Linked Up – 5/30/14

Mike Boucher and the Lewis Mills boys lacrosse team are trying to turn regular season success into tournament wins. – Christopher Massa – Republican-American.

The spring pairings are out, and it has been a busy week of league championship tournaments. The majority of coverage this week involved covering those championships, there were still plenty of great features to include in this week’s Linked Up. Congratulations to those league champions and now the eyes turn towards the CIAC tournaments.

• From the Waterbury Republican-American: The Lewis Mills boys lacrosse team is eyeing more firsts after another unbeaten season.
• From GameTimeCT: Shelton’s Thomas Kane has traded his football pads for track medals.
• From the Meriden Record-Journal: Sheehan senior Connor Reed completed a remarkable comeback to return to the tennis court.
• From the New London Day: Sprinting rivals are friendly until they get on the track where New London’s Orrin Parker earned bragging rights.
• From the Hartford Courant: Northwest Catholic boys lacrosse has thrived with an uptempo style.
• From the Norwich Bulletin: An injury didn’t stop Joe Fogarasi from setting a new ECC meet record.
• From the New York Times: An interesting look at the value of sports for some New York city schools.
• From the Southington Observer: The Southington golf team keeps making strides and is hoping to make a run at a state title.
• From the Bristol Central: The Bristol Central softball team took the time to relish their CCC South Division Championship.
• From the Greenwich Time: The Staples boys tennis team added a much-desired line to the program’s resume.
• From the Norwalk Hour: A Wilton grad soaked in the college championship experience, while Norwalk’s Cameron Wilson also enjoyed significant collegiate success.
• From Forbes: An opinion piece on the decline of golf.
• From the Connecticut Post: Not a story, but great highlights of a walk-off home run in the FCIAC softball semifinal.