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All 3 Manchester-Based Schools Set for Boys Basketball Tournament
East Catholic, Manchester and Cheney Tech have all qualified for state tournament play.

MANCHESTER, CT — Brackets for the CIAC boys basketball tournaments were released Wednesday morning, and all three Manchester-based high schools will be competing for state championships.
East Catholic (20-0), the top-0ranked team in Connecticut, has drawn a first-round bye in Division I, and will host the Norwich Free Academy-Crosby winner March 7 at 7 p.m.
In Division II, Manchester (15-5) is seeded eighth, and will entertain No. 25 Bloomfield (10-10) Tuesday at 7 p.m.
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Cheney Tech (10-10) is the No. 17 seed in Division III, and will travel to No. 16 E.O. Smith (10-10) Monday at 7 p.m.
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