Old Lyme — Brady Sheffield, a 2020 Old Lyme High School graduate and a former all-state boys’ basketball player at the school, was named the head coach of the boys’ basketball team Friday, athletic director Hildie Heck announced.

Sheffield, a guard, played for the Wildcats team which won the Shoreline Conference regular-season and tournament titles in 2020 and was favored to win the Division V state championship before the postseason was canceled due to COVID-19.

Old Lyme was the 2019 runner-up in the Division V state tournament, finishing 21-6 in the best season in program history.

“His knowledge of the game and his dedication to studying it made him stand out against a very talented pool of candidates,” Heck said. “With Brady’s experiences working under Cromwell head coach John Pignone and Westbrook coach Jeff Beeman, we knew Brady would be a perfect fit. Not to mention he bleeds blue.

“As a player, Brady saw the floor and knew what needed to be done and how to make it happen in order to make everyone around him successful. I am more than confident he will do the same as our next head basketball coach.”

Sheffield was the junior varsity coach last season at Cromwell and the JV coach at Westbrook in 2022. He is the JV baseball coach at Old Lyme. He works as an account executive at the Magnolia Agency in Essex.

FCBL

• The Pittsfield Suns scored three times in the first inning and defeated the Norwich Sea Unicorns 5-3 in the first game of a doubleheader at Wahconah Park in Pittsfield, Massachussets. DJ Perron (Rhode Island) went 3-for-3 with two RBI for Norwich (18-13). Pittsfield is 14-17.

NECBL

• The Ocean State Waves defeated the Mystic Schooners 10-7 in a New England Collegiate Baseball League game on Thursday night at Dodd Stadium. Danny Melnick (Rutgers) had a double, triple, two RBI and two runs scored for the Schooners (10-8) while Sam Kilpatrick (Belmont) had a double, triple and RBI.

ECML

• Drew Daley struck out 14, including the side in the third, fifth and sixth innings, to lead the Padres to a 5-1 victory Thursday night in the Eastern Connecticut Major League. Bryce Bedard had a double and two RBI for the Padres, Rob Peruzzotti doubled and scored and Robbie Delacruz walked three times and scored twice.

District 10 LL softball (10-12)

• Waterford defeated Ledyard 9-6 on Wednesday night as winning pitcher Aubrie Willis also had two hits and Bella Rush doubled twice and scored three runs. Madison Bingham scored two runs for Ledyard.

District 10 50/70 baseball

• Ledyard defeated Montville/New London 21-15 on Wednesday night to even their best-of-three championship series at 1-1. Jackson McVeigh went 3-for-4 with two doubles and three runs scored for Ledyard while Nick Fermo had four RBI and three runs and Ethan Duller had three RBI. Kwaku Amonfo had two hits and scored three runs for New London/Montville and Morgan Cameron scored a pair of runs.

District 10 SL baseball (15-16)

• Stonington defeated Ledyard 13-1 on Wednesday to advance to the championship round. James Main struck out 11 over four scoreless innings for Stonington while homering and driving in four runs while Garret Linehan struck out six over three innings and drove in three runs at the plate.