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New Canaan Sports Roundup: Feb, 23
For interactive daily digest for all New Canaan scores, schedules and standings -- and a place to add information and photos for all youth sports
Led by Olivia Hompe, the girls hockey team stormed into the FCIAC finals Wednesday with a 6-1 victory over rival Darien at the Darien Ice Rink.
Hompe scored four goals, raising her season total to 64, as the Rams improved to 20-1.
After a scoreless first period, New Canaan broke it open with five goals in the second period, three of them by Hompe. Abbey Buckenheimer and Holly Burwick had the only goals for New Canaan.
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Britt Gardellla faced only eight shots for New Canaan, giving up a second-period goal to Emily Tropsa. Shannon Hall made 15 saves for Darien.
New Canaan will face Greenwich in Saturday's championship game set for 4 p.m. at the Terry Conners Rink in Stamford.
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The Cardinals advanced with a 4-3 win over Ridgefield in Wednesday's first semifinal, rallying from a 2-1 deficit after the second period.
Hannah Jeffrey scored a hat trick and Emily Bacon had the other goal for the Cardinals. Allie Schiffer, Cara Lockwood and Kerry Sheehan-Delany scored for Ridgefield.
Dart Freccia made 16 saves for Greenwich and Heather Ogden stopped 22 shots for Ridgefield, which cut the deficit to 4-3 on Sheehan-Delany's goal with just over four minutes remaining.
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With Darien's 5-2 win over Fairfield on Wednesday, the New Canaan boys hockey team clinched a berth in the FCIAC's tier one playoffs that begin on Saturday.
The Rams (12-7-1, 8-4) put themselves in good shape with Monday's 7-1 victory over Wilton.
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From two wins to a .500 regular season.
Chris Nugent and Ian Ross scored 16 points aoiece Wednesday as the boys basketball team defeated New Canaan 65-51 to complete a 10-10 regular.
The 10 wins is an eight-win improvement from last year's 2-18 finish. Wilton is headed to the Class L state tournament for the first time since the 1999-2000 season.
Wilton never was challenged Wednesday, jumping out to a 24-7 lead after the first quarter. New Canaan did pull within 35-22 at the intermission, but didn't seriously threaten in the second half.
Weston Wilbur contributed 15 poiints as part of Wilton's balanced attack.
New Canaan finished the season at 2-18, although the Rams were coming off a 52-47 win over Harding.
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The New Canaan girls basketball team is seeded 27th in the Class LL state tournament after a 10-10 regular season and will play at will play at No. 6 Manchester (17-3) in the first round on Monday.
Should the Rams pull the upset they would face either No. 11 West Haven (16-4) or No. 22 Newington (11-9) in the second round on Wednesday.
New Canaan has moved up after competing in Class L last season when the Rams reached the second round as the No. 6 seed.
WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS
Boys basketball
Wilton 65, New Canaan 51
Girls hockey
New Canaan 6, Darien 1, FCIAC semifinals
THURSDAY'S SCHEDULE
No games scheduled
STANDINGS
BOYS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Westhill* 13-5 14-6 Danbury*l 10-8 12-8 Bridgeport Central* 10-8 11-8 Greenwich 9-9 11-9 Trumbull 9-9 10-10 Staples 8-10 9-11Central Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Ridgefield* 13-5 15-5 Stamford* 11-7 12-8 Fairfield Ludlowe 9-9 9-11 Norwalk 8-10 10-10 McMahon 4-14 4-16 Harding 3-15 4-16East Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
St. Joseph* 18-0 20-0 Trinity Catholic* 14-4 15-5 Bassick* 13-5 15-5 Fairfield-Warde 9-9 11-9 Wilton 8-10 10-10 Darien 1-17 2-18 New Canaan 1-17 2-18GIRLS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record Danbury* 18-0 22-0 Trumbull* 15-3 19-3 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 12-10 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 15-6 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* 11-1 22 14-5-0 Ridgefield* 11-1 20 18-2-0 St. Joseph* 9-3 18 13-7-0 New Canaan* 8-4 16 12-7-1 Wilton* 8-4 16 10-10-0 Trinity Catholic* 8-4 16 9-11-0 Stamford 4-8 8 6-13-1 West Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record Fairfield 7-5 14 9-11-0 Westhill 5-7 10 5-12-2 Trumbull 4-8 8 11-9-0 Staples 2-10 4 8-11-0 Greenwich 1-11 2 3-17-0 Norwalk/McMahon 0-12 0 2-18-0Girls Hockey
Teams FCIAC Record FCIAC Pts Overall Record New Canaan* 14-0 28 19-1 Ridgefield* 10-3-1 21 13-5-1 Greenwich* 10-4 20 12-5-1 Darien* 9-4-1 19 11-6-1 Fairfield 4-9 8 6-10-0 Wilton 4-9 8 5-11-1 Staples-Trumbull 3-11 6 6-12-0 Stamford 0-14 0 1-14-0
