College football: Freshman Anthony Tillman hopes to make an impression in spring game Page C3 C NEW HAVEN REGISTER FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2011 HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Six-run inning lifts Derby past Ansonia By Chris Hunn It turned out to be an uncharacter- run single to right field gave Derby a Entering the season Ansonia had Register Staff istic day for Derby when Kreiger took 5-3 lead. some experience issues on the field, the mound against the Chargers. The It only got worse for Ansonia (2-6) in and even more so on the mound. No [email protected] right-hander’s command was off, but it what turned out to be a six-run inning returning pitcher had a win from last didn’t matter as Derby made the most for the Red Raiders. season. DERBY — Derby’s pitching rotation of six Ansonia errors and knocked off Olenoski scored on a wild pitch, As for Derby, Kreiger eventually of Ray Kreiger, Jon Haydu and Mike its Naugatuck Valley League rival 12-5 Lemire eventually scored on another settled down. He allowed five runs on Ippolito has been at the Ryan Athletic Complex. Chargers error and Brian Dobek capped five hits and walked four over seven BASEBALL almost untouch- Trailing 3-2 in the bottom of third, the inning with an RBI single. innings. He also struck out six. Anso- Derby....................... 12 able. the Red Raiders (6-2) loaded the bases “You commit six errors, that’s ridicu- nia scored two runs in the second, an “It’s been unre- thanks to a pair of walks and an error. lous,” Chargers coach Mike Vacca said. inning where Kreiger walked two bat- Ansonia..................... 5 al,” said coach Ansonia right-hander Alex Chosczyk “Who are you going to beat in high ters and hit two others. He also gave Sumner Sochrin then walked Nick Lemire to force in a school baseball playing defense like up a solo home run to Ryan O’Connor of his team’s 0.48 ERA entering Thurs- run and tie the game at 3. That set the that? The name of the game is pitching Mara Lavitt/Register file photo day’s game against Ansonia. See Baseball, C4 table for Justin Olenoski, whose two- and defense.” Brian O’Neill, Yale’s leading scorer the past two seasons, was voted captain for HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL next season by his teammates. O’Neill voted Yale captain By Chip Malafronte Register Staff [email protected] NEWHAVEN — Brian O’Neill couldn’t bring himself to watch the Frozen Four. Not even for a few minutes. He hit the books, played golf and did just about anything else to keep occupied during col- lege hockey’s showcase event. “Some of the guys got together to watch it,” said O’Neill, Yale’s leading scorer the past two sea- sons. “For me, it was too close. I needed to get my mind off hockey for a bit.” Yale, loaded with talent and experience, played last season with the sole purpose of winning the national championship. Perhaps no one took the Bulldogs’ 5-3 loss to eventual champion Minnesota- Duluth in the East Regional final harder than O’Neill. His open-ice hit on Duluth’s Jake Hendrickson resulted in a 5-min- ute major penalty and game mis- conduct. Just eight seconds after he ignited Yale and a near-sellout crowd in Bridgeport with a goal, O’Neill was kicked out of the game. Duluth wasted little time taking an insurmountable four-goal lead. “I felt terrible,” said O’Neill, who Brad Horrigan/Register earlier this week was voted captain Seymour’s Morgan Scinto is tagged out at the plate by Woodland catcher Rebecca Norton during Thursday’s game in Beacon Falls. Seymour won 5-0 in a battle of NVL unbeatens. for the upcoming season by team- mates. “It was the turning point in the game. Immediately after it happened, I was in the locker room getting stitches and all I could think Seymour goes small for big NVL win about was that I let the team down. It was a brutal night for me person- ally, and obviously for the team.” By Mike Pucci 14 runs a game entering its Naugatuck “We’ve been working really hard Ferris was equally as impressive. She At the time of the hit, O’Neill Register Staff Valley League showdown with No. 9 in practice,” Burt said. “We knew this allowed just three hits, one walk and said he was surprised when he saw Woodland. was going to be a really tough game. struck out nine. the referee had ruled it a 5-minute [email protected] On Thursday, the Wildcats execut- We just basically had to get our defense “(Ferris) was