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Walking into the gym and reading the years of accomplishments on our banners is sometimes intimidating. After 16 consecutive years of winning the Shoreline, what if we are the team to break the streak? How would it feel to be the seniors and captains of the team that ends [Morgan-Clinton] volleyball's chain of success? I hope to use the outcome of last year's team as a motivation and work hard to assist Morgan's volleyball program in another successful season.

Cheshire, the Housatonic winner, Hand-Madison and Branford are in, but their seeding depends on what happens this week. The Rams will earn the fifth seed with wins over Shelton and Wilbur Cross. Branford faces East Haven and West Haven and Hand plays Hillhouse and Amity-Woodbridge. It's still too early to tell where these two teams will be seeded. As for the final spot, it's Guilford's to lose. The Indians face Foran-Milford and Mercy. A Guilford win over the Lions secures the Indians the eighth spot. However, if Guilford loses to Foran and Hamden beats Mercy today, the Green Dragons will complete the bracket. Morgan-Clinton (17-1, 15-1) is the No. 1 one seed followed by Old Lyme (15-3, 15-1), Haddam-Killingworth (12-6, 11-5) and North Branford (9-9, 9-7). Morgan and Old Lyme play tonight, but the Huskies still earn the top seed based on overall record. Morgan defeated the Wildcats 63-50 on Jan. 13.

A NEWCASTLE man has pleaded guilty to supplying a fatal dose of the drug \"ice\" to 21-year-old Clinton Morgan. The inquest found Mr Morgan died as a result of bleeding in the brain caused by the combination of his haemophilia condition and the effect of the drug. Coroner Richard Wakely said during the inquest Mr Morgan had not died of a drug overdose.

Andre Celescino had two goals and Cuinn Nevins a goal and two assists as the Cheshire boys' soccer team clinched the Southern Connecticut Conference Housatonic Division title Wedneday with a 5- 0 win over visiting Shelton. D.J. Pereira and Mike Caputo added a goal and an assist and Kyle Moscovics and Zack Hager combined for two saves for the Rams (12-1, 6-0). Shelton is 10-3, 5-2. Hamden 2, Foran-Milford 1: Santiago Pallazoho scored in the 75th minute to lift the Green Dragons to a SCC interdivision win at Milford. Branford 8, Career 0: Evan Hoeflich scored three goals and William Alessi had two goals and an assist to lead host Branford to its win. Goalies Zack Owen and Mohammad Alyhuessen combined for seven saves for the Hornets (9-2-2). Goalie Luis Quiles made six saves for Career.

EDITION: BYLINE: HEADLINE: North Branford edges Coginchaug NOTES: Boys' soccer: North Branford 2, Coginchaug-Durham 1; Bunnell-Stratford 3, Brookfield 2; Old Saybrook 2, Hale-Ray-East Haddam 1 (2 OTs); Hopkins 5, Greens Farms-Westport 0; North Haven 3, East Haven 0; Valley Regional-Deep River 2, Morgan-Clinton 1; Cheshire 1, Amity-Woodbridge 0. Girls' soccer: Torrington 8, Ansonia 0; Hamden Hall 7, MacDuffie-Springfield, Mass. 0. Field Hockey: Sacred Heart Academy-Hamden 2, Lyman Hall-Wallingford 1; Valley Regional-Deep River 3, Morgan-Clinton 2; Amity-Woodbridge 4, North Haven 3; Mercy-Middletown 3, Sheehan-Wallingford 2.

Tolland 18, Coventry/Windham Tech 0: Dana Granteed had 84 yards rushing and a touchdown to lead host Tolland (6-4, 5-0 Sassacus) over Coventry/Windham Tech (5-6, 4-1). Matt Drury had 88 yards rushing and a TD, and Wes Wolk added a 3- yard TD run for Tolland. Both teams had two turnovers in the sloppy conditions. Defensive tackle Chris Uziemblo had 11 tackles for Tolland.

Conard-West Hartford 14, East Hartford 6: John Benyei and Blake Bugbee returned third-quarter interceptions for touchdowns as Conard (2-0) defeated East Hartford (1-2) in West Hartford. David Albert caught a 37-yard TD pass for East Hartford in the fourth quarter. Morgan-Clinton 27, Windsor Locks/Suffield 7: Colin Dugan ran for 128 yards and two touchdowns as visiting Morgan (1-2) defeated Windsor Locks/Suffield (1-2). Coventry/Windham Tech 26, Woodland Regional-Beacon Falls 20: Matt Parkinson carried 13 times for 86 yards and a touchdown to lead Coventry (3-0) past Woodland (1-2) in Coventry. Dan Murphy had 11 tackles, two sacks, and two forced fumbles for Coventry. Jared Katchmar threw touchdown passes of 83 and 80 yards for Woodland.

Morgan-Clinton 57, Westbrook 42: Crystal Heser scored 15 points and Brit O'Neal and Allie Rice each added 14 as Morgan defeated Westbrook in Old Saybrook. Nick Corbin added 10 points for Morgan. Emily Hardy led Westbrook with 20 points. Morgan and North Branford will play in the title game Friday at Old Saybrook.

Stats and such: Hale-Ray (10-10) of East Haddam qualified for the first time since 1994. All-SLC setter Caitlin Duby (426 assists) and Kristen Johnson (team-high 104 kills) led a solid senior class, but the Little Noises have built strong girls programs in other sports despite one of the smallest enrollments in the state. ... Glastonbury senior Allison Baker finished with 257 kills and 147 digs. ... [Morgan-Clinton]'s record streak of seven consecutive titles is safe for at least six more years, as there were no repeat state champions. ... [Maloney]'s record of state championships remained at 12, but Morgan tied Amity for second with nine. ... Darien is 7-0 in championship matches. Of Morgan's eight seniors, only Tara Vece played significant time when Morgan last won a state championship three years ago. Ashlee Fox battled a back injury all season to make contributions, Jessica Ward was outstanding in winning the championship match MVP and Kaitlyn Moran became a precise setter.

NFA needed all its experience and guile Saturday against Manchester in a Class LL quarterfinal. Sophomore forward Krista Rappahahn's 26 points helped too as top-seeded NFA defeated No. 9 Manchester 57- 53 at Bacon Academy in Colchester. Manchester (20-6) had previously given NFA its toughest challenge in a 65-61 game in December. The teams' contrasting styles made for two good games. Both teams rely primarily on a running game and man- to-man defense. But Manchester's half-court offense is predicated on a strong inside game and NFA has outstanding perimeter shooters. NFA opened quickly by scoring the first nine points. Manchester broke through with 2:57 remaining in the first quarter when Indians senior forward Tanya Iwanski (13 points) made a put-back. But after that, Manchester began to match NFA from the outside.