Vermont champion Champlain at the Little League softball regionals: Schedule, results
The 10-to-12-year-old all-stars from Champlain are headed back to regionals.
The Vermont state champions, who secured back-to-back state titles last weekend, are in Bristol, Connecticut, for the Little League Softball New England Region Tournament.
Champlain, which consists of players from St. Albans and Georgia, blanked Connecticut Valley 10-0 in the winner-take-all Vermont championship game. To open regionals, Champlain will take on the Massachusetts state champion on Sunday, July 21 on ESPN+.
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Updated bracket/schedule for the tournament:
SUNDAY, JULY 21
Game 1: Massachusetts 1, Vermont 0 (8)
Note: Despite Champlain ace Irie Shedd fanning 17 batters in a four-hit gem over eight innings, Massachusetts eked out a run in the top of the eighth to edge Vermont. Shedd and Isabelle Frechette each had two hits for Vermont.
Game 2: Rhode Island 13, Connecticut 3
MONDAY, JULY 22
Game 3: Massachusetts 18, New Hampshire 0
Game 4: Rhode Island 11, Maine 0
TUESDAY, JULY 23
Game 5: Maine 1, Vermont 0 (11)
Note: Shedd one-upped her performance from Sunday with a 28-strikeout effort to hold down Maine before yielding the game's lone run in the 11th.
Game 6: Connecticut 15, New Hampshire 2
WEDNESDAY, JULY 24
Game 7: Maine vs. Connecticut, 10 a.m. (ESPN+, subscription required)
Game 8: Massachusetts vs. Rhode Island, 7 p.m. (ESPN+, subscription required)
THURSDAY, JULY 25
Game 9: Winner Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8, noon (ESPN)
FRIDAY, JULY 26
Championship game
Game 10: Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 9, noon (ESPN)
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