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Ridgefield Sports Roundup: Feb. 27
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The boys basketball team avenged a loss to Stamford in last year's FCIAC quarterfinals by defeating the sixth-seeded Black Knights 50-46 Saturday afternoon in the first of four quarterfinal games at Fairfield Ludlowe.
Kurt Steidl scored 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds for the third-seeded Tigers, who lost lost to Stamford 39-31 in last year's playoff meetin.
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Ridgefield improved 16-5 and will take on No. 2 seed Trinity Catholic at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Fairfied Prep. The Crusaders advanced with a 62-56 win over No. 7 Danbury.
Jeff Racy added 12 points for Ridgefield, which outscored Stamford 13-7 in the third quarter to take a 33-28 lead into the fourth quarter.
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The Tigers, who also avenged a 50-39 loss to Stamford in the regular season, built a 44-32 lead with two minutes remaining.
Barry Boderick scored 12 points and Shawn Padilla added 11 for the Black Knights, who will take a 12-9 record into the Class LL state tournament.
Boderick, who registered 16 points in the regular-season win over Ridgefield, was held to three points on Saturday until making three 3-pointers in the final two minutes
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Ridgefield's Matthew Philbin finishes fifth in the 126-pound weight class at the state Open wrestling championships in New Haven on Saturday.
He earned fifth place when his opponent -- Matthew Trelli of Bristol Central defaulted with an injury.
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
No games scheduled
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Boys basketball
FCIAC quarterfinals at Fairfield Ludlowe
No. 3 Ridgefield 50, No. 6 Stamford 46
No. 2 Trinity Catholic 62, No. 7 Danbury 56
No. 4 Bassick 72, No. 5 Westhill 59
No. 8 Bridgeport Central 62, No. 1 St. Joseph 58
MONDAY'S SCHEDULE
No games scheduled
STANDINGS
BOYS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Westhill* 13-5 14-6 Danbury*l 10-8 12-8 Bridgeport Central* 10-8 11-8 Greenwich 9-9 11-9 Trumbull 9-9 10-10 Staples 8-10 9-11Central Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Ridgefield* 13-5 15-5 Stamford* 11-7 12-8 Fairfield Ludlowe 9-9 9-11 Norwalk 8-10 10-10 McMahon 4-14 4-16 Harding 3-15 4-16East Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
St. Joseph* 18-0 20-0 Trinity Catholic* 14-4 15-5 Bassick* 13-5 15-5 Fairfield-Warde 9-9 11-9 Wilton 8-10 10-10 Darien 1-17 2-18 New Canaan 1-17 2-18GIRLS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record Danbury* 18-0 22-0 Trumbull* 15-3 19-3 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 15-6 Stamford* 11-7 12-10 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 17-4 Wilton* 13-5 15-6 Trinity Catholic* 12-6 13-8 Darien* 11-7 12-9 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* 11-1 22 14-5-0 Ridgefield* 11-1 20 18-2-0 St. Joseph* 9-3 18 13-7-0 New Canaan* 8-4 16 12-7-1 Wilton* 8-4 16 10-10-0 Trinity Catholic* 8-4 16 9-11-0 Stamford 4-8 8 6-13-1 West Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record Fairfield 7-5 14 9-11-0 Westhill 5-7 10 5-12-2 Trumbull 4-8 8 11-9-0 Staples 2-10 4 8-11-0 Greenwich 1-11 2 3-17-0 Norwalk/McMahon 0-12 0 2-18-0Girls Hockey
Teams FCIAC Record FCIAC Pts Overall Record New Canaan* 14-0 28 19-1 Ridgefield* 10-3-1 21 13-5-1 Greenwich* 10-4 20 12-5-1 Darien* 9-4-1 19 11-6-1 Fairfield 4-9 8 6-10-0 Wilton 4-9 8 5-11-1 Staples-Trumbull 3-11 6 6-12-0 Stamford 0-14 0 1-14-0
