Greenwich Scores And Standings, Nov. 25

The Greenwich football team finished the season with an 8-2 record, a three-game improvement over last year's uncharacteristic 5-5 finish.

But because the Cardinals aren't going to the state playoffs, it wasn't good enough.

"For us, this is not an improvement,"Greenwich coach Rich Albonizio said after Thursday's 31-27 loss to Staples in the FCIAC championship. "This is where we're supposed to be. We're supposed to be playing next week (in the state playoffs)."

Greenwich was seven minutes away from a 13th FCIAC championship, but couldn't hold a 27-17 lead as the Wreckers put together two touchdown drives in the fourth quarter.

"We can't cover the pass, let's face it," Albonizio said. "We gave up two many easy yards. Our coverage wasn't tight enough."

The loss knocked the Cardinals out of the Class LL state playoffs as they finished 11th in the final rankings.

Four FCIAC teams got in -- Staples, Norwalk and Ridgefield in Class LL and New Canaan in Class L.

In the class LL quarterfinal matchups, which are set for Tuesday, top seed Xavier (10-0) takes on No. 8 Glastonbury (8-2). No. 2 Staples (9-0) faces No. 7 Ridgefield (8-2), No. 3 Hall (9-1) hosts No. 6 Newtown 8-2) and No. 4 Conard (9-1) is home for No. 5 Norwalk (8-1).

THURSDAY'S RESULTS

Football

Greenwich 31, Staples 27, FCIAC championship game

FRIDAY'S SCHEDULE

No games scheduled

STANDINGS

• Football

West Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points F/A Overall Record Overall Points F/A Staples 8-0 281-225 8-0 281-125 Greenwich 8-0 304-88 8-1 337-139 Danbury 4-4 226-142 5-4 256-148 Bridgeport Central 3-5 227-274 3-6 255-327 Trumbull 2-6 157-254 2-6 157-254 Westhill 0-8 108-317 0-9 108-338 Central Division FCIAC Record
FCIAC Points F/A Overall Record
Overall Points F/A Norwalk 7-1 226-120 7-1 226-120 Ridgefield 7-2 271-176 7-2 271-176 Stamford
6-2 268-124 6-2 268-124 McMahon 3-6 234-208 3-6 234-208 Harding 2-6 77-235 2-6 77-235 Fairfield Ludlowe 0-9 72-339 0-9 72-339 East Division FCIAC Record
FCIAC Points F/A Overall Record
Overall Points F/A New Canaan 8-1 331-158 8-1 331-158 Darien
8-1 285-165 8-1 285-165 Wilton
5-4 287-226 5-4 287-226 Fairfield Warde 4-5 212-204 4-5 212-204 St. Joseph 3-6 167-242 3-6 167-242 Trinity Catholic 3-6 173-240 3-6 173-240 Bassick 0-9 74-343 0-9 74-343

• Boys soccer

West Division FCIAC Record Points Trumbull 11-1-4 37 Staples 10-2-4 34 Greenwich 9-4-3 30 Westhill 9-5-2 29 Danbury 6-2-7 28 Bridgeport Central 3-11-2 11 Central Division FCIAC Record Points Norwalk 13-1-2 41 Ridgefield 7-6-3 21 Stamford 6-9-1 19 Fairfield Ludlowe 5-9-2 17 McMahon 4-12-0 12 Harding 0-16-0 0 East Division FCIAC Record Points Darien 11-2-3 36 Wilton 9-5-2 29 New Canaan 8-3-5 29 Fairfield Warde 6-6-3 21 Bassick
6-7-3 21 St. Joseph 2-11-3 9 Trinity Catholic 2-13-1 7

• Girls soccer

West DivisionRecordPoints Westhill 11-1-4 37 Greenwich 10-2-4 35 Trumbull 7-3-6 27 Danbury 6-8-2 20 Central 0-16-0 0 Central DivisionRecordPoints Staples 8-5-3 27 Ridgefield 5-6-5 20 Fairfield Ludlowe 6-9-1 19 McMahon 5-10-0 15 Stamford 3-13-0 9 Norwalk 2-13-0 6 East DivisionRecordPoints St. Joseph 14-1-1 43 New Canaan 12-2-2 38 Darien 9-4-3 30 Wilton 8-3-5 29 Fairfield Warde 9-5-2 29 Trinity Catholic 1-15-0 3

Field hockey

West Division
FCIAC Record Points
Staples 7-2-3-1 18 Stamford 8-4-1-0 17 Greenwich 3-5-3-2 11 Westhill 5-7-1-0 11 Ridgefield 0-6-5-2 7 Danbury 3-10-0-0 6 Trumbull 0-12-1-0 1 East Division Darien 13-0-0-0 26 Wilton 11-2-0-0 22 Norwalk 10-2-1-0 21 New Canaan 8-4-1-0 17 Fairfield Ludlowe 5-6-1-1 12 McMahon 4-7-2-0 10 Fairfield Warde 3-6-3-1 10

Girls volleyball

West Division Record Staples 16-2 Greenwich 14-4 Danbury 12-6 Westhill 11-7 Trumbull 8-10 Bridgeport Central 1-17 Central Division Ridgefield 16-2 Stamford 12-6 Fairfield Ludlowe
11-7 Brien McMahon 5-13 Norwalk 3-15 Harding 1-17 East Division Darien 18-0 New Canaan
14-4 Fairfield Warde 9-9 Trinity Catholic 7-11 St. Joseph
7-11 Wilton 5-13 Bassick 0-18