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
Category Archives: Girls Gymnastics
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
Linked Up – 3/8/2013
Snow, snow, snow, snow, and more snow. All of the Tournament action scheduled for Friday has been postponed (CIAC Tournament Central particularly the “schedules and postponements” tab will keep you up-to-date) so that leaves plenty of time to check out a variety of items in this week’s Linked Up. From the Westerly Sun: A great profile of… 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
Eye On The CIAC
Happy President’s Day to everyone. The Eye On The CIAC focuses in on the beginning of the winter championships (though the championships actually began two weeks ago, before the weather decided not to cooperate). This past week saw titles captured in the class meets in both indoor track & field and wrestling. In addition, the… Continue Reading
Linked Up – 2/15/2013
Snow, snow everywhere. That is the story that has dominated the state landscape over the past week, and that includes the high school sports landscape as the weather forced frantic shuffling and rescheduling of competition. Amid all the turmoil, there were some excellent stories told around the state, and the newest edition of Linked Up… Continue Reading
CIAC To Allow Sunday Makeups For Remainder Of Winter Season
Due to the fact that many schools will be out Monday and possibly beyond, the CIAC will be allowing the scheduling of Sunday makeup contests for Winter sports for the remainder of the regular season, providing: Sunday games are mutually agreed upon by both schools Sunday games do not start prior to 12:30 p.m. We… Continue Reading