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Ridgefield Scores And Standings: Jan. 23
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Friday was supposed to represent the real first challenge of the season for theboys basketball team. Instead, the Tigers turned it into another rout.
Kurt Steidl scored 24 points as the Tigers drilled Danbury 69-44 to improve to 10-0. Steidl just missed a double-double, finishing with nine rebounds.
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Ridgefield's margin of victory in its first 10 games have been 50, 23, 43, 34, 24, 21, 20, 26, 26 and 25 points. The Tigers have held all 10 of its opponents under 50 points.
Once again, Ridgefield showed its balance with four players scoring in double figures. Jeff Racy scored 14 points, Pat Racy 12 and Seth von Kuhn 11.
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The first half was close with Ridgefield holding a 30-20 lead at the intermission.
However, the Tigers started to pull away in the second half, opening a 46-31 lead after the third quarter, then outscoring Danbury 23-13 over the final eight minutes.
Slumping Danbury suffered its third straight loss and dropped to 7-3.
Ridgefield's defense did not allow a single Danbury player to reach double figures as Javonte Parker and Speedy Harrington led the Hatters with nine points apiece.
High-scoring Danyjoel Harris was held to only three points by Ridgefield's tenacious defense.
Ridgefield could get a test on Tuesday when it hosts Trinity Catholic, which improved to 8-3 with an 86-43 win over New Canaan on Friday.
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The Ridgefield girls basketball team became Danbury's latest victim.
Casey Smith scored 23 points Friday as the Hatters defeated the Tigers 68-51 to improve to 12-0.
Rachel Gartner scored 14 and Rebecca Gartner added 10 for the Hatters, who jumped out to a 19-8 lead after the first quarter.
After settling for a 34-23 halftime lead, Danbury put away the contest by outscoring Ridgefield 17-10 in the third period. It was 51-33 after three quarters.
Andrea Ferrero scored 13 points and Samantha Jancin added 10 for the Tigers, who are in danger of missing the state tournament.
At 4-8, Ridgefield needs to split its last eight games to qualify for the Class LL state tournament
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
Boys basketball
Ridgefield 69, Danbury 44
Girls basketball
Danbury 68, Ridgefield 51
Boys swimming
Darien 97, Ridgefield 89
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Girls hockey
Fairfield Ludlowe at Ridgefield, ppnd, TBA
Wrestling
Darien, Greenwich, Wilton, Ridgefield at New Milford Invitational, canceled
MONDAY'S SCHEDULE
No games scheduled
STANDINGS
BOYS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Greenwich 7-2 9-2 Bridgeport Central 6-3 6-3 Danbury 5-3 7-3 Staples 5-3 6-4 Westhill 5-3 6-4 Trumbull 4-4 5-5Central Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Ridgefield 8-0 10-0 Norwalk 5-4 7-4 Stamford 4-4 5-5 Fairfield Ludlowe 2-6 2-8 McMahon 1-8 1-10 Harding 1-8 2-9East Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
St. Joseph 8-0 10-0 Trinity Catholic 7-2 8-3 Bassick 6-2 8-2 Fairfield-Warde 3-5 5-5 Wilton 2-6 4-6 Darien 1-8 2-9 New Canaan 0-91-10
GIRLS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Danbury 10-0 12-0 Trumbull 9-1 11-1 Staples 7-3 8-4 Westhill 6-4 7-5 Greenwich 2-9 2-10 Bridgeport Central 1-102-11
Central Division
Stamford 7-3 7-5 Norwalk 6-48-4
Fairfield Ludlowe 4-6 5-7 Ridgefield 4-6 4-8 McMahon 3-8 3-10 Harding 0-10 2-10East Division
St. Joseph 9-2 11-2 Wilton 8-2 8-3 Darien 6-4 7-5 New Canaan 6-5 8-5 Trinity Catholic 6-5 7-6 Fairfield Warde 5-5 7-5 Bassick 0-110-12
BOYS HOCKEY
East Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record Darien 3-0 6 6-3-0 New Canaan 3-0 6 6-3-1 Ridgefield 3-0 6 8-1-0 St. Joseph 2-1 4 6-4-0 Wlton 1-1 2 2-7-0 Trinity Catholic 1-1 2 2-8-0 Stamford 0-3 0 2-7-1 West Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record Trumbull 2-2 4 8-3-0 Fairfield 1-0 2 3-3-0 Staples 1-1 2 6-1-0 Greenwich 1-2 2 2-8-0 Norwalk/McMahon 0-3 0 1-5-0 Norwalk/McMahon 0-3 0 0-8-1Girls Hockey
Teams FCIAC Record FCIAC Pts Overall Record New Canaan 6-0 12 11-0 Ridgefield 6-1 12 9-3 Darien 5-1 10 7-2 Greenwich 4-3 8 5-4-1 Wilton 3-4 6 3-5-1 Fairfield 2-5 4 3-6 Trumbull-Staples 1-6 2 3-7 Stamford 0-6 0 1-6
