The Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) is the governing body of secondary school athletics in the state of Connecticut. A governing body is a corporate form of management. ... Official language(s) English Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport Area  - Total   - Width   - Length    - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 48th 5,549 sq mi  14,371 km² 70 miles  113 km 110 miles  177 km 12. ...

History

The CIAC was founded in 1921 by several of the state's high school principals. Prior to the organization, secondary school athletics were largely unregulated, and abuse of stundent-athletes was fairly common. The goal of the new organization was to protect student-athletes and enforce rules for athletic competition between the state's secondary schools.

In 1953, the Connecticut Association of Secondary Schools and the CIAC merged to form the CAS-CIAC, an organization designed to support all areas of interscholastic activities.

The CIAC has enjoyed tremendous growth since its founding in 1921. Today, 179 secondary schools are members, in addition to 143 members and the middle school level.

Structure

The government of the CIAC consists the Board of Control, which contains 5 officers, 2 representatives from each of the 3 classes, 3 members of the eligibility committee, and one assisstant principal.

Any public or private school with Connecticut Board of Education approval may become a member. Member schools may play regular season contests with other member schools, and in addition may enter state tournaments in the 27 CIAC managed sports.

The CIAC breaks down the 27 sports into three seasons: fall, winter, and spring. The sports offered include:

Fall

Cross Country The term cross-country, when used by itself, can refer to: Cross-country running Cross-country skiing Cross-country equestrianism Cross-country or XC mountain biking Cross-country or XC flying Fell running also known as hill running and mountain running Virgin Cross-Country is a rail franchise in the...

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Soccer Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ...

Girls Swimming A breaststroke swimmer Swimming is a technique to move unaided through water. ...

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Winter

Basketball Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005 For other uses, see Basketball (disambiguation). ...

Boys Ice Hockey Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ...

Indoor Track

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Spring

Boys Baseball Baseball is a team sport in which a player on one team (the pitcher) attempts to throw a hard, fist-sized ball at a player on the other team (the batter), who attempts to hit the baseball with a tapered, smooth, cylindrical bat that can be made out of either...

Girls Softball Softball is a team sport in which a ball, eleven to twelve inches (28 to 30. ...

Golf Golf (gowf in Scots) is a game where individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs, and is one of the few ball games that does not use a fixed standard playing area. ...

Lacrosse The Dive Shot. A womens lacrosse player carries the ball past a defender. ...

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Outdoor Track

Boys Volleyball Volleyball is an Olympic sport in which two teams, separated by a high net, hit a ball back and forth over the net between the teams. ...

References

1. "The CIAC Story." CAS-CIAC. CAS-CIAC. 30 04 2006 <http://www.casciac.org/ciacstory.shtml>.

2."Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference Handbook 2005-2006." CAS-CIAC. 2005. Connecticut Association of Schools - Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference.