New London High School Fall Sports: Past Titles, 2018 Schedules

NEW LONDON, 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 Middlesex and New London counties, Xavier is the all-time leader with 35 fall team championships, followed by St. Bernard (34) and Norwich Free Academy (24).

Area schools looking to repeat their 2017 state titles are Haddam-Killingworth boys and girls cross country (both Class SS), Xavier boys cross country (State Open and LL), East Lyme boys cross country (MM), Morgan boys soccer (S) and Old Lyme girls soccer (S).

New London High School's six fall state titles date back to 1952. Here are the state championships won by Whaler teams in autumns past, as well as a link to this fall's schedule of varsity contests.

• football (5) - SS: 2008, 1989; S: 1992, 1991; M-II: 1983
• boys cross country (1) - State Open: 1952

2018 New London fall varsity schedules

File photo credit: Tim Jensen

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