The year in sports — 2016 version — had its share of moments, history, achievers and record-breakers. And we did our best to cover them all. Hence, here's our list of top 10 local sports stories as voted on by The Day's staff: sports editor Chuck Banning, columnist Mike DiMauro, editor Dave Davis, scholastic sports editor Vickie Fulkerson, reporter/UConn beat writer Gavin Keefe and reporter/lonesome polecat Ned Griffen.

Hope you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed covering it.

No. 1: Four for the show

The Day's top sports story of 2016: The fourth straight national championship for UConn women's basketball, a first in Division I women's basketball. The Huskies throttled Syracuse in the national championship game in Indianapolis, giving Geno Auriemma and the Huskies an unprecedented 11th national title.

The Huskies later sent the top three picks to the WNBA Draft: Breanna Stewart (Seattle), Moriah Jefferson (San Antonio) and Morgan Tuck (Connecticut).

No. 2: It is high ... it is far ...

In Game Seven of the World Series, New London High School and UConn-Avery Point alum Rajai Davis hit a dramatic, game-tying home run off Aroldis Chapman that kept the Cleveland Indians afloat.

Davis fouled off several pitches before the homer that was as dramatic as it was stunning. The Cubs later prevailed, snapping a 108-year drought, but Davis earned national acclaim for the clutch homer.

No. 3: Sweet Caroline

Fitch High School capped its softball season with a victory over Masuk in the state championship game. The Falcons finished 27-0 with their second Class L title in three years and a No. 1 ranking in the GameTimeCT/Register Top 10 Softball Poll.

Pitcher Caroline Taber, who attends Princeton, left Fitch as a three-time Class L all-state pitcher, two-time Gatorade Connecticut Softball Player of the Year and a regional All-American. She was named The Day's 2016 All-Area Softball Player of the Year, earning that honor for the third straight season.

No. 4: Out with the new, in with the old

UConn fired football coach Bob Diaco the day after Christmas and brought back former coach Randy Edsall. Diaco, who went 11-26 in his three years, oversaw a dismal season for the Huskies, who went a month between touchdowns. Edsall was working for the Detroit Lions, after being fired from  Maryland. Edsall coached UConn from 1999-2010 and led the Huskies to the Fiesta Bowl in his last game.

No. 5: Old Lyme Olympian

The United States men's eight crew, featuring Old Lyme's Austin Hack, finished fourth overall at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero.

Hack, 24, graduated from Old Lyme in 2010 and then attended Stanford, where he was named the Pac-12 Rower of the Year as a junior in 2013 and a senior in 2014.

No. 6: Mighty Quinn

St. Thomas More postgraduate men's basketball coach Jere Quinn was nominated for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Quinn, coaching at T-More for 38 years, has amassed nearly 1,000 wins and won several championships, sending numerous players to college.

Quinn joins for UConn men's coach Dee Rowe and former women's basketball great Rebecca lobo on the ballot.

No. 7: Dancing with Timberwolves

New London High School and Providence College graduate Kris Dunn fulfilled a dream, becoming a lottery pick in the NBA Draft.

Dunn, who led Providence to the NCAA Tournament in March, went to the Minnesota Timberwolves as the fifth pick overall. Dunn sported a black suit jacket with the word "Whalers" sewn into it on draft night, giving the world a chance to see where he attended high school.

No. 8: Champs

Old Lyme senior Caleigh O'Neil picked a most auspicious time to score her first goal of the season: in the state championship game. And it was all the Wildcats needed to win their first outright CIAC girls' soccer championship. Old Lyme defeated Old Saybrook, 1-0, to win the Class S title.

The Wildcats won co-championships in 2009 and 2015.

No. 9: A first for the Schooners

The Mystic Schooners brought home the franchise's first New England Collegiate Baseball League championship, sweeping Sanford, 8-2, in Maine to win the title. The Schooners, once the league's worst team (9-32 in 2012) became the best and brought the Fay Vincent Sr. Cup home.

The Schooners were led by Phil Orbe, who is also Montville High School's athletic director and its former baseball coach. Orbe delivered three state titles in his career.

No. 10: As easy as A-B-C-Deeb

East Lyme High School softball coach Judy Deeb added to her impressive resume, winning her 600th game in April over Bacon Academy.

Deeb is Connecticut's all-time wins leader for high school softball. A Danbury native, Deeb is longtime physical education teacher in the East Lyme school system, currently at the Lillie B. Haynes Elementary School.

She is a member of the Connecticut High School Coaches' Association Hall of Fame and Connecticut Scholastic and Collegiate Softball Hall of Fame, as well as the Connecticut Field Hockey Hall of Fame and Connecticut Women's Basketball Hall of Fame as an official. She was awarded a Gold Key by the Connecticut Sports Writers' Alliance in 2006.

Also receiving votes: The Waterford Babe Ruth 13-year-old all-star baseball team made the World Series in Ottumwa, Iowa. ... Adam Rainaud of Black Hall Club in Old Lyme captured his third straight Connecticut PGA Professional Championship and qualified for the 50th PGA Professional Championship. He won his third consecutive OMEGA Bob Shea Award (Player of the Year). He won four of the five Connecticut Section major championships during the 2016 season. ... The Mitchell College baseball team earned its third straight NCAA tournament bid. ... East Lyme girls' soccer player Stephanie deLaforcade set the ECC record for most goals in a season (42). ... New London football won its first nine games under new coach Juan Roman.