Central Connecticut Conference

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Central Connecticut Conference
Conference CIAC
Founded1984
No. of teams30
Region Hartford County
Tolland County
Official website www.centralconnecticutconference.org

The Central Connecticut Conference (CCC) is an interscholastic athletic conference in the Greater Hartford region of Connecticut, United States.

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History

In July 1999 founding member Enfield High school would leave the CCC Conference to join the NCCC. E.O. Smith applied to join the CCC Conference in 1999 due to increasing enrollment, E.O. Smith would replace the departing Enfield high school. [1] The Central Connecticut Conference or (CCC) went through major expansion in 2009 with a total of 32 schools participating in the conference. [2] In the 2015–16 school year, Avon High School joined the CCC. This made the conference change back to three divisions of eleven teams, with a blue and a white section in each division, with one having five teams and the other having six. Avon High School moved from the NCCC, where they were the largest school. Some of their competitors were not large enough to have freshman and/or junior varsity teams for Avon to compete against, leading to their move. [3] Avon High school would be replacing Fermi High School which closed its doors at the end of the 2016 academic year, Fermi would merge all of its sports with Enfield High school becoming one school. [4] Also in 2016 Weaver High School a founding member of the CCC Conference in 1984, announced they would be leaving the conference at the end of the 2016-2017 academic year due to low student enrollment. [5] More expansion continued in 2018 when Lewis Mills high school voted to leave the Berkshire league and join the CCC conference beginning conference play in 2019. [6] Lewis Mills would be replacing Rockville high school who left to join the NCCC Conference for the 2017-2018 season. [7] In 2024-25, Hartford Public left the CC to join the Greater Hartford Conference. [8]

Membership

North

SchoolLocationNicknameColors
East Hartford High School East Hartford, Connecticut Hornets  
East Catholic High School Manchester, Connecticut Eagles  
Enfield High School Enfield, Connecticut Eagles    
E. O. Smith High School Storrs, Connecticut Panthers  
Glastonbury High School Glastonbury, Connecticut Guardians  
Manchester High School Manchester, ConnecticutRed Hawks    
RHAM High School Hebron, Connecticut Raptors  
South Windsor High School South Windsor, Connecticut Bobcats  
Tolland High School Tolland, Connecticut Eagles   
Windsor High School Windsor, Connecticut Warriors  

Central

SchoolLocationNicknameColors
Avon High School Avon, Connecticut Falcons  
Bloomfield High School Bloomfield, Connecticut Warhawks  
Bristol Central High School Bristol, Connecticut Rams  
Bristol Eastern High School Bristol, ConnecticutLancers  
Conard High School West Hartford, Connecticut Red Wolves  
Farmington High School Farmington, Connecticut River Hawks  
Hall High School West Hartford, ConnecticutTitans  
Lewis S. Mills High School Burlington, Connecticut Spartans  
Northwest Catholic High School West Hartford, ConnecticutLions  
Simsbury High School Simsbury, Connecticut Trojans  

South

SchoolLocationNicknameColors
Berlin High School Berlin, Connecticut Redcoats   
Maloney High School Meriden, Connecticut Spartans  
Middletown High School Middletown, Connecticut Blue Dragons  
New Britain High School New Britain, Connecticut Golden Hurricanes  
Newington High School Newington, Connecticut Nor'easters  
Plainville High School Plainville, Connecticut Blue Devils  
Platt High School Meriden, ConnecticutPanthers  
Rocky Hill High School Rocky Hill, Connecticut Terriers   
Southington High School Southington, Connecticut Blue Knights  
Wethersfield High School Wethersfield, Connecticut Eagles  

Former members

SchoolLocationNicknameColorsCurrent conference
Bulkeley High School Hartford, Connecticut Bulldogs   Greater Hartford Conference
Fermi High School Enfield, ConnecticutFalcons   Merged with Enfield High School
Hartford Public High School Hartford, ConnecticutOwls  Greater Hartford Conference
Penney High SchoolEast Hartford, ConnecticutBlack Knights  Merged with East Hartford High School
Rockville High School Vernon, Connecticut Rams   North Central Connecticut Conference
Weaver High SchoolHartford, ConnecticutBeavers  Greater Hartford Conference

References

  1. "ENFIELD'S MOVE TO NCCC OFFICIAL". Hartford Courant. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  2. "Tolland poised to join CCC". Journal Inquirer. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  3. "More realignment scheduled for CCC". Journal Inquirer. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
  4. "Fermi High In Enfield Says Goodbye To Final Graduating Class". Hartford Courant. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  5. "Weaver, CCC To Part Ways At End Of School Year". Hartford Courant. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  6. "Lewis Mills votes to leave Berkshire League for Central Connecticut Conference in 2019-20". gametimect.com. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  7. "Rockville High School Accepted Into NCCC". thesportsdepot.com. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  8. Carpenter, Bryant. "CT's largest high school conference, the CCC, realigning with start of winter season". CTInsider. Hearst Media Group of CT. Retrieved 4 November 2025.