2026 CIAC basketball championship scoreboard

Sunday, March 22
BOYS BASKETBALL
Division V final: Stafford 64, Hartford Public 59
Division III final: SMSA 71, Stratford 54
Division II final: Windsor 76, Bunnell 49
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Division III final: Coventry 53, Seymour 49
Division IV final:  Stonington 56, Morgan 47

BOYS BASKETBALL
Division II championship
Windsor 76, Bunnell 49
At Uncasville
Bunnell (49) Brandon Acosta Pena 3-1-7, Roderick Ricketts 4-0-8, Rickie Miller 4-2-10, El Shelby Pitard 1-0-3, Brody Biggs 5-2-12, Lucas Bowman 0-0-0, Chris Medina Diaz 0-0-0, Jon Irby 0-0-0, Dominic Laros 0-0-0, David Chimsunum 2-3-7, Jaiden Cameron 0-0-0. Totals 20-8-49
Windsor (76) Ji Gary 7-2-22, Missoni Brown 7-2-16, Charles Lewis 4-1-9, Myles Rush 2-3-7, Alex Weaver 5-2-13, Jeremy Levitan 0-0-0, Clifford Marrett 1-0-3, Jamison Greenfield -2-4, Theo Perkins 0-0-0, Ryan McDonald 0-0-0. Totals 28-12-76
Bunnell (22-6)               11    9  16  14  — 49
Windsor (27-2)              20  14  18  24 — 78
Three-point goals: Windsor 8-15 (Gary 6-8, Brown 0-2, Weaver 1-4, Marrett 1-1); Bunnell 1-12 (Acosta Pena 0-5, Ricketts 0-2, Miller 0-1, Pitard 1-2, Biggs 0-2)
Of note: Windsor won their sixth state championship with a dominating victory. Bunnell had won the last two Division II championships.
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Division V championship
Stafford 64, Hartford Public 59
At Uncasville
Hartford Public (59) Jaiden Booth 8-5-22, Leonard Ramirez 1-2-5, Jorge Nieves 2-0-4, Jon Mitchell 6-0-14, Ja’meer Jefferson 3-2-8, Israel Olmeda 1-0-3, Estasha Elia 1-0-3. Totals 22-9-59
Stafford (64) Colin Tozier 10-6-31, Tyler Murray 0-3-3, Gavin Iacobucci 5-1-11, Nate Faber 4-0-8, Bryce Gudeman 3-0-6, Stephen Tantillo 2-0-5, Landon Tozier 0-0-0. Totals 24-10-64
Hartford Public (20-7)         16  13  13  17  – 59
Stafford (22-4)                       14  18  17  15  — 64
Three-point goals: Hartford Public 6-17 (Booth 1-4, Ramirez 1-4, Nieves 0-2, Mitchell 2-2, Olmeda 1-2, Elia 1-4); Stafford 6-18 (Tozier 5-12, Murray 0-1, Iacobucci 0-1, Tantillo 1-2, Tozier 0-2)
Of note: Stafford won their first state championship since 1953 when they beat Suffield, 52-47. This was the Bulldogs first title game appearance since that victory. Colin Tozier led the way with 31 points, including five shots from three-point range. Gudeman had a game-high 19 rebounds for Stafford, who finished third in the NCCC behind Coventry and Granby. Stafford beat NCCC champion Coventry in the semifinals, 66-65, to earn their berth in the final. Booth had 11 rebounds and a team-leading seven assists for Hartford Public, in the final for the first time since 2008 and seeking their first title since 1994.
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Stafford’s Colin Tozier scored a game-high 31 points as the Bulldogs won their first state title since 1953. (Photo courtesy CIAC)

