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NCHS Girls Track Members Qualify For FCIAC And States
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The following members of the girls track team qualified for for FCIAC or State Class L championships during Saturday's meet at Staples:
1000 Meters
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Steph Benko 3:17.6 (States)
Isabel Hetherington 3:21.0 (States)
Emily Wood 3:23.4 (States)
Liz Gordon 3:23.7 (States)
Lily Baer 3:29.2 (FCIACs)
600 Meters
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Alex Naughton 1:50.1 (FCIACs)
Maureen Schott 1:54.5 (FCIACs)
Katie DiFazio 1:54.7 (FCIACs)
300 Meters
Azadeh Amir-Aslani 46.3 (States)
Grace Gowdy 47.3 (FCIACs)
3200 Meters
Brooke Decker 12:51.9 (FCIACs)
High Jump
Alexis Najarian 4ft 8in (States)
Jaclyn McCurdy 4ft 6in (FCIACs)
Shot Put
Isabel Herde 28 ft 10in (States)
Full results at http://www.staplesrunning.com/indoor_info/indoor_this_season/ind1112/results/ind1112_fciac_2AM.htm
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Sarah Mannelly played her best all-around game of the season Friday, scoring 25 points to lead the girls basketball team to a 66-47 victory over McMahon.
Mannelly also had nine assists, eight steals and six rebounds for the Rams, who pulled away in the second half after a slow start.
The contest was tied 18-18 at the half, but the Rams (6-3) outscored the Senators 48-29 in the second half.
Courtney Rogers added 13 points for New Canaan while Colleen Pellegrini added a career-high 10 points and pulled down eight rebounds.
Jazmine Taylor scored 14 points and Kayla Crosswelle added 12 for the Senators, who dropped to 2-7.
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The McMahon boys basketball team is winless no more
Larry McKinney scored 12 points Friday and Timmy Hinton added 11 as the Senators held off New Canaan 53-51 for their first victory of the season.
McKinney also grabbed 10 rebounds for McMahon, which improved to 1-6. Jimmy Martinez contributed 10 points in the win.
New Canan fell to 1-6 under first-year coach Mike Halley despite a 27-point effort by Willie Burger, the only player in double figures for the Rams.
McMahon jumped out to a 25-15 halftime lead and never trailed in the second half, although the Rams made it close at the end.
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Olivia Hompe had a hand in all nine goals as the New Canaan girls hockey team defeated Farfield 9-1 on Friday.
Hompe, who surpassed the 200-point mark in her career in New Canaan's previous game, scored six goals and added three assists for the Rams (8-0).
Corbett Ripley had two goals and an assist and Kyle Persky contributed a goal and two assists.
Madzie Carroll added three assists and Emma Rosenstein chipped in with a pair of helpers.
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
Boys basketball
McMahon 53, New Canaan 51
Girls basketball
New Canaan 66, McMahon 47
Girls hockey
New Canaan 9, Fairfield 1
SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE
No games scheduled
MONDAY'S SCHEDULE
Boys hockey
Norwalk-McMahon at New Canaan, 5:10 p.m., Darien Ice Rink
TUESDAY'S SCHEDULE
Boys basketball
New Canaan at Darien, 7 p.m.
Girls basketball
Darien at New Canaan, 7 p.m.
Gymnastics
Westhill, New Canaan, Fairfield Ludlowe at Fairfield Warde, 4 p.m., Trumbull YMCA
STANDINGS
BOYS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Danbury 4-0 6-0 Greenwich 4-1 6-1 Bridgeport Central 4-1 4-1 Trumbull 3-1 4-2 Westhill 3-1 4-2 Staples 1-3 2-4Central Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Ridgefield 5-0 7-0 Norwalk 3-2 5-2 Fairfield Ludlowe 2-3 2-5 Stamford 1-4 2-5 McMahon 1-4 1-6 Harding 0-5 0-6East Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
St. Joseph 5-0 7-0 Trinity Catholic 4-1 5-2 Bassick 3-2 5-2 Fairfield-Warde 2-3 4-3 Wilton 0-4 2-4 Darien 0-5 1-6 New Canaan 0-51-6
GIRLS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Trumbull 6-0 8-0 Danbury 6-0 8-0 Staples 4-2 5-3 Westhill 3-3 4-4 Greenwich 1-6 1-8 Bridgeport Central 0-71-8
Central Division
Stamford 6-1 6-3 Fairfield Ludlowe 4-35-4
Ridgefield 3-3 3-5 Norwalk 3-3 5-3 McMahon 2-5 2-7 Harding 0-7 2-7East Division
St. Joseph 6-1 8-1 Wilton 5-1 5-2 Trinity Catholic 5-2 6-3 New Canaan 4-3 6-3 Darien 3-3 4-4 Fairfield Warde 2-5 4-5 Bassick 0-70-9
BOYS HOCKEY
Girls Hockey
Teams FCIAC Record FCIAC Pts Overall Record New Canaan 5-0 10 8-0 Greenwich 4-1 8 5-2 Darien 3-0 6 5-0 Ridgefield 2-1 4 4-2 Fairfield
1-4 2 2-5 Trumbull/Staples 0-3 0 2-4 Stamford 0-3 0 0-3 Wilton 0-3 0 0-4
