Manchester Fall Scholastic Sports: Past Titles, 2018 Schedule

MANCHESTER, 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).

Manchester High School's 29 fall state titles date back to 1936, while East Catholic has won 20 state championships since 1975. Cheney Tech has yet to capture a fall title.

Here are the state championships won by Manchester and East Catholic teams in autumns past, as well as a link to this fall's schedule of varsity contests for all three town high schools.

MANCHESTER

• boys cross country (20) - LL: 2002, 1995, 1993, 1982, 1979, 1977; State Open: 1995, 1993, 1955, 1954, 1953, 1949, 1948, 1946, 1945, 1944, 1943, 1937, 1936
• girls cross country (4) - State Open: 1996, 1994; LL: 1996, 1994
• boys soccer (4) - LL: 1979; L: 1962; L-M: 1958, 1956
• girls soccer (1) - L: 1990

EAST CATHOLIC

• girls cross country (6) - L: 1985, 1984, 1982, 1981, 1980; LL: 1983
• girls swimming (4) - S: 2009, 2008, 2007; M: 1980
• boys cross country (4) - MM: 1989; L: 1985; State Open: 1982; M: 1975
• football (3) - M: 1987; M-I: 1986, 1983
• boys soccer (2) - S: 2006; M: 2005
• girls soccer (1) - M: 2014

2018 Manchester fall varsity schedule

2018 East Catholic fall varsity schedule

2018 Cheney Tech fall varsity schedule

File photo credit: Tim Jensen

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