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Updated:  Oct. 23, 2020

*Spectator decisions are determined by each school district and public health department. Decisions regarding spectators may be revisited throughout the fall season. 

This list will be updated accordingly.

Amity Regional – Two registered guests per player.  No visting fans.

Branford – Two guests per player.  No visiting fans.   

Cheshire – No visiting fans.  2 guests per player with "pass" for outdoor events.  No spectators for indoor sports.

East Haven – Yes.  Two guests per player – home and visiting teams.

Daniel Hand – No visiting fans.  Home "outdoor" games will allow 2 parents/guardians for each student-athletes and must follow protocol.

Fairfield Prep – Yes, parents only. 

Foran – No spectators

Guilford – No spectators  

Hamden – No visiting fans.  2 guests per athlete (outdoor only). No spectators for indoor sports.

Jonathan Law – No spectators

Lauralton Hall – Two guests per student-athlete for soccer and field hockey, must sign-up ahead of time for contact tracing; no visiting spectators.

Lyman Hall – Limited home spectators (4 outdoor; 1 indoor).  No visiting spectators.

Mercy – YES, home parents only.  No visiting fans.

North Haven - YES, Home fans - 2 guests per athlete (outdoor); 1 guest per athlete (indoor). No visiting fans.

Notre Dame – YES – parents only.  No visiting fans.

New Haven (Career, Hillhouse, Wilbur Cross) – No spectators

Platt Tech – No spectators

Sacred Heart Academy – YES for soccer, FH, XC; girls volleyball.  No visiting fans.

Sheehan – Limited home spectators (4 outdoor; 1 indoor).  No visiting spectators.

Shelton – No visiting fans.  4 "home" spectators per player (outside); 2 "home" spectators (inside).

West Haven – No spectators (indoor sports).  Outside – YES – up to 10% of capacity.  No visiting fans.

Whitney Tech – No spectators.

Xavier – No visting spectators.  Two "Xavier" parents to attend home games only.

The Southern Connecticut Conference’s Board of Governors approved a 2020 fall tournament experience for the following sports – boys/girls cross country, girls swimming & diving, field hockey, boys/girls soccer and girls volleyball.

“The fall 2020 season has been truly a unique situation for our student-athletes, coaches and administrators,” Commissioner Al Carbone said. “That’s why we are pleased offer a tournament experience and provide our teams a chance to play for a title.”

All teams will qualify for the postseason experience, with most sports holding divisional playoffs, including field hockey, girls volleyball and boys/girls soccer.  First-round and semifinal rounds will be contested at higher seeds, following by a championship game. 

On November 4, cross country will have divisional races and then those winners (along with two additional teams and up to eight individuals) will compete for the league title the following week. Girls swimming will host a diving competition and then have “virtual” divisional and league championship meets. 

A decision regarding spectators will be made closer to the beginning of the tournaments.

Here is the second notebook of the Fall 2020 sports season.

Our goal with this new weekly communication is to highlight some of the best individual and team performances from each of the five sports being played this fall - cross country, field hockey, soccer, swimming, and volleyball.  The goal will be to publish this notebook each Tuesday through the league playoffs. The top five performances of the week are highlighted at the end of the column.

Previous Issues

This first edition includes contests from Friday, October 1 through Saturday, October 10.

SCC Girls Swimming & Diving 2020 Season Preview

* The 2020 SCC season begins Thursday, Oct. 1.  Most meets will be competed "virtually".

* There are two divisions:

A:  Amity Regional, Cheshire, North Haven, Daniel Hand, Lauralton Hall, Hamden, Mercy, Jonathan Law

B: Lyman Hall, East Haven/Wilbur Cross co-op, Branford, Foran, Guilford, Sheehan, Shelton, Sacred Heart Academy, West Haven

* Cheshire is the defending SCC, Class L and State Open champion.  North Haven captured the Class M state title a year ago.

* League postseason competition is still being determined.  

Southern Connecticut Conference 2020 Boys Soccer Preview

2020: The 2020 season begins Thursday, October 1. Due to the late start, all SCC teams will play 11 regular-season games. The goal is to have each of the three divisions have playoffs where all teams qualify.

