Southern Connecticut Conference

The Southern Connecticut Conference will host its seventh Cheerleading Competition on Saturday, February 4, at East Haven High School.  Warm-ups start at 9 a.m., and the competition will follow at 10:45 a.m.  Tickets are $5.00 for adults, $3.00 for students and senior citizens.  Children under six will be admitted free.  Sixteen SCC schools are scheduled to participate in the competition in three divisions: exhibition, co-ed and all-girl. 

Schools scheduled to compete include: Branford (all-girl and exhibition), Career (exhibition), Cheshire (all-girl), Daniel Hand (all-girl), East Haven (all-girl), Foran (all-girl), Hamden (all-girl), Hillhouse (all-girl), Lyman Hall (all-girl), Mercy (all-girl), North Haven (all-girl), Sacred Heart Academy (all-girl), Sheehan (all-girl), Shelton (co-ed), West Haven (all-girl) and Wilbur Cross (all-girl).

Read more: 2012 SCC Cheerleading Competition is February 4

Click to read the 2012 Southern Connecticut Conference  Winter Sports Playoff Schedule (pdf)

Read more: 2012 Winter Sports Playoff Schedule

Click on the respective winter sport name for its current standings --  BOYS BASKETBALL, GIRLS BASKETBALL, BOYS ICE HOCKEY, and WRESTLING

Click for league postseason indoor track results - BOYS INDOOR TRACK and GIRLS INDOOR TRACK

Read more: 2012 Winter Sports Standings

Now in its sixth year, The SportsCenter of Connecticut/SCC Scholar Athlete of the Month program will honor outstanding young men and women each month during the 2011-12 academic year.

Eleven student-athletes from six high schools have been named The SportsCenter of Connecticut/Southern Connecticut Conference Scholar Athletes of the Month for December.

Read more: Sports Center of Connecticut/SCC Scholar Athlete of the Month - December 2011 Recipients

Happy New Year!  It was a great 2011 for the SCC... Click to read the December issue of SCC NEWS - the official newsletter of the Southern Connecticut Conference.

Two SCC teams - Class LL state champion Xavier (13-0) and Class L champion Hand (13-0) - finished 1-2 in all three state football polls.  In addition, Class L quarterfinalist Notre Dame (8-3) also finished in the top 10, while Class L quarterfinalist North Haven (9-2) and West Haven (7-3) also received votes.

It is the second straight year Xavier has garned the state's number-one ranking.   It is also the third straight year a SCC team (Notre Dame, 2009) has finished as the state's top-ranked team.  The SCC has won six state championships in the last three years - most of any league in the state of Connecticut.

Xavier captured the Class LL state title with a dominating 42-7 victory over Staples on Saturday evening at Rentschler Field in East Hartford.  The Falcons outscored their three playoff opponents (131-27).   Hand captured the Class L title that same day with an impressive 34-10 victory over New Canaan.  The Tigers, who defeated previously undefeated Masuk, 35-14, in the semifinals, won its fourth state title since joining the SCC in 1994.

Click to read the polls from the New Haven Register (media), Hartford Courant, Connecticut SportsWriters Alliance, and Day of New London (coaches).

Click to read New Haven Register HS FB reporter Mike Pucci's story on the poll, Hartford Courant reporter Tom Yantz's story, and Connecticut Post's Sean Patrick Bowley's HS Football Blog.

SCC's Two State Champions - Xavier and Hand - photos by Bill O'Brien

2 STATE TITLES FOR SCC FOOTBALL -- Hand Wins Class L;  Xavier Captures Class LL!

Read more: SCC, SCC!! Xavier (LL) and Hand (L) Win State Football Titles

Congratulations to Fairfield Prep senior Connor Rog, who finished 18th with a time of 15:35 at the Foot Locker National High School Cross Country championships on Saturday, December 10 at Balboa Park in San Diego.  Rog was the 2011 SCC, Class LL, State Open champion and finished second in the New England meet.  Click for complete story in Connecticut Post

Photo by Bill O'Brien

Congratulations to the following SCC teams who won state titles this fall:

Fairfield Prep Boys Cross Country - Class LL, State Open

Guilford Girls Cross Country - Class MM

Cheshire Field Hockey - Class L

Xavier Football - Class LL

Hand Football - Class L 

Read more: Follow the SCC in the CIAC Fall Sports Tournaments