Fairfield American Begins Play In Sectional Tournament on Wednesday

On Wednesday, Fairfield American, the District Two champion, begins play in the state sectionals, which is the next step on the road to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

Each of the state's 11 district winners will compete in two sectionals. Section one comprises districts one through five and will be hosted by Shelton American. Section two is for districts six through 11.

A full round robin is contested within each section (four games in section one). At the conclusion of pool play, the top two teams in the standings meet in a single contest to determine the sectional champions.

The two sectional winners square off in a best-of-three series, which takes place at Bridgeport's Blackham School from  July 31-August 2.

The winner of that series advances to the New England Regionals at the Bart Giamatti Little League complex in Bristol, Connecticut.

Here are the district winners in section one: district one, North Stamford; district two, Fairfield American; district three; Shelton American; district four, Orange; and district five, Farmington.

Orange won the district four title with a 5-0 win over Branford in a game was that completed on Tuesday after being suspended on Monday.

Fairfield American opens with Orange,  which won't have much preparation time. The following day, it takes on Shelton American, with games to follow against Farmington (Saturday) and North Stamford (Sunday).

The section one championship game is set for July 28.

Fairfield American went 8-0 in the district two tournament, outscoring its opponents, 115-17.