House Family



Published on Jan 26, 2014
WFSB TV (CBS Connecticut) Sports Reporter John Holt spent the 2011-2012 season documenting the Hillhouse (New Haven) High School girls basketball team's quest for a 4th straight state championship. The pressure was on Connecticut's first ever McDonald's All American Bria Holmes both in the recruiting process and with the expectations for a 4-peat. Hillhouse is led by 5-time state champion Head Coach Catrina Hawley-Stewart who is raising her sisters 3 children after her sister's death in a suspicious house fire. The documentary is set against the backdrop of a city ranked the 4th most violent in America with 34 homicides in 2011

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