North-Central Connecticut Teams Have Successful Monday in State Tournaments

As girls basketball moved into quarterfinal action and the boys basketball and boys ice hockey tournaments got underway, high school teams from the north-central Connecticut area fared quite well in postseason action Monday night.

Nine teams from the region earned victories, while just two fell to defeat.

Bolton-Coventry-Rockville-RHAM opened the Division III boys ice hockey tournament with an 8-3 win over Brookfield-Bethel-Danbury.

Here is how local teams fared Monday, and what lies ahead for them:

Boys Basketball - first round

Class L
No. 1 Windsor 75, No. 32 Branford 36
next, No. 17 Platt at Windsor, 3/9, 7 p.m.
No. 4 East Catholic 88, No. 29 Cheney Tech 50
next, No. 13 Wethersfield at East Catholic, 3/9, 7 p.m.

Class S
No. 9 Canton 67, No. 24 Putnam 44
next, Canton at No. 8 Westbrook, 3/9, 7 p.m.
No. 15 East Windsor 64, No. 18 Capital Prep 58
next, No. 31 St. Paul at East Windsor, 3/9, 7 p.m.
No. 16 Somers 49, No. 17 St. Bernard 44
next, Somers at No. 1 Immaculate, 3/9, 7 p.m.
No. 19 Trinity Catholic 63, No. 14 Windsor Locks 50

Girls Basketball - quarterfinals

Class LL
No. 8 South Windsor 52, No. 1 Mercy 50
next, South Windsor vs. No. 4 Stamford, 3/11, time and site TBA

Class M
No. 2 Enfield 62, No. 10 Rocky Hill 33
next, Enfield vs. No. 11 Notre Dame-Fairfield, 3/11, time and site TBA

Boys Ice Hockey - first round

Division III
No. 4 Hall-Southington 4, No. 13 Joel Barlow 3
next, Hall-Southington vs. Westhill-Stamford, 3/10, time and site TBA
No. 9 Bolton-Coventry-Rockville-RHAM 8, No. 8 Brookfield-Bethel-Danbury 3
next, Bolton-Coventry-Rockville-RHAM vs. No. 1 New Fairfield-Immaculate, 3/10, time and site TBA
No. 6 Lyman Hall-Haddam Killingworth-Coginchaug 7, No. 11 Tri-Town 1

Photo credit: Tim Jensen