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Friday, February 22, 2013

League tournament predictions

So many games to choose, so much bulletin-board material to provide. Here goes:

SCC — at Branford
No. 1 Hillhouse vs. No. 8 Cheshire, 11 a.m.: Hillhouse could have some trouble with the early start, but should pull away late
No. 4 Notre Dame-West Haven vs. No. 5 Amity, 12:45 p.m.: No way the Green Knights go out without at least one win for outgoing head coach Gary Palladino.
No. 2 Fairfield Prep vs. No. 7 Career, 2:30 p.m.: Prep wins this matchup for the third time.
No. 3 Wilbur Cross vs. No. 6 Xavier, 4:15 p.m.: Cross plays everyone well except Hillhouse. So the Govs move on.

Shoreline — at site of higher seed
No. 8 Morgan at No. 1 Valley Regional, 2 p.m.: Valley is on a mission to win the title, pure and simple.
No. 7 Haddam-Killingworth at No. 2 Old Lyme, 7 p.m.: Old Lyme
No. 6 East Hampton at No. 3 Cromwell, 2 p.m.: Cromwell
No. 5 Westbrook at No. 4 Hyde, 1 p.m.: Westbrook in a mini-upset.

FCIAC — at Fairfield Ludlowe
No. 3 Westhill vs. No. 6 Wilton, noon: Westhill rebounds from two losses to end the regular season.
No. 2 Trinity Catholic vs. No. 7 Norwalk, 2 p.m.: This was a pretty good matchup back in December. Will be again, but result stays the same: Trinity moves on.
No. 4 Bridgeport Central vs. No. 5 Ridgefield, 5 p.m.: Ridgefield
No. 1 St. Joseph vs. No. 8 Greenwich, 7 p.m.: St. Joseph

SWC — at Masuk
No. 3 Notre Dame-Fairfield vs. No. 6 Masuk, 11:30 a.m.: Notre Dame gets the road game here, but the Lancers are up to the task.
No. 2 Bethel vs. No. 7 Weston, 1:15 p.m.: Bethel
No. 4 Kolbe Cathedral vs. No. 5 Stratford, 3 p.m.: Stratford
No. 1 Bunnell vs. No. 8 Newtown, 4:45 p.m.: Bunnell

 NVL — at Wilby
No. 3 Kennedy vs. No. 6 Watertown, noon: Watertown in an mild upset
No. 2 Wilby vs. No. 7 St. Paul, 1:45 p.m.: Wilby
No. 4 Wolcott vs. No. 5 Woodland, 3:30 p.m.: Woodland
No. 1 Crosby vs. No. 8 Naugatuck, 5:15 p.m.: The Greyhounds are probably the last team Crosby wants to see in the opening round. Crosby wins in single digits.

CCC — at site of higher seed
No. 16 NWC at No. 1 Simsbury, 1 p.m.: NWC with the upset
No. 15 Wethersfield at No. 2 Windsor, 12:30 p.m.: Windsor
No. 14 Berlin at No. 3 East Hartford, 1 p.m.: East Hartford
No. 13 Bristol Central at No. 4 New Britain, 1 p.m.: New Britain
No. 12 RHAM at No. 5 Hartford Public, 1 p.m.: Public
No. 11 EO Smith at No. 6 Bloomfield, 1 p.m.: EO Smith
No. 10 Newington at No. 7 Maloney, 1 p.m.: Maloney
No. 9 Manchester at No. 8 Glastonbury, noon: A great first-round matchup. Manchester at the buzzer

ECC — at St. Bernard
No. 9 Waterford vs. No. 1 Ledyard, noon: Ledyard
No. 7 Stonington vs. No. 2 Woodstock Academy, 2 p.m.: Woodstock
No. 6 Bacon Academy vs. No. 3 New London, 4 p.m.: Bacon Academy
No. 5 NFA vs. No. 4 Windham, 6 p.m.: Windham

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