Brackets Released For CIAC Boys Lacrosse State Tournament Competition

HARTFORD-TOLLAND COUNTIES, CT — Postseason state tournament time has arrived in Connecticut, and the first pairings to be released by the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) are the boys lacrosse matchups.

Twenty-two teams from high schools in Hartford and Tolland counties have qualified for state tournament play. A pair of first-round contests in Class S are scheduled for Friday, with the other 20 teams having their opening games Wednesday.

Here are the qualifiers from the region; click the class headers for complete brackets.

Class LL

• No. 13 Bristol co-op at No. 4 Darien
• No. 10 Trumbull at No. 7 Glastonbury
• No. 9 Southington at No. 8 Notre Dame-West Haven

Class L

• No. 16 Windsor at No. 1 Fairfield Ludlowe
• No. 15 Enfield at No. 2 St. Joseph
• No. 14 South Windsor at No. 3 Cheshire
• No. 13 Wethersfield at No. 4 Conard
• No. 12 Northwest Catholic at No. 5 Simsbury
• No. 11 Hall at No. 6 Bethel
• No. 9 Farmington at No. 8 Newtown

Class M

• No. 12 E.O. Smith at No. 5 Brookfield
• No. 10 Masuk at No. 7 East Catholic
• No. 9 Suffield at No. 8 RHAM

Class S

1st round

• No. 19 Rocky Hill at No. 14 Valley Regional
• No. 18 Holy Cross at No. 15 St. Paul

2nd round

• Holy Cross/St. Paul winner at No. 2 Somers
• Rocky Hill/Valley Regional winner at No. 3 Sheehan
• No. 13 Lewis Mills at No. 4 Haddam-Killingworth
• No. 10 Canton at No. 7 Old Saybrook
• No. 9 St. Bernard-Wheeler at No. 8 Granby