Connecticut’s high school basketball championships

UNCASVILLE — The Class L state basketball tournament championship games March 19 at the Mohegan Sun Arena gave Connecticut sports fans plenty to cheer about as nearly 10,000 people came to cheer on their favorite teams. The size of the crowd reportedly rivaled those of professional sports teams in Connecticut and added an extra boost of excitement to the championships.In the end, it was the New London Whalers who won the Class L boys tournament to finish off a perfect season. On the girls side, Hillhouse High School of New Haven came out on top. In the Class M championship, Stamford’s Trinity Catholic pulled off an upset over Career Magnet of New Haven to take this year’s title.During the course of the weekend, the Mohegan Sun hosted championships for the boys and girls in Classes M, L and LL. The games marked an end to a two-year contract between Mohegan Sun and the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) to host the games there, but negotiations have reportedly already begun to continue the partnership.Great moments from the tournament included opening ceremonies with the U.S. Air Force Color Guard and celebrations by the winning teams at center court.

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The Webb Family in the workshop. From left: Phyllis, Dale, Ben and Josh Webb, and project manager Hannah Schiffer.

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In the late ‘90s, Dale Webb was working in engineering and product design at a corporate job. “I took up instrument manufacturing as a fun challenge,” said Dale. After an exhibit at The National Association of Music Merchants in Anaheim, California, in 1999, The Magic Fluke company was born. “We were casting finger boards and gluing these things together in our basement in New Hartford and it just took off,” Dale explained. “It was really a wild ride, it kind of had a life of its own.”

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