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Ridgefield Sports Roundup: Feb. 8
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Jack Heller scored a career-high 18 points Tuesday as the boys basketball team cruised to a 66-41 victory over Trumbull.
The Tigers, who boast the FCIAC's second-best record, improved to 13-2 overall and 11-2 in conference play. Trumbull dropped to 7-8 and 6-7.
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Kurt Steidl also scored 18 points for Ridgefield while Seth von Kuhn added 14.
The Tigers built a 20-12 lead after the first quarter and extended their advantage to 35-25 at the intermission.
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Ridgefield then out away the game by outscoring the Eagles 15-7 in the third quarter to take a 50-32 margin into the final period.
Mike Yerina kept Trumbull in the game with 24 points, but it was than half of the Eagles' total.
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The Trumbull girls basketball fought off upset-minded Ridgefield on Tuesday for 53-43 victory.
Amanda Pfohl and Erin Moore each scored 13 points for the Eagles, who improved to 15-2 overall and 13-2 in the FCIAC.
Alexa Pfohl added for Trumbull, which is looking to nail down the No. 2 seed for the FCIAC playoffs.
However, the Eagles had trouble putting away the Tigers, who are fighting for their state tournament lives.
Trumbull only led 22-19 at halftime and took a 36-27 lead into the final period.
Andrea Ferrero scored 10 points and Emma Glubiak added nine for Ridgefield, which dropped to 6-11. The Tigers need to win two of their final three games to qualify for the state tournament.
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The fourth annual Winter Garden Cup, featuring the boys hockey teams from Ridgefield and Wilton, is set for Wednesday at 4 p.m. at the Winter Garden Arena.
Ridgefield has won the three previous games, including a 4-2 victory last season.
Ranked second in the state, the Tigers (13-1) again will be the favorite in this year's clash as they have won 13 straight games since a season-opening 3-0 loss to top-ranked Fairfield Prep.
However, Wilton has been on a tear since opening the season at 0-7, winning seven of its last eight games to improve to 7-8.
The Warriors, who posted a solid 3-0 victory over St. Joseph on Saturday, defeated Stamford 5-3 on Tuesday.
The win over the Black Knights put Wilton in a position to clinch a state tournament berth with an upset of Ridgefield, and the Warriors would love nothing better than to end the Tigers' 13-game winning streak.
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The Ridgefield boys swimming and diving team hosts Staples in its final home meet of the season on Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Barlow Mountain School.
It will be senior night for the Tigers, who are coming off a come-from-behind 88-83 win over Wilton in their previous meet on Tuesday.
Ridgefield finished first and second in the final relay to pull out the victory against the Warriors.
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Fairfield Prep and Ridgefield remained one-two in the New Haven Register top 10 media state hockey poll with the Jesuits (12-2) collecting all 15 first-place votes.
Ridgefield (13-1) is followed by Notre Dame-West Haven (12-3-1), Hamden (7-3-2) and West Haven (9-4) to complete the top five.
Darien (10-3) climbed two spots to sixth and is followed by Glastonbury (10-3), Xavier (7-6-1), East Haven (11-3-2) and New Canaan (8-5-1).
New Canaan, which was unranked last week, entered the poll despite losing its last two games to Ridgefield and Fairfield.
TUESDAY'S RESULTS
Boys basketball
Ridgefield 66, Trumbull 41
Girls basketball
Trumbull 53, Ridgefield 43
WEDNESDAY'S SCHEDULE
Boys hockey
Ridgefield at Wilton, 4 p.m., Winter Garden Arena
Boys swimming
Staples at Ridgefield, 4 p.m., Pool at Mountain Barlow School
BOYS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Westhill 9-4 10-5 Greenwich 8-5 10-5 Bridgeport Central 8-6 8-6 Danbury 7-6 9-6 Staples 7-6 8-7 Trumbull 6-7 7-8Central Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Ridgefield 11-2 13-2 Stamford 7-6 8-7 Norwalk 7-7 9-7 Fairfield Ludlowe 5-8 5-10 Harding 2-11 3-12 McMahon 2-11 2-13East Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
St. Joseph 13-0 15-0 Trinity Catholic 11-3 12-4 Bassick 10-4 12-4 Fairfield-Warde 7-6 9-6 Wilton 5-8 7-8 Darien 1-12 2-13 New Canaan 0-13 1-14GIRLS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record Danbury* 15-0 17-0 Trumbull* 13-2 15-2 Staples 9-6 10-7 Westhill 8-7 9-8 Greenwich 3-12 3-14 Bridgeport Central 1-14 2-15Central Division
Norwalk 10-5 12-5 Stamford 9-6 9-8 Ridgefield 6-9 6-11 Fairfield Ludlowe 6-9 7-10 McMahon 3-12 3-14 Harding 1-13 3-13East Division
St. Joseph* 12-3 12-4 Wilton 11-4 11-5 Trinity Catholic 11-5 12-6 Darien 9-6 10-7 Fairfield Warde 9-6 11-6 New Canaan 7-8 9-8 Bassick 0-16 0-17BOYS HOCKEY
East Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record Ridgefield 7-0 14 12-1-0 Darien 7-0 14 10-3-0 Wilton 5-2 10 6-8-0 St. Joseph 5-3 10 9-5-0 New Canaan 4-2 8 8-5-1 Trinity Catholic 3-3 6 4-10-0 Stamford 0-6 0 2-10-1 West Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record Fairfield 4-2 6 6-7-0 Westhill 4-2 8 4-8-1 Trumbull 4-4 8 10-5-0 Staples 1-6 2 6-7-0 Greenwich 1-6 2 2-12-0 Norwalk/McMahon 0-8 0 2-11-0Girls Hockey (through Friday)
Teams FCIAC Record FCIAC Pts Overall Record New Canaan* 11-0 22 16-0 Greenwich* 9-3 18 10-4-1 Darien 8-2 16 10-4 Ridgefield 6-3 12 9-5-0 Wilton 4-6 8 5-7-1 Fairfield 3-6 6 5-7-0 Staples-Trumbull 1-9 2 3-10-0 Stamford 0-10 0 1-9
