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The state playoffs are upon us.

It’s not really fair to make that claim, mostly because wrestling, track and gymnastics have been holding state meets for weeks now. But the state basketball playoff brackets were revealed today, and for the first time since four high schools re-emerged from Fairfield in 2005, all of them will play at least one state game.

The matchups look bad for at least two of the teams. So let’s begin with the Class L games Monday.

Class L first round

No. 26 Ludlowe (9-11) at No. 7 Trinity Catholic (17-5), Monday, 7 p.m., Walsh Court, Stamford

Ludlowe must stop Trinity Catholic, and Jason Boswell, if it wants to pull off the first-round state tournament upset.

I know from talking to coaches that teams HATE seeing same-conference opponents in the first round of states.

Brian Silvestro was no exception to that rule, either. Ludlowe fell to the Crusaders, 60-45 on Jan. 31, but everyone I spoke with said Trinity sleepwalked through that game and still won by 15.

The Crusaders are playing at a different level now. Jason Boswell is beginning to play like the Division 1 prospect he is, and  Trinity’s won five straight, reaching tomorrow night’s FCIAC Finals against Bassick.

Can Ludlowe keep up for a while? Maybe. Can the Falcons win? I doubt it.

No. 19 Warde (11-9) at No. 14 East Catholic (12-8), Monday, 7 p.m., Rev. Robert Saunders Gymnasium, Manchester

The Mustangs will have to trek all the way to Manchester Monday for their first state playoff game since 2010. Warde hasn’t won a state tournament contest since 2005.

To do that, the Mustangs will have to slow East Catholic’s senior guard Tyler Veretto. Warde coach Ryan Swaller compared him to Prep’s Terry Tarpey. I say Veretto is lankier, but you can see for yourself here.

Swaller likes the matchup, but knows the two-hour trek from Fairfield to Manchester won’t be easy on his club.

“It’s tough to sit on a bus for that long,” he said.

Class LL first round

No. 27 Norwalk (10-10) at No. 6 Prep (19-3), Tuesday, 7 p.m., Alumni Hall

The Jesuits will start their road back to the state finals on Tuesday with a first round home game against Tom Keyes’ Norwalk Bears. Norwalk is athletic, and led by point guard Rasheen Thompson.

Prep should be able to get by Norwalk without much trouble. But, barring upsets, the Jesuits’ road gets insanely difficult from there. Prep’s potential trek back to Mohegan Sun could include a second round date with the FCIAC’s No. 5 seed, Westhill; then the No. 5 team in the state, Hartford Public; the No. 1 team in the state, Hillhouse, and the LL’s top-seed, St. Joseph.

Oh yeah, Hillhouse, St. Joes and Hartford Public all had undefeated regular seasons spoiled by conference tournament losses, meaning they’re all starving for a title.

But Prep’s got to win game one before it focuses on the rest of them. Otherwise it could lose at any point.

Class M first round

Earl Coleman dominated in ND's SWC semifinal win over Masuk.

No. 27 SMSA (9-11) at No. 6 ND (18-4), Tuesday, 7 p.m., Sister Mary Reilly Auditorium

I don’t care what the seedings, pundits or fans say. Notre Dame is the favorite to win Class M this year.

The Lancers have won 13 straight, are prepping for their second straight SWC championship, and all the threats– most notably Career and Trinity– have moved up to Class L. Plus, Earl Coleman is becoming a bona fide scorer and the Lancers are playing great defense.

Does that mean ND will cakewalk through the tournament? Absolutely not. They’re at the bottom of the bracket, which means a quarterfinal match with Kaynor Tech is possible. A date with top-seeded, undefeated Enfield could be a great state championship game.

But make no mistake about it, especially how ND lost in the M semis last year, this tournament is the Lancers’ to lose.

SWC Finals

Speaking of ND, the Lancers polished off No. 7 Masuk to get back to the SWC Championship game for the second straight year. Read my story from the Connecticut Post for more on that game.

ND will battle Immaculate in the final on Thursday. I’ll be at Weston tweeting updates and offering perspective, so check for that.

Hockey

The state hockey brackets will be released Saturday. Prep beat East Haven 4-0 on Tuesday to close its regular season, and is currently in line for the top-seed and a first round bye.

ND will probably have to play an opening round game on the road Monday. The Lancers still have one more game, Thursday against Xavier at Milford Ice Pavilion at 6 p.m.

