The Amity Regional Spartans will challenge the Norwich Free Academy Wildcats at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Amity Regional sitting on five straight victories and Norwich Free Academy on eight.
Amity Regional is headed into the match having just posted their closest win since April 8th on Thursday. They skirted past Hand 2-1.
Gabby Celozzi
| 05/08/25 @ Hand | 5 |
| 05/02/25 vs Sheehan | 7 |
| 04/30/25 @ North Haven | 9 |
| 04/28/25 vs Cheshire | 21 |
Gabby Celozzi looked comfortable as she pitched four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Emily Cewe, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI and one run. Those two RBI gave her a new career-high.
Meanwhile, Norwich Free Academy faced Fitch in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. The Wildcats had just enough and edged out the Falcons 8-7. That's two games straight that the Wildcats have won by just one run.
Dakota Bourdon made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run over seven innings pitched. Bourdon was also solid in the batter's box, going a perfect 4-for-4 with two doubles and one run.
In other batting news, Norwich Free Academy got a massive performance out of Mackenzie Rathbun, who went 2-for-3 with one home run and four RBI. That home run marked the first that Rathbun has launched this season. Another player making a difference was Ava Boenig, who went 3-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and one double.
Norwich Free Academy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .531. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Amity Regional's victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-1. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.0 runs over those games. As for Norwich Free Academy, their record now sits at 11-2.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Saturday. Amity Regional hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.4 home runs per game. However, it's not like Norwich Free Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging an even more impressive 0.8 home runs. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Amity Regional couldn't quite get it done against Norwich Free Academy in their previous matchup back in May of 2024 as they fell 6-1. Can the Spartans avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
