Paul Wettemann, a Guilford High graduate and lifelong UConn fan, has lived the dream the past five years as a UConn men’s basketball manager.

Maddie Epke finished with a hat trick and Julia McDonald made 36 saves in a win over Amity/North Haven/Cheshire in the championship game.

NORTH BRANFORD — At one end was the defending CIAC Division II boys hockey champion goalie, Jared Yakimoff, who led Branford to the title 11 months ago. At the other, Andrew Sacco defended the North Haven net after winning last year’s Division III championship with LHK.

Goaltender Eric Dillner was never really threatened as the Tigers came away with a shutout victory.

After suffering an injury in the Division II championship, Branford’s Chris Donadio is back on the ice leading the Hornets.

MADISON — It isn’t often that a team that leads for just 5:18 ends up winning.

Seventeen teams hit the mats competing for the SCC cheerleading championships at North Haven Saturday morning.

In a physical game from the start, Branford answered Westhill/Stamford’s early power-play goal, scored two in the second and went on to win.

After winning three straight state titles, the Darien girls ice hockey team was the runner-up last year. The rallying cry this year is “redemption” as the Wave eyes a return to the top.

The Connecticut Soccer Coaches Associaton named Hand forward Scott Testori has its Connecticut Boys Soccer Player of the Year at its annual banquet Sinday.

Anthony Romano’s overtime goal just 1:41 into the extra session gave the Titans a win over the Tigers.

Both coaches led their teams to state titles in dramatic fashion, with teams which dominated opponents during the regular season.

The ninth-ranked Hornets leaned on their defense and junior goaltender Jared Yakimoff posted his second shutout of the season.

The Rams’ senior, who took home a New England title in the 1000 meters last season, has committed to run at Clemson.

The Tigers, ranked No. 1 in the GameTimeCT.com Top 10 poll, will face No. 2 St. Joseph for the Class L title.

The Hornets finish the season in a tie with East Haven atop the SCC Tier 3 standings.

GUILFORD — It didn’t take very long for Hand to show why it will go into next week’s CIAC state playoffs as the No. 1 team in the state.

Valley Regional/Old Lyme closes the season on a three-game winning streak following its win over rival Haddam-Killingworth.

Tournament Most Outstanding Player Jack Green scored in the second overtime to help Hand defeat Wilton at Dillon Stadium.

The top-seeded Indians won their second straight Class M championship, fending off a late rally by the Tigers.

The sixth-seeded Guilford girls soccer team came from behind to defeat No. 13 East Lyme to win the Class L championship Saturday.

Holy Cross was playing in its fifth final; the last was in 2017, an OT loss to Old Lyme, wich had won the past four Class S titles.

Tigers face Wilton for Class L championship on Saturday.

Hornets rush for 356 yards, tally 536 yards of offense.

Only East Lyme stands in the way for the Guilford girls soccer team is on the verge of winning their first Class L state championship in six years.

Ella Stanley and Maddie Epke led the charge for the top-seeded Indians, who reached their second straight final.

Goalkeeper Samantha Gray made three saves during penalty kicks to propel the Wildcats past the top-seeded Mountaineers in a Class S quarterfinal..

SOUTHBURY — With the Pomperaug and Guilford girls soccer teams posting a combined 21 shutouts during the regular season and two more in states, goals were going to be at an absolute premium in their Class L quarterfinal matchup Saturday.

The high school football teams from Shelton and No. 1 ranked Hand met in one of the more anticpated matchups of the season Friday.

MADISON — Look closely on Hand’s 2017 football roster, and you’ll find the player who has become the top running back on the No. 1 team in the state, the senior who has put his name in the school record book a couple of times. He’s there.

The Guilford girls soccer team has reached the Class L state tournament quarterfinals, doing so without former longtime head coach Scott McMahon, who resigned last week.

EAST HAVEN — When it comes to championships this fall, the Southern Connecticut Conference is painted green and white.

This was the fifth straight year that Morgan was in the Shoreline final — and playing in the sixth postseason game in the last four seasons between these two rivals, most notably last year’s Class S state championship game, won by Old Saybrook.

Up until last fall, Guilford had never won a Southern Connecticut Conference field hockey championship. Now, the Indians have two.

Ball possession was about a 50-50 split in the Shoreline Conference final and Westbrook gave North Branford a strong challenge. But a strong defense and a game-winning rebound goal gave North Branford its fourth Shoreline title.

WEST HAVEN — Guilford is the most successful team in Southern Connecticut Conference tournament history, reaching half of the championship finals ever played.

Guilford’s defense has been solid all season and was again on Wednesday night in the Southern Connecticut Conference tournament final against Shelton.

The Thunderbirds posted a shutout non-league win over Branford on Wednesday to improve to 15-0-1 heading into the postseason.

Lyman Hall’s Shakespeare Rodriguez enjoys being in the spotlight and he lived up to that role Friday with a key play in the win over Guilford.

The Hand football team, No. 1 in the GametimeCT Top 10 Poll, found itself in a spot it has not been in much the last few seasons, trailing after the opening possession.

With the tie, the Tigers remain one win or tie away from qualifying for the postseason.

Guilford, the top team in Class L in the state, rolled to its 12th straight win with a workmanlike 3-0 (25-15, 25-16, 25-16) victory over North Haven.

The Hand and Guilford boys soccer teams played dead even this season: tying both games, including a scoreless tie on Tuesday afternoon at the Surf Club.