On Monday, Lyman Hall boys' hockey coach Tim Belcher was informed by the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference, which regulates schoalistic sports in the state, that the Trojans' appeal to move from Division II to Division III was denied.
That makes it 0-for-3 for Southern Connecticut Conference schools and their appeals to move down a division.
On April 26, Cheshire, East Haven and Lyman Hall all made appeals. Cheshire, which was placed in Division I for next season, requested to remain in Division II and was denied. East Haven requested to be moved from Division I to Division II and was denied and now Lyman Hall's appeal to move to D-III has been denied.
Coaches of all three teams believe they would be much more competitive at the lower divisions with the talent they will be losing to graduation and transfers to prep schools.