It's time for Norwich-area teams to chase banners | Column
The NFA and Norwich Tech softball teams are looking to defend their tournament titles next week.
Just thought I’d empty out my reporter’s notebook while rooting for the Carolina Hurricanes, once known as the Hartford Whalers, to win the Stanley Cup. Chasing banners The last week of May is always a fun time. It’s chasing banners time for spring sports.
The Norwich Tech softball team is ready to challenge the Norwich Sea Unicorns as our biggest local sports dynasty. The Warriors had another terrific regular season, clinching the Connecticut Technical Charter Oak Division title last week. The CTC softball tournament begins on Tuesday, May 26 with quarterfinal round action at the sites of the higher seeds and the two-time defending champion Warriors are a good bet to get to the finals again.
The CTC championship is Friday, May 29 at noon at Albertus Magnus College in New Haven. On the other side of the hill, the Norwich Free Academy softball team looks poised to defend their Eastern Connecticut Conference tournament crown. Who can forget Amelia Driscoll’s thrilling walk-off home run against Fitch in last year’s ECC championship game?
The ECC tournament also begins on Tuesday, May 26 with quarterfinal round action at the sites of the higher seeds. The Wildcats, who made a couple of appearances in the GameTimeCT Top 10 poll , won the ECC Division I regular season title. NFA is certainly battle-tested, having gone toe-to-toe with some of the best programs (Masuk, Brookfield, North Branford, Coventry, Hale Ray, Amity) in the state this season.
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