Division III championship
SMSA 71, Stratford 54
At Uncasville
Stratford (54) Hayden Fabius 0-1-1, Jaiden Herring 1-1-3, Myles Bertrand 9-4-26, Ty Bonaventura 5-3-15, Nico Lubas 2-2-6, Vincent Aquino 0-1-1, Joey Blaine 0-0-0, DeJesus Reina 0-0-0, Brayam Fernandez 0-0-0, Matthew Raffaell 0-0-0, Cody Gallant 0-0-0. Riley Olphonce 1-0-2. Totals 17-14-54
SMSA (71) Xzavion Rios 2-5-9, Ja’Maih Shannon 0-0-0, Jaylen Del Valle 5-0-13, JaShuan Jernigan 3-4-10, Elija Williams 6-8-22, Bishop Rush 5-1-11, Chris Barretto 0-0-0, Mar’kel Copper 2-0-4, Taj Fredericks 0-0-0, Dushawne Simpson 2-0-4, Dontae Senior 0-0-0. Totals 24-18-71
Stratford (21-5)           12  5  19  18  — 54
SMSA (24-3)               18  11  18  24  — 71
Three-point shots: SMSA 5-11 (Rios 0-1, DelValle 3-5, Jernigan 0-2, Williams 2-3); Stratford 6-21 (Fabius 0-1, Herring 0-1, Bertrand 4-9, Bonaventura 2-5, Lubas 0-2, Aquino 0-1, Fernandez 0-1, Gallant 0-1)
Of note: SMSA won their first state championship led by Elija Williams, who had a game-high 22 points, 11 rebounds and six assists.
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SMSA’s Mar’kel Cooper (4) tries to slow down Stratford’s Jaiden Herring (11) in Sunday’s Division III championship game at the Mohegan Sun Arena. (Photo courtesy CIAC)

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Division III championship
Coventry 54, Seymour 49
At Uncasville
Seymour (49) Mia Perry 2-0-5, Isabelle Melissano 2-0-6, Mia Cunningham 9-1-19, Viktoria Michalcyzk 4-7-16, Colbie Drezek 0-0-0, Valentina Melissano 0-0-0, Jamie Keough 0-0-0, Jenna Pollastro 0-3-3. Totals 17-11-49
Coventry (54) Ava Topliff 0-0-0, Reese Jeamel 4-5-14, Jianna Foran 2-1-5, Danielle Wheeler 7-3-23, Hailey Mayo 4-1-9, Aliza Sobol 0-0-0, Ava Vieria 1-0-3, Celina Cuhha 0-0-0. Totals 18-10-54
Seymour (25-3)              7  15  15  12  — 49
Coventry (26-2)            21  10  18    5  — 54
Three-point goals: Seymour 4-13 (Perry 1-1, I. Melissano 2-6, Cunningham 0-1, Michalczyk 1-3, V. Melissano 0-1, Pollastro 0-1); Coventry 8-19 (Topliff 0-2, Jeamel 1-2, Foran 0-1, Wheeler 6-10, Sobol 0-1, Vieira 1-2, Cuhha 0-1)
Of note: League champion Coventry is the second NCCC team to win a state championship led by a trio of sophomores. Danielle Wheeler had a game-high 23 points, including six shots from three-point range while Reese Jeamel had 14 points and two rebounds. Hailey Mayo, a hitter on the Coventry girls volleyball team that won a Class S title in November, had nine points, three assists and a game-high 19 rebounds. NVL champion Seymour was led by Mia Cunningham with 19 points and nine rebounds.
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Division IV championship
Stonington 56, Morgan 47
At Uncasville
Stonington (56) Cora Babin 7-3-19, Kalli Mansfield 1-0-3, Leah DePerry 1-0-2, Sophia Hoinsky 8-0-16, Addison Cadmus 5-6-16, Kasey Donohue. Totals 22-9-56
Morgan (47) Mersades Passante 5-5-15, Madeline Grenon 4-0-10, Addison Reed 2-2-6, Nora Winsor 2-0-4, Emma Teuner 6-0-12, Emma Holecz 0-0-0. Totals 19-7-47
Stonington (20-7)        9  13  23  11  — 56
Morgan (24-3)                15  6  12  14  — 47
Three-point goals: Morgan 2-10 (Passante 0-1, Grenon 2-8, Holecz 0-1); Stonington 3-10 (Babin 2-3, Mansfield 1-7)
Of note: A month ago on Feb. 19, Morgan beat Stonington by 23 points and the Huskies came into the state final on an 18-game winning streak. But the Bears outscored Morgan by 11 points in the third quarter to earn a stunning 56-47 win in the Division IV title game. Junior Sophia Hoinsky had 16 points for Stonington along with 12 rebounds and four assists. Teammate Addison Cadmus had 16 points, nine rebounds and a team-leading five assists. Stonington won their first title since 2006. Morgan, who lost in the finals a year ago, last won a championship in 2000. Morgan had won their three previous tournament games by an average of 32 points while Stonington had won their four tournament games by an average of 30 points.
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Saturday, March 21
BOYS BASKETBALL
Division IV: Windham Tech 73, Woodland Regional 62
Division I: West Haven 79, Staples 72, 3 OT
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Division V: North Branford 54, Innovation 38
Division II: Bristol Central 58, Rocky Hill 52, OT
Division I: Greenwich 51, Northwest Catholic 46

