The Farm-ington boys won the Connecticut state championship with a well-earned 3-2 win over Glastonbury at Northwest Park in Manchester. The win advances Farmington to the Eastern Regional, played annually at the Giamatti Little League complex in Bristol.

"We are off the charts, unbelievably excited," Farmington coach Bill Spracklin said. "This is the stuff that dreams are made of for the kids. Thirty years from now when their kids are practicing tee-ball in the back yard, they can look back at this."

From the first inning on, it seemed that the only way Glastonbury was going to score on Farmington pitcher Brian Cohan and his lights-out defense was to hit the ball over the fence where nobody could reach it. That happened in the third inning when Jason Sutkowski hit a go-ahead, two-run homer to left field to put his team on top 2-0. Sutkowski had also homered to give Glastonbury a lead in Game 1.

That set the table for a second come-from-behind win in two days. Still trailing by two in the bottom of the fifth, Farmington mounted a rally with Sutkowski on the mound. Christian Dubay hustled out a leadoff single on a grounder to third base. Heavy hitters David Wiegard and Sean Haggerty battled Sutkowski patiently to earn walks to load the bases. Ben Edelson stepped to the plate with a chance to be a hero, but never got the chance as he was hit in the back with a fastball, scoring the first run.

After a wild pitch scored Wiegard with the tying run, the role of Superman fell to Carson Helms. Helms drove a fly ball deep enough to right field to score the eventual winning run on a sacrifice fly.

"Carson came off the bench and had a hit and a sac fly," coach Bill Spracklin said. "Our kids really understand that they have a role to play."

While Helms had the game-winning RBI, every Farmington player contributed in the victory, with the infield defense shining brightest. No matter where the ball was hit, a Farmington player scooped it up and gunned for the out.

Edelson made two barehand charging plays at third base to end the first and second innings. Shortstop Jeff Schweighoffer handled one of the hardest hit balls all night on a clean short hop. His brother Brian turned an unassisted double play at second base to end the fourth. And backup shortstop Matt deVaux made a spectacular diving play in shallow left field to get a key out in the fifth.

"Our defense was unbelievable," said a proud Spracklin afterwards. "Everybody ..played great. The shortstops were unbelievable ..We said all year that pitching and defense were the most important thing. We’re going to score enough runs if we pitch and play defense."

Cohan made the most of that defense, staring down the Glastonbury lineup and challenging them to beat him and his teammates. Cohan, who also won the clinching game in sectional play last Sunday against Shelton, gave up six hits and three walks while pitching a complete game. While he had only one strikeout, he was nonetheless in control the whole time.

"He’s a big game pitcher," Spracklin said. "If you look up the definition of a big game Little Leaguer it’s him. He does everything we ask of him. A lot of kids might be intimidated ..but Brian gets it done."

Cohan remains unbeaten in district, sectional and intersectional play over the last two seasons.

This was the second straight year that Farmington defeated Glastonbury 2-0 in the state championship series, but this time there is more baseball to be played. The team will open the New England division of the Eastern Regional against Westbrook, Maine on Saturday night at 8 p.m.. The trip, as Spracklin told players and fans, is a dream come true.

"We had a dream on June 15 and we’re getting there," the coach said over the PA system during the award ceremony. Afterwards his and the team’s excitement continued as they celebrated with fans.

Dubay was 3-3 with a run scored for Farmington. John Charles Nowosadko and Alex Hanelt each had two hits for Glastonbury.