Boys Lacrosse Tournament Pairings: Hartford, Tolland Counties

CONNECTICUT — Darien, East Lyme and New Fairfield are the top seeds in the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) boys lacrosse tournaments, which open with qualifying matches Friday.

Champions from 2019 are Darien (L), New Fairfield (M) and St. Joseph (S). There was no spring season in Connecticut in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Here are opening matchups for teams from Hartford and Tolland counties. Click the class headers for complete brackets.

CLASS L

Qualifying
5/28, 5 p.m.
No. 18 Xavier at No. 15 Bristol co-op
No. 17 Trumbull at No. 16 Glastonbury
5/29, time TBA
No. 23 Branford-East Haven at No. 10 Newington
No 19 Southington at No. 14 Ridgefield

1st round
6/2, 4:30 p.m.
Glastonbury/Trumbull at No. 1 Darien
Bristol/Xavier at No. 2 Amity Regional
Ridgefield/Southington at No. 3 Staples
Newtown/New Milford at No. 6 Simsbury
Newington/Branford-East Haven at No. 7 Hall

CLASS M

Qualifying
5/28, 5 p.m.
No. 20 E.O. Smith at No. 13 Pomperaug

1st round
6/2, 4:30 p.m.
Brookfield/Waterford at No. 2 Wethersfield
RHAM/Bethel at No. 3 Joel Barlow
Pomperaug/E.O. Smith at No. 4 Weston
No. 9 Farmington at No. 8 Avon

CLASS S

Qualifying
5/29, time TBA
No. 19 Old Lyme at No. 14 Granby

1st round
6/2, 4:30 p.m.
Granby/Old Lyme at No. 3 Canton
No. 13 Lewis Mills at No. 4 St. Paul
No. 12 Somers at No. 5 Northwest Catholic
No. 10 Capital-Classical at No. 7 East Catholic
No. 9 Tolland at No. 8 Haddam-Killingworth

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