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Ridgefield Sports Roundup: Feb. 17
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The St. Mary’s seventh grade girls basketball team moved a step closer to claiming the unofficial title of state champs this past weekend, completing its Fairfield County regular season with a 17-0 record and moving up to the eighth grade division for the playoffs.
In addition to their FCBL games, the girls traveled outside the county to face off against some of the best teams in the area.
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They cruised to a 55-32 victory over West Haven, New Haven County's top team, after opening the game with an 8-0 run. It was the first loss for West Haven, which dropped to 22-1.
Meaghan O’Hara led the way for St. Mary's with 18 points on 7-of 10 shooting and added four steals. Julia Middlebrook scored eight points on 4-of-9 shooting with four steals while Kaitlyn Kynast had 11 points and 15 rebounds.
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In addition, Elizabeth Middlebrook chipped in with eight points, 13 rebounds and two steals. Ellen Pucel had two points, four rebounds and a block and Clara Lerchi had two points, five rebounds and three steals.
The girls team also traveled to Westchester County this past weekend to take on Scarsdale, the top team in the Tri-County Basketball League (Westchester/Putnam/Dutchess counties). It was the second time these two teams faced off this season and for the second time St. Mary’s walked away with a victory, 43-23.
Kynast led a well-balanced attack with 14 points and 17 rebounds while Alyssa Bonanno had six points on 3-of-7 shooting and two steals. Fair Smith had four points and three steals, Kelsey Bordash had two points and two steals and Jane Searfoss had two points with six rebounds.
In FCBL play, the team defeated Wilton (49-31) and Newtown (31–21). In the two games, Elizabeth Middlebrook had 28 points and 20 rebounds. O’Hara and Julia Middlebrook had 18 points apiece, Katie Jasminski had four points, five rebounds and three steals, Lerchi had seven steals and five rebounds and Kendra Gordillo had seven rebounds and a steal.
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Kerry Sheehan-Delany scored three goals as the Ridgefield girls hockey team rolled to a 7-0 victory over Staples-Trumbull on Thursday at the Winter Garden Arena.
Megan Galloway added two goals and Maggie McSpedon and Brenna Courtney each scored once for the Tigers, who closed the regular season with a 14-5-1 record. Galloway also had four assists and Cara Lockwood added a pair of helpers.
Casey Bang made 23 saves for Staples-Trumbull and Maggie Philbin stopped 17 shots for Ridgefield.
The Tigers earned the No. 2 seed in the FCIAC playoffs and will face No. 3 Greenwich in the semifinals Wednesday at 5 p.m. the Darien Ice Rink.
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Thanks to Sean Wilkinson, the Ridgefield High School boys hockey team had no trouble bouncing back from its loss to Darien.
Wilkinson scored a hat trick on Wednesday as the Tigers routed Trumbull 6-1 at the Winter Garden Arena to move back into a first-place tie with the Blue Wave.
It was the 15th win in 16 games for Ridgefield, which improved to 15-2 overall and 9-1 in the FCIAC. Last Saturday's 4-2 loss to Darien snapped the Tigers' 14-game winning streak.
Timmy Kelly scored two two goals and Corey Dunn had one for the Tigers, who are back in action on Saturday at Staples-Weston-Shelton at 8 p.m. at the Milford Ice Pavilion.
While Ridgefield and Darien share the top spot in the FCIAC standings, the race for the final four playoff spots is a tight one.
St. Joseph (8-3) is third with 16 points and New Canaan (7-3), Trinity Catholic (7-3) and Wilton (7-3) are all tied for fourth with 14 points.
Fairfield (6-4) is seventh with 12 points and still in contention for one of the top six spots under the FCIAC's new postseason format.
A once-promising season for Staples-Weston-Shelton has deterioated as the Wreckers have been decimated by injuries.
The Wreckers, who have dressed as few as 10 skaters for some games, have dropped nine in a row following a 6-1 start and are coming off Wednesday's 4-3 defeat to Stamford.
THURSDAY'S RESULTS
Girls hockey
Ridgefield 7, Trumbull-Staples 0
FRIDAY'S SCHEDULE
Boys swimming
Ridgefield at New Canaan, 3 p.m., New Canaan YMCA
Wrestling
Class LL championship, 4:30 p.m., at Trumbull
SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE
Boys hockey
Ridgefield at Staples-Weston-Shelton, 8 p.m., Milford Ice Pavilion
Wrestling
Class LL championship, 9:15 p.m., at Trumbull
Indoor track
State Open championship, 12 p.m. at Floyd Little Athletic Center, New Haven
STANDINGS
BOYS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Westhill* 12-4 13-5 Bridgeport Central 9-7 10-7 Greenwich 9-7 11-7 Danbury 8-8 10-8 Staples 8-8 10-9 Trumbull 8-8 9-9Central Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Ridgefield* 12-4 14-4 Stamford 9-7 10-8 Fairfield Ludlowe 8-8 8-10 Norwalk 8-9 10-9 McMahon 3-13 3-15 Harding 3-13 4-14East Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
St. Joseph* 16-0 18-0 Trinity Catholic* 12-4 13-5 Bassick* 12-4 14-4 Fairfield-Warde 8-8 10-8 Wilton 7-9 9-9 Darien 1-15 2-16 New Canaan 0-16 1-17GIRLS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record Danbury* 18-0 20-0 Trumbull* 15-3 17-3 Staples 11-7 12-8 Westhill 10-8 11-9 Greenwich 4-14 4-16 Bridgeport Central 1-16 2-17Central Division
Norwalk* 13-5 15-5 Stamford* 11-7 11-9 Fairfield Ludlowe 7-11 8-12 Ridgefield 7-11 7-13 McMahon 3-15 3-17 Harding 2-15 4-15East Division
St. Joseph* 15-3 17-3 Wilton* 13-5 14-5 Trinity Catholic* 12-6 13-7 Darien* 11-7 12-8 Fairfield Warde 10-8 12-8 New Canaan 8-10 10-10 Bassick 0-18 0-20BOYS HOCKEY
East Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record Darien 9-1 18 12-4-0 Ridgefield 9-1 18 15-2-0 St. Joseph 8-3 16 12-6-0 New Canaan 7-3 14 11-6-1 Trinity Catholic 7-3 14 8-10-0 Wilton 7-3 14 8-9-0 Stamford 2-8 4 4-12-1 West Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record Fairfield 6-4 12 8-7-0 Westhill 5-4 10 5-10-1 Trumbull 4-7 8 10-8-0 Staples 1-9 2 6-10-0 Greenwich 1-9 2 3-15-0 Norwalk/McMahon 0-10 0 2-16-0Girls Hockey
Teams FCIAC Record FCIAC Pts Overall Record New Canaan* 13-0 26 18-1 Greenwich* 10-4 20 11-5-1 Ridgefield* 9-3-1 19 12-5-1 Darien* 9-3-1 19 11-5-1 Fairfield 4-8 8 6-9-0 Wilton 4-9 8 5-11-1 Staples-Trumbull 3-9 6 6-10-0 Stamford 0-13 0 1-13-0
