Linked Up – Spring Championships

The Canton boys track & field team celebrates its class S title. Photo from the Collinsville Press.

Eighteen championships in less than a week. Safe to say it is a busy time of year in the world of Connecticut high school sports. Linked Up is here to help try and keep tabs on all the championships, providing the links to local coverage for the team champions. Keep an eye out for another edition Linked Up next weekend following another busy week of action.

• From the New Britain Herald: It has been a season 34 years in the making as the New Britain boys won the class LL outdoor track & field title.
• From the Manchester Journal Inquirer: The Windsor boys and girls track teams pulled off a “double-double” winning title in class L track & field.
• From the Hartford Courant: The Wethersfield boys track & field team did not need individual winners to capture the class MM championship.
• From the Hartford Courant: A standout senior class helped propel Bloomfield to the boys outdoor track & field in class M.
• From the Collinsville Press: Balance was the key as Canton earned its second class S boys track & field championship in three seasons.
• From the Norwich Bulletin: NFA had to overcome a number of obstacles, and still claimed the girls LL track & field title.
• From the Manchester Journal Inquirer: The Windsor girls track team matched the boys by winning its own class L track & field championship.
• From the New Haven Register: Hillhouse had some competitors step up as the Academics claimed the girls MM track & field meet victory.
• From the Hartford Courant: Tolland teamed with Bloomfield to “keep it in the East” as the team earned the class M girls outdoor track and field title.
• From the Hartford Courant: A senior class that has known nothing but titles continued that trend in earning the class S girls track & field championship.
• From the Greenwich Times: Greenwich needed contributions from everyone — and got them — to claim the boys tennis crown in class LL.
• From the Fairfield Citizen: Fairfield Prep and Daniel Hand both enjoyed strong days to share the class L boys tennis title. 

Stonington girls’ tennis coach George Crouse hugs Mollie Kam after her victory clinched the Class S championship and the program’s first title. Photo by Dana Jensen – The Day.

• From the Collinsville Press: It was by its tightest margin, but Avon still managed to earn a third-straight boys class M tennis crown.
• From the Hartford Courant: East Catholic halted a championship run to earn a title of its own in the class S boys tennis tournament.
• From the Connecticut Post: New Canaan learned from previous mistakes to earn a title in a tight contest in the class L girls tennis final.
• From the Norwalk Hour: Wilton made a little bit of history to cap an impressive run to the girls class M tennis championship.
• From the New London Day: It was a long wait, but it was worth it for the Stonington girls tennis team which nabbed its first class S title.