BOYS BASKETBALL
Division I championship
West Haven 79, Staples 72, 3 OT
At Uncasville
West Haven (79) Trew Kilson 1-0-2, Aaron Johnson 11-1-27, Loshon Roman 9-2-20, K’nann Morris 2-0-5, Jordan Sirabionian 4-11-19, Ricardo Harris 2-1-6, Matthew Morgan 0-0-0, Makell Hailey 0-0-0, Jakari Harris 0-0-0. Totals 29-15-79
Staples (72) Austin Heyer 4-0-9, Mason Tobias 8-5-21, Dhilan Lowman 6-0-17, Samson Clachko 3-6-12, Matthew Corrigon 5-0-13, Jack Jacob 0-0-, Henry Veissid 0-0-0, Drew Hill 0-0-0. Totals 26-11-72
West Haven (23-4)    13  11  15   9  9  9  13 — 79
Staples (26-1)              16  10   9 13  9  9   6  — 72
Three-point goals: West Haven 6-7 (Johnson 4-4, Roman 0-1, Morris 1-1, Harris 1-1), Staples 9-30 (Heyer 1-3, Lowman 5-13, Clachko 0-7, Corrigon 3-5, Jacob 0-1, Hill 0-1)
Of note: It is the longest championship game since 1992 when Somers beat Haddam-Killingworth, 82-81 in 3 OT in the 1992 Class S final. Sirabionian had 12 rebounds, a team-high six assists and three steals for the winning Westies. For Staples, Tobias had nine rebounds and six assists. West Haven had a five-point lead in the 2nd OT with 1:33 left but Staples rallied to tie. It was tied at 72 in the third OT with 1:11 remaining but Roman scored with 57 seconds left and Morris had a block to stop a Staples drive. West Haven had a 7-0 run in the final 58 seconds to close out the game while Staples missed their final four shots from the floor. It was West Haven’s first title since 1987.
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West Haven’s Loshon Roman (4) and Trew Kitson (0) celebrate after West Haven’s triple OT win over Staples in the CIAC Division I championship game at Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday night.

Division IV championship
Windham Tech 73, Woodland 62
At Uncasville
Windham Tech (72) Connor Bushey 4-0-10, Gabe Crespo 6-0-14, Brady Marsh 6-4-17, Colby Dunnack 9-2-20, Jamison Sadloski  4-0-9, Armando Rivers 0-0-0, Kobe Rivera 1-0-3. Totals 30-6-73
Woodland (62) Markell Brown 1-2-3, John Napiello 10-2-23, James Scampolino 3-3-10, Ean Pringle 3-1-7, Aiden Pringle 5-7-17, Justin Pringle 0-2-2, Allen Quayson 0-0-0, Evan Mastropietro 0-0-0. Totals 22-16-62
Windham Tech (23-4)             19  18  21  15 — 73
Woodland Regional (26-1)     19  14  17  12  — 62
Three-point goals: Windham Tech 7-20 (Bushey 2-6, Crespo 2-3, Marsh 1-5, Sadloski 1-3, Rivera 1-3); Woodland 2-15 (Brown 0-2, Napiello 1-6, Scampolino 1-6, Quayson 0-1)
Of note: Windham Tech won the first state championship in school history in any sport. It is the first state basketball state championship by a technical school since 1967. Windham Tech had 22 turnovers and Woodland scored 24 points off those turnovers. Windham Tech had 10 steals, 40 rebounds and shot 51 percent from the field. Dunnack had 20 points and 19 rebounds for Windham Tech while March had eight assists and five steals.
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Players from Windham Tech celebrate after winning the first state championship in school history Saturday in the CIAC Division IV championship game at the Mohegan Sun Arena.

