Friday 5/27
No regular season games, but three championship games: SWC, SCC and FCIAC:
(1) Newtown vs (3) New Fairfield @ 5pm @ Pomperaug HS
-Newtown beat New Fairfield 12-8 way back on 4/29 so this is really anyone's game. Not the Barlow-Newtown match-up most people were looking for but a win for Newtown would still be impressive.
(1) #4 Fairfield Prep vs (2) Cheshire @ 3pm @ Branford HS
-Cheshire is not only the defending Class L champion but they also won the SCC tournament last year. Here they are again against the same opponent. Hand really showed how vulnerable Prep is but Cheshire is a different team than Hand and Prep will certainly be ready for some revenge, regardless of their 12-2 and 11-6 wins over Cheshire in the regular season!
(1) #1 Darien vs (3) #3 Ridgefield @ 7pm @ Brien McMahon HS (Norwalk)
-Ridgefield may have knocked off the defending FCIAC champions, Greenwich (who beat Darien in the title game last year), but similar to the story about Prep above, I think Darien will get back to winning their conference tournament this year, as they are certainly the best team in the state. If Wednesday taught us anything though, it's that no one, even the teams we think are untouchable, is safe; Wilton was with Darien for most of the semifinal so a Ridgefield upset is more likely than one may think. I'd definitely recommend going to see what happens!
Saturday 5/28
Play-in games for the state tournament, only necessary for Class L this year. Ironically enough, Cheshire will be playing on back-to-back days; that what happens when you play in a good conference and are the defending champions (you get everyone's best).
(17) Cheshire @ (16) Danbury
-I feel bad for Danbury because even after the SCC tournament this week, I still think Cheshire rolls to a big win here. It may be close because it is the tournament and Prep the day before will be a very tough game but I doubt the Rams will look past Danbury, knocking the Hatters out early.
(18) Shelton @ (15) South Windsor
-This a tough one to pick as almost every team below these two could probably beat them but Shelton has much weaker wins and South Windsor will be playing with a chip on their shoulder after getting upset in the CCC East Championship game by Windsor so I think the Bobcats prevail here.
(19) New Milford @ (14) Conard
-New Milford showed up big in the SWC tournament pushing New Fairfield to overtime and Conard is upset prone as Hall proved but I'm still picking Conard to win here (based on Conard had a good season and NM a bad one).
(20) Westhill @ (13) Southington
-Winner gets to play Fairfield Prep in the first round; I think Southington wins but it should be close since these "lower" FCIAC teams are really dark horses with bad records due to how strong their conference is.
(21) Stamford @ (12) Greenwich
-I do feel confident saying that Stamford doesn't stand much of a chance in this one. Greenwich beat them 17-5 in the regular season and the Cardinals are early favorites to win the Class L tournament; what I think hurts them is their bracket: this, Glastonbury, Fairfield Prep, Ridgefield/Newtown, then Staples or Xavier/Brien McMahon.
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