2026 CIAC state championships for the spring season.
BASEBALL
Friday, June 12
At Palmer Field, Middletown
Class L final: Lyman Hall (26-1) vs. Bethel (22-3), 7 p.m.
Saturday, June 13
At Palmer Field, Middletown
Class LL: Trumbull (23-4) vs. Staples (18-7) noon
Class S: Stonington (19-6) vs. St. Paul (25-2), 3:30 p.m.
Class M: New Fairfield (24-3) vs. Ansonia (22-4), 7 p.m.
SOFTBALL
Saturday, June 13
At UConn
Class LL: Cheshire (26-0) vs. Southington (23-3), 10 a.m.
Class M: Foran (21-5) vs. Woodstock Academy (21-4), 1 p.m.
Class L: Brookfield (25-1) vs. New Milford (23-2) , 4 p.m.
Class S: St. Paul (24-2) vs. North Branford (24-2), 7 p.m.
BOYS LACROSSE
Sunday, June 14
At Fairfield University
Class LL: New Canaan vs. Darien
Class L: Fairfield Ludlowe vs. Guilford or Cheshire
Class M: Weston vs. New Fairfield
Class S: Suffield vs. Somers
GIRLS LACROSSE
Saturday, June 13
At Fairfield University
Class M: Hand vs. Branford, 10 a.m.
Class LL: Darien vs. New Canaan, 12:30 p.m.
Class S: Lauralton Hall vs. Somers, 3 p.m.
Class L: Simsbury vs. Cheshire, 5:30 p.m.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Wednesday, June 10
At Pomperaug-Southbury
Class L: Shelton 3, Ridgefield 0 (25-19, 25-18, 25-16)
Of note: Shelton (23-0) won their first state championship since 2005. Ridgefield finishes 19-5.
Friday, June 12
At Newtown
Class S: Woodstock Academy (26-1) vs. Joel Barlow (18-4), 4:30 p.m.
Class M: Maloney (23-1) vs. New Canaan (22-1), 7 p.m.

Shelton players celebrate after beatiing Ridgefield, 3-0 to win the Class L boys volleyball championship. (Photo courtesy CIAC)
TRACK and FIELD
Saturday, June 13
New England championships at Noble, Maine
BOYS GOLF (spring)
Friday, June 12
State Open championships at Mohegan Sun GC
GIRLS GOLF
Friday, June 12
State Open championships at Mohegan Sun GC
Gerry deSimas, Jr., is the editor and founder of The Collinsville Press. He is an award-winning writer and has been covering sports in Connecticut and New England for more than 40 years. He was inducted into the Connecticut Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2025 and the New England High School Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2018.
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