Ridgefield, Trumbull Could Be Headed To Rematch In Class LL Girls Basketball State Tournament

The Ridgefield girls basketball team will take on Trumbull in the FCIAC championship game on Thursday night at Bridgeport's Webster Bank Arena.

If form holds true, the FCIAC powers could face each other again in the quarterfinals of the CIAC Class LL state tournament on March 10.

The CIAC released it state tournanament pairings and seedings Wednesday morning with Trumbull (19-1 in the regular season) earning the No. 1 seed and a bye in the first round.

Ridgefield (16-4) is the No. 8 seed, meaning the Tigers and Eagles would be on a collision course to meet again in the round of eight.

The Tigers open tournament play at home on Tuesday against No. 25 seed Cheshire (10-10).  If the Tigers advance, they would face either No. 9  Career Magnet of New Haven (16-4) or No. 24 Woodridge of Amity (11-9) in the second round on March 4.

Trumbull awaits the winner of the first-round contest between No. 16 Shelton (14-6) and No. 17 Norwich Free Academy (14-6).

Also earning first-round byes were No. 2 seed Mercy of Middletown (19-1), No. 3 Manchester (19-1) and No. 4 Holy Cross of Waterbury (19-1).

Twenty-eight teams earned their way into the Class LL tournament by winning at least 40 percent of their games.

Other FCIAC teams in the Class LL field include: No.11 Danbury (15-5), No. 14 St. Joseph (14-6), No. 18 Norwalk (13-7), No. 20 Westhill (12-8), No. 27 Stamford (8-10) and No. 28 Staples (8-12).

Three FCIAC teams qualified in Class L: No. 6 New Canaan (15-5), No. 14 Darien (13-7), No.17 Fairfield Warde (11-9), and No. 19 Wilton (11-9).

In addition, Trinity Catholic (14-6) is the No. 12 seed in Class M.

In total, 13 of the FCIAC's 19 teams qualified for state tournament play.