Scholastic Baseball Teams Set For State Competition On The Diamond

CONNECTICUT — The high school baseball regular season schedule has concluded, setting the stage for the wild and woolly two weeks of competition found in the CIAC state tournaments.

A total of 39 teams from schools in Hartford and Tolland counties will be among the nearly 130 who will take part in the four tournaments. As usual, the exciting action culminates at Palmer Field in Middletown, site of the championship games on June 7 and 8.

Qualifying games will be played Saturday; first-round action begins Tuesday.

Here are the initial matchups involving teams from the region; click the class headers for complete brackets.

Class LL
2023 champion: Fairfield Warde

• No. 32 Westhill at No. 1 Southington
• No. 31 Farmington at No. 2 Fairfield Warde
• No. 29 New Britain at No. 4 Amity Regional
• No. 27 Newtown at No. 6 Bristol Central
• No. 26 Brien McMahon at No. 7 Enfield
• No. 24 West Haven at No. 9 Newington
• No. 22 Manchester at No. 11 South Windsor
• No. 20 Hall at No. 13 Glastonbury
• No. 17 Simsbury at No. 16 Fairfield Ludlowe

Class L
2023 champion: Brookfield

• No. 30 Cheney Tech at No. 3 RHAM
• No. 27 Windsor at No. 6 Brookfield
• No. 26 Notre Dame-West Haven at No. 7 Avon
• No. 25 Masuk at No. 8 Rockville
• No. 21 East Haven at No. 12 Prince Tech/Hartford Public
• No. 19 Wethersfield at No. 14 Platt
• No. 18 Lyman Hall at No. 15 Bloomfield co-op
• No. 17 North Haven at No. 16 Berlin

Class M
2023 champion: Nonnewaug

Qualifying round

• No. 33 Bullard Havens Tech at No. 32 Goodwin Tech

1st round

• Goodwin/Bullard Havens winner at No. 1 Joel Barlow
• No. 31 Rocky Hill at No. 2 Woodland
• No. 30 Killingly at No. 3 Suffield
• No. 26 Lewis Mills at No. 7 Waterford
• No. 22 Tolland at No. 11 New Fairfield
• No. 21 St. Joseph at No. 12 HMTCA/SMSA
• No. 20 Plainville at No. 13 University/Classical

Class S
2023 champion: Haddam-Killingworth

• No. 32 Kolbe Cathedral at No. 1 Coventry
• No. 30 East Catholic at No. 3 Haddam-Killingworth
• No. 28 Innovation at No. 5 East Granby
• No. 27 East Windsor/International at No. 6 St. Bernard
• No. 26 Granby at No. 7 Shepaug Valley
• No. 24 Derby at No. 9 Canton
• No. 23 Northwest Catholic at No. 10 Wheeler
• No. 22 Immaculate at No. 11 St. Paul
• No. 21 Somers at No. 12 Griswold
• No. 17 Stafford at No. 16 East Hampton