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Ridgefield Sports Roundup: Feb. 15
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The girls basketball team needed to win its final two games to clinch a state tournament berth.
The Tigers (7-12, 7-10) accomplished the first part of that equation on Monday with a 63-50 victory over Fairfield Ludlowe. They will try to achieve the second part on Wednesday when they host Staples (7 p.m.) in their final game of the regular season.
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Staples (11-8, 10-7) enters the contest in a four-way tie for seventh in the FCIAC standings with Stamford, Fairfield Warde and Darien.
The Wreckers still have an outside chance to make the FCIAC playoffs but, assuming a win over Ridgefield, they need Darien to somehow lose to winless Bassick, which seems highly unlikely.
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Staples is coming of a bizarre 50-47 win over Greenwich as the Wreckers had to hold on after opening a 19-0 lead after the first quarter and a 30-11 lead at halftime.
The Ridgefield boys (14-3, 12-3) will be looking to rebound from Monday's 47-45 upset loss to Fairfield Ludlowe when they visit Staples on Wednesday (7 p.m.).
The Wreckers almost defeated Greenwich on the road Monday before falling, 41-40. Staples (8-9, 7-8) is one game out of a playoff spot in the FCIAC standings.
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Despite losing to Darien 4-2 on Saturday, the Ridgefield boys hockey team is still ranked ahead of the Blue Wave in the New Haven Register top 10 state media poll.
The Tigers (14-2), who had won 14 in a row before the loss to the Blue Wave, dropped only one spot. Darien (12-3), which has won 11 in a row, climbed two spots.
Fairfield Prep (14-2), which is undefeated against state opponents this season, held on to the top spot, once again collecting all 15 first-place votes.
Notre Dame of West Haven (12-3-1) jumped one spot to No. 2 while Hamden (8-3-2) slipped one spot to fifth.
Glastonbury (12-3) is sixth, followed by Xavier (8-7-1), West Haven (9-5), East Haven (11-4-2) and South Windsor (9-7).
Among other FCIAC teams, New Canaan (10-6-1) is 11th and St. Joseph (11-6) 13th.
FCIAC playoff races
Bys basketball (top eight make playoffs)
1.St. Joseph 15-0*
2.Ridgefield 12-3*
3.Trinity Catholic 12-4*
4.Bassick 11-4 (beat Westhill)
5.Westhill 11-4
6.Bridgeport Central 9-6(beat Greenwich)
7.Greenwich 9-6
8.Fairfield Warde 8-7 (beat Stamford)
9.Stamford 8-7
10.Trumbull 8-7
11.Norwalk 8-8
12.Staples 7-8
12.Fairfield Ludlowe 7-8
Boys hockey (top six make tier one playoffs)
1.Darien 9-1 18
2.Ridgefield 8-1 16
3.Wilton 7-3 14
3.St. Joseph 7-3 14
3 New Canaan 7-3 14
5.Trinity Catholic 6-3 12
7.Westhill 5-3 10
8.Fairfield 4-4 8
9.Trumbull 4-6 8
TUESDAY'S RESULTS
No games scheduled
WEDNESDAY'S SCHEDULE
Boys basketball
Ridgefield at Staples, 7 p.m.
Girls basketball
Staples at Ridgefield, 7 p.m.
Boys hockey
Trumbull at Ridgefield, 8:30 p.m., Winter Garden Arena
Girls hockey
Darien at Ridgefield, 3:30 p.m., Winter Garden Arena
BOYS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Westhill 11-4 12-5 Bridgeport Central 9-6 10-6 Greenwich 9-6 11-6 Trumbull 8-7 9-8 Danbury 7-8 9-8 Staples 7-8 8-9Central Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Ridgefield* 12-3 14-3 Stamford 8-7 9-8 Norwalk 8-8 10-8 Fairfield Ludlowe 7-8 7-10 McMahon 3-12 3-14 Harding 2-13 3-14East Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
St. Joseph* 15-0 17-0 Trinity Catholic* 12-4 13-5 Bassick 11-4 13-4 Fairfield-Warde 8-7 10-7 Wilton 6-9 8-9 Darien 1-14 2-15 New Canaan 0-15 1-16GIRLS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record Danbury* 17-0 19-0 Trumbull* 14-3 16-3 Staples 10-7 11-8 Westhill 9-8 10-9 Greenwich 4-13 4-15 Bridgeport Central 1-15 2-16Central Division
Norwalk* 12-5 14-5 Stamford 10-7 10-9 Ridgefield 7-10 7-12 Fairfield Ludlowe 6-11 7-12 McMahon 3-14 3-16 Harding 2-14 4-14East Division
St. Joseph* 14-3 16-3 Wilton* 12-5 13-5 Trinity Catholic* 12-6 13-7 Darien 10-7 11-8 Fairfield Warde 10-7 12-7 New Canaan 8-9 10-9 Bassick 0-18 0-19BOYS HOCKEY
Girls Hockey
Teams FCIAC Record FCIAC Pts Overall Record New Canaan* 12-0 24 17-1 Greenwich* 10-3 20 11-4-1 Darien* 9-3 18 11-5-0 Ridgefield* 8-3 16 11-5-0 Wilton 4-7 8 5-9-1 Fairfield 3-8 6 5-9-0 Staples-Trumbull 2-9 4 5-10-0 Stamford 0-12 0 1-12-0
