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Fairfield Softball Captures State Junior Division Title

FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- The Fairfield Little League Girls Softball All-Stars won the Connecticut Little League Juniors state championship Sunday, shutting out Ledyard, 2-0, in Orange.

The Fairfield Little League Girls Softball All-Stars won the Junior Division of the Connecticut state championship Sunday with a 2-0 win over Ledyard. See story for picture IDs.

The Fairfield Little League Girls Softball All-Stars won the Junior Division of the Connecticut state championship Sunday with a 2-0 win over Ledyard. See story for picture IDs.

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Tom Renner

Kylee Holderied pitched her second complete game shutout against Ledyard, winning her fourth game of the tournament.

Sophie Sancho and Elizabeth Doolan each drove in a run, with Sancho turning a terrific double play to shut down a seventh-inning Ledyard rally.

Fairfield went undefeated in the state tournament and now advances to the Eastern Regionals, which begin Friday in Orange.

Pictured (back row, left to right): Kylee Holderied, Elizabeth Doolan, Molly Meehan, Caroline Belinsky, Margaret Nolan, Frankie Andretta, Mark Szuchman (manager), Ira Boci, Sophie Sancho and Dennis Nolan (coach).

Front row: Chris Meehan (coach), Serena Ta, Sarah Szuchman, Bridget Keary, Kathryn Zanvettor and Michelle Bookas.

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