History
The Southern Connecticut Conference was formed in 1994, when 20 high schools, from four different leagues, came together:
- All-Connecticut Conference: Fairfield Prep, Mercy, Notre Dame (West Haven), Sacred Heart, and Xavier;
- District League: Hamden, Hillhouse, West Haven, and Wilbur Cross;
- Housatonic League: Amity, Branford, Cheshire, Derby, East Haven, Lyman Hall, North Haven, Sheehan, and Shelton;
- Shoreline Conference: Guilford and Hand.
The league's Board of Governors decided on a three-divisional format, electing to name each division after Native American rivers (the Hammonasset, Housatonic, and Quinnipiac Rivers) located in the Southern Connecticut region:
- Hammonasset: Branford, East Haven, Guilford, Hand, Hillhouse, and North Haven;
- Housatonic: Amity, Cheshire, Derby, Lyman Hall, Sheehan, and Shelton;
- Quinnipiac: Fairfield Prep, Hamden, Mercy, Notre Dame (West Haven), Sacred Heart, West Haven, Wilbur Cross, and Xavier.
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