Softball Teams From Across Connecticut Qualify For CIAC Tournaments

CONNECTICUT — For the next two weeks, the eyes of more than 100 high school softball teams in the Nutmeg State will be focused on one goal - making it to Burrill Family Field at the University of Connecticut, which will host the CIAC championship games for the second straight year on June 8.

Prior to that date, however, there will be thousands of pitches tossed and swings taken, as well as, to quote the legendary ABC's Wide World of Sports, "the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat."

Among the 114 squads which qualified for state tournament competition are 35 teams from schools in Hartford and Tolland counties. One of those schools, Coventry, seeks to add a second consecutive Class S title to its trophy case.

Here are the first-round matchups involving teams from the region. Click the class headers for complete brackets.

Class LL
2023 champion: Fairfield Ludlowe

• No. 4 Southington, bye
• No. 28 West Haven at No. 5 Enfield
• No. 27 Newington at No. 6 Ridgefield
• No. 26 Manchester at No. 7 Fairfield Ludlowe
• No. 25 Shelton at No. 8 E.O. Smith
• No. 23 East Hartford at No. 10 Amity Regional
• No. 22 South Windsor at No. 11 Glastonbury
• No. 21 Simsbury at No. 12 Darien
• No. 20 Norwalk at No. 13 Conard

Class L
2023 champion: Masuk

• No. 2 Ellington, bye
• No. 7 Bristol Eastern, bye
• No. 25 Rocky Hill at No. 8 East Lyme
• No. 23 Bethel at No. 10 Berlin
• No. 18 Windsor at No. 15 Lyman Hall
• No. 17 Wethersfield at No. 16 Ledyard

Class M
2023 champion: Woodland

• No. 31 Prince Tech at No. 2 Seymour
• No. 30 Hartford Public at No. 3 Woodland
• No. 28 Weaver at No. 5 Wilcox Tech
• No. 27 HMTCA at No. 6 Comp Sci
• No. 23 New Fairfield at No. 10 Lewis Mills
• No. 22 Plainville at No. 11 Nonnewaug
• No. 21 Notre Dame-Fairfield at No. 12 Tolland
• No. 20 Aerospace/Bloomfield at No. 13 Sheehan
• No. 18 Oxford at No. 15 Granby

Class S
2023 champion: Coventry

• No. 1 University/Classical, bye
• No. 2 Coventry, bye
• No. 27 Windsor Locks at No. 6 Old Lyme
• No. 23 Immaculate at No. 10 Canton
• No. 21 Stafford at No. 12 St. Paul
• No. 20 Innovation at No. 13 Norwich Tech
• No. 19 Old Saybrook/Westbrook at No. 14 East Catholic
• No. 17 Somers at No. 16 Thomaston