Connecticut
Monday's CIAC State Tournament Scores: Swimming, Hockey, Basketball
CONNECTICUT — Here are Monday’s results from CIAC tournament competition in boys swimming, boys ice hockey and boys basketball. Click the class headers for complete brackets.
Note: this scoreboard will be regularly updated throughout the evening as official scores are received.
BOYS SWIMMING
- Pomperaug, 891
- Wilton, 529
- Sheehan, 412
- Middletown, 387
- Wethersfield, 354
Event Winners
- 200 medley relay – Pomperaug (McKirryher, Regan, Green, Hu), 1:38.42
- 200 freestyle – Brendan Kirberger, Masuk, 1:44.84
- 200 individual medley – Robert Regan, Pomperaug, 1:51.57
- 50 freestyle – David Cappiello, Pomperaug, 21.15
- 1 meter diving – Matthew Raymond, Simsbury, 505.85
- 100 butterfly -Richard Bailey, Middletown, 51.27
- 100 freestyle – David Cappiello, Pomperaug, 46.85
- 500 freestyle – Brendan Kirberger, Masuk, 4:41.22
- 200 freestyle relay – Pomperaug (Cappiello, Schuessler, Tutoli, Farley), 1:27.98
- 100 backstroke – Jerick Luke Lagamao, Sheehan, 52.78
- 100 breaststroke – Robert Regan, Pomperaug, 56.82
- 400 freestyle relay – Middletown (Liesener, Green, Strickland, Bailey), 3:15.78
Class S Championships
at Cornerstone Aquatics Center
- 200 medley relay – Holy Cross (Gauthier, Hebb, Matos, Maher), 1:37.82
- 200 freestyle – Michael Gauthier, Holy Cross, 1:43.52
- 200 individual medley – Brendan Matos, Holy Cross, 1:56.83
- 50 freestyle – Anthony Garofalo-Tomasko, Seymour, 21.58
- 1 meter diving – Aiden Melnyk, Berlin, 391.85
- 100 butterfly – Andrew Villani, Northwest Catholic, 51.17
- 100 freestyle – Michael Gauthier, Holy Cross, 46.92
- 500 freestyle – Chase Shapiro, Weston, 4:42.99
- 200 freestyle relay – Holy Cross (Gauthier, Hebb, Matos, Maher), 1:30.40
- 100 backstroke – Anthony Garofalo-Tomasko, Seymour, 53.02
- 100 breaststroke – Logan Szczesniak, Berlin, 57.88
- 400 freestyle relay – Weston (Walt, Mirkin, Mustafa, Shapiro), 3:18.82
BOYS ICE HOCKEY
Semifinals
Div. III
- No. 1 Bethel co-op 5, No. 4 Masuk 4 (OT)
- No. 3 Conard 4, No. 2 Suffield co-op 1
BOYS BASKETBALL
Quarterfinals
Div. I
- No. 1 Notre Dame-West Haven 80, No. 9 WCA 70
- No. 2 Ridgefield 49, No. 7 Northwest Catholic 42
- No. 4 Notre Dame-Fairfield 50, No. 5 East Catholic 49
- No. 6 St. Bernard 64, No. 3 Kolbe Cathedral 63 (OT)
Div. III
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (WTNH) — Aaliyah Edwards came off the bench to score a game-high 21 points as the Connecticut Sun defeated the Portland Fire, 90-87, during Camp Day on Tuesday morning at Mohegan Sun Arena.
Thousands of kids were in attendance to watch the Sun hold on to a fourth-quarter lead as the Fire attempted to rally. Connecticut led by 10 at halftime and saw its lead cut to one in the final period.
Brittney Griner added 20 points for the Sun, who ended their three-game homestand with a victory. Olivia Nelson-Ododa went 8-for-8 from the foul line en route to 16 points and Leila Lacan chipped in 14.
Carla Leite led the Fire with 18 points.
The Sun visit Phoenix on Friday for the first of two games with the Mercury.
Florida’s tallest flag pole raises new Stars and Stripes on Independence Day
Florida’s tallest free-standing American flagpole now stands 250 feet tall at Bernice Braden Park in Cape Coral
You might have seen Connecticut’s state flag in government buildings and schools and wondered what the meaning was behind its design.
Adopted by the General Assembly in 1897, the Flag of Connecticut features a navy blue background with a white shield. Three grapevines with purple grapes are on the shield and oak leaves and acorns can be found on the shield’s edge.
Below the shield is a banner which features the phrase “Qui Transtulit Sustinet” written in Latin. According to ConnecticutHistory.org, that phrase translates to “He who transplanted still sustains,” which honors the colonists who moved to the state from England.
Per Encyclopedia Britannica, the three grapevines have two competing interpretations: they represent either the three oldest settlements in the state (Hartford, Wethersfield and Windsor) or the three colonies that merged to form Connecticut (Connecticut Colony, Saybrook Colony and New Haven Colony).
Why is the Connecticut flag blue?
According to ConnecticutHistory.org, the blue comes from Connecticut’s Civil War military flags. During the Civil War, Connecticut regiments had flags featuring blue backgrounds. ConnecticutHistory.org reports that when the legislature adopted an official flag in 1897, they kept the color that military tradition had already established.
Origins of Connecticut’s state flag
Per ConnecticutHistory.org, Connecticut did not have an official state flag until 1897. The site reports that in 1895, the Anna Warner Bailey Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Groton pushed for an official flag to display in their new meeting room.
Governor Owen Vincent Coffin introduced a bill on May 29, 1895, which ConnecticutHistory.org says caused the legislature to subsequently form a committee. After several designs were submitted, the Connecticut General Assembly adopted the flag in 1897.
Connecticut’s coat of arms, which includes the shield, grapevines and banner featured on the state flag, was not formally standardized until 1931, according to USASymbol.com. The website also says color standards for the flag came in 1956, when the Secretary of the State’s office developed uniform specifications.
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