Cheney Tech Tries to Qualify for Boys Soccer Tournament

The preseason dream of winning a boys soccer state championship remains alive for 25 teams based in Patch towns in Hartford and Tolland counties, as brackets for the CIAC tournaments were announced Friday morning.

Cheney Tech, seeded 32nd in Class L, hosts a qualifying match against No. 33 Bristol Eastern Saturday.

Here are the opening round matchups for area schools. Qualifying matches will be played Saturday, Nov. 4, and all first-round matches will be played Monday, Nov. 6 at 2 p.m., unless otherwise indicated. Click the class header for the complete bracket.

LL
2-Glastonbury, bye
30-Hartford Public at 3-Shelton
27-Westhill at 6-Farmington
25-Wilbur Cross at 8-Hall (4 p.m.)
20-Norwalk at 13-South Windsor
18-Southington at 15-Conard

L
Qualifying
33-Bristol Eastern at 32-Cheney Tech (11/4, 1 p.m.)
First Round
Cheney Tech/Bristol Eastern at 1-E.O. Smith
28-RHAM at 5-Prince Tech/University
27-Windsor at 6-Watertown
24-Notre Dame West Haven at 9-Berlin
19-Kennedy at 14-Wethersfield
17-Avon at 16-Jonathan Law

M
1-Granby Memorial, bye
5-Suffield, bye
6-Ellington, bye
20-Aerospace at 13-Bacon Academy
19-Tolland at 14-Valley Regional (4 p.m.)
18-Bulkeley at 15-Ledyard

S
3-Somers, bye
9-Windsor Locks, bye
22-SMSA at 11-Innovation
19-Housatonic Regional at 14-East Windsor
18-Portland at 15-Canton

Photo credit: Tim Jensen