Southern Connecticut Conference

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Southern Connecticut Conference
Conference CIAC
Founded1994
No. of teams23
Region New Haven County
Official website www.southernconnecticutconference.org

The Southern Connecticut Conference (SCC) is a high school athletics conference in Connecticut. The conference comprises schools located along the Long Island Sound in the New Haven area. The SCC is composed of 22 high schools, representing 16 communities, with over 23,000 students.

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History

In 1998, Career High School of New Haven joined the conference and was placed in the Housatonic Division. In 2004, the league again expanded when the Board of Governors voted to accept two Milford-based schools, Foran and Jonathan Law. Also in 2004, Bill O'Brien stepped down after serving 10 years as SCC Commissioner. He was replaced by Al Carbone. The SCC, having expanded to 23 member schools, decided to realign its divisional format for the 2004/2005 academic year. The league added a fourth division, Oronoque, also named after a Native American river in Southern Connecticut. The SCC also decided to realign its football-playing schools, primarily based on student enrollment. [1] In 2009, Derby left the SCC to join the Naugatuck Valley League leaving the league with 22 member schools.

Membership

Members

SchoolLocationNicknameColors
Amity Regional High School Woodbridge, Connecticut Spartans  
Branford High School Branford, Connecticut Hornets  
Career High School New Haven, Connecticut Panthers  
Cheshire High School Cheshire, Connecticut Rams  
Daniel Hand High School Madison, Connecticut Tigers  
East Haven High School East Haven, Connecticut Yellowjackets  
Fairfield College Preparatory School Fairfield, Connecticut Jesuits  
Foran High School Milford, Connecticut Lions  
Guilford High School Guilford, Connecticut Grizzlies  
Hamden High School Hamden, Connecticut Green Dragons  
Hillhouse High School New Haven, Connecticut Academics  
Jonathan Law High School Milford, ConnecticutLawmen  
Lauralton Hall Milford, ConnecticutCrusaders  
Lyman Hall High School Wallingford, Connecticut Trojans  
Mercy High School Middletown, Connecticut Tigers  
North Haven High School North Haven, Connecticut Nighthawks  
Notre Dame High School West Haven, Connecticut Green Knights  
Sacred Heart Academy Hamden, ConnecticutPacers  
Sheehan High School Wallingford, ConnecticutTitans  
Shelton High School Shelton, Connecticut Gaels  
West Haven High School West Haven, ConnecticutBlue Devils  
Wilbur Cross High School New Haven, ConnecticutGovernors  
Xavier High School Middletown, ConnecticutFalcons  

Former members

SchoolLocationNicknameColors
Derby High School Derby, Connecticut Red Raiders  

Sports

SCC member schools participate in the following 20 sports throughout the academic year.

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References

  1. "SCC > History". Archived from the original on 2008-02-16. Retrieved 2008-03-05.