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Cheshire Soccer Teams Advance To State Championships
The Cheshire High School boys and girls soccer teams are both heading to the state finals this weekend.
CHESHIRE, CT — The Cheshire High School boys and girls soccer teams are both heading to the state finals this weekend.
The top-seeded boys team defeated No. 4 Guilford 3-2 in the CIAC Class L semifinals on Tuesday night in Milford.
The top-seeded girls team defeated No. 4 Ridgefield 2-1 in the CIAC Class LL semifinals on Wednesday night in Southbury.
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It’s the first time in the Southern Connecticut Conference’s 29-year history that a member school has both its boys and girls soccer teams making the state finals, according to SCC Commissioner Al Carbone.
Samir Dishnica scored the go-ahead goal to lift the boys team over Guilford and into the championship game, according to GameTimeCT.com. The Rams will play No. 2 Xavier on either Saturday or Sunday in Hartford.
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It will be an All-SCC affair in the Class L boys soccer championship game - Xavier vs. Cheshire. It is the first time in league history two SCC teams will face off in a boys soccer state final (37th time in all sports) #ctbsoc #SCC @athleticsXHS @CHSRamPride
— Al Carbone, SCC Commissioner (@SCCcommissioner) November 16, 2022
Gabby Tirado scored both of Cheshire’s goals in the girls team’s win over Ridgefield to send the Rams to their first CIAC championship game since 2008, according to GameTimeCT. Cheshire will play No. 3 Staples on either Saturday or Sunday in Hartford.
For the first time in SCC’s 29-year history, a member school has both its boys & girls soccer teams making the state finals - Cheshire @CHSRamPride Not to be excluded is a brother-sister school to both reach the finals l, too- @athleticsXHS @MercyTigers #ctbsoc #ctgsoc
— Al Carbone, SCC Commissioner (@SCCcommissioner) November 17, 2022
Read more about the boys’ win at GameTimeCT here and the girls’ win here.
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