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Ridgefield Scores and Standings, Nov. 23

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The Ridgefield football team gets a jump start on the local holiday schedule as the Tigers host Danbury in its regular-season finale on Wednesday (7 p.m.) at Tiger Hallow.

The contest shapes up as the Tigers' biggest in nearly a decade as they have a chance to end a nine-year state playoff drought. Ridgefield's second - and most recent - postseason appearance came in 2002.

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The Tigers have come close in recent years, but they haven't been able to break though.

A victory over the Hatters wouldn't clinch a playoff spot, but it would put the Tigers (7-2) in a favorable position because of bonus points available in other games around the state that affect the rankings.

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Shelton and Pomperaug (which esscaped with a 10-7 win over Oxford on Tuesday) are tied for eighth in the Class LL rankings with 940 points, just 10 ahead of Ridgefield and Glastonbury, who are tied for 10th. Norwich Free Academy is at 910. The Tigers appear to have the more favorable schedule.

Ridgefield also would benefit if McMahon (3-6) upsets Norwalk (8-1), which is sixth Class LL, or if No. 7 Greenwich (8-1) loses to Staples (8-0) in the FCIAC championship game on Thursday.

The first order of business, of course, is beating the Hatters (5-4), and that won't be easy.

Ridgefield will try to contain Danbury running back James "Speedy" Harrington, who has been a handful for opponents all season. Harrington is the FCIAC's leading rusher with 1,022 yards and 19 touchdowns on 133 carries. He is averaging nearly eight yards per carry and also leads the league in scoring with 128 points.

Harrington will be looking to bounce back after being held to 51 yards in a 17-7 loss to Greenwich on Nov. 10.

In addition, Danbury fullback Austin Calitro has verbally committed to Villanova.

For Ridgefield  Connor Rowe has passed for 1,706 yards, the second-best mark in the FCIAC behind New Canaan's Matt Milano.

Rowe's favorite target is Jack Heller, who is No. 2 in the FCIAC in receiving yards with 544.

Sam Gravitte paces the Tigers on the ground with 510 yards rushing yards and has scored a combined 13 rushing and receiving touchdowns. He also serves as the Tigers' kicker and is third in the FCIAC in scoring with 103 points.

Ridgefield defeated Danbury 27-14 last season. The teams will be meeting for only the 10th time with the Tigers holding a 6-3 lead.

TUESDAY'S RESULTS

No game scheduled

WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE

Football

Danbury at Ridgefield, 6 p.m.

STANDINGS

  • Football
West Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points F/A Overall Record Overall Points F/A Staples 8-0 281-225 8-0 281-125 Greenwich 8-0 304-88 8-1 337-139 Danbury 4-4 226-142 5-4 256-148 Bridgeport Central 3-5 227-274 3-6 255-327 Trumbull 2-6 157-254 2-6 157-254 Westhill 0-8 108-317 0-9 108-338 Central Division FCIAC Record
 FCIAC Points F/A Overall Record
 Overall Points F/A Norwalk 7-1 226-120 7-1 226-120 Ridgefield 7-2 271-176 7-2 271-176 Stamford
6-2 268-124 6-2 268-124 McMahon 3-6 234-208 3-6 234-208 Harding 2-6 77-235 2-6 77-235 Fairfield Ludlowe 0-9 72-339 0-9 72-339 East Division FCIAC Record
 FCIAC Points F/A Overall Record
 Overall Points F/A New Canaan 8-1 331-158 8-1 331-158 Darien
8-1 285-165 8-1 285-165 Wilton
5-4 287-226 5-4 287-226 Fairfield Warde 4-5 212-204 4-5 212-204 St. Joseph 3-6 167-242 3-6 167-242 Trinity Catholic 3-6 173-240 3-6 173-240 Bassick 0-9 74-343 0-9 74-343
  • Boys soccer
West Division FCIAC Record Points Trumbull 11-1-4 37 Staples 10-2-4 34 Greenwich 9-4-3 30 Westhill 9-5-2 29 Danbury 6-2-7 28 Bridgeport Central 3-11-2 11 Central Division FCIAC Record Points Norwalk 13-1-2 41 Ridgefield 7-6-3 21 Stamford 6-9-1 19 Fairfield Ludlowe 5-9-2 17 McMahon 4-12-0 12 Harding 0-16-0 0 East Division FCIAC Record Points Darien 11-2-3 36 Wilton 9-5-2 29 New Canaan 8-3-5 29 Fairfield Warde 6-6-3 21 Bassick
6-7-3 21 St. Joseph 2-11-3 9 Trinity Catholic 2-13-1 7
  • Girls soccer
West DivisionRecordPoints Westhill 11-1-4 37 Greenwich 10-2-4 35 Trumbull 7-3-6 27 Danbury 6-8-2 20 Central 0-16-0 0 Central DivisionRecordPoints Staples 8-5-3 27 Ridgefield 5-6-5 20 Fairfield Ludlowe 6-9-1 19 McMahon 5-10-0 15 Stamford 3-13-0 9 Norwalk 2-13-0 6 East DivisionRecordPoints St. Joseph 14-1-1 43 New Canaan 12-2-2 38 Darien 9-4-3 30 Wilton 8-3-5 29 Fairfield Warde 9-5-2 29 Trinity Catholic 1-15-0 3

Field hockey

West Division
FCIAC Record Points
Staples 7-2-3-1 18 Stamford 8-4-1-0 17 Greenwich 3-5-3-2 11 Westhill 5-7-1-0 11 Ridgefield 0-6-5-2 7 Danbury 3-10-0-0 6 Trumbull 0-12-1-0 1 East Division Darien 13-0-0-0 26 Wilton 11-2-0-0 22 Norwalk 10-2-1-0 21 New Canaan 8-4-1-0 17 Fairfield Ludlowe 5-6-1-1 12 McMahon 4-7-2-0 10 Fairfield Warde 3-6-3-1 10

Girls volleyball

West Division Record Staples 16-2 Greenwich 14-4 Danbury 12-6 Westhill 11-7 Trumbull 8-10 Bridgeport Central 1-17 Central Division Ridgefield 16-2 Stamford 12-6 Fairfield Ludlowe
11-7 Brien McMahon 5-13 Norwalk 3-15 Harding 1-17 East Division Darien 18-0 New Canaan
14-4 Fairfield Warde 9-9 Trinity Catholic 7-11 St. Joseph
7-11 Wilton 5-13 Bassick 0-18

 

 

 

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