Ridgefield Scores and Standings, Nov. 14

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Based on her performance Saturday in the NCAA Atlantic Regional Championships where she placed 19th out of 256 runners with a 22:45 time, Vassar junior Kelly Holmes of Ridgefield was named the seventh qualifier to compete in the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships.

Holmes, who becomes the sixth runner in school history to qualify for the national championships, was selected after the national committee made its at-large team bids. The event is set for Nov. 19 at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

“Kelly earned this trip and her coaches and teammates are tremendously proud of her,” head coach James McCowan said. “Since her freshman year, Kelly has proved she is one of the strongest runners in the region. She has had a string of unfortunate races at previous regional meets, but she stepped up ths year when we needed her, too, and got out strong from the start.

"Kelly ran smart and got the result she needed to help the team to a strong race and get herself to the national meet. While I know she wishes she was taking the trip to Oshkosh with her teammates, I am proud of her and happy to see Vassar represented at the national meet two years in a row.”

Holmes also met the NCAA provisional standards in the 800 meters in track last spring and would have been selected to compete had she not left for her study abroad program in Copenhagen that week.

Holmes is a 2009 graduate of Ridgefield High School, where she earned four letters in cross country. She was named all-Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference her junior year, and second-team all-FCIAC her sophomore and senior years.

Holmes' high school team won FCIAC championships twice and was Connecticut class LL runner-up in 2006.

The Ridgefield football team's hopes of making the Class LL state playoffs improved significantly over the weekend.

Heading into week 10, the Tigers are now tied with Shelton and Pomperaug for the eighth and final playoff spot with 930 points, meaning the race won't be decided until the Thanksgiving Day games.

Shelton has a minimum 140 points available against four-win Derby (4-5) while Ridgefield has 150 points on the line against five-win Danbury (5-4) and Pomperaug can only snag a minimum of 120 against two-win Oxford (2-6).

If all three win - and they will be favorites - it will come down to the bonus points -- how opponents Shelton, Ridgefield and Pomperaug have beaten fare in their final games.

Ridgefield also would benefit if Greenwich, ranked seventh, loses to Staples in the FCIAC championship game, which counts toward the state playoffs.

Ridgefield has 20 guaranteed bonus points (beaten both teams) for the following games:

Bridgeport Central vs. Harding
Fairfield Ludlowe vs. Fairfield Warde

The Tigers have a possible 30 additional bonus points for the following games (asterisk indicates the team Ridgefield defeated):

*McMahon (3-6) vs Norwalk (7-1)
Westhill (0-9) vs. *Stamford (6-2)
Trinity Catholic (3-6) vs *Wilton (5-4)

McMahon will be a decided underdog, but Stamford and Wilton will be favorites. Barring any upsets, Ridgefield projects to 1,120 points (assuming, of course, a win over Danbury)

Shelton has no guaranteed bonus points but a possible 90 points available from the following games:

*-Fairfield Prep (5-4) vs. West Haven (6-3)
*Guilford (4-5) vs. Hand (9-0)
*Amity (4-5) vs North Haven (8-1)
*Hamden (1-8) vs. Notre Dame-West Haven (7-2)
*Wilbur Cross (1-7) vs. Norwich Free Academy (6-2)
Hillhouse (6-3) vs. *Wilbur Cross (1-7)
*Cheshire (4-5) vs. Southington (5-3)
East Lyme (4-4) vs.*Sheehan (4-4)
*Sheehan (4-4) vs. Lyman Hall (3-6)

Assuming a win over Derby (4-5), Shelton gets to 1,070. To match Ridgefield's projected total of 1,120, Shelton needs to "win" five of the above nine games. However, the teams the Gaels need to win are underdogs in seven of them.

Pomperaug has 30 guaranteed points:

Notre Dame vs. Immaculate
Immaculate vs. Brookfield
Bethel and Brookfield

Assuming a win over Oxford, that gets the Panther 150 points for a total of 1,080.

Pomperaug also has 50 additional points available and would need to "win" four of the five games to match Ridgefield's projected total of 1120:

Masuk (9-0) vs. *Newtown (8-1)
New Milford (3-5) vs. *Stratford (2-6)
*New Fairfield (3-5) vs. Oxford (2-6)
New Milford (3-5) vs. *New Fairfield (3-5)
*Stratford (2-7) vs. Bunnell (7-2)

Pomperaug could get 30 points from one New Milford and two New Fairfield wins, but Newtown and Stratford are clear underdogs.

Note: New Fairfield-Oxford becomes guaranteed if Pomperaug beats Oxford.

It's close, but Ridgefield seems to be in a slightly better position with a more favorable schedule.

Semifinal results in Fairfield County Football League playoffs:

Bantam third grade

Wilton Blue 25, New Canaan Red 12

Witon White 14, New Canaan Black 13

Bantam fourth grade

Wilton Blue 28, New Canaan Red 6

Wilton White vs. New Canaan Red

Junior fifth grade

New Canaan Red 28, DJFL Wave 14

Wilton Blue 12, DJFL Blue 0

Junior sixth grade

Fairfield Red 13, DJFL Blue 0

Wilton Black 14, Westport North 0

Senior seventh grade

Fairfield Blue 18, DJFL Blue 13

DJFL White 26, RYF Orange 12

Senior eighth grade

DJFL White 21, New Canaan Black 15

DJFL Blue 12, New Canaan Red 7

FRIDAY'S RESULTS

Football

Ridgefield 48, Bridgeport Central 32

Boys soccer

Newtown 3, Ridgefield 2 (8-6 penalty kicks), Class LL, first round

SATURDAY'S RESULTS

Girls soccer

Ridgefield 2, Greenwich 0, Class LL, second round

Girls volleyball

Ridgefield 3, Greenwich 0 (25-16, 25-22, 25-9), Class LL, second round

MONDAY'S SCHEDULE

No games scheduled

STANDINGS

• Football

• Boys soccer

• Girls soccer

Field hockey

Girls volleyball