• St. Joseph's Payton Doiron pitched a four-hit shutout. — Bill Bloxsom photos
    St. Joseph's Payton Doiron pitched a four-hit shutout. — Bill Bloxsom photos
    St. Joseph's Payton Doiron pitched a four-hit shutout. — Bill Bloxsom photos
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St. Joseph's Payton Doiron pitched a four-hit shutout. — Bill Bloxsom photos
St. Joseph's Payton Doiron pitched a four-hit shutout. — Bill Bloxsom photos

St. Joseph unleashed a 20-hit attack when coach Jeff Babineau’s 17th-seeded Cadets went on the road to defeat 16th-seeded Wolcott High, 16-2, in a first round Class M state tournament softball game on Tuesday.

St. Joseph (14-9) will travel to play No. 1 Wilcox Tech (20-0) in Meriden tomorrow at 4 p.m.

Jovanna Hillman homered for the Cadets.

Kayla Giacobbe was 4-for-5 with three RBIs.

Cami Heintz and Hanna Errico each had three hits.

Payton Doiron struck out seven.

Nicole Antonowicz had two hits, including a triple, for Wolcott (12-9).

St. Joseph 120 114 7--  16 20 2
Wolcott. 100 000 2-- 2 7 0

Batteries: SJ; Payton Doiron (W) and Jo Hillman
Wolcott: Nicole Antonowicz (L) and Kailyn Lawlor