Norwalk, CT — The Norwalk High School baseball team was honored Saturday with a parade celebrating the school’s first CIAC state championship in baseball. The school opened in 1902. The CIAC began running state baseball tournaments in 1938.

Middletown, CT — As first baseman William Arnold took the throw from catcher Jaden Echevarria on a dropped third strike for the final out of today’s Class LL baseball final, an outpouring of emotion was unleashed on Palmer Field, as a team from a city with a rich tradition in the sport finally got the chance to sit on the state throne.