Pat Pickens is the sports editor of the Fairfield Citizen, a Hearst Connecticut Newspaper organization. Follow him on Twitter here.

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If you like drama in your high school sports, this weekend was a good one for you.

In each of the boys basketball tournaments, a top-five seed lost. The No. 1 team in the state, St. Joseph, was picked off by the FCIAC tournament by an unassuming assassin, Bridgeport Central. The Cadets lost for the second straight year in the conference quarters.

In the SCC, top-seeded Hillhouse narrowly averted a similar fate to St. Joes, by holding off upstart No. 8 seed and rival Wilbur Cross 66-65 in overtime. The top-three seeds in the SCC, including No. 2 Fairfield Prep, advanced, but only won their games by an average of 6.5 points and No. 5 Amity fell by 12 to the 13-seed Lyman Hall.

The SWC Tournament opened up for ND-Fairfield, as the Lancers’ nemesis Kolbe Cathedral was knocked off by No. 7 Masuk. Two of ND’s four losses this year came against the Cougars, and now the tournament is wide open for the Lancers to get back to the SWC finals for the second straight year.

But let’s start where I was this weekend.

Prep’s boys basketball team is really starting to play as a team.

It's time to start giving Prep coach Leo Redgate a little credit.

The Jesuits rolled through the first 15 or so games of their schedule, with the  star senior Terry Tarpey carrying much of the load. Teams have adjusted to Tarpey’s ability and Prep’s countered with role players contributions.

For much of this stretch, it’s been freshman point guard Tommy Nolan and junior Tim Butala who’ve picked up the slack. But Butala got in foul trouble in the early going in Prep’s game with Xavier, picking up three calls against Jovan Santos-Knox in the first quarter. Cue Ben Sullivan, who frustrated Santos-Knox, grabbed 10 rebounds and even scored eight points.

“I’m not an offensive player,” Sullivan said after the game. “But I got my career high in points.”

For the full gamer on this, see my story here. Prep will play No. 3 Career in the conference semis for the second straight year. Jesuits were routed by the Panthers 65-44 at Quinnipiac a year ago.

Prep’s role players are making it extremely difficult to beat. Tarpey is still going to go off– he had 31 points, 18 rebounds, seven assists, six steals and three blocks on Saturday– but if Jesuits’ opponents can’t double him because guys like Sullivan or Ryan Blake (eight points on Saturday) are making layups, it frees the William & Mary bound guard to roam.

Tarpey fouled out with 1:05 left, and Prep up six and the Jesuits ext Leo Redgate has told me all season his team needs to be a team by this time of the year, and sure enough it is. Credit must go to him for that.

Speaking of Redgate, he delivered the line of the year on Saturday.

Good catch by Rich Pittera getting this on video. Redgate emailed me the link early Sunday morning. If you want a laugh, watch it. You need a Facebook account to view it, but who doesn’t have one of those these days?

State Open wrestling this weekend was dominated by Xavier, Hand and Danbury. The Falcons took top honors, netting 132 points, holding off the second-place Tigers and third-slotted Hatters.

But Fairfield Warde’s Mike Money (285) and Pharoh Eaton (132) still had successful days, as each finished third at his respective weight class. Warde placed 11th in the state with 50 points.

Ludlowe’s Henry Wales went 1-2, reaching the 126 quarters before losing his final two matches. Eric Kirchgasser and Ben Batulanon each competed for Ludlowe as well. Prep’s Conor Ward, Shane Dempsey and Joseph Roberts each were 2-2 as the Jesuits finished with 20 points.

Eaton and Money will wrestle at New Englands on Saturday in Providence, R.I.

David White added four more goals on Saturday, boosting his total to 26 this year.

Prep hockey should thank David White if it remains the New Haven Register’s No. 1 team in the state.

The senior potted four goals on Saturday, including one late in the third, and the game-winner in OT as the Jesuits stunned Hamden 4-3.

I missed this because I was at Prep hoops instead, but according to a Prep coach the Jesuits  “were sloppy at times, but overall played well.”

The Jesuits are still in line, with a win over East Haven on Tuesday, to be the Division I No. 1 seed, but don’t seem to be playing their best hockey doing so. They were shut out by ND-West Haven last week and probably should have lost to Hamden.

Prep is an extremely good tournament team, every year, so expect the best to come out when the tournament begins next week.

My good buddy Brian Fitzsimmons is speaking at Sacred Heart University on Wednesday.

