The Berkshire League is a 8-team athletic conference of high schools , located in Litchfield County , Connecticut .
13-536: The Berkshire League is a member of the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC). The Berkshire League is made up of eight member schools from around Litchfield County. The schools tend to be smaller regional schools and the league encompasses all public schools from the county with the exception of New Milford High School , Torrington High School and Watertown High School . Lewis S. Mills High School
26-598: A Level 1 - Accredited Interscholastic Coach issued by the NFHS. The National High School Hall of Fame is a program of the National Federation of State High School Associations that honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to high school sports or performing arts. Since 1986, the Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony has been the final event of the National Federation's annual summer meeting, which
39-584: A full member, while the body governing private schools is not an NFHS member at any level. In the state of Alabama, the public schools and a handful of private schools compete in the AHSAA ( Alabama High School Athletic Association ) which is a full member of the NFHS. The majority of private schools in the state are members of the AISA ( Alabama Independent School Association ) a non-member that uses NFHS rules. The AHSAA will not allow its members to play AISA schools but
52-708: A team. Northwest United consists of Nonnewaug, Oliver Wolcott Technical, Shepaug and Lakeview high schools. Gilbert, Northwestern, and Housatonic compete as GNH, an acronym for the three member schools. In ice hockey, Shepaug Valley, Nonnewaug and Thomaston compete as a co-op. Housatonic Regional, Northwestern, Torrington and Lakeview compete as the other co-op. The Berkshire League offers varsity sports in three seasons : fall, winter, and spring. Fall sports Winter sports Spring sports Evan Scribner Dominic Dao Dimmy Tonovan Daniel Dieck Cody Dzis Hunter Martocchio Hans Hilpertshauser Connecticut Association of Schools From Misplaced Pages,
65-540: Is an affiliate member, while other governing bodies are not NFHS members at any level. Similarly, the Virginia High School League , open only to public schools, is a full member, the state's largest association for non-public schools is an affiliate member, and other governing bodies are not members at all. The case in Mississippi is slightly different; the body governing public schools is
78-629: Is the body that writes the rules of competition for most high school sports and activities in the United States . NFHS's headquarters are located in White River State Park in Indianapolis , Indiana. Over 19,500 high schools belong to associations that are members of the NFHS. Most high schools, whether public or private , belong to their state's high school association; in turn, each state association belongs to
91-3761: The Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference ( CIAC ) is the governing body for secondary school athletics and other interscholastic competition in the state of Connecticut . Sports offered [ edit ] Fall [ edit ] Cross Country Boys Football Girls Field Hockey Soccer Girls Swimming Girls Volleyball E-Sports (Partnership with PlayVS) Winter [ edit ] Basketball Boys Ice hockey Indoor Track Boys Swimming Wrestling Cheerleading Spring [ edit ] Boys Baseball Girls Softball Golf Lacrosse Tennis Outdoor Track Boys Volleyball Boys Rugby Union E-Sports (Partnership with PlayVS) Conferences [ edit ] Berkshire League Capitol Region Athletic League Central Connecticut Conference Connecticut Technical Conference Eastern Connecticut Conference Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference Naugatuck Valley League North Central Connecticut Conference Shoreline Conference Southern Connecticut Conference South West Conference See also [ edit ] List of high schools in Connecticut NFHS References [ edit ] ^ "About CIAC | CIAC" . ^ "Connecticut Esports Leagues" . PlayVS . Retrieved September 8, 2024 . The CIAC Story . Retrieved 2006-04-30. "Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference Handbook 2005-2006." CAS-CIAC. 2005. Connecticut Association of Schools - Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference. External links [ edit ] Official website v t e National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming v t e Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference Berkshire League Capitol Region Athletic League Central Connecticut Conference Connecticut Technical Conference Eastern Connecticut Conference Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference Naugatuck Valley League North Central Connecticut Conference Shoreline Conference Southern Connecticut Conference South West Conference Authority control databases [REDACTED] International VIAF National United States Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Connecticut_Association_of_Schools&oldid=1259889965 " Categories : Sports in Connecticut Education in Connecticut High school sports associations in
104-735: The AISA schools do compete with public and private schools outside of Alabama. Iowa has separate governing associations for boys' and girls' sports, including the Iowa High School Athletic Association and the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union . Only the Iowa High School Athletic Association is a full member of the NFHS; the girls' governing body is an affiliate member. The provincial associations of Canada are affiliate members of
117-560: The NFHS. The NFHS publishes rules books for each sport or activity, and most states adopt those rules wholly for state high school competition including the non member private school associations. The NFHS offered an online Coach Education Program in January 2007. It released a course, Fundamentals of Coaching. The NFHS has announced that it will offer a National Coach Certification in September 2009. This will enable to coaches to become
130-573: The NFHS. However, in states that have separate associations for public and non-public high schools, only the public-school bodies are full NFHS members. For example, the Texas University Interscholastic League (public schools, with non-public schools generally not allowed) is a full member; the largest association governing non-public schools, the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools ,
143-599: The United States Sports organizations established in 1921 1921 establishments in Connecticut Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Articles lacking reliable references from December 2008 All articles lacking reliable references National Federation of State High School Associations The National Federation of State High School Associations ( NFHS )
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#1732791771573156-1090: The 💕 American educational governing body [REDACTED] This article relies excessively on references to primary sources . Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources . Find sources: "Connecticut Association of Schools" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( December 2008 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Connecticut Association of Schools [REDACTED] Abbreviation CIAC Formation 1921 Legal status Association Purpose Athletic/Educational Headquarters 30 Realty Dr. Cheshire, CT 06410 Region served Connecticut Membership 1,100+ schools Official language English Executive Director Glenn Lungarini Affiliations National Federation of State High School Associations Staff 18 Website casciac.org Remarks (203) 250-1111 The Connecticut Association of Schools and
169-548: Was a member until the 2019-2020 season, when they decided to join the Central Connecticut Conference due to concerns about declining enrollment and sports-participation at the other schools. Litchfield High School and Wamogo Regional High School merged following the culmination of the 2023-2024 school year. For football, a majority of the Berkshire leagues schools compete as co-ops to field
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