A Banner Year: SCC’s 31 “2024-25” State Champions
SCC teams won 31 state titles during the 2024-25 academic year. The 31 state titles set a league record (previous record was 26, set in 2023-24). In addition, 25 more teams earned state runner-up status during the 2024-25 campaign.
Fourteen different SCC member schools won a state title in 2024-25, led by Xavier’s six. Daniel Hand was next with four titles, while Hillhouse and Lyman Hall each had three.
The SCC’s 14 state titles during the 2024-25 winter season also set a league record. And the league’s 12 state championships during the 2025 spring season is tied for the second-most in SCC history (2011-12 winter).
Following the conclusion of the spring season, the SCC teams have won 590 state championships since the league was started in 1994-95.
Here are the SCC schools with the most state titles since 1994-95: 1. Hillhouse (83); 2. Daniel Hand (71); 3. Cheshire (70); 4. Xavier (56); 5. Guilford (43).
FALL (5)
Fairfield Prep (Div. I golf)
Xavier (Class L boys cross country)
Mercy (Class MM girls cross country)
Guilford (Class M field hockey) – defeated Branford, 1-0, in 2 OT
Mercy (Class LL girls soccer) – defeated St. Joseph, 2-1
WINTER (14)*
Xavier (Class L boys indoor track)
Hillhouse (Class M girls indoor track)
Hamden (Class LL boys indoor track)
Lyman Hall (Class M boys indoor track and State Open
Daniel Hand (Class S gymnastics)
Foran (Class M wrestling)
Xavier (Class L wrestling and State Open)
Notre Dame (Div. I boys basketball, defeated St. Bernard, 68-55)
Sacred Heart Academy (Class LL girls basketball, defeated Southington, 57-47)
Sheehan (Class MM girls basketball, defeated East Catholic, 56-51)
Fairfield Prep (Class L boys swimming)
East Haven co-op (Div. II boys ice hockey, defeated Cheshire, 7-3)
*SCC RECORD: The 14 state championships set a league record for the most in a season (previous record was 12, 2011-12 winter).
SPRING (12)
Hillhouse girls outdoor track & field (Class MM)
Daniel Hand boys outdoor track & field (Class MM)
Xavier boys outdoor track & field (Class L)
Daniel Hand boys tennis (Class M, defeated Avon, 5-2)
Daniel Hand girls tennis (Class M, defeated Suffield, 6-1)
Lauralton Hall girls tennis (Class S, defeated Valley Regional, 4-3)
Xavier boys golf (Division I)
Lyman Hall baseball (Class L, defeated Guilford, 3-0)
Guilford boys lacrosse (Class M, defeated Daniel Hand, 12-11)
Lauralton Hall girls lacrosse (Class S, defeated Sacred Heart Academy, 18-11)
Cheshire softball (Class LL, defeated Ridgefield, 2-0)
Foran softball (Class M, defeated Woodland Regional, 1-0, in 13 inn.)
STATE RUNNER-UPS
FALL (9)
Sacred Heart Academy (Class M girls cross country)
Mercy (State Open girls cross country)
Daniel Hand girls swimming (Class S)
Branford (Class M field hockey) – lost to Guilford, 1-0, in 2 OT
Sacred Heart Academy (Class S field hockey) – lost to Shepaug Valley, 1-0
Sacred Heart Academy (Class L girls soccer) – lost to New Canaan, 1-0
Xavier (Class LL boys soccer) – lost to Farmington, 3-1
Sheehan (Class SS football) – lost to Killingly, 48-33
West Haven (Class LL football) – lost to Greenwich, 14-0
WINTER (6)
Sacred Heart Academy (Class S girls indoor track)
Cheshire (Class L cheerleading)
Sheehan (Div. IV boys basketball, lost to Ellington, 55-39)
Daniel Hand co-op (Class L boys swimming)
Fairfield Prep (State Open boys swimming)
Cheshire (Div. II boys ice hockey, lost to East Haven co-op, 7-3)
SPRING (10)
Mercy girls outdoor track & field (Class MM)
Sacred Heart Academy girls outdoor track & field (Class M)
Cheshire girls tennis (Class L, lost to New Canaan, 6-1)
Fairfield Prep boys tennis (Class LL, lost to Greenwich, 5-2)
North Haven boys golf (Division I)
Guilford baseball (Class L, lost to Lyman Hall, 3-0)
Daniel Hand boys lacrosse (Class M, lost to Guilford, 12-11)
Sacred Heart Academy girls lacrosse (Class S, lost to Lauralton Hall, 18-11)
Daniel Hand girls lacrosse (Class M, lost to New Fairfield, 15-5)
Cheshire girls lacrosse (Class L, lost to Simsbury, 12-4)
