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SJH Basketball Ranked No. 1 in Media Poll
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After winning a pair of games in the Northeast Classic last week against Archbishop Molloy (N.Y). and New London, the boys basketball team held on to the top ranking in the New Haven Register top 10 state media poll.
The Cadets (5-0) collected 15 of 18 first-place votes to outdistance runner-up Hillhouse (6-0), which garnered two first-place votes. No. 3 Northwest Catholic (3-0) secured the final first-place ballot.
Completing the top five are Windsor 3-0) and New London (5-2). Kolbe Cathedral (5-0) is sixth, followed by Trinity Catholic (4-1), Career (4-1), Wilby (5-0) and Hartford Public (5-0).
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Trinity Catholic slipped three spots after losing to New London in the Northeast Christms Classic.
Fairfield Prep, which was ranked ninth last week, dropped out after losing to Fairfield Warde in its holiday tournament.
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The Cadets rolled to a 73-33 victory over Fairfield Ludlowe on Tuesday as Timajh Parker scored 17 points and James Jennings added 14.
After building a 37-18 lead at the half, St. Joseph outscored Fairfield Ludlowe 22-2 in the third quarter to turn the contest into a rout. It was 60-19 after three quarters.
Mark Cerulli scored nine points to lead the Falcons, who dropped to 1-5 after losing a pair of games in the Fairfield Prep Holiday Classic last week.
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Mike Yerina scored 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as the Trumbull boys basketball team coasted to an easy 66-27 victory over New Canaan.
Travis Fonseca added 10 points and seven assists for the Eagles, who improved to 4-2. Trey Bray pulled down eight boards for Trumbull.
Nick Depuy scored nine points to lead New Canaan (1-5), which was coming off its first win of the season, a 70-44 victory over Stamford Academy in the consolation game of the La Vista tournament.
However, the Rams could generate little offense against the Eagles and trailed 34-12 at the half.
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It looked for awhile as if New Canaan would become the first FCIAC team to beat the Trumull girls squad in two years.
But the Eagles rallied from an eight-point deficit to defeat the Rams 56-43 at home.
Erin Moore scored 18 points and Victoria Pfohl added 15 as Trumbull erased a 32-24 halftime deficit to improve to 8-0. Alexa Pfohl chipped in with 14 for the Eagles, who extended their league winning streak to 29 games.
Sarah Mannelly scored 13 and Brianna McEwan and Kelly Armstrong added 10 for the Rams (4-3), who had a three-game winning streak snapped.
New Canaan was outscored 32-9 in the second half as the Eagles turned up their defensive pressure.
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Nancy Stablein scored 19 points as the St. Joseph girls basketball team used a good start to defeat Fairfield Ludlowe 57-38 on Tuesday.
Jenn Vasquez added 15 points and nine rebounds for the 7-1 Cadets, who jumped out to an 18-4 lead after the first quarter. St. Joseph then extended its advantage to 27-8 at halftime.
Sarah Nesi was the only player in double figures for Fairfield Ludlowe with 11 points.
After trailing 46-21 entering the fourth quarter, the Falcons (4-4) made it a bit more respectable by outscoring the Cadets 17-11 over the final eight minutes.
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The New Canaan boys hockey team hosts St. Joseph on Wednesday at the Darien Ice Rink (6 p.m.) in a rematch of last season's CIAC Division I state semifinal.
New Canaan was the best team in the state last season, rolling to a 25-0 record and the No. 1 ranking. They had beaten St. Joseph three times, including an overtime victory in the FCIAC championship game.
But in the state semifinals, their hearts were broken as they suffered a 6-5 loss to the Cadets, who went on to lose to Fairfield Prep in the finals. Once again, New Canaan was denied its first boys hockey state championship since 1972.
Pat Corcoran, who has graduated, scored a hat trick for St. Joseph while most of New Canaan's top players also have departed.
The Cadets are still 4-1, having won four in a row since a season-opening 6-2 loss to Glastonbury. They are coming off a 5-2 victory over Trinity Catholic on Friday.
With 18 players from last year's squad no longer around, the Rams are still trying to find their way at 2-3. They are coming off a 5-3 loss to second-ranked Hamden on Friday.
TUESDAY'S RESULTS
Boys basketball
Trumbull 66, New Canaan 27
St. Joseph 73, Fairfield Ludlowe 33
Girls baskeball
Trumbull 56, New Canaan 43
St. Joseph 57, Fairfield Ludlowe 38
WEDNESDAY'S SCHEDULE
Boys hockey
St. Joseph at New Canaan, 6 p.m., at Darien Ice Rink
Wrestling
Trumbull at Greenwich, 6 p.m.
STANDINGS
BOYS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Danbury 3-0 5-0 Greenwich 3-1 5-1 Bridgeport Central 3-1 5-1 Trumbull 3-1 4-2 Westhill 2-1 3-2 Staples 1-2 2-3Central Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Ridgefield 4-0 6-0 Norwalk 2-1 4-1 Stamford 1-3 2-4 Fairfield Ludlowe 1-3 1-5 McMahon 0-3 0-5 McMahon 0-4 0-5East Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
St. Joseph 4-0 6-0 Bassick 3-1 5-1 Trinity Catholic 3-1 4-2 Fairfield-Warde 2-2 4-2 Wilton 0-3 2-3 Darien 0-4 1-5 New Canaan 0-41-5
GIRLS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Trumbull 6-0 8-0 Danbury 5-0 7-0 Staples 4-1 5-2 Westhill 2-3 3-3 Greenwich 1-5 1-7 Bridgeport Central 0-61-7
Central Division
Stamford 6-0 6-2 Fairfield Ludlowe 3-34-4
East Division
St. Joseph 5-1 7-1 Wilton 4-1 4-2 Trinity Catholic 4-2 5-3 New Canaan 3-3 5-3 Darien 2-3 3-4 Fairfield Warde 2-4 4-4 Bassick 0-60-8
BOYS HOCKEY
East Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record St. Joseph 0-0 0 4-1-0 Ridgefield 0-0 0 3-1-0 New Canaan 0-0 0 2-3-0 Stamford 0-0 0 1-3-1 Darien 0-0 0 1-3-0 Trinity Catholic 0-0 0 1-4-0 Wilton 0-0 0 0-4-0 West Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record Staples 0-0 0 3-0-0 Trumbull 0-0 0 5-1-0 Fairfield Coop 0-0 0 2-2-0 Norwalk 0-0 0 1-2-0 Greenwich 0-0 0 1-4-0 Westhill 0-0 0 0-3-1Girls Hockey
Teams FCIAC Record FCIAC Pts Overall Record New Canaan 3-0 6 7-0 Darien 2-0 4 4-0 Greenwich 2-1 4 5-2 Ridgefield 2-1 4 4-1 Staples/Trumbull
0-0 0 1-4 Fairfield 0-2 0 2-4 Wilton 0-2 0 2-4 Stamford 0-3 0 0-3
