Nearly one month exactly. That’s how long it took to crown 35 CIAC team winter champions across eight sports. The first Indoor Track & Field Class title was decided on February 23rd, and after a riveting weekend of competition at Mohegan Sun and Yale, the championships have concluded. Battling snow, cold, and mostly the competition,… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Wrestling
Wrestling Committee Report – 4/29/14
Editors Note: CIAC sports committees meet periodically throughout the year, and the meeting reports will highlight relevant decisions or information from the meetings. The CIAC Wrestling Committee met on Tuesday, April 29. The following were a few notable discussion topics and decisions. The Committee addressed significant concerns about the continuing challenge of skin diseases and… Continue Reading
Linked Up – Winter Championships
Remarkable. That is just one of the many adjectives that describes the CIAC winter championship season, which was capped off by an enthralling series of games and meets. The final championship weekend featured three overtime games, numerous records being set, thrilling finishes and incredible team and individual performances. All of the competitors should be lauded… Continue Reading
CIAC Concussion Management Policy
The issue of concussions and brain injury has been a focus of the CIAC for many years, and with new information coming to the fore, the critical importance of this issue has come into sharper focus. Through its policies and requirements the CIAC has made great effort to protect the well-being of student-athletes. It has… Continue Reading
Best Of the CIAC Network 2012-13 – Part 3
The first two editions of CIACsports.com’s look back at the 2012-13 championship moments covered the fall sports season. Check out part 1 and part 2 before moving on to see what is on tap for the best CIAC Network moments of the winter. Despite one of the largest snowstorms in Connecticut history, the winter championship… Continue Reading
Linked Up – 4/19/13
This edition of Linked Up is admittedly a bit maudlin and sentimental. As this sentence is typed, there is a manhunt going on in the Boston area, in the days following a heartbreaking tragedy. Yet as has been frequently pointed out these terrible events often bring out the best in humanity as people pull together.… Continue Reading
Linked Up – 3/1/2013
With the focus on postseason games and league tournaments, there was not a ton of feature stories in the Connecticut papers this week. But this is still a link-heavy edition of Linked Up, particularly with a heavy does of national stories. And still some interesting Nutmeg State articles thrown in. From CBSnews.com: This video has been… Continue Reading
Eye On The CIAC
A busy few days of championship action and the closing days of the regular season in girls basketball along with conference tournaments in other sports led to some interesting competition last week. For basketball, we have focused mainly on wins that might help teams earn the qualifying standard of 40-percent and teams in League Tournaments… Continue Reading
Linked Up – Winter Championships – 2/24/2013
In the fall, CIACsports.com provided versions of Linked Up that featured the newspaper accounts of various state championships, so readers could quickly find recaps for their favorite team’s title (the gymnastics Open link will be added once completed). With the winter sport championship season now in full swing it is time to take a look… Continue Reading
Changes To CIAC Postseason Schedules
Due to the threat of inclement weather across the state there have been slight changes to the schedules for the CIAC Wrestling Open and the CIAC Gymnastics Class Championships for Saturday, February 23. Competition at the Wrestling Open on Saturday will now start at 9 a.m. with an expected finish around 5:30 p.m. (complete schedule… Continue Reading