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Greenwich Sports Roundup: Feb. 20
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The Greenwich boys finished third and the girls placed fifth at the state Open indoor track championship on Saturday at the Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven.
For the boys, Marcus Motill won the 600-meter run (1:21.13), finished second in the 300-meter dash (35.54) and was on the winning 4x200 relay team with Ryan Kelly, Nick Pulitano and Elijah Dume.
Motill qualified for the New England Championships in the 300 and 600 while Kelly also made it in the 300 (36.11, sixth) and 600 (1:23.14, fifth).
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For the girls, Abby Markowitz finished third in the 1,000-meter run (2:56.74) while the sprint medley relay team of Cate Wright, Lindsey Noskin, Emily Johnson and Jenny Goggin came in second.
Markowitz qualified in the 1,000 for the New England championships, which are set for March 2 in Boston.
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Greenwich wrestler Ryan Whittle qualified for next weekend's state Open competition after losing to top seed Elliott Antler of Xavier 9-4 Saturday in the 170-pound weight division in the finals of the Class LL championships at Trumbull.
Greenwich freshman Alex Jarombek also made it to the New Englands by finishing fifth in the 113-pound division.
The top six in each weight class advanced to the New Englands, which is set for Friday and Saturday at the Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven.
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With eight teams, including Greenwich High School, battling for the final three playoff spots, the final week of the FCIAC boys basketball season figures to be a wild one with numerous tiebreaker scenarios involved.
Greenwich (11-7, 9-7) has lost four of its last six games, including last Wednesday's 71-41 setback to top-ranked St. Joseph, but the Cardinals are still in a three-way for sixth with Bridgeport Central and Stamford.
Remarkably, there are five teams -- Danbury, Fairfield Ludlowe, Fairfield Warde, Staples and Trumbull -- tied at 8-8 with just two games left in the season.
Greenwich lost to Central, but holds the tiebreaker edge over Stamford. Regarding the 8-8 teams, the Cardinals beat Staples and Fairfield Ludlowe but lost to Trumbull.
Destiny is in the Cardinals' hands as they finish with Warde on Monday and Danbury on Wednesday, although both games are on the road. Monday's contest shapes up as an elimination game.
Here is the final schedule for the other contenders:
Bridgeport Central -- Trinity Catholic, at McMahon
Stamford -- at Bassick, at Harding
Danbury -- Norwalk, Greenwich
Fairfield Ludlowe -- at Trumbull, at Darien
Fairfield Warde -- Greenwich, St. Joseph
Staples -- at McMahon, at Bassick
Trumbull -- Fairfield Ludlowe, Trinity Catholic.
Central (Trinity Catholic), Stamford (Bassick), Warde (St. Joseph), Staples (Bassick) and Trumbull (Trinity Catholic) each have tough games remaining.
Monday's Ludlowe-Trumbull clash also looks like an elimination battle. However, a win by the Falcons puts them in the driver's seat as they finish at Darien.
St. Joseph, Ridgefield, Trinity Catholic, Bassick and Westhill have clinched playoff spots.
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The Fairfield boys hockey team rallied from a two-goal deficit Saturday to defeat Greenwich 4-2 and stay in the mix for the FCIAC tier one playoffs.
J.P. Raftery's power-play goal and Brett Backman's 5-on-3 goal gave the Cardinals (3-16) a 2-0 lead.
But the Mustangs halved the deficit on Mathieu Larouche's power-play goal with 34 seconds left in the second period. Fairfield then scored three unanswered goals in the third period.
Dan Silvestri tied it with just under 10 minutes remaining before Tom Kryspin scored another power-play goal with just under three minutes left to break the tie. Conor Claflin provided an insurance goal in the final minute when Greenwich was trying to get an extra skater on the ice.
The win left Fairfield (9-9, 7-4) in a three-way tie for fifth in the FCIAC standings with Trinity Catholic and New Canaan with one game remaining. The top six teams qualify for the tier one playoffs under the FCIAC's new postseason format.
