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PAWTUCKET --- After watching their team record 11 of its victories by 10 or more runs, Tolman High fans were treated to a rare Division III pitchers' duel on Tuesday afternoon.
Kirylo's no-hitter helps Tolman win showdown with Scituate
on 05-14-2008 16:52
By ERIC BENEVIDES Sports Writer PAWTUCKET --- After watching their team record 11 of its victories by 10 or more runs, Tolman High fans were treated to a rare Division III pitchers' duel on Tuesday afternoon. They were also treated to sophomore ace pitcher's Macayla Kirylo's fifth no-hitter of the season and the unbeaten Tigers' biggest win of the season, a close 5-0 triumph over second-place Scituate High before a large gathering at Slater Park's Al Bailey Field. The victory gives the Tigers (14-0) a two-game command over the visiting Spartans (12-2) with four games remaining on their regular-season schedule. Three of those games are against teams who have losing records and were mercy-ruled by Tolman earlier in the year, and unless a major disaster happens, the Tigers should end up with the regular-season title and the top seed in the upcoming playoffs.
George leads Cumberland softball team past Lincoln
on 05-14-2008 16:50
By STEVE MAZZONE Sports writer CUMBERLAND – Throughout the game, Jillian George did it with her arm. With one swing, she did it with her bat, too. In a Division I-North contest with neighboring rival Lincoln High on Tuesday afternoon, the Cumberland senior hurled a six-hitter with a season-high 10 strikeouts. She then delivered the decisive blow offensively with a two-run double in a productive sixth inning as the Clippers downed the Lions, 6-1, at Tucker Field.
Tolman softball team routs CF, eyes duel with Scituate
on 05-13-2008 17:06
By ERIC BENEVIDES
Sports Writer
PAWTUCKET --- Tolman High survived a nailbiter with Davies Tech over the weekend and the Tigers are eyeing another thriller this afternoon against Scituate High. But on Monday afternoon, the drama was nowhere to be found in the Tigers' game against neighboring rival Central Falls High.
Brenda Parker legged out three triples and drove in five runs to key a 19-hit attack and help Tolman cruise to an 18-2 triumph over the Warriors in a Division III game at Slater Park's Al Bailey Field that took 70 minutes to complete and was halted after five innings by the 10-run mercy rule.
The victory kept the Tigers undefeated in 13 games and marked the 11th time this season that they put away a team by 10 or more runs.
