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The Bristol and Milford Little League Softball All-Stars battled deep into the night on Friday, going nine innings before a winner was decided.

Bristol scored three times in the top of the eighth before holding on for a 4-2 win, highlighting the night’s action.

Friday also the debut of the SFC-Preston squad, which rolled to a win its debut, and two elimination games knocked the 10-team, two sectional affair down to the eight teams remaining alive heading into the weekend.

Here’s a look at all four of Friday’s games:

Bristol 4, Milford 2

Ellie Tiscia had a two-run double in a three-run third inning as Bristol created enough room to advance to the winner’s bracket final.

The game was scoreless after six innings, before both teams scored a run in the seventh.

Under International Tiebreaker rules, Bristol’s Ava Lefurgey was placed on second base to start the eighth. She moved to third when Makinnley Whitlock singled.

After an infield pop up for the first out, Mary Thompson laid down a sacrifice bunt, scoring Lefurgey on the fielder’s choice to throw home, giving Bristol a 2-1 lead.

Tiscia then delivered her two-run, two-bagger putting Bristol up by a 4-1 score.

Milford got one run back in the bottom of the eighth when Avery Caprio had an RBI ground out, but with the tying run at the plate Bristol pitcher Avery Collins earned a strike out to end the game.

Lucy Bastiaanse had a double, a single and an RBI for Bristol. Tiscia also added a single.

Bristol combined three pitchers—Lefurgey (3 innings, 4 hits, 0 runs, 3 strikeouts), Lucy Kalat (3 innings, 1 hit, 1 walk, 1 strikeout, 0 runs) and Collins (2 innings, 1 hit, 0 earned runs, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts).

For Milford, Kaylee Phelan had a single, a double and an RBI while Addison Iannaccone had two singles.

Ali Tworkowski went the distance for Milford, scattering seven hits and giving up just two earned runs. She struck out three and walked three.

West Hartford 5, Shelton 0

Elle Fox fired a complete-game, two-hitter, striking out 11 and walking just three as West Hartford eliminated Shelton while staying alive in the tournament.

Stella Danziger, the No. 12 hitter, had a hit and two RBIs for West Hartford. Elinor Brier also had a triple while Elsa Lesham had a hit and an RBI.

For Shelton, Gianna Graf and Bianca Basile had singles. Graf pitched five innings, giving up just two earned runs. She struck out three and walked one.

SFC-Preston 19, Manchester 0

The SFC/Preston All-Stars made their Section 2 debut after a first round bye and pounded out 18 hits, scoring 19 runs in just two innings en route to the win over Manchester.

Kensie Farland pitched all three innings before the mercy rule went into effect. She didn’t’ give up a hit and struck out seven while walking three.

Roslynn Constant had two doubles, a single, three runs scored and four RBIs; Shelby Zajac had two triples, a single, two runs scored and four RBIs; while Hallie Gorra was 3-for-3 with two singles, a triple, three runs scored and an RBI.

Ahna Nazarian (2 RBIs) had two singles; Andrea Davis (1 RBI) had a single and a double; Bridgette LePage (2 runs) had two singles, and Kalie Anna Volle (2 runs, 2 RBIs) had two singles.

Madison/Clinton 11, Brooklyn 1

After losing 11-1 to East Lyme in the first round, Madison-Clinton bounced back to notch an 11-1 win over their own to stay alive while eliminating Brooklyn.

Lauren Marro threw a five-inning no-hitter, striking out two and walking four. She gave up just the one earned run.

Ryan Macellaro (2 runs, 2 RBIs), Sarah Rosenthal (3 runs) and Alissa “Jeff” Aguzzzi (2 runs) all had three hits each. Marra had a triple and Arabella Pacelli doubled and drove in two.

For Brooklyn, Lizzie W scored the run after a walk.

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