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Darien Sports Roundup: Feb. 8
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1. Darien Y gymnasts finish fifth
Competing against 29 other teams, the Level 6 Darien Y gymnastics travel Team finished fifth overall this past weekend at the Gymnastics Revolution Team Challenge in Danbury.
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Level 6 gymnasts are required to perform several challenging skills during competition, including front tuck on floor, flyaway dismount on bars, back walkover on beam, and a front handspring on vault.
Kellie Arevalo (intermediate), Nicole Carlo (junior), and Kelsey Fedorko (intermediate) finished first, third, and fifth overall, with all-around scores of 36.675, 36.65, and 36.35, respectively.
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The team was completed by Charlotte Henry, who placed fifth on floor in the senior division, scoring 8.925; Tierney Schiff, who placed eighth on floor with a 9.025 in the intermediate division; and Quin Wolters, who placed 10th on beam with a 9.0 also in the intermediate division.
The team, coached by Vlad Kovalenko, Valentina Kovalenko, Yury Vasilyev, and Antonina Surmenko, will compete next at the Wilton Y on Saturday.
2. Darien girls basketball posts big win over Wilton
The girls basketball team improved its FCIAC playoff hopes Tuesday with a potentially critical 33-28 victory over Wilton.
Meg Marren scored 11 points for the Blue Wave, who rebounded from Friday's 66-53 loss to Norwalk to improve to 10-7 overall and 9-6 in the FCIAC.
Wilton, which dropped its second straight, slipped to 11-5 and 11-4.
Emily Stein added 10 points for the Blue Wave in the low-scoring affair. Darien held Wilton to single figures in the first half en route to building a 16-8 lead at the intermission.
Maddy Fulton scored 15 points for Wilton, more than half the Warriors' total.
The win leaves Darien in a four-way tie for seventh in the FCIAC with Stamford, Staples and Fairfield Warde with three games remaining in the regular season.
3. Darien boys fall to Wilton
Ian Ross scored 20 points Tuesday as the Wilton boys basketball team routed Darien 72-42 at the Zeoli Field House to move within one win of clinching a berth in the state tournament.
Wilton, which is seeking its first state tournament berth since 1999, improved to 7-8 after snapping a two-game losing streak.
The Warriors, who never trailed Tuesday, built a 33-20 halftime lead, then broke open the game in the second half.
Three players scored in double figures for Wilton as Weston Wilbur tallied 13 and Chris Nugent added nine.
Wilton's first chance to secure a postseason spot will come on Friday when it hosts Danbury.
Darien dropped to 2-14 and 1-13.
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4. Darien boys hockey goes for 10 in a row
The Darien boys hockey team goes for its 10th straight victory on Wednesday when the Blue Wave takes on Trumbull at 8 p.m. at the Shelton Rinks.
Darien improved to 10-3 with a 6-0 victory over Stamford on Saturday. It was the team's fourth shutout during the winning streak.
Trumbull is coming off Saturday's 6-4 win over Greenwich and enters Wednesday's contest with a 10-5 record.
The Blue Wave have to be wary of Trumbull's leading scorer Michael Ahearn, who has 22 goals and 21 assists for 43 points.
Ahearn recently became the sixth player in school history to record 100 career points.
TUESDAY'S RESULTS
Boys basketball
Wilton 72, Darien 42
Girls basketball
Darien 33, Wilton 28
Gymnastics
Darien at Staples
WEDNESDAY'S SCHEDULE
Boys hockey
Darien at Trumbull, 8:30 p.m, Shelton Rinks
Boys swimming
Trumbull at Darien, 3 p.m., Darien YMCA
BOYS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Westhill 9-4 10-5 Greenwich 8-5 10-5 Bridgeport Central 8-6 8-6 Danbury 7-6 9-6 Staples 7-6 8-7 Trumbull 6-7 7-8Central Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Ridgefield 11-2 13-2 Stamford 7-6 8-7 Norwalk 7-7 9-7 Fairfield Ludlowe 5-8 5-10 Harding 2-11 3-12 McMahon 2-11 2-13East Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
St. Joseph 13-0 15-0 Trinity Catholic 11-3 12-4 Bassick 10-4 12-4 Fairfield-Warde 7-6 9-6 Wilton 5-8 7-8 Darien 1-12 2-13 New Canaan 0-13 1-14GIRLS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record Danbury* 15-0 17-0 Trumbull* 13-2 15-2 Staples 9-6 10-7 Westhill 8-7 9-8 Greenwich 3-12 3-14 Bridgeport Central 1-14 2-15Central Division
Norwalk 10-5 12-5 Stamford 9-6 9-8 Ridgefield 6-9 6-11 Fairfield Ludlowe 6-9 7-10 McMahon 3-12 3-14 Harding 1-13 3-13East Division
St. Joseph* 12-3 12-4 Wilton 11-4 11-5 Trinity Catholic 11-5 12-6 Darien 9-6 10-7 Fairfield Warde 9-6 11-6 New Canaan 7-8 9-8 Bassick 0-16 0-17BOYS HOCKEY
East Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record Ridgefield 7-0 14 12-1-0 Darien 7-0 14 10-3-0 Wilton 5-2 10 6-8-0 St. Joseph 5-3 10 9-5-0 New Canaan 4-2 8 8-5-1 Trinity Catholic 3-3 6 4-10-0 Stamford 0-6 0 2-10-1 West Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record Fairfield 4-2 6 6-7-0 Westhill 4-2 8 4-8-1 Trumbull 4-4 8 10-5-0 Staples 1-6 2 6-7-0 Greenwich 1-6 2 2-12-0 Norwalk/McMahon 0-8 0 2-11-0Girls Hockey (through Friday)
Teams FCIAC Record FCIAC Pts Overall Record New Canaan* 11-0 22 16-0 Greenwich* 9-3 18 10-4-1 Darien 8-2 16 10-4 Ridgefield 6-3 12 9-5-0 Wilton 4-6 8 5-7-1 Fairfield 3-6 6 5-7-0 Staples-Trumbull 1-9 2 3-10-0 Stamford 0-10 0 1-9
