2026 Boys Basketball Tournament
East Hartford runs past Windsor for 1st Tournament Title since 1998
In a fast-paced, frenetic display of basketball, the second seeded East Hartford Hornets pulled away in the final minute to down Windsor 69-65 before a crowd of over 3,000 at the University of Hartford Chase Arena. It was
East Hartford’s first CCC tournament title since their victory in the inaugural event in 1998. The game was played before the biggest crowd ever to see a CCC tournament championship game
The teams were tied at 44 after three periods and exchanged leads throughout the final period until the Hornets pulled away on a pair of three point plays. Kehari Walker hit a big three pointer with 1:25 left and Zasheem MCoy’s three point play with 52 seconds to go gave East Hartford a six point lead. Windsor was able to cut the gap to two late before Deondre Storey’s uncontested layup with three seconds left sealed the win.
The game was a fast paced contest from the start with breakaways, loose ball scrambles and big battles under the boards. Windsor led by five at the half, but the Hornets came out of the gate stron
g with a big run to regain the lead. The game was tied at 44 after three periods.
Kehari Walker, who picked up his fourth foul early in the second half, had 12 of his team-high 22 points down the stretch before fouling out in the final seconds. McCoy had 18 and Storey 11 for the Hornets. Missoni Brown led all scorers with 26 for Windsor while Alex Weaver added 20.
Windsor, the top seed, reached the finals with wins over Enfield, Bloomfield and defending champion Northwest Catholic. East Hartford, who lost to Windsor in the regular season matchup, reached the finals by downing Farmington, Hall and East Catholic.
Boys’ Basketball:
First Round – 2/25/26 (6 pm at Higher Seed)
#16 Enfield 66, #1 Windsor 111
#15 Farmington 54, #2 East Hartford 58
#14 Conard 51, #3 East Catholic 95
#13 New Britain 42 #4 NW Catholic 75
#12 Southington 70, #5 Platt 55
#11 EO Smith 61, #6 Newington 73
#10 Glastonbury 61, #7 Hall 71
#9 Maloney 60, #8 Bloomfield 75
Quarterfinals – 2/26/26 (Higher Seed)
#8 Bloomfield 58, #1 Windsor 92
#7 Hall 59, #2 East Hartford 68
#6 Newington 42, #3 East Catholic 50
#12 Southington 45, #4 NW Catholic 55
Semifinals – 2/28/26 (Host Site – Bristol Central High School)
12:00 pm #4 NW Catholic 58, #1 Windsor 62
1:30 pm #3 East Catholic 56, #2 East Hartford 70
3/2/26 University of Hartford
Boys Basketball Divisions
East Catholic, East Hartford, EO Smith, Enfield, Glastonbury, Manchester, RHAM, South Windsor, Tolland, Windsor
Avon, Bloomfield, Bristol Central, Bristol Eastern, Conard, Farmington, Hall, Lewis Mills, Northwest Catholic, Simsbury
Berlin, Maloney, Middletown, New Britain, Newington, Rocky Hill, Platt, Plainville, Southington, Wethersfield
2025-26 Boys Basketball Scheduling Tiers
East Catholic, Northwest Catholic, Windsor, Manchester, Southington, Glastonbury
New Britain, Bloomfield, Bristol Eastern, Platt, East Hartford, Lewis Mills
Enfield, Hall, Conard, Newington, Maloney, Farmington
Middletown, Plainville, RHAM, Tolland, Simsbury, EO Smith
Wethersfield, South Windsor, Bristol Central, Berlin, Rocky Hill, Avon
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2025 Boys Basketball Tournament
Northwest Catholic Wins 2025 CCC Tournament Title
Northwest Catholic led for all but a few seconds of the 2025 CCC Boys Basketball championship game, but never by more than a half dozen points as they battled East Catholic basket for basket before coming away with a 54-51 win for their first ever CCC tournament title.
The game was tied at the half and again at the end of three quarters. East Catholic took its only lead of the night late in the third quarter, but the Lions quickly countered.
It was a two point game with six seconds left when the Lions made one of two free throws to take a three point lead. Northwest then 
fouled on the inbounds to send the Eagles to the line with three seconds remaining. East made one of two shots and then had to foul to send Anthony Tolliver to the line with two seconds left. He made one of two but then Anthony Thompson came down with the rebound for the Lions to preserve the win.
Drew Dargati and Ryan Tolliver scored 20 points each for Northwest Catholic. The Lions were the tournament’s third seed and reached the finals with wins over Enfield, Hall and Bloomfield.
East Catholic was led by Sincere Folk who was their only player in double digits with 18 points. Joey Montalvo and Jamaul Padilla each had nine. The Eagles were the fourth seed and reached the finals with wins over Maloney, Newington and Windsor.
It was the fourth appearance in a CCC tournament final and the first win for Northwest Catholic. East Catholic was appearing in its ninth final in the last ten years and came away with a narrow loss for the second consecutive season. East last won the championship in 2023.
Central Connecticut Conference
CCC Tournament Schedule
Boys’ Basketball:
First Round – 2/18/25 (Higher Seed),
#1 Manchester 90, @16 Tolland 59
#2 Bloomfield 60, #15 Bristol Eastern 55
#3 NW Catholic 81, #14 Enfield 59
#4 East Catholic 82, #13 Maloney 53
#12 Newington 67, #5 Platt 58
#11 Hall 57, #6 Glastonbury 49
#7 Southington 52, #10 New Britain 50
#9 Windsor 92, #8 East Hartford 53
Quarterfinals – 2/20/25 (Higher Seed)
#9 Windsor 68, #1 Manchester 64
#2 Bloomfield 45, #7 Southington 43
#3 NW Catholic 62, #11 Hall 29
#4 East Catholic 78, #12 Newington 48
Semifinals – 2/22/25 (at Bristol Central)
NW Catholic 65, Bloomfield 47
East Catholic 67, Windsor 49
Finals – 2/24/25 (UHART), 8 pm
NW Catholic 54, East Catholic 51
