Leagues

While the CIAC sponsors state tournaments and governs athletic eligibility and competition across the state, there are also 10 leagues that provide another venue for play and regulate competition. The leagues work to enhance regular-season competition and create another postseason experience for students while fostering regional rivalries. The league experience is a highly-valuable piece in the larger CIAC puzzle and plays a key role in serving the student-athlete experience.

Berkshire League

The Berkshire League encompasses a region in the northwest portion of Connecticut. The league consists of 10 member schools, the smallest number of the 10 Connecticut leagues, but has produced strong athletics programs throughout its history especially in boys and girls cross country, volleyball, track & field and boys soccer.

League Website: www.berkshireleague.org

League Members:

Gilbert
Housatonic Regional
Lewis Mills
Litchfield
Nonnewaug
Northwestern
Shepaug Valley
Terryville
Thomaston
Wamogo

Central Connecticut Conference (CCC)

The Central Connecticut Conference is the largest league in the state with a membership that features 32 schools in the central region of Connecticut, including the capitol city of Hartford. The league, led by Commissioner Barbara Startup, consists of four eight-team divisions divided by geography. CCC teams won a total of 29 CIAC Championships in the 2011-12 academic year.

League Website: www.centralconnecticutconference.org

League Members:

Berlin
Bloomfield
Bristol Central
Bristol Eastern
Bulkeley
Conard
E.O. Smith
East Catholic
East Hartford
Farmington
Fermi
Glastonbury
Hall
Hartford Public
Maloney
Manchester
Middletown
New Britain
Newington
Northwest Catholic
Plainville
Platt
RHAM
Rockville
Rocky Hill
Simsbury
South Windsor
Southington
Tolland
Weaver
Wethersfield
Windsor

Constitution State Conference (CSC)

A unique league among the 10 the Constitution State Conference is a collection of schools aligned by type, rather than geography. The league features 21 magnet and technical schools spread throughout the state.

League Website: www.cttech.org/csc/

League Members:

Abbott Tech
Acad. of the Holy Family
Bullard Havens Tech
Capital Prep Magnet
Cheney Tech
Classical Magnet
Ellis Tech
Goodwin Tech
Grasso Tech
Kaynor Tech
Norwich Tech
O’Brien Tech
Parish Hill
Platt Tech
Prince Tech
Putnam
University
Vinal Tech
Whitney Tech
Wilcox Tech
Windham Tech
Wolcott Tech

Eastern Connecticut Conference (ECC)

The Eastern Connecticut Conference began operation in the 1934-35 academic year. The ECC is currently an 18-school league featuring competition in 23 sports programs. A board of directors governs the operations for the league which encompasses a large geographic area in the eastern side of the state.

League Website: www.eccathletics.org

League Members:

Bacon Academy
East Lyme
Fitch
Griswold
Killingly
Ledyard
Lyman Memorial
Montville
New London
Norwich Free Academy
Plainfield
St. Bernard
Stonington
Tourtellotte
Waterford
Wheeler
Windham
Woodstock Academy

Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference (FCIAC)

Nineteen schools make up the accurately named Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference which contains programs located in Connecticut’s Fairfield County in the southwest corner of the state. Since its founding in 1961 the league has consistently produced a high number of state champions. Commissioner John Kuczo currently at the helm of the league.

League Website: www.fciac.net

League Members:

Bassick
Bridgeport Central
Brien McMahon
Danbury
Darien
Fairfield Ludlowe
Fairfield Warde
Greenwich
Harding
New Canaan
Norwalk
Ridgefield
St. Joseph
Stamford
Staples
Trinity Catholic
Trumbull
Westhill
Wilton

North Central Connecticut Conference (NCCC)

The North Central Connecticut Conference encompasses schools in a large geographic area in the northern central portion of the state, reaching north to the Massachusetts border. Thirteen schools make up the membership in the organization, which claimed eight CIAC State Championships in the 2011-12 academic year, including three in soccer and a pair in cross country.

League Members:

Avon
Bolton
Canton
Coventry
East Granby
East Windsor
Ellington
Enfield
Granby Memorial
SMSA
Somers
Stafford
Suffield
Windsor Locks

Naugatuck Valley League (NVL)

The Naugatuck Valley League, centered in Waterbury where five of the 14 schools are located, is wholly made up of 14 schools located in the Naugatuck River Valley. The league expanded from 12 to 14 schools in 2009 and features two divisions of seven teams titled the Brass and Copper Divisions.

League Members:

Ansonia
Crosby
Derby
Holy Cross
Kennedy
Naugatuck
Sacred Heart
Seymour
St. Paul Catholic
Torrington
Watertown
Wilby
Wolcott
Woodland

Southern Connecticut Conference (SCC)

The Southern Connecticut Conference ranks as the second largest in Connecticut in terms of membership with 22 schools covering a large swath of the southern part of the state and shoreline. Commissioner Al Carbone directs the organization which has existed since 1994. SCC schools won a conference-record 25 state championships in the 2011-12 academic year.

League Website: www.southernconnecticutconference.org

League Members:

Amity
Branford
Career Magnet
Cheshire
Daniel Hand
East Haven
Fairfield Prep
Foran
Guilford
Hamden
Hillhouse
Jonathan Law
Lyman Hall
Mercy
North Haven
Notre Dame-West Haven
Sacred Heart Academy
Sheehan
Shelton
West Haven
Wilbur Cross
Xavier

Shoreline Conference

Thirteen schools, primarily located in Middlesex County in the southeast portion of the state, make up the Shoreline Conference. The league does not sponsor football competition in the fall, although many of its members do play football in the football-only Pequot Conference. The Shorline Conference sponsors 18 sports in total competition and earned six CIAC State Championships this past academic year.

League Members:

Coginchaug
Cromwell
East Hampton
Haddam-Killingworth
Hale Ray
Hyde Leadership
Morgan
North Branford
Old Lyme
Old Saybrook
Portland
Valley Regional
Westbrook

South West Conference (SWC)

The South West Conference currently consists of 16 member schools located in the southwestern portion of Connecticut. A pair of eight-team divisions named the Colonial and Patriot are based on program size and help organize the league schedule. The SWC, which was formed in 1994 and began operations in 1995, is led by Commissioner Pam Goodpaster.