Ridgefield Scores and Standings, Oct. 25

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FCIAC playoff races updated (through Monday):

BOYS SOCCER

1.Norwalk 13-1-1 40*
2.Darien 11-2-3 36*
2.Trumbull 10-1-3 34*
4 Staples 9-2-4 31*
5.Greenwich 9-4-2 29*
5 Wilton 9-5-2 29*
7. New Canaan 7-3-5 26
7. Westhill 8-5-2 26
9. Danbury 6-2-7 25
10.Fairfield Warde 6-5-3 21

GIRLS SOCCER

1.St. Joseph 12-1-1 37*
2.Greenwich 10-1-4 34*
3.Westhill 10-1-3 33*
3.New Canaan 10-2-2 32*
5.Darien 8-4-3 27
6.Wilton 7-2-5 26
6 Fairfield Warde 8-5-2 26
8.Trumbull 6-3-5 23
9.Staples 6-5-3 21
10.Fairfield Ludlowe 6-7-1 19

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

1.Darien 16-0*
2.Ridgefield 14-2* (beat Staples)
3.Staples 14-2
4.New Canaan 13-3*
5.Greenwich 13-4*
6.Danbury 11-5*
7.Westhill 10-6 (def. Stamford)
8.Stamford 10-6
9.Fairfield Ludlowe 8-7
9.Fairfield Warde 8-8

FIELD HOCKEY

1.Darien 12-0-0-0 24*
2.Wilton 10-2-0-0 20*
3.Norwalk 9-2-1-0 19*
4.Staples 7-2-2-1 17*
5.Stamford 7-4-1-0 15*
6.New Canaan 6-4-1-0 13
7.Greenwich 3-4-3-2 11
7.Westhill 5-5-1-0 11
9.Fairfield Ludlowe 4-6-1-1 10
9.McMahon 4-5-2-0 10

* == clinched playoff spot

Despite placing no runners in the top five individually, the Ridgefield girls cross country team won the FCIAC team championship Monday at New Canaan's Waveny Park.

No. 7 Sarah Guillaume (15:17) and No. 8 Caroline Carr (15:26), who the top finishers for the Tigers, who posted a team score of 56 points. Ridgefield's other top finishers were: No. 11 Laura Hergenrother (15:33), No.12 Samantha McCarthy (15:38) and No. 18 (15:53).

The Ridgefield boys finished fourth with 122 points, behind Staples (71). Leading the way for the Tigers was Clint Corso, who finished 20th at 17:11.

Ridgefield's next four finishers all were in the top 20: No. 22 Trevor Hopper (17:13), No. 24 Liebling (17:17), No. 26 Kevin Ford (17:19) and No. 30 Kristian Sogaard (17:22)

Darien's bid to unseat Danbury as FCIAC boys champions fell just short Monday at New Canaan's Waveny Park.

The Hatters held off the Blue Wave by only four points to capture their seventh consecutive league crown. Darien defeated Danbury in a dual meet on Sept. 20 en route to a 17-0 regular-season finish.

Staples junior Henry Wynne finished ahead of Fairfield Warde senior Harry Warnick to win the individual title. Wynne posted a time of 15:37 in the 3.1-mile race, just two seconds better than Warnick, who also was the runner-up last year.

Danbury's duo of senior Tom Moore (16:17) and junior Nick Carlsen(16:18) finished third and fourth. Overall, Danbury, which has claimed 10 of the last 11 FCIAC crowns, finished with 54 points.

Completing the top five was McMahon senior Chris Madaffari (16:20). Darien's top runners were Charlie Baird (16:31) and Mike Johnson (16:46), who were sixth and seventh.

Greenwich, which featured individual champion Abigail Markowitz, finished second in the girls race with 80 points. Last year's champion Wilton was third with 97 points.

Markowitz covered the 2.4-mile girls course in 14:55, defeating Westhill's Nicole Ambrosecchio by five seconds.

Completing the top five in the girls race were Wilton's Alosha Southern (15:07), Darien's Grace Loh (15:08) and Westhill's Claire Howlett (15:10).

Defending champion Heather Moriarty of Fairfield Ludlowe was 18th (15:51).

Trumbull (128) completed the top five in the boys race while Wilton (97), Westhill (100) and Darien (128) rounded out the top five in the girls race.

MONDAY'S RESULTS

Boys soccer

Ridgefield 2, Fairfield Warde 1 -- Tigers (7-6-2) have gone 5-0-2 in their last seven games to move over .500

Girls volleyball

Ridgefield 3, Staples 1 (25-22, 13-25, 25-23, 25-20) -- Morgan Hyland had 40 assists, 4 aces and Megan Kirchoff added 15 kills and service points for the Tigers (14-2), who handed the Wreckers (14-2) only their second loss. Lauren Liederbach contrubuted 11 kills and 10 service points for Ridgefield.

TUESDAY'S SCHEDULE

Girls soccer

Ridgefield at New Canaan, 7 p.m.

Field hockey

Ridgefield at Stamford, 6 p.m.

STANDINGS

• Football

• Boys soccer

• Girls soccer

Field hockey

Girls volleyball