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New Canaan Scores And Standings: Dec. 15
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Powerful St. Joseph did not show Mike Halley much sympathy in his first game as coach the boys basketball team.
Timajh Parker had a double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds Wednesday as the Cadets opened defense of their Class LL state championship with a 90-35 victory over the Rams.
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St. Joseph also is beginning its 50th season under legendary Vito Montelli, the winningest high school basketball coach in New England history.
Quincy McKnight added 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Cadets, who raced to a 31-13 lead after the first quarter.
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Connor Kilbane led New Canaan with just eight points as St. Joseph extended its lead to 57-19 at the half.
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Sarah Mannelly almost beat the St. Joseph girls basketball team by herself.
Mannelly scored all 23 of her points in the second half, but it was quite enough as the Cadets held on to defeat New Canaan 58-56 Wednesday.
Nancy Stablein scored 16 points to pace three players in double figures for the Cadets, who improved to 3-0. Jessica Jowdy added 14 and Jenn Vasquez chipped in with 13.
Courtney Rogers added 15 for New Canaan, which dropped to 1-2.
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The New Canaan boys hockey team, which lost 18 players either via graduation or transfers to Prep school, opened its season with a 3-0 loss to Notre Dame of West Haven.
Colby Cretella and Greg Zullo each had a goal and an assist and Bill Vizzo had two assists for the Green Knights. Goalie Chris Koennecke had 19 saves for New Canaan.
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Corbett Ripley scored three goals as the New Canaan girls hockey team defeated Stamford 8-0 on Wednesday.
The Rams have scored eight goals in each of their first two games, opening the season with a 8-4 win over Glastonbury.
Kellianne Hickey, Jenny Crandall, Lauren Cambell, Kyla Persky and Lauren Williams also scored against Stamford, which is in its first season as a varsity program.
Nine different players had at least one assist for New Canaan, which faces Wilton on Friday. The Warriors will be playing their season opener.
WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS
Boys basketball
St. Joseph 90, New Canaan 35
Girls basketball
St. Joseph 58, New Canaan 56
Boys hockey
Notre Dame West Haven 3, New Canaan 0
Girls hockey
New Canaan 8, Stamford 0
THURSDAY'S SCHEDULE
No games scheduled
FRIDAY'S SCHEDULE
Boys basketball
Bridgeport Central at New Canaan, 7 p.m.
Girls basketball
New Canaan at Bridgeport Central, 5:30 p.m.
Girls hockey
New Canaan vs. Wilton, 4 p.m. , at Winter Garden Arena
Boys swimming
Fairfield Ludlowe/Warde vs. New Canaan, 3 p.m. , at New Canaan YMCA
STANDINGS
BOYS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Danbury 1-0 1-0 Greenwich 1-0 1-0 Westhill 0-0 0-0 Staples 0-1 0-1 Trumbull 0-1 0-1 Bridgeport Central 0-1 0-1Central Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Ridgefield 1-0 1-0 Norwalk 1-0 1-0 Fairfield Ludlowe 1-0 1-0 Stamford 0-1 0-1 Harding 0-1 0-1 McMahon 0-1 0-1East Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
St. Joseph 1-0 1-0 Bassick 1-0 1-0 Trinity Catholic 1-0 1-0 Fairfield-Warde 1-0 1-0 New Canaan 0-1 0-1 Darien 0-1 0-1 Wilton 0-10-1
GIRLS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Staples 3-0 3-0 Trumbull 3-0 3-0 Danbury 3-0 3-0 Greenwich 1-2 1-2 Westhill 0-2 0-2 Bridgeport Central 0-3 0-3Central Division
Stamford 3-0 3-0 McMahon 2-1 2-1 Ridgefield 1-2 1-2 Fairfield Ludlowe 1-2 1-2 Norwalk 0-2 0-2 Harding 0-3 0-3East Division
St. Joseph 3-0 3-0 Darien 2-0 2-0 Wilton 2-1 2-1 Trinity Catholic 2-1 2-1 New Canaan 1-2 1-2 Bassick 0-2 0-2 Fairfield Warde 0-30-3
BOYS HOCKEY
East Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record New Canaan 0-0 0 0-0-0 Ridgefield 0-0 0 0-0-0 St. Joseph 0-0 0 0-0-0 Darien 0-0 0 0-0-0 Wilton 0-0 0 0-0-0 Trinity Catholic 0-0 0 0-0-0 Stamford 0-0 0 0-0-0 West Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record Staples 0-0 0 0-0-0 Greenwich 0-0 0 0-0-0 Trumbull 0-0 0 0-0-0 Westhill 0-0 0 0-0-0 Fairfield co-op 0-0 0 0-0-0 Norwalk/McMahon 0-0 0 0-0-0
