Berkshire League

The Berkshire League is a 9-team athletic conference of high schools, located in Litchfield County, Connecticut.

Berkshire League
AssociationCIAC
Members9
RegionLitchfield County

The Berkshire League is a member of the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC).

Teams

The Berkshire League is made up of nine 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 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.[1] Oliver Wolcott Technical High School was a member, until joining the Connecticut Technical Conference.

Coop sports

For football a majority of the Berkshire leagues schools compete as coops to field a team. MCW United consists of Housatonic regional and Wamogo high schools, while Gilbert and Northwestern make up the second coop. In ice hockey Shepaug Valley, Litchfield, Nonnewaug & Thomaston compete as a coop. Housatonic Regional, Northwestern, Torrington & Wamogo compete as the other coop.

Berkshire League Member Schools
School Name Location Nickname Colors
Gilbert School Winsted, Connecticut Yellow Jackets    
Housatonic Valley Regional High School Canaan, Connecticut Mountaineers    
Northwestern Regional High School Winsted, Connecticut Highlanders    
Wamogo Regional High School Litchfield, Connecticut Warriors    
Litchfield High School Litchfield, Connecticut Cowboys    
Shepaug Valley School Washington, Connecticut Spartans    
Nonnewaug High School Woodbury, Connecticut Chiefs      
Thomaston High School Thomaston, Connecticut Golden Bears    
Terryville High School Plymouth, Connecticut Kangaroos    

Former members
SchoolLocationNicknameColors
Lewis S. Mills High School Burlington, Connecticut Spartans    
Oliver Wolcott Technical High School Torrington, Connecticut Wildcats

Sports

The Berkshire League offers varsity sports in three seasons: fall, winter, and spring.

Footnotes
  1. "Berkshire League bids Lewis Mills adieu, looks forward". Republican American. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
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