Area Softball Teams Begin Chases For CIAC Championships

State tournament softball competition begins Tuesday at high school fields throughout Connecticut. Here is the schedule of games involving schools from Patch towns in Fairfield and Litchfield counties. Click the class headers for complete brackets.

Class LL

1st Round
Tuesday, 5/28, 4 p.m.

• No. 2 Trumbull, bye
• No. 27 Wilton at No. 6 Southington
• No. 26 New Milford at No. 7 Stamford
• No. 24 Norwalk at No. 9 Fairfield Ludlowe
• No. 23 Staples at No. 10 Fairfield Warde
• No. 21 Shelton at No. 12 Enfield
• No. 19 Ridgefield at No. 14 Greenwich
• No. 17 Newtown at No. 16 Danbury

Class L

1st Round
Tuesday, 5/28, 4 p.m.

• No. 1 St. Joseph, bye
• No. 2 Masuk, bye
• No. 4 Brookfield, bye
• No. 26 Bullard Havens Tech at No. 7 Bristol Eastern
• No. 24 Torrington at No. 9 Joel Barlow
• No. 23 Pomperaug at No. 10 Stratford

Class M

1st Round
Tuesday, 5/28, 4 p.m.

• No. 31 Bethel at No. 2 Northwestern Regional
• No. 29 Plainville at No. 4 Notre Dame-Fairfield
• No. 26 Nonnewaug at No. 7 Oxford

Class S

1st Round
Tuesday, 5/28, 4 p.m.

• No. 26 Kolbe Cathedral at No. 7 Coginchaug
• No. 19 Abbott Tech at No. 14 Old Lyme