CIAC championship tourney wows 17,000 fans

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — There was plenty of action at this year’s Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference championship on St. Patrick’s Day weekend at the Mohegan Sun Arena, where teams from across the state battled for titles in various divisions.The Winsted area’s two high school boys basketball teams, the Gilbert Yellowjackets and the Northwestern Highlanders, were eliminated from competition in the quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively.Both teams were eliminated by this year’s Class S champion, Immaculate.The action opened Friday, March 16, with two girls’ games and continued on Saturday, March 17, with two more girls’ games and four boys’ matches.At the end of the day Saturday, the championship games played out as follows:Boys basketballClass S — Immaculate 67, Capital Prep 53Class M — Waterford 71, Watertown 57Class L — Career Magnet 51, Northwest Catholic 49Class LL — St. Joseph 62, Hillhouse 54Girls basketballClass S — Coginchaug 58, Capital Prep 48Class M — Weaver 55, Tolland 47Class L — Bacon Academy, 38, E.O. Smith 34 Class LL — Newtown 44, Mercy 42Connecticut’s version of March Madness closed out another banner year of high school basketball, with nearly 17,000 people attending the games on Friday and Saturday night.

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