Its been a Waterford kind of weekend so far.
The boys basketball team did the town proud by making it to the Class M semifinals Friday night and now the girls basketball team goes for a Class L state championship today- pretty impressive.
The Lancers boys are not one of the teams I would have picked to go this far but several things have happened in their favor. Having played a tough Class L and LL schedule all season long, Class M teams may not seem to be as tough as they may be. The Lancers are used to playing against guards like R.J.Evans and Michael Jensen, so John Carlson of Old Saybrook was nothing new to them.
The Lancers were something different to the Rams, however, who play a primarily small school schedule. Carlson said he hadn't played against athletes like Anthony Malhoit who had a great vertical leap and long arms which disrupts passing lanes.
The Rams hung tough, especially with their third quarter comeback, but you had to like Waterford pulling it out in the end courtesy of a 3-pointer by Pat Epps.
Their reward, a semifinal game against a team called Joel Barlow. Now does that sound familiar or what!
See you at the championship game this morning.