excellent,” Seymour major. Surprise turned to disbelief ed almost to perfection, laying down down. We made a couple of errors coach Ken Pereiras said. “Her balls when informed he had been eject- BEACON FALLS—Steph Burt admit- three successful sacrifice bunts, and (Wednesday in a win over Wolcott). were moving, she got ahead of batters, ed. ted the Seymour softball team hadn’t remained undefeated with a 5-0 NVL We knew we needed to pick up on that. hit the corners. She pitched well. A O’Neill thought the hit was clean. played a lot of Brass Division victory over the previ- Our bats have been going really well. very nice game.” Hard, certainly. But clean. Video SOFTBALL small ball in ously unbeaten Hawks in a rematch We seem to be OK so far.” With the game scoreless through two replays from every angle confirmed No. 7Seymour .......... 5 their previous six of last season’s NVL title game won by The Wildcats (7-0, 5-0) did not com- innings, Grace Nisbet led off the third as much. That was a small consola- games. Woodland. mit an error Thursday as winning with a walk. Nisbet went to second on tion to O’Neill. No. 9Woodland ........ 0 The Wildcats Burt, a senior first baseman, had pitcher Kelly Ferris, a junior, got fine Kim Ferris’ sacrifice bunt, and then “I watched the replays,”O’Neill didn’t need to. two of Seymour’s 11 hits, including an defensive support all around the dia- scored on Carissa Wasikowski’s single said. “If I had to do it again, Ranked seventh in the Register Top RBI single as part of a three-run fifth mond, but especially from freshman 10 Poll, Seymour has averaged over inning. center fielder Katie Petroski. See Softball, C4 See Yale, C3 Road rules: Bruins pull even with Canadiens Associated Press ence series at home. ing ovation on a night of swings in the Kelly brought Boston even for the highly charged atmosphere. MONTREAL — Michael Ryder scored third time in the game, scoring with Price stopped 30 shots, including a 1:59 into overtime to give the Boston 6:18 left in the third period. He put away sprawling desperation glove save on Bruins a 5-4 vic- a loose puck at his feet in the goalmouth Johnny Boychuk moments after Sub- tory over the for his second of the series. ban’s go-ahead goal. Montreal Cana- Patrice Bergeron and Andrew Ference Boston killed its second penalty late in diens on Thurs- added goals for the Bruins. Tim Thomas the third when Dennis Seidenberg was day night, tying made 34 saves. called for interference with 2:19 left. the first-round Michael Cammalleri had a goal and Bruins coach Claude Julien used series 2-2. two assists for Montreal, and Brent his timeout 7:47 into the second after NHL PLAYOFFS Ryder, the for- Sopel, Andrei Kostitsyn and P.K. Sub- Kostitsyn put Montreal up 3-1. Game 4 mer Canadiens ban also scored. The Canadiens blew Ference made an obscene gesture to Bruins..........................5 winger who also leads of 1-0, 3-1 and 4-3. the capacity crowd of 21,273 after he scored in the sec- Game 5 is Saturday night in Boston. drove a slap shot past Price midway Canadiens...................4 ond period, took Subban gave Montreal a 4-3 lead 1:39 Series tied 2-2 Chris Kelly’s pass into the third on the Canadiens’ first See Bruins, C2 from behind the power play after Bergeron was called net and shot past Carey Price to give for hooking at 37 seconds. The rook- Associated Press Boston its second victory in a row at the ie defenseman’s shot through traffic Bruins right wing Michael Ryder scores the Bell Centre after the Bruins dropped the sailed past Thomas into the top of the winning goal against Canadiens goalie Carey first two games of the Eastern Confer- net, touching off yet another thunder- Price during the first overtime Thursday. FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2011 SPORTS NEW HAVEN REGISTER C3 MLBROUNDUP Tillman will get chance DODGERS 5, BRAVES 3, 12 INNINGS: At Los Angeles, Matt Kemp hit his second game-ending homer in five to open some eyes days, connecting in the 12th inning Thurs- day to lift the Los Angeles Dodgers over the By Bill Cloutier gers’ postseason hopes. Atlanta Braves 5-3. Assistant Sports Editor “To me, I feel it was a heck of Both teams were down to their final a season, but it left a bitter taste strike much earlier. [email protected] in my mouth,” Hatchett said. David Ross hit a two-out, two-run “We wanted to get to the next single in the top of the ninth off Clayton WEST HAVEN — Anthony Till- level.