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New London Advances to U19 American Legion Baseball Super Regionals

New London took two of three games from Niantic in the regionals to advance to the Elite Eight.

NEW LONDON, CT — New London took another step toward capturing the U19 American Legion baseball championship by defeating Niantic in a best 2-out-of-3 series Wednesday and Thursday.

Seeded sixth in the Northern Division, New London posted 6-4 and 4-2 victories, sandwiched around a 3-2 loss, to advance to the Super Regionals, beginning Saturday.

Other teams advancing from the Northern Division were Tolland, Rocky Hill-Cromwell-Portland and Avon, while Stamford, Waterbury, Stratford and Cheshire qualified from the Southern Division.

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