Submitted by Jeff Talbott.
On Saturday, April 2, 2022, the Haddam Killingworth High School Girls Softball team defeated Ellington 4-3 in eight innings.
Line score:
Ellington 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3/7/1
HK 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4/7/1
Kaleigh Bodak pitched 7 scoreless innings, yielding only 3 hits while striking out 13 batters. Kaleigh also hit a triple and double, driving in 1 run and scoring 1 run. Ivy McNiel had an RBI double in the first inning for HK.
The winning run in the bottom of the 8th inning came from a lead-off double by Cheyenne La Touche and then a line-drive single to centerfield from Keira Czarkowski. Brinkley Echels had a two triple for Ellington.
HK next plays at home Monday, April 4, 2022 against North Branford at 4:00 p.m.