State Tournament Play to Open for Hartford Schools

HARTFORD, CT — Cross country is over, swimming brackets will be announced later this week and football still has three games to go, but four other sports begin their state tournaments over the next three days, with two involving teams from schools based in Hartford.

Listed in order of better seeds, here is the upcoming tournament schedule for teams from the capital city:

BOYS SOCCER

• Class L - No. 28 RHAM at No. 5 Prince Tech/University, Mon., 11/6, 2 p.m.
• Class M - No. 18 Bulkeley at No. 15 Ledyard, Mon., 11/6, 2 p.m.
• Class S - No. 22 SMSA at No. 11 Innovation, Mon., 11/6, 2 p.m.
• Class LL - No. 30 Hartford Public at No. 3 Shelton, Mon., 11/6, 2 p.m.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

• Class S - No. 10 Hale Ray at No. 7 SMSA, Wed., 11/8, 6 p.m.
• Class M - No. 17 Tolland at No. 16 Prince Tech, Mon., 11/6, 6 p.m.
• Class M - No. 28 Bulkeley at No. 5 Valley Regional, Mon., 11/6, 6 p.m.

Here are the records for those teams in state championship game history:

• PT/UNI boys soccer: no appearances
• BHS boys soccer: 1-1 (last title, 1975)
• SMSA boys soccer: no appearances
• HPHS boys soccer: 1-2 (last title, 1977)
• SMSA girls volleyball: no appearances
• PT girls volleyball: no appearances
• BHS girls volleyball: no appearances

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