He’s a web editor at MSG Varsity and just finished his first book “Celtic Pride” about the prestigious St. Patrick’s (N.J.) High School boys basketball program. You can buy your copy here.

Full disclosure, Fitzsimmons has been one of my best friends since we went to Sacred Heart together. But still, there aren’t any state or conference tournament games on Wednesday night and the event is free, so why not go over there and see a published author speak?

And if nothing else, I’ll be there!

Where ELSE I’ll be this week

A lot depends on who advances, but here’s a tentative schedule through Thursday at least.

Tonight: Prep vs. Career, SCC boys basketball semis, tonight, East Haven High School, 6
Tuesday: Either Prep in SCC Finals, 7 or ND vs. Masuk, SWC boys basketball semis, 6
Thursday: Class LL girls basketball tournament game, TBA (if nec) or ND in SWC Finals (if nec)

Pat Pickens is the sports editor of the Fairfield Citizen, a Hearst Connecticut Newspaper organization. Follow him on Twitter here.

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Here’s the most recent edition of the Fairfield Sports Cafe podcast.

In this one, I discuss Warde and Ludlowe’s FCIAC playoffs hopes being dashed, the Fairfield co-op hockey team’s scoring woes and preview the upcoming boys conference and girls state basketball tournaments that will take place Saturday and Monday.

If you have a comment or want to email me, send me one at ppickens@bcnnew.com.

Have a great weekend.

Pat Pickens is the sports editor of the Fairfield Citizen, a Hearst Connecticut Newspaper organization. Follow him on Twitter here.

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Here we are.

With one night left, the FCIAC is a debacle. There are five teams– Warde, Trumbull, Danbury, Greenwich and Bridgeport Central– tied for the Nos. 7 and 8 seeds at 9-8. Ludlowe and Staples are one game behind with 8-9 records, and Stamford is a game up on the five in the No. 6 position.

This much can be confirmed. But according to the FCIAC, both Ludlowe and Warde are mathematically alive for one of those two spots. Ludlowe needs a ton of help, even if it beats Darien on senior night at Ludlowe on Wednesday.

Every game FCIAC game Wednesday night, except Wilton at New Canaan, has playoff ramifications. Warde hosts St. Joseph, Greenwich travels to Danbury, Trumbull hosts Trinity Catholic and Central must visit McMahon. If Stamford beats Harding, the Black Knights will be the league’s No. 6 seed.

Have you got all that? Good. Now here’s how each team can reach the FCIAC playoffs, starting with the clubs from Fairfield. For simplicity’s sake, I’ll leave Staples out. If the Wreckers wanted to be mentioned, they should’ve held a 21-point lead at McMahon Monday night.

Warde (11-8, 9-8) controls all the cards here. If the Mustangs win Wednesday, they’re in. The only problem is, to get

If Sal Siciliano and Warde can upset St. Joes, the Mustangs will be in the FCIAC tournament

in, Warde must do what no other team in the league has done this year: beat St. Joseph. The Cadets are 19-0, 17-0 in the league and have arguably the best player in the county, Timajh Parker.

Warde can also get in with a loss, but it gets much trickier with that. If the Mustangs lose, they must hope for Trinity to beat Trumbull, McMahon to beat Central and Danbury to beat Greenwich. The Mustangs would be the No. 8 seed if all that happened, by virtue of their wins over Trumbull, Central and Greenwich.

Simply put, if Central, Trumbull, Greenwich and Warde end tied, the Mustangs get in because they’ve beaten all those teams.

Ludlowe (8-11, 8-9) has the hardest road of any team not named Staples. First things first, Ludlowe needs win at Darien to even have a prayer of the FCIAC tournament.

I was told by the FCIAC that the Falcons, mathematically, are still alive, but I still haven’t figured out the equation that gets them in. Ludlowe would have to finish in a bizarre multi-team tie scenario and then have Ridgefield beat Westhill for the Falcons to have the “best win.”

Greenwich (11-8, 9-8) and Danbury (11-8, 9-8) will play in Danbury at 7 p.m. If Warde loses to St. Joseph, this becomes a play-in game for the last FCIAC spot. The loser is out, the winner is in.

Either way, the loser is out. If Warde wins, and Danbury beats Greenwich, the Hatters would need Trinity to beat Trumbull to get in as the No. 7 seed. If Warde and Greenwich win, the Cardinals would need Trinity to beat Trumbull and Central to lose to McMahon to get in.

If Warde, Danbury and Central all win, and Trinity beats Trumbