Imagine this, Fairfield County will not have a boys basketball team playing in the CIAC state championships at Mohegan Sun this weekend.
Kolbe Cathedral, a 69-51 loser to Cromwell, was the last county team to take a bow Wednesday night, joining the ranks of disposed that include New Fairfield (lost to Bloomfield in M semis), Central (lost to Windsor in LL semis), Stratford (lost to Torrington in L quarters), Trinity Catholc (lost to Bulkeley in L quarters).
Here’s who IS playing at Mohegan this Saturday:
Class LL: Crosby vs. Windsor
Class L: Bulkeley vs. Torrington
Class M: Sacred Heart vs. Bloomfield
Class S: Hyde Leadership vs. Cromwell
So that leaves us with three CCC teams, three NVL teams, and two teams from the Shoreline Conference.
A lot of people (Most notably our buddy and fast-emerging hoop guru Tommy “Razor”) have been saying all along that the CCC was the best conference in the state this season. I’ve been casting my ballot with the NVL (to many people’s chagrin. I got a lot of angry emails when I declared the NVL the state’s best during a midseason column.)
We’ll find out who’s boss in ’09 after Saturday. It’s a CCC vs. NVL brawl in the top three divisions. Somebody’s going to get at least two championships, and the crown of best league.
The winner of the Class LL title game will be crowned No. 1, even if Sacred Heart wins. The Hearts would have done themselves a favor by winning the NVL. But they didn’t even make the league final after a 19-1 regular season.
Them’s the breaks.
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