0.
Field #3: #6 Glastonbury 5, #12 Suffield 1.
Field #4: #9 Coventry 2, #5 Somers 1.
Field #5: #11 Enfield 5, #3 Willington 2.
Saturday Morning Game Photos
- Lunch Break / Regular Season Awards
First Place / American Division - Simsbury (Coach: Brian McDermott).
First Place / National Division - Willington (Coach: Kemp Stewart).
NCGSL 2009 U-14 M.V.P. Awards:
American Division Winner - Becky Hoisl, West Hartford (right).
Congratulations to the other American Division nominees: Anna Boucher (Suffield), Christina Cardwell (Canton), Molly Parker (Windsor), Allison Rodrigue (East Windsor), Melissa Urbon (Enfield), Erin Walsh (Granby) and Laura Yablecki (Simsbury).
National Division Winner - Josie Borysevicz, Willington (left).
Congratulations the the other National Division Nominees: Allie Dubanoski (Somers), Delaney Kehoe (Glastonbury), Megan Kennedy (East Hartford), Kaitlyn Lajoie (Vernon), Kierra Laramie (Tolland), Katie Strong (South Windsor) and Eileen Zadrozny (Coventry).
U-14 Teams and Awards
- 1:30PM Games
Field #1: #13 South Windsor 8, #12 Suffield 1.
Field #2: #1 Simsbury 1, #7 Windsor 1 (tie).
Field #3: #3 Willington 12, #10 Granby 0.
Field #4: #11 Enfield 8, #15 Tolland 0.
Field #5: #8 Canton 3, 14 East Hartford 3 (tie).
- 3:00PM Games
Field #1: #2 West Hartford 3, #8 Canton 0.
Field #2: #4 Vernon 9, #10 Granby 1.
Field #3: #5 Somers 3, #14 East Hartford 1.
Field #4: #13 South Windsor 5, #6 Glastonbury 4.
Field #5: #1 Simsbury 10, #12 Suffield 4.
Saturday Afternoon Game Photos
- 4:30PM Games
Field #1: #3 Willington 10, #15 Tolland 0.
Field #2: #2 West Hartford 9, #9 Coventry 1.
Field #4: #13 South Windsor 10, #7 Windsor 7.
Field #5: #8 Canton 8, #5 Somers 7.
SEEDING FOR SUNDAY GAMES (based on Saturday's results)
#1 - West Hartford (3-0, 1 run allowed)
#2 - Vernon (3-0, 5 runs allowed)
#3 - South Windsor (3-0, 12 runs allowed)
#4 - Simsbury (2-0-1)
#5 - Willington (2-1, 5 runs allowed, 24 runs scored)
#6 - Enfield (2-1, 5 runs allowed, 15 runs scored)
#7 - Coventry (2-1, 10 runs allowed)
#8 - Canton (1-1-1, 13 runs allowed)
#9 - Windsor (1-1-1, 17 runs allowed)
#10 - Somers (1-2, 11 runs allowed)
#11 - Glastonbury (1-2, 13 runs allowed)
#12 - Granby (1-2, 24 runs allowed)
#13 - East Hartford (0-2-1)
#14 - Suffield (0-3, 23 runs allowed)
#15 - Tolland (0-3, 24 runs allowed)
Sunday's Results - Single Elimination
Teams were seeded for Sunday according to their record on Saturday. Tiebreakers were fewest runs allowed, then most runs scored. Sunday games were 90 minutes long, except the final which was 7 innings, and higher seed was home team. International tie breaker was to be used if the game was tied after 7 innings. A mercy rule of 10 runs after 5 innings was in effect.
- First Round Games (9:00AM)
Field #1: #7 Coventry 14, #10 Somers 1.
Field #2: #11 Glastonbury 6, #6 Enfield 2.
Field #4: #9 Windsor 7, #8 Canton 4.
Sunday Morning Game Photos
- First Round Games (10:45AM)
Field #1: #13 East Hartford 5, #4 Simsbury 3.
Field #2: #14 Suffield 9, #3 South Windsor 4.
Field #4: #5 Willington 8, #12 Granby 0.
Field #5: #2 Vernon 13, #15 Tolland 2.
- Quarter-Final Games (1:00PM)
Field #1: #5 Willington 3, #13 East Hartford 2.
Field #2: #11 Glastonbury 5, #14 Suffield 4.
Field #4: #1 West Hartford 8, #9 Windsor 1.
Field #5: #2 Vernon 5, #7 Coventry 0.
Sunday Afternoon Game Photos
- Semi-Final Games (2:45PM)
Field #4: #1 West Hartford 10, #5 Willington 9.
Field #5: #2 Vernon 10, #11 Glastonbury 0.
Semi-Final and Final Game Photos
- Championship Game (4:30PM)
Vernon 9, West Hartford 5.
* * CONGRATULATIONS VERNON - NCGSL 2009 U-14 TOURNAMENT CHAMPS * *
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