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THE OBSERVER
THURSDAY,
MAY 22, 1997
PAGE 13
c ur s a rst-ever no- tter
By SHERRI KUlAS
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It was a first-ever for MIchael Wodnicki,
Monday, on Fontana Field as he
hurled a no-hiner aga111st the Plan High
Sehool-basebalheam In a \4-1 Victory.
The Junior pitcher saId he hadn't
plt~hed in a whtle and warned that
~aybe he mIght b~ too strong, affectign
his control. Wod111ckt ended up walking
two and striktng out 10. An error by the
Knights lllfieid and a fielder's chOIce resulted
111 Plan's lone run.
"The rest felt good but I was hoplllg
It wasn't too " saId Wodnlckl.
stronger. As a IlI111or, he has a good curve
ball, but he doesn't have the mechamcs
yet but he's got a year to go."
The Blue Knights scored mne runs
111 the fifth. Jeff Tango hit a two-run Slll­
-gTe: Marc Maringola wenf3-for-4, scored
twice, and to top It off, he scored a threerun
hOlller fimshmg with four RBIs.
Wodmckt followed WIth a solo home run
of h,s own over the center field fence to
end the fifth at 13 -\. Th,s was the thIrd
home run of the season for Wodmckt
"I'm not a curve ball !utter and that's
whdt I get," saId Wodmckt. "I got lucl),"
second loss came at
go out and throw
of pltch111g. My
CUl"VI: ball was breaking good. "
Jason Landeen opened the game for
Southlllgton with an lllfieid hIt and advanced
to second off a Brian Rinehart hit.
Landeen went 2-for-5 WIth 2 RBIs. Marc
Maringola followed WIth a walk to load
the bases. John Orefice added a two-run
single and fintshed at 2-for-3. At the end
of sewnd, It upp~d th~ scor~ to 4-0.
WOdnlCkt had retired nine in a row.
To start the fourth, he walked Doug Ge­
JiHi.ef WliQ-scoreailii only olo]OrPlatt
followed by Da"e Jakiela who hit a
grounder to thud. With runners on first
and third, Jeff Poach tapped the first out
of the in111ng but Geoffrey scored.
"He's hke Carl Pavano and Rob Dibble,"
said SHS coach J ohn Fontana. "As
the game goes on, Mike gets better and
May 14,8-1, at Muzzy FIeld 111
Man Galati was the .tarung pItcher and
was reheved by Wodmckl who was reheved
by Bnan Mascaro. Matt Nelson
was the winning pitcher for Central
In Fnday's game agal"'t Bulkeley
HIgh School, South111gton pulled out a
14-3 wm over the Bulldogs The host
Blue KnIghts lead "01 WIth SIX runs 111 the
fim.
Mascaro pitched five InnIngs for
SHS and had five strikeouts, one walk,
...and-.nvo bits It W'lsn't !lnnl the E&h-m:
mng t..'lat t... e Knights drove In four more
runs. Kev111 Connellan went l-for-4 scor-
111g one run and dnvlllg m four MIke
Moneymaker went 2 -fur-3 and scored
three runs and two RBIs.
Southington faces Manchester Fnday
in an away game starting at 7 p m
Girls track team sweep meets
The Southington High School girls one pomt needed for VIctOry. I
track team remains undefeated With the "The keys to beatmg the Huktcanes
meet WIth Maloney High School Fnday. were dommat111g the track events tnclud­
The Lady Knights won 97-39 m a CCC mg wmmng both relays and preventing
South challenge and 6-0 overall record bemg