A Look at Somers and Ellington's Winter Sports Title History

ELLINGTON-SOMERS, CT — As practices for high school winter sports officially get underway Monday (girls basketball and wrestling) and next Saturday (boys basketball, ice hockey, indoor track, boys swimming and girls gymnastics), hopes run high for all teams to achieve the ultimate goal: winning a state championship.

To help squads get into the championship mentality, here is a listing of the 11 CIAC winter team titles won by Ellington and Somers high schools in past years (* - indicates a co-op team).

ELLINGTON

• girls basketball (4) - Class M: 1997, 1983, 1982; Class S: 1981
• boys basketball (2) - Class S: 1972, 1963
• boys indoor track (1) - Class S: 2001

SOMERS

• boys basketball (2) - Class S: 1994, 1992
• wrestling (1) - Class S: 2010
• girls basketball (1) - Class S: 1977

Photo credit: Somers High School