New London — The 60th running of the annual Ocean Beach/John & Jessie Kelley Half Marathon will be held Saturday, starting at 8 a.m., with start and finish at Ocean Beach Park.

The race, the oldest shoreline road race in the state and one without an entry fee, winds through New London and Waterford before finishing back at Ocean Beach Park.

Way Hedding the longtime race director, is asking competitors to bring a non-perishable food donation for the Gemma E. Moran United Way/Labor Food Center.

“Last year we filled a truck with much needed nutritious food,” Hedding said.

With hot and humid temperatures expected, Hedding is seeking race-day volunteers to support water stations along the course, and Hedding is also asking residents to set up sprinklers to cool runners along the course.

Those interested in volunteering can contact heading at wayhedding@att.net, and additional information, including a course map, is available at kelleyroadrace.com.

American Legion baseball

• Shrewsbury (Mass.) erupted for eight runs in the second inning and went on to defeat Waterford 13-3 in the opening round of the American Legion Northeast Regional tournament in Worcester, Mass. The game ended after five innings due to the 10-run rule. Waterford will play Hampden (Maine), a 14-0 loser to Cumberland (R.I.), in an elimination game on Thursday. Sean Salvador went 2-for-2 and scored a run for Waterford while Bebe Martinez was 1-for-1 with an RBI single in the second.

Men’s soccer

• Connecticut College, which won the first national title in program history last season, is ranked No. 1 in the 2022 United Soccer Coaches Division III preseason poll. The Camels finished 19-4-2, defeating New England Small Conference Athletic Conference rival Amherst in a penalty kick shootout in the national championship game in Greensboro, N.C. Amherst is ranked No. 2 in the preseason poll while fellow NESCAC members Tufts (No. 6) and Middlebury (No. 8) were also in the Top 10.

FCBL

• Waterford’s Ryan O’Connell (St. Bonaventure) pitched four no-hit innings for the second save as the Norwich Sea Unicorns defeated the first-place Vermont Lake Monsters 4-1 in a Futures Collegiate Baseball League game at Dodd Stadium. O’Connell walked one and struck out four for the Sea Unicorns (27-33) while Zac Zyons (Bryant) was 2-for-3 with a double, run and RBI and C.J. Willis (Western New England) and Noah Plantamuro (ECSU) added two hits apiece. Vermont is 42-18.

ECML

• The Clippers rallied from an early three-run deficit to defeat DBI 8-4 in an ECML game on Tuesday night. Nick Helbig, Joe Basso and Sean Porter each had a double and single to lead the Clippers while Tyler Perkins was the winning pitcher. Petey Kiefer hit a solo home run and added a double for DBI.