Berkshire League

The Berkshire League is a 8-team athletic conference of high schools, located in Litchfield County, Connecticut.

Berkshire League

Conference	CIAC
No. of teams	8
Region	Litchfield County

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

Teams

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 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]

Litchfield High School and Wamogo Regional High School merged following the culmination of the 2023-2024 school year.^[2]

Coop sports

For football, a majority of the Berkshire leagues schools compete as co-ops to field 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.

Berkshire League Member Schools

School Name	Location	Nickname	Colors	Rival
Gilbert School	Winsted, Connecticut	Yellow Jackets		Housatonic Valley Regional High School & Northwestern Regional High School
Housatonic Valley Regional High School	Canaan, Connecticut	Mountaineers		Gilbert School
Lakeview High School	Litchfield, Connecticut	Bobcats		N/A
Nonnewaug High School	Woodbury, Connecticut	Chiefs		Shepaug Valley School
Northwestern Regional High School	Winsted, Connecticut	Highlanders		Gilbert School
Shepaug Valley School	Washington, Connecticut	Spartans		Nonnewaug High School
Terryville High School	Plymouth, Connecticut	Kangaroos		Thomaston High School
Thomaston High School	Thomaston, Connecticut	Golden Bears		Terryville High School

Former members

School	Location	Nickname	Colors	Rival
Lewis S. Mills High School	Burlington, Connecticut	Spartans		N/A
Litchfield High School	Litchfield, Connecticut	Cowboys		Wamogo Regional High School
Wamogo Regional High School	Litchfield, Connecticut	Warriors		Litchfield High School

Sports

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

Fall sports Girls' volleyball Boys' soccer Girls' soccer Boys' cross country Girls' cross country Girls' Field Hockey

Winter sports Boys' basketball Girls' basketball Girls' swimming Boys' swimming

Spring sports Baseball Softball Boys' outdoor track Girls' outdoor track Boys' tennis Girls' tennis Golf

Notable Alumni

Evan Scribner ^{[citation needed]}

Dominic Dao ^{[citation needed]}

Dimmy Tonovan ^{[citation needed]}

Daniel Dieck ^{[citation needed]}

Hunter Martocchio ^{[citation needed]}

Hans Hilpertshauser ^{[citation needed]}