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Baseball Beats State’s Best
Advances to Class LL State Semi-Final
Every baseball team starts each
season with dreams of winning
their league tournament
and ending as state champion. The
Fairfield Prep Jesuits are no different.
The nine returning lettermen were
initially joined by eleven newcomers
and halfway through the season
welcomed a twelfth for what was one
of the most outstanding seasons in
the last two decades of Fairfield Prep
baseball. Led by returning seniors
Dave Gerics, Chris Collins, Kenny
Collins, Kyle Mollo, and Chris Sutay
the Jesuits started the season with
four straight wins before suffering
a 7-1 loss to the #1 ranked team in
the state, Xavier H.S. (Middletown).
Next on the schedule was Notre
Dame of West Haven who was also
ranked in the “top ten.” Prep took the
lead early and seemed well on their
way to win number five when Notre
Dame scored six runs in the fifth to
tie the game. Six innings later Shawn
Blake ’14 drove in Kenny Collins’13
for the winning run with a shot to left
center, Kyle Mollo ’13 earned the win
with five scoreless innings in relief.
This well-earned win revealed the
defining characteristics of this team,
hard-working, poised and most of all
resilient.
The Varsity Baseball team finished
the season with a regular season
record of 14-6. The 14-6 record was
good enough to earn the Jesuits the
#4 seed in the Southern Connecticut
Conference tournament (second time
in three years) and the #10 seed in
the CIAC Class LL State tournament.
Prep defeated Notre Dame of West
Haven to advance to the SCC Semi-
Final where they were scheduled
to play Amity, but unfortunately wet
weather caused the cancellation of
the remainder of the SCC tournament.
Next up for the Jesuits was the
opening round of the CIAC Class LL
state tournament where they would
pay host to Simsbury High School.
Down 4-1 going into the bottom of
the sixth, the Jesuits rallied for seven
runs and defeated Simsbury 8-4,
Chris Sutay ’13 drove in the winning
run and Kevin Stone ’15 earned the
win pitching five scoreless innings in
relief. The Jesuits went to Ridgefield
where they once again came from
behind in the seventh to tie the game,
Dave Gerics ’13 drove in Shawn
Baseball
Honors
David Gerics ’13 - ALL SCC
Quinnipiac Division Honors,
New Haven Register’s ALL
Area Team, C.H.S.C.A. Baseball
Academic All State Honors
Shawn Blake ’14 - ALL SCC
Quinnipiac Division Honors,
New Haven Register’s ALL Area
Team, Selected to play in the
C.H.S.C.A. Junior All Star Game
Kevin Stone ’15 - ALL SCC
Quinnipiac Division Honors
Blake ’14 with a sacrifice fly in the
eighth for the winning run and Alex
Pinkus ’13 earned the win in relief.
The win over Ridgefield earned the
team a spot in the state quarterfinal,
against the top seed and #2 ranked
team in the state, Bristol Central. Prep
defeated Bristol Central 6-2, Kyle
Mollo ’13 threw a complete game four
hitter for the win. The win over Bristol
Central earned Fairfield Prep a spot
in the CIAC Class LL semi-final for
the first time since 1993. The season
ended in the semi-final with a 3-2 loss
to eventual state champion Amity.
The Jesuits finished the season
with a record of 18-7. The eighteen
wins are the most by a Fairfield Prep
baseball team since 1985.
By Rudy Mauritz ’94, Social Studies
teacher, Varsity Baseball Coach (top right)
2013 Rugby Recap
The Fairfield Prep Rugby team, captained by Chris Golger ’13,
Tim Peterson ’13 and Conor Ward ’13, completed its 32nd
season with a final record of 8-6-1. After a slow start the team
put together a 7 match win streak to earn its way into the state
championship match against nationally ranked Greenwich HS.
Prep fell behind 26-0 at half, losing 33-14 to close out the season
ranked second in the state.
At the awards dinner Dan Featherston ’13 was named Most
Valuable Forward and Jack Hand ’13 was honored as Most
Valuable Back. The new captains for the 2014 season were also
announced, Conor Carey ’14 and CJ DuMont ’14.
Two underclassmen, Alonzo Diaz ’15 and Greg Terry ’15
were named to the Connecticut Select Side, Connecticut rugby’s
version of all state selection.
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