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Ridgefield Sports Roundup: March 2
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The New Canaan girls hockey team is on a mission to win another state championship.
Olivia Hompe scored four goals Thursday as the Rams charged into the state final with a 6-1 victory over FCIAC rival Ridgefield at the Terry Conners Rink.
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New Canaan, which is seeking a third consecutive state title improved to 23-1 and will face either Simsbury or Hall-Conard in the final on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at Yale's Ingalls Rink. Simsbury did hand New Canaan its only loss of the season, 4-3 on Feb. 6.
Madzie Carroll and Eloise Somerby also scored for New Canaan, which only led 1-0 after the first period. However, the Rams broke it open with three goals in the second period to build a 4-1 cushion.
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Anna Marcus had the only goal for Ridgefield, which finished the season at 14-6-1.
Heather Ogden (30) and Maggie Philbin (2) combined to make 32 saves for the Tigers, who lost a pair of two-goal games to New Canaan during the regular season.
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The boys hockey team will get another crack at Darien when the teams meet in the FCIAC tier one finals on Saturday at the Terry Conners Rink in Stamford.
Faceoff is set for 6 p.m. and follows the tier two final between Trumbull and Westhill, which gets under way at 4 p.m.
Sean Wilkinson and Christopher Morrow each scored two goals as Ridgefield reached the final with a 6-0 victory over St. Joseph on Wednesday while Brendan Hathaway's hat trick led Darien to a 5-2 semifinal win over New Canaan.
The Blue Wave, ranked fifth in the state, comes into Saturday's contest at 16-5 while Ridgefield, ranked third, is 19-2.
After opening the season with a 3-0 loss to top-ranked Fairfield Prep, the Tigers reeled off 14 straight wins before suffering a 4-2 loss to Darien on Feb. 11. Ridgefield will be out to avenge that loss on Saturday.
"They're a good team," Tigers coach Sean Gallagher said. "They're extremely deep, their goaltender (Max Rothson) does a good job in net. It's going to be a different type of game.
"They move the puck into the offensive zone very fast and they do a good job of just keeping it simple, getting it deep and throwing it on the net. We have some work to do in practice over the next two days."
THURSDAY'S RESULTS
Girls hockey
New Canaan 6, Ridgefield 1, state semifinals
FRIDAY'S SCHEDULE
Boys diving
FCIAC finals, at Westhill, 4:30 p.m.
SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE
Boys hockey
Ridgefield vs. Darien, 6 p.m., Terry Conners Rink, FCIAC tier one finals
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
