Westport Scores And Standings: Dec. 13

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The football team finished fourth in the final New Haven Register media top 10 state poll.

As expected, Xavier and Hand, who posted decisive state championship game victories over FCIAC opponents, were voted one-two.

Xavier routed Staples 42-7 in the Class LL final on Saturday to complete its second straight 13-0 season and Hand downed New Canaan 34-10 in the Class L final to also finish 13-0.

Ansonia, which became the first team in state history to go 14-0, was voted third after blanking Ledyard 38-0 in the Class M title game.

Staples, which ended the regular season at No. 5, climbed one spot after concluding the season at 11-1.

New Canaan (11-2), which reached the state championship game for the sixth consecutive year, climbed two spots in the sixth.

Completing the top 10 were Masuk (12-1), New Canaan, Windsor (11-1), Holy Cross (10-2),  New London (9-2) and Notre Dame-West Haven (8-3).

Norwalk, which lost to Xavier 55-14 in the Class LL semifinals, just missed the top 10, finishing 11th.

Masuk, which had won 24 straight games, slipped three spots to fifth following a 35-14 loss to Hand in the Class L semifinals.

Windsor dropped one spot to seventh after a 27-24 loss to New Canaan in the Class L semifinals. New London, which fell to the Rams 27-26 in the Class L quarterfinals, fell two spots to ninth

Holy Cross, which won the Class S state championship with a 34-27 victory over Cromwell, jumped to eighth after not being ranked at the end of the regular season.

Notre Dame-West Haven, which fell to Windsor 14-7 in the quarterfinals of the Class L playoffs, dropped one spot to 10th.

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The Green Farms Academy boys basketball team continued its rugged season-opening stretch with an 82-73 victory over the Harvey School in Katonah. N.Y.

Sean Obi scored 14 of his 20 points in the second half and also grabbed 20 rebounds for the Dragons, who improved to 3-1.

GFA completes its stretch of five games in eight days - all on the road -- Wednesday against Hamden Hall, the defending New England Prep school tournament champions, which has all of its players back from last season.

"I went 12 deep into my bench to keep our legs fresh," GFA coach Doug Scott said. "Thank goodness, because Harvey kept coming with the press and the quick-firing offense. I needed every man."

According to Scott, the fatigue showed as the Dragons repeatingly grabbed at the Harvey players as the ran past, which resulted in 37 trips to the foul line for the home team (Havey made 31 of them).

Jullien Higgs had a huge game for Harvey (1-4) with 34 points, which included making 10-of-11 free throws.

But Hunter Eggers scored 15 of his 17 points in the first half, helping GFA build a 46-40 lead at the intermission.

The Dragons also got solid efforts from their younger players as seventh-grader Tremont Waters scored 10 points, freshman Zach Baines added nine and sophomore Matt Tate chipped in with eight.

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The boys basketball team opens its season on Wednesday when the Wreckers host Norwalk at 7 p.m.

The Wreckers are coming off a 16-7 season in which they qualified for the FCIAC playoffs and lost to league rival Ridgefield in the second round of the CIAC Class LL state tournament.

MONDAY'S RESULTS

Boys basketball

Greens Farms Academy 82, Harvey School 73

Girls hockey

Fairfield Ludlowe/Warde 7, Trumbull/Staples 4

TUESDAY'S SCHEDULE

No games scheduled

WEDNESDAY'S SCHEDULE

Boys basketball

Norwalk at Staples, 7 p.m.

Greens Farms Academy ay Hamden Hall, 4:30 p.m.

Girls basketball

Staples at Norwalk, 7 p.m.

Boys hockey

Staples-Weston-Shelton at Newington-Berlin, 8:30 p.m., at Newington Ice Arena

Boys swimming

Trumbull at Staples, 3:45 p.m.

STANDINGS

BOYS BASKETBALL

West Division

FCIAC Record

Overall Record

Central Division

FCIAC Record

Overall Record

East Division

FCIAC Record

Overall Record

0-0

GIRLS BASKETBALL

West Division

FCIAC Record

Overall Record

Central Division

East Division

0-2

BOYS HOCKEY