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Division I championship
Greenwich 51, NW Catholic 46
At Uncasville
Greenwich (51) Mikayla Kiernan 2-2-8, Elsa Xhekaj 2-3-7, Madi Utzinger 5-5-16, Zuri Faison 7-4-18, Juliette Pelham 1-0-2, Maddie Young 0-0-0. Totals 17-14-51
NW Catholic (46) Maeve Stauton 3-0-6, Lilyan Johnson 2-2-6, Zoey Canning 0-0-0, Samantha Casper 3-0-9, Abby Casper 7-2-18, Lyla Diaz 2-3-7, Azjah Lizotte 0-0-0. Totals 17 7-46
Greenwich (24-2)                  13  15  7  16 — 51
NW Catholic (26-1)               10  8  17  13  — 46
Three-point goals: Greenwich 3-9 (Kiernan 2-6, Xhekaj 0-1, Utzinger 1-1, Faison 0-1). NW Catholic 5-21 (Staunton 0-3, Johnson 0-2, Canning 0-2, S. Casper 3-6, A. Casper 2-8)
Of note: Two Greenwich sophomore made big plays in the final minute to help the Cardinal win their first state championship in girls basketball. Elsa Xhekaj made a steal with 26 seconds left after the Cardinals had taken a two-point lead to keep possession of the ball. Leading by three, sophomore Zari Faison blocked Abby Casper with six seconds left to help the Cardinals prevail. Faison had a game-high 14 rebounds and four steals while Zhekaj had two steals and four rebounds. Greenwich led by 10 at the half only to see NWC open the third quarter with a 13-2 run.
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Greenwich coach Megan Wax and the Cardinals celebrate winning their first state championship in girls basketball.

Bristol Central 58, Rocky Hill 52, OT
At Uncasville
Bristol Central (58) Laylani Cespedes 5-3-16, Olivia louis 0-1-1, Lamaria Bowens 5-2-15, Molly McMahon 0-1-1, Nicole Reimer 9-6-25, Sydney Ray 0-0-0, Gabriella Bernier 0-0-0, Bria Rossi 0-0-0, Olivia Stafford 0-0-0. Totals 19-13-58
Rocky Hill (52) Kelsey LaMay 6-8-21, Arianna Daley 1-0-3, Madisyn Aurigemma 3-0-6, Jill Rhouddou 2-0-4, Katherine Harding 5-2-14, Isabella Tucker 1-2-4. Totals 18-12-52
Bristol Central (22-5)            12  17  9  9  11 — 58
Rocky Hill (25-3)                      17  13  19  8  5  — 52
Three-point goals: Bristol Central 7-18 (Cespedes 3-5, Bowens 3-7, McMahon 0-3, Riemer 1-2, Bernier 0-1); Rocky Hill 4-29 (LaMay 1-9, Daley 1-2, Harding 2-10, Tucker 0-3)
Of note: Down five in OT, Bristol Central ran off 11 straight points to win their first state championship. Nicole Reimer scored 25 points and pulled down 22 rebounds. The Rams finished the game with four players with four fouls on the floor.
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Bristol Central’s Nicole Reimer celebrates after the Rams won their first state championship with an OT win over Rocky Hill on Saturday.

CIAC Division IV championship
North Branford 54, Innovation 38
At Uncasville
Innovation (38) Maia Rodriguez 2-3-7, Kalani Rivera 6-1-16, Mya Saldana 0-4-4, Symber Sutton 1-3-5, Phoebe Candy 0-0-0, Milan Williams 0-0-0, Juliana Childs 0-0-0, Aniyah Austin 0-0-0, Aubrey Mercado 3-0-6. Totals 12-50 11-18
North Branford (54) Ella Chasanoff 6 3-17, S Podzikowski 0-0-0, Emma Preiss 5-6-16, Zoe Desimone 0-2-2, Skyler Gage 6-2-19, Alia Martone 0-0-0, Kendra Macdougall 0-0-0, Tessa Delucia 0-0-0. Totals 17-47 13-19 54
Innovation (19-7)                9   8   8  13 — 38
North Branford (21-7)     12  17  12  13– 54
Three-point goals: North Branford 7-20 (Chasanoff 2-7, Podzikowski 0-2, Desimone 0-1, Gage 5-10); Innovation 3-19 (Rodriguez 0-5, Rivera 3-8, Saldana 0-2, Mercado 0-4)
Of note: It was the fifth state championship in school history for the Thunderbirds and the first since winning in 1989. Innovation, which is formally named the CREC Academy of Science and Innovation, is located in New Britain. The girls basketball team was making their first-ever appearance in the state title game.
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