State Tournament Brackets Released

The brackets for the spring state tournaments have been released and feature several Woodland squads. Below are the first-round pairings for the baseball, softball, and girls' tennis teams.

Baseball (#16 seed in Class M)

First Round: Monday, June 1 vs. #17 St. Joseph, 3:30 PM at Woodland
Winner faces #1 Seymour/#32 Joel Barlow on Tuesday, June 2
Update: Hawks lost, 13-3, in first round to St. Joseph
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Softball (#6 seed in Class M)

First Round: Monday, June 1 vs. #27 Granby Memorial, 4:00 PM at Woodland
Winner faces #11 East Catholic/#22 New Fairfield on Tuesday, June 2
Update: Hawks advanced to quarterfinals with 6-1 win over Granby and 4-1 win over East Catholic.
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Girls' Tennis (Class S)

Play-in Match: Monday, June 1 vs. Holy Cross, 12:00 PM at North Branford
Winner faces #2 Shepaug Valley on Tuesday, June 2
Update: Hawks lost, 4-3, to Holy Cross in opening round
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In addition to team state tournaments, many individual athletes have qualified for state competition in both outdoor track and tennis. (Outdoor track athletes are listed with seed and qualifying time. Click here for full event schedule.)

Boys' Outdoor Track (Class M)

* 4x800 meter relay: Tyler Murphy, Josh Fitzpatrick, Eric Dietz, Zak Favoccia, Brian Kersten, Ian Bures (#1--8:18.42)
* 110 meter hurdles: Brandon Fowler (#3--15.51)
* 100 meter dash: John Plaskon (t-#9--11.64), Chris Williams (t-#15--11.84)
* 400 meter dash: Zak Favoccia (#3--51.54), Chris Savvidou (#10--52.85), Eric Dietz (#11--53.14)
* 300 meter hurdles: Brandon Fowler (#2--40.30)
* 800 meter run: Tyler Murphy (#4--2:01.80)
* 200 meter dash: Dan Park (#2--22.54)
* 4x400 meter relay: Tyler Murphy, Chris Savvidou, Brandon Fowler, Zak Favoccia, John Plaskon, Eric Dietz (#2--3:29.11)
* Javelin: Mike Uszakiewicz (#21--146 ft, 5 in), Kile Coty (#24--145 ft, 11 in)
* Shot put: Tim Beedle (#5--46 ft, 5 in), Andrew Jones (#20--41 ft, 9.5 in)
* Long jump: Dan Park (#4--20 ft, 9.5 in), Josh Fitzpatrick (t-#7, 19 ft, 10 in)
* High jump: Bryan Spickle (t-#12--5 ft, 8 in)
* Discus: Tim Beedle (#8--135 ft), Jim Hart (#20--116 ft, 5 in)
* Triple jump: Dan Park (#1--44 ft, 8 in), Josh Fitzpatrick (#2--43 ft)
* 4x100 meter relay: TBA (#8--45.54)

Girls' Outdoor Track (Class M)

* 4x800 meter relay: Brittany Albright, Melissa Kiley, Crystal Steinfeld, Brittany Battis, Raphaella Quint, Kate Trauger (#13--10:25.24)
* 110 meter hurdles: Alyssa Marti (#6--16.68)
* 1600 meter run: Crystal Steinfeld (#15--5:42.60)
* 400 meter dash: Brittany Battis (#14--1:04.24)
* 300 meter hurdles: Alyssa Marti (t-#16--50.94)
* 200 meter dash: Marissa Mills (t-#19--28.34)
* Pole vault: Brittany Battis (t-#9--9 ft)
* Javelin: Kelsey Deegan (#8--96 ft, 6 in), Olivia Poryanda (#15--92 ft, 2 in)
* Long jump: Marissa Mills (#17--15 ft, 1 in)
* High jump: Brittany Albright (t-#11--4 ft, 10 in)
* 4x100 meter relay: TBA (#18--55.04)

Tennis

Boys' Class M-
Joel Simonson (Waterford) vs. Mike Krakowski, opening round
Christopher Early (Sheehan) vs. Jon Trapp, opening round
Joe Rosa vs. Ryan Smith (Platt), first round
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Girls' State Open-
To be announced Wednesday

WRHSonline.net will have all the postseason coverage and updates throughout competition.