The CIAC is announcing the schedule for the fall rules interpretations meetings provided to CIAC by officials’ organizations and league. CIAC rules and regulations require head coaches or their designee to represent your school at these important meetings. Other coaches are encouraged to attend, but it is not a requirement. If your coach cannot make… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Field Hockey
2016-17 CIAC Handbook & Fall Tournament Packets Available
CHESHIRE, Conn. – The CIAC has posted the 2016-17 CIAC Handbook and Tournament Packets for all fall sports with all the information available for view and download on CIACsports.com. The CIAC Handbook contains all rules and regulations and policies, including changes voted on at the 2016 Annual Meeting and is effective as of July 1.… Continue Reading
NFHS Fall Sports Rules Changes 2016
Each year the National Federation of State High School Associations and its rules committees present changes for the upcoming year, and send out a release. The rule changes will be included in the latest rule books when they are produced, but it’s nice to know about any changes in advance. CIAC does its best to… Continue Reading
Follow The CIAC Championships On-Line This Weekend
Champions will earn titles in five CIAC sports this weekend, and for those who can’t attend the events, there are many ways to follow the action on-line. Here is an attempt at a comprehensive list of the various ways to follow the action if you can’t attend. Thirteen of the 16 events will be broadcast… Continue Reading
Field Hockey Committee Meeting Minutes 11/6/15
CIAC FIELD HOCKEY MINUTES November 6, 2015 Members present: Jane Capellini, Carol Janssen, Dot Johnson, Amy Labas, Michael Maltese, Babby Nuhn, Kitty Palmer, Maureen Perkins, Jenna Tuccio, Kathleen Bromage, Robert Hale – Chair, Dawn O’Neil – Tournament Director, Deb Martin – Officials Coordinator and Joe Tonelli – CIAC staff. The meeting was called to order… Continue Reading
Connecticut Student-Athlete Receives NFHS National Spirit of Sport Award
Release courtesy of NFHS. Read the Hartford Courant story on honoree Grace Cummings View the WFSB profile on Grace Cummings NEW ORLEANS, La. — Grace Cummings, a student-athlete at Madison (Connecticut) Daniel Hand High School, was honored as the 2015 national recipient of the “National High School Spirit of Sport Award” by the National Federation of State… Continue Reading
CIAC Set For Fourth High School Bowling Invitational
CHESHIRE, Conn. – The CIAC, in partnership with the Connecticut Bowling Proprietors Association, is holding its fourth Connecticut High School Bowling Invitational on Saturday February 28. The event will take place at Bowl-O-Rama in Newington beginning at 10 a.m. and is open to all CIAC member schools. Registration for the event is now open, and… Continue Reading
Linked Up – Fall Championships 2014
On October 25th the CIAC fall championships began with cross divisional championships as 12 teams earned trophies. Forty-nine days later the season concluded on a sunny and brisk Saturday in December with seven championship football contests. CIACsports.com provided its own complete coverage of the football championships but for the sake of completing a task, Linked Up… Continue Reading
CIAC Fall Championships Broadcast Live
CHESHIRE, Conn. – The crowning of 16 CIAC champions will be broadcast live online over the next three days on the NFHS Network. Finals in boys and girls soccer, field hockey, girls volleyball, and swimming and diving will all be shown live on the Network, which can be accessed at http://www.nfhsnetwork.com/associations/ciac. Viewing subscriptions can be… Continue Reading
2014 Fall Championship Notes & History
The brackets have been whittled down and the fall sports season will conclude in five sports with a bonanza of championship events over the coming days. Below we have provided a historical breakdown of each team’s success in the respective tournaments, to provide some context for what will take place this weekend. Along with that,… Continue Reading