Division Alignment: There are 20 schools, divided into three divisions, that compete in SCC boys soccer in 2020. These divisions will be in effect for the 2020 season only. With CIAC mandating regional play due to Covid-19, we have had to shuffle the deck this year and welcome Whitney Tech and Platt Tech to the fold. Fairfield Prep will play in a FCIAC "region" this fall.

Division A:  Xavier, Cheshire, Sheehan, Lyman Hall, Whitney Tech, Hamden, North Haven

Division B: Daniel Hand, Guilford, Branford, East Haven, Wilbur Cross, Career/HH

Division C: Shelton, Amity Regional, Foran, Jonathan Law, Platt Tech, Notre Dame, West Haven

Defending Champs: Guilford won the 2019 SCC championship by virtue of a 2-0 win over rival Daniel Hand. Amity, Xavier, Guilford, and Hand were your division winners last fall. Ironically, it was the Tigers who would claim a state title when they beat Wilton in a 4-3 OT classic for the Class L crown.

Southern Connecticut Conference 2020 Field Hockey Preview

2020: The 2020 season begins Thursday, October 1. Due to the late start, all SCC teams will play 10 regular-season games and hopefully, all thirteen teams will qualify for league playoff competition.

Division Alignment: The SCC’s 13 teams are divided into two divisions: A and B – based on geography.   Each team will play its division opponent at least once.  The first meeting is considered the “counting” games for standings purposes.

Division A:  Branford, Cheshire, Daniel Hand, Guilford, Mercy, Lyman Hall, Sheehan

Division B: Amity Regional, Hamden, North Haven, Lauralton Hall, North Haven, Shelton

Defending Champs: Guilford is the two-time defending SCC champion.   Guilford defeated Amity Regional, 1-0, in last year’s final. Following its SCC title, Guilford went on to defeat SCC-rival Daniel Hand, 3-2, in the Class M state championship game.

Southern Connecticut Conference 2020 Girls Soccer Preview

2020: The 2020 season begins Thursday, October 1. Due to the late start, all SCC teams will play 11 regular-season games. The goal is to have each of the three divisions have playoffs where all teams qualify.

Division Alignment: There are 21 schools, divided into three divisions, that compete in SCC girls soccer in 2020. These divisions will be in effect for the 2020 season only. With CIAC mandating regional play due to Covid-19, we have had to shuffle the deck this year and welcome Platt Tech to the fold.

Division A: Mercy, Cheshire, Sheehan, Lyman Hall, Sacred Heart Academy, Hamden, North Haven

Division B: Daniel Hand, Guilford, Branford, East Haven, Wilbur Cross, Career/HH

Division C:  Shelton, Amity Regional, Foran, Jonathan Law, Platt Tech, Lauralton Hall, West Haven

Defending Champs: Guilford is the defending SCC champion. Guilford defeated Shelton, 2-1, in last year’s final. Following its SCC title, Guilford went on to defeat East Lyme by the same score in the Class L state championship game to cap off an 18-2-3 season. They also were named the Town Fair Tire “Best of 2019-2020” award winner in a vote this past summer. Ironically, Guilford was not a division champion last year as Amity, Cheshire, Mercy, and Shelton claimed that honor.

Southern Connecticut Conference 2020 Girls Volleyball Season Preview

2020: The 2020 season began Thursday, October 1. Due to the late start, all SCC teams will play 12 regular-season games. The goal is to have each of the three divisions have playoffs where all teams qualify.

Division Alignment: There are 19 schools, divided into three divisions that compete in SCC volleyball in 2020. These divisions will be in effect for the 2020 season only. With CIAC mandating regional play due to Covid-19, we have had to shuffle the deck this year and welcome Whitney Tech and Platt Tech to the fold.

Divisions

A: Amity Regional, Shelton, Jonathan Law, Foran, Lauralton Hall, Platt Tech

B: Mercy, Sheehan, Lyman Hall, Cheshire, North Haven, SHA

C:  Daniel Hand, Guilford, East Haven, Hamden, West Haven, Whitney Tech

N0te: Branford just announced it can play indoor games, and received a hybrid schedule. It will be determined shortly what division it will compete in.

Defending Champs: Guilford won the 2019 SCC championship with an exciting five-game match against a talented Shelton squad.  Cheshire, Guilford, Shelton, Law, Amity, and East Haven either won or shared their respective division titles last fall. Guilford would make a run at the Class L title, before falling to Avon in five games in the championship game.