The cliche question that often comes with age is, ‘What will you be doing when you’re 40?” The answer for most often involves similar ideas of working hard, caring for a family and enjoying life. For Southington resident and fellow 40-year-old Christine Spiegel, life is all of those things and just a little bit more.

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The New England Slammers shake hands with their International All-Star opponents after their World Series win in Hawaii.

The Blue Knights softball team figured out that the third time really is a charm as they beat Simsbury for the first time in three chances Saturday, 1-0.

The five seeded Blue Knights softball team got another stellar performance from senior pitcher Brittany Volpe beating 28th seeded Greenwich, 5-1, and advancing to the second round of the Class LL state tournament. They face-off against 12 seed Staples at 4 p.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, June 2. The winner of that game plays the winner of 4 Simsbury vs. 13 Stamford.

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Senior Joey Harvey will lead the way for the Blue Knights Saturday against New Milford as they start the L tournament with hopes of going a long way. Three wins would get them to the finals.

Friday afternoon, the postseason brackets were released by the CIAC for baseball, softball, volleyball and girls tennis. Softball and Volleyball drew the highest seeds at five and three respectively. Baseball will go in as the 29th seed out of 34 and girls tennis is No. 13 out of 21.

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Brittany Volpe (15-3) will be key on the mound for the Blue Knights in the postseason if they want to challenge for a state title. It starts Monday with Greenwich.