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Westport Sports Roundup: Feb. 20
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With eight teams, including Staples 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 Wreckers (9-9, 8-8) stayed in the mix with a stunning 60-34 triumph over Ridgefield on Wednesday. Staples raised some eyebrows throughout the FCIAC not only with the win itself but the margin of victory. The Wreckers were up 30-7 at the half.
The victory left Staples in a five-way for ninth in the FCIAC standings at 8-8 with Danbury, Fairfield Ludlowe, Fairfield Warde, Staples and Trumbull. That quintet is just one game behind Bridgeport Central, Greenwich and Stamford with only two games left in the regular season.
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Staples has a winnable game at McMahon on Monday (7 p.m.) before finishing up the regular season at Bassick on Wednesday. The Wreckers may need to win both but with the contenders playing teams who have already clinched, 9-9 might be good enough defending how the tiebreakers work.
Staples lost to Greenwich but beat Central and Stamford. Regarding the other 8-8 teams, the Wreckers don't fare as well as their only win among the four came against Danbury.
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Here is the final schedule for the other contenders:
Greenwich ---at Fairfield Warde, at Danbury
Bridgeport Central -- Trinity Catholic, at McMahon
Stamford -- at Bassick, at Harding
Danbury -- Norwalk, Greenwich
Fairfield Ludlowe -- at Trumbull, at Darien
Fairfield Warde -- Greenwich, St. Joseph
Trumbull -- Fairfield Ludlowe, Trinity Catholic.
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.
FCIAC playoff races
BOYS BASKETBALL (top eight make playoffs)
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 RESULTS
Boys hockey
Ridgefield 6, Staples-Weston-Shelton 3
MONDAY'S SCHEDULE
Boys basketball
Staples at McMahon, 7 p.m
Boys hockey
Staples-Weston-Shelton at East Catholic, 2 p.m., Champions Skating Center, Cromwell
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
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
