Pleasant Plains, Chatham Glenwood and Mount Pulaski advanced to girls basketball state finals. Here's what to know, including Plains' Madison Burke.

For the second straight year, it’s a West Valley clash in the AIA girls Open Division state high school basketball championship.

The New London girls basketball team’s latest Eastern Connecticut Conference championship is the first for first-year head coach Keyokah Mars-Garrick. The Whalers won their fourth ECC title in the last five seasons after Mars-Garrick took over for Tammy Millsaps last spring.

There are seven area girls basketball teams still alive in the WIAA playoffs. Here's a look at their sectional semifinal matchups.

“Head Shots 70″ — yes, can you believe it’s 70? — includes another 45 ex-student athletes who competed in girls’ basketball. There’s 15 schools represented, including the now-defunct St. Peter’s Girls and St. John Villa.