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| Greenwich celebrates their championship |
Saturday was a day and an experience I will never forget.
It was Championship Saturday for winter sports for the CIAC in Connecticut.
I was fortunate enough to be asked by Rob Adams if I wanted to join him, Dan Murphy and Sean Adams for the Division I basketball championships they were calling at Mohegan Sun.
I helped out with social media and tried to help out "producing" in any other way I could. Thanks to Rob for having me along for the ride.
We saw the Greenwich Cardinals girls' basketball team defeat Northwest Catholic 51-46. It's the first championship for the Lady Cardinals.
Greenwich was led by Zuri Faison who had 16 points and 14 rebounds and Madi Utzinger with 16 points of her own. Utzinger's layup with 26 seconds to play was the difference.
Congrats to all the players and coaches on the championship.
In the boys' championship, the West Haven Blue Devils* defeated the Staples Wreckers 79-72 in triple overtime in a tremendous game that we are going to talk about for a while.
*Apologies for initially calling West Haven the Blue Knights in my Tweet.
West Haven was led by Aaron Johnson's 27 points and Loshon Roman's 20. Mason Tobias led Staples with 21 and Dihlan Lowman had 17.
It was a tremendous season for Staples, who finishes at 26-1. Congrats to great friends and people, Wreckers Head Coach David Goldshore and assistants Jake Sullivan and Joe Black. A program that had had a ton of success over the past few years, including winning back-to-back FCIAC Championships in 2024 and this season.
There were also Unified games played throughout the day, including games at halftime of the Greenwich game. It's awesome to have these kids have this cool opportunity.
As for our experience, it was nice to get up to Mohegan Sun early, walk around and hang out with friends.
We were able to get some food. We had donuts from Krispy Kreme. I think this was my first time having Krispy Kreme and it was pretty good. Then, we had a late lunch/early dinner at the Pepe's Pizza.
There's likely no reason to tell you this but as much as the day is about the games, it's also about the experience for everyone.
Great job by everyone involved with the CIAC, including Dave Schulz and John Holt, among others.
A tremendous day
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| Rob, Dan, me and Sean (Photo courtesy of John Holt) |
