Greater Hartford Fall Sports: Past Titles, 2018 Schedules

GREATER HARTFORD, CT — Practice is now officially underway for all eight CIAC-sanctioned fall sports in Connecticut, with boys and girls cross country, field hockey, football, boys and girls soccer, girls swimming and girls volleyball teams setting out on their quests for league and state championships.

Among schools in Patch communities in Hartford and Tolland counties, Glastonbury is the all-time leader with 38 fall team championships, followed by Farmington (35), Granby Memorial (34), and E.O. Smith and Manchester (29 each).

Area schools looking to repeat their 2017 state titles are Glastonbury girls cross country (State Open and LL) and boys soccer (LL), Tolland boys cross country (M), Avon girls cross country (MM) and Granby Memorial girls soccer (M).

Bloomfield High School's 11 fall state titles date back to 1950, while Hartford Public High School has won nine state championships since 1932. Weaver has won four fall titles, East Hartford has three, and Bulkeley and Capital Prep have earned one each.

Here are the state championships won by Bloomfield, East Hartford and Hartford-based teams in autumns past, as well as a link to this fall's schedule of varsity contests for all Greater Hartford high schools.

BLOOMFIELD

• football (8) - S: 2015, 2001, 1999, 1998, 1997; SS: 2003; M: 2000; M-I: 1982
• boys soccer (2) - S: 2012, 1950
• girls cross country (1) - M: 1986

HARTFORD PUBLIC

• boys cross country (7) - State Open: 1950, 1947, 1942, 1941, 1940, 1938, 1932
• football (1) - LL: 1994
• boys soccer (1) - LL: 1977

WEAVER

• football (3) - M: 1999, 1997; L: 1996
• boys cross country (1) - State Open: 1939

EAST HARTFORD

• football (2) - LL: 1987; L: 1976
• boys cross country (1) - M: 1983

BULKELEY

• boys soccer (1) - L: 1975

CAPITAL PREP

• boys cross country (1) - S: 2013

2018 fall varsity schedules

• Bloomfield
• Hartford Public
• Weaver
• East Hartford
• Bulkeley
• Capital Prep
• Achievement First
• Classical Magnet
• HMTCA
• MLC
• Prince Tech
• SMSA
• University

File photo credit: Tim Jensen

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