NWR7 varsity softball team advances in CIAC playoffs
A Highlander runner, above, was tagged out sliding into home. Photo by Jesse Williams
WINSTED — A dramatic walk-off victory has the red-hot Highlanders softball team on the cusp of a state championship appearance.
Sophomore Molly Hale went three for three at the plate, including a seventh-inning single that brought in the winning run, leading Northwestern to a 3-2 victory over Stonington on Friday, June 2.
The win propelled the Highlanders to a state semifinal appearance, the first time they have advanced this far in the CIAC playoffs in over a decade.