Hillhouse High School Earns Home Game in Class M Football Playoffs

NEW HAVEN, CT — The CIAC released its pairings for the state high school football playoffs Friday, and Hillhouse High School has earned the number two seed in Class M.

The Academics (9-1) will host No. 7 New Fairfield (8-2) Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

Here are the complete pairings for Classes LL, L, M and S; all opening round games are Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

Click the class headers for rosters, rankings and brackets.

Class LL

• No. 8 Greenwich at No. 1 Darien
• No. 7 Ridgefield at No. 2 West Haven
• No. 6 Shelton at No. 3 Newtown
• No. 5 Norwich Free Academy at No. 4 Southington

Class L

• No. 8 Harding at No. 1 Windsor
• No. 7 Masuk at No. 2 New Canaan
• No. 6 Notre Dame-West Haven at No. 3 New London
• No. 5 Platt at No. 4 Middletown

Class M

• No. 8 Berlin at No. 1 Valley Regional/Old Lyme
• No. 7 New Fairfield at No. 2 Hillhouse
• No. 6 Bunnell at No. 3 Killingly
• No. 5 St. Joseph at No. 4 Wolcott

Class S

• No. 8 Seymour at No. 1 Capital Prep/Achievement First
• No. 7 Stafford/East Windsor/Somers at No. 2 Ansonia
• No. 6 Cromwell/Portland at No. 3 Bloomfield
• No. 5 Bullard Havens at No. 4 Rocky Hill

Photo credit: Tim Jensen