Avon Set to Compete in State Field Hockey State Tournament

AVON, CT — Pairings for the CIAC field hockey state tournament were released Friday morning, and Avon High School has earned the number five seed in Class M.

The Falcons (12-4) will host No. 12 Daniel Hand (8-6-2) Tuesday at 2 p.m.

Here are the opening tournament games scheduled for teams from Hartford and Tolland counties. Click the class header to see the complete bracket for that class.

Class L (all games Monday)

No. 1 Glastonbury (16-0), bye
No. 2 Enfield (15-1), bye
No. 8 South Windsor (13-3), bye
No. 21 Fairfield Warde (6-6-1-1) at No. 12 Hall (8-5-2-1), 4 p.m.
No. 17 Trumbull (8-7-0-1) at No. 16 Simsbury (8-7-1), 2 p.m.
No. 18 Conard (7-6-3) at No. 15 Newtown (9-7), 4 p.m.

Class M (all games Tuesday)

No. 12 Daniel Hand (8-6-2) at No. 5 Avon (12-4), 2 p.m.
No. 9 Newington (9-4-2-1) at No. 8 Lauralton Hall (10-3-2-1), 2 p.m.
No. 13 Farmington (8-8) at No. 4 Guilford (13-2-0-1), 6 p.m.

Class S

No. 13 Shepaug Valley (7-7-1) at No. 4 Granby Memorial (13-3), Monday, 4 p.m.
No. 10 Lewis Mills (8-5-1-2) at No. 7 Northwestern Regional (9-3-3-1), Tuesday, 2 p.m.
No. 11 Canton (8-7-0-1) at No. 6 Immaculate (12-4), Tuesday, 2 p.m.
No. 15 Suffield (6-9-1) at No. 2 Stonington (13-2-1), Tuesday, 5:30 p.m.

Photo credit: Tim Jensen