Fairfield concludes the regular season with a tough game at Darien on Wednesday. New Canaan hosts Wilton on Monday and Trinity Catholic entertains Westhill on Wednesday.
Fairfield has a tiebreaker edge over New Canaan but lost to Trinity Catholic.
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The third-seeded Greenwich girls hockey team (12-5-1) will face No. 2 seed Ridgefield (13-5-1) in the semifinals of the FCIAC playoffs on Wednesday at the Darien Ice Rink (5 p.m.)
Top seed New Canaan (19-1) will take on No. 4 Darien (11-6-1_ in the second semifinal on Wednesday.
FCIAC Playoff Races
BOYS BASKETBALL
1. St. Joseph 16-0*
2. Bassick 12-4*
2. Ridgefield 12-4*
2. Trinity Catholic 12-4*
2. Westhill 12-4*
6. Bridgeport Central 9-7 (beat Greenwich, Stamford)
7. Greenwich 9-7 (beat Stamford)
8. Stamford 9-7
9. Danbury 8-8
9. Fairfield Ludlowe 8-8
9. Fairfield Warde 8-8
9. Staples 8-8
9. Trumbull 8-8
BOY HOCKEY (top six make tier one playoffs)
1. Darien 10-1 20* (beat Ridgefield)
2. Ridgefield 10-1 20*
3. St. Joseph 9-3 18
4. Wilton 8-3 16
5. Trinity Catholic 7-4 14 (beat New Canaan, Fairfield)
5. Fairfield 7-4 14 (beat New Canaan)
5. New Canaan 7-4 14
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Boys hockey
Fairfield 4, Greenwich 2
MONDAY'S SCHEDULE
Boys basketball
Greenwich at Fairfield Warde, 6 p.m.
STANDINGS
BOYS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Westhill* 12-4 13-5 Bridgeport Central 9-7 10-7 Greenwich 9-7 11-7 Danbury 8-8 10-8 Staples 8-8 10-9 Trumbull 8-8 9-9Central Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Ridgefield* 12-4 14-4 Stamford 9-7 10-8 Fairfield Ludlowe 8-8 8-10 Norwalk 8-9 10-9 McMahon 3-13 3-15 Harding 3-13 4-14East Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
St. Joseph* 16-0 18-0 Trinity Catholic* 12-4 13-5 Bassick* 12-4 14-4 Fairfield-Warde 8-8 10-8 Wilton 7-9 9-9 Darien 1-15 2-16 New Canaan 0-16 1-17GIRLS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record Danbury* 18-0 21-0 Trumbull* 15-3 18-3 Staples 11-7 12-8 Westhill 10-8 11-9 Greenwich 4-14 4-16 Bridgeport Central 1-16 2-17Central Division
Norwalk* 13-5 15-6 Stamford* 11-7 12-9 Fairfield Ludlowe 7-11 8-12 Ridgefield 7-11 7-13 McMahon 3-15 3-17 Harding 2-15 4-15East Division
St. Joseph* 15-3 17-4 Wilton* 13-5 15-5 Trinity Catholic* 12-6 13-8 Darien* 11-7 12-9 Fairfield Warde 10-8 12-8 New Canaan 8-10 10-10 Bassick 0-18 0-20BOYS HOCKEY
East Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record Darien* 10-1 20 13-4-0 Ridgefield* 10-1 20 16-2-0 St. Joseph 9-3 18 13-6-0 Wilton 8-3 16 10-9-0 Trinity Catholic 7-4 14 8-11-0 New Canaan 7-4 14 11-7-1 Stamford 2-9 4 4-13-1 West Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record Fairfield 7-4 14 9-7-0 Westhill 5-6 10 5-11-1 Trumbull 4-7 8 10-8-0 Staples 1-10 2 6-11-0 Greenwich 1-10 2 3-16-0 Norwalk/McMahon 0-11 0 2-17-0Girls Hockey
