Hillhouse Named Sun Team Of The Week
January 19, 2010 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Connecticut Sun News Release
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (January 19, 2009) " Defending Class L champion Hillhouse High School has been selected as the Connecticut Sun High School Girls' Basketball Team of the Week, presented by Camaro Signs of Yantic, for the week of January 11-17th.
Hillhouse won three games last week to remain undefeated, sweeping past Guilford (51-32) on Tuesday, No. 6 Mercy (49-45) Thursday and No. 4 Norwich Free Academy (49-47) Saturday. In beating NFA " the defending Class LL champion " Hillhouse snapped the Wildcats' 10-game winning streak. The Academics ended the week with a 8-1 record.
This is the fourth season the Connecticut Sun has recognized a Team of the Week. Each winner will receive a commemorative plaque and a congratulatory letter from Connecticut Sun coach Mike Thibault.
The Team of the Week is part of a series of initiatives undertaken by the Connecticut Sun to highlight local high school girls' basketball, where future WNBA stars are already competing. The Sun have also hosted the CIAC Championship luncheon and the four state title games, and the team will recognize the four champions during a ceremony at halftime of a regular season game during the 2010 season.
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