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Stamford Sports Roundup: Feb. 20
Your interactive daily digest for all Stamford scores, schedules and standings -- and a place to add information and images for all youth sports
Stamford's Ben Pierre-Saint has won the Class LL wrestling state championship in the 132-pound division for the second straight year.
Pierre-Saint defeated Favion Williams-Weaver of Hartford Public 22-7 by technical fall in Saturday's finals match at Trumbull High School.
Pierre-Saint will be seeed second in next weekend's New England championship at the Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven. Last year, he lost in the finals at the New Englands.
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Last weekend, Pierre-Saint won the FCIAC crown.
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With eight teams, including Stamford High School, battling for the final three playoff spots, the final week of the FCIAC boys basketball season figures to be a wild one with numerous tiebreaker scenarios involved.
The Black Knights (10-8, 9-7) stayed in the mix with a potentially critical 45-39 victory over Fairfield Warde on Wednesday. That result left Stamford in a three-way tie for sixth with Bridgeport Central and Greenwich.
Then there are five teams -- Danbury, Fairfield Ludlowe, Fairfield Warde, Staples and Trumbull -- tied for ninth at 8-8.
Stamford would lose tiebreakers against Bridgeport Central and Greenwich. Regarding the 8-8 teams, the Black Knights also aren't in good shape, losing to Danbury, Staples and Fairfield Ludlowe. Among the group, the only team Stamford beat was Warde.
Given that scenario, it would appear that Stamford needs to win both of its remaining games (at Bassick on Monday and Harding on Wednesday) to get in, but beating Bassick on the road will not be easy.
Here is the final schedule for the other contenders:
Greenwich ---at Fairfield Warde, at Danbury
Bridgeport Central -- Trinity Catholic, at McMahon
Danbury -- Norwalk, Greenwich
Fairfield Ludlowe -- at Trumbull, at Darien
Fairfield Warde -- Greenwich, St. Joseph
Trumbull -- Fairfield Ludlowe, Trinity Catholic.
Staples -- at McMahon, at Bassick
Central (Trinity Catholic), Stamford (Bassick), Warde (St. Joseph), Staples (Bassick) and Trumbull (Trinity Catholic) each have tough games remaining while Monday's Warde-Greenwich and Ludlowe-Trumbull contests shape up as elimination games.
However, a win by the Falcons puts them clearly in the driver's seat as they finish at Darien.
St. Joseph, Ridgefield, Trinity Catholic, Bassick and Westhill have clinched playoff spots. Westhill hosts Wilton on Monday.
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Following Saturday's 2-0 loss to Wilton, the Trinity Catholic boys hockey team (8-11, 7-4) is in a three-way for fifth in the FCIAC standings with New Canaan and Fairfield. The trio each has 14 points.
Under the FCIAC's new postseason format, the top six teams qualify for the tier one playoffs. Trinity Catholic has a tiebreaker edge Fairfield and New Canaan.
The Crusaders conclude the regular season on Wednesday against Westhill while New Canaan, which lost to St. Joseph 4-2 on Saturday, hosts Wilton in its conference finale on Monday..
Fairfield concludes conference play on Wednesday with a tough contest at Darien. Regardless of the outcome of that game, however, the Crusaders will make the playoffs if they take care of Westhill since they own a tiebreaker edge over the Rams and Mustangs.
FCIAC Playoff Races
BOYS BASKETBALL
1. St. Joseph 16-0*
2. Bassick 12-4*
2. Ridgefield 12-4*
2. Trinity Catholic 12-4*
2. Westhill 12-4*
6. Bridgeport Central 9-7 (beat Greenwich, Stamford)
7. Greenwich 9-7 (beat Stamford)
8. Stamford 9-7
9. Danbury 8-8
9. Fairfield Ludlowe 8-8
9. Fairfield Warde 8-8
9. Staples 8-8
9. Trumbull 8-8
BOY HOCKEY (top six make tier one playoffs)
1. Darien 10-1 20* (beat Ridgefield)
2. Ridgefield 10-1 20*
3. St. Joseph 9-3 18
4. Wilton 8-3 16
5. Trinity Catholic 7-4 14 (beat New Canaan, Fairfield)
5. Fairfield 7-4 14 (beat New Canaan)
5. New Canaan 7-4 14
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
No games scheduled
SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE
Girls basketball
Stamford 44, St. Joseph 25, FCIAC quarterfinals
Trumbull 52, Trinity Catholic 46, FCIAC quarterfinals
Boys hockey
Darien 8, Westhill 0
Stamford 6, Norwalk-McMahon 1
Wilton 2, Trinity Catholic 0
MONDAY'S SCHEDULE
Boys basketball
Trinity Catholic at Bridgeport Central, 7 p.m.
Wilton at Westhill, 7 p.m.
Stamford at Bassick, 7 p.m.
BOYS HOCKEY
New Milford at Westhill, 12 p.m., Terry Conners Rink
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 21-0 Trumbull* 15-3 18-3 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 12-9 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 17-4 Wilton* 13-5 15-5 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* 10-1 20 13-4-0 Ridgefield* 10-1 20 16-2-0 St. Joseph 9-3 18 13-6-0 Wilton 8-3 16 10-9-0 Trinity Catholic 7-4 14 8-11-0 New Canaan 7-4 14 11-7-1 Stamford 2-9 4 4-13-1 West Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record Fairfield 7-4 14 9-7-0 Westhill 5-6 10 5-11-1 Trumbull 4-7 8 10-8-0 Staples 1-10 2 6-11-0 Greenwich 1-10 2 3-16-0 Norwalk/McMahon 0-11 0 2-17-0Girls Hockey
