The CIAC still has to crown four high school state football champions, and that process begins this week with quarterfinal round games.
Don’t look now, but basketball is just around the corner. For high school girls, it starts on Monday, the first official day of practice. The first day of the season is Monday, Dec. 14.
For high school boys, the first day of practice is this coming Saturday, Dec. 5. The season begins on Saturday, Dec. 19.
Here’s how each team in the Sports on CT-69 area begins their 2015-2016 season (Bold means season opener):
GIRLS BASKETBALL
No one starts playing until Tuesday, Dec. 15. The annual City Jamboree is on Dec. 12 at Kennedy High School.
Tuesday, Dec. 15
Wilby at Ansonia, 6 p.m.
Notre Dame-Fairfield at Kaynor Tech, 6 p.m.
Farmington at Bristol Eastern, 7 p.m.
Bristol Central at Simsbury, 7 p.m.
Oxford at Crosby, 7 p.m.
Wolcott at Derby, 7 p.m.
St. Paul at Kennedy, 7 p.m.
Holy Cross at Seymour, 7 p.m.
Weston at Waterbury Career Academy, 7 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 18
Sacred Heart at St. Paul, 7 p.m.
BOYS BASKETBALL
The annual City Jamboree is on Saturday, Dec. 19 at Kennedy, so Waterbury teams will be waiting until the week after to play their season openers. Kaynor Tech will host a CSC Tip Off Tournament that same day.
Saturday, Dec. 19
Bristol Central at E.O. Smith, 2 p.m.
Kaynor Tech hosts CSC Tip Off Tournament
Monday, Dec. 21
Waterbury Career Academy at O’Brien Tech, 6 p.m.
Maloney at Bristol Central, 7 p.m.
Rocky Hill at Bristol Eastern, 7 p.m.
Crosby at Watertown, 7 p.m.
Kennedy at Holy Cross, 7 p.m.
Seymour at Wolcott, 7 p.m.
Sacred Heart at Wilby, 7 p.m.
Kaynor Tech hosts CSC Tip Off Tournament
Tuesday, Dec. 22
Wolcott at Ansonia, 6 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 23
Bullard Havens Tech at Waterbury Career Magnet, 6 p.m.
Wethersfield at Bristol Central, 7 p.m.
Bristol Eastern at New Britain, 7 p.m.
Holy Cross at Torrington, 7 p.m.
Sacred Heart at Watertown, 7 p.m.
St. Paul at Oxford, 7 p.m.
Woodland at Kennedy, 7 p.m.
