Enough of the silly football rules from the otherwise great state of Connecticut. The really big news from CT high-school sports is that the Newington High School boys and girls’ tennis teams both clinched CCC South titles last week!

The girls — coached by my former English teacher, the legendary C. Stephen Ludlow — earned their second consecutive title by beating archrival Bristol Eastern in a decisive battle of unbeatens. Woohoo! It’s the girls’ fourth CCC South title in the last five seasons, according to the Newington Town Crier, and if I’m not mistaken, I believe it’s also their eighth in the last ten seasons… maybe even ninth in the last eleven or tenth in the last twelve? I can’t recall exactly how many they had won in a row through 1999 (my graduation year), but I know it was a bunch.

The boys team, meanwhile, won its first title since 1989. Way to go, Indians!