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Losing Streak Over for GHS Boys Basketball
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It wasn't pretty, but the boys basketball team managed to snap its three-game losing streak on Tuesday.
Alejandro Rodriguez and Alex McMurray each scored nine points as the Cardinals overcame a sluggish first half to post a 46-39 victory over New Canaan, which nearly earned its first FCIAC victory over the season.
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Greenwich trailed for most of the first half, but ended the second quarter with a 10-1 run to close within 26-22 at intermission after being down 25-12. The Cardinals pulled into a 34-34 tie after the third quarter.
Greenwich improved to 10-5 overall and 8-5 in the FCIAC while New Canaan dropped to 1-14 and 0-13.
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Willie Burger scored 16 points for New Canaan, which jumped out to a 17-8 lead after the first quarter.
However, Greenwich's clamped down thereafter, allowing 22 points over the final three quarters, including just five in the fourth period.
Greg Donlic, C.J. Byrd and Sem Kroon each scored eight points for Greenwich, which is fighting for an FCIAC playoff spot.
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Courtney Rogers almost singlehandedly made sure the New Canaan girls basketball team would stop its losing streak on Tuesday.
Rogers erupted for 32 points, including eight 3-pointers, as the Rams defeated Greenwich 69-57 to end their four-game slide.
Sarah Mannelly added 20 points for the Rams, who improved to 9-8 overall and 7-8 in the FCIAC play.
Caroline Barrett scored 19 points to lead Greenwich, which dropped to 3-14 and 3-12.
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Greenwich's Abby Markowitz is one of this week's winners of the Blue Streak-Overtime FCIAC Players of the Week Award.
Markowitz won the 1,000-, 1,600- and 3,200-meter races at the FCIAC indoor track championships, helping the Cardinals win their first team title since 1980.
Also honored were Fairfield Ludlowe wrestler Mauricio Xocoy and Fairfield Ludlowe cheerleader Audra Whitmore.
Xocoy went 4-0 with three pins last week while Whitmore helped the Falcons win the FCIAC cheerleading competition as she earned all-FCIAC and all-state honors.
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The FCIAC wrestling championships are set for Friday and Saturday at New Canaan High School.
The event begins with the weigh-ins on Friday at 3 p.m., followed by the round of 16 matches of 4:30 p.m. and the quarterfinal bouts later in the evening.
The competition resumes on Saturday at 10 a.m. with the semifinals and consolation quarterfinals, to be followed by the consolation semifinals at 12 p.m. and the fifth-place and third-place matches at 2 p.m. The championship finals are set to begin at 4 p.m. on Saturday.
Awards will be be given to the FCIAC East and West champions along with the most valuable wrestler, the most falls in least aggregate time and a sportsmanship winner. Finally, awards will be presented to the FCIAC tournament runner-up and champion.
In 2011, Danbury won its 24th FCIAC title in 25 years, defeating runner-up Greenwich by 50 points. Fairfield Warde finished third, followed by Trumbull, Stamford and Westhill.
The Hatters reclaimed the championship after Warde ended their 23-year title reign in 2010.
Danbury, which is 20-0 and ranked No. 1 in the state, is again considered the favorite to win the crown. Other contenders include Trumbull, which is ranked ninth in the Norwich Bulletin top 10 state coaches' poll, and Warde, which is 11th.
TUESDAY'S RESULTS
Boys basketball
Greenwich 46, New Canaan 39
Girls basketball
New Canaan 69, Greenwich 57
WEDNESDAY'S SCHEDULE
Boys hockey
Westhill at Greenwich, 6:30 p.m., Dorothy Hamill Rink
Boys swimming
Danbury at Greenwich, 3:45 p.m.
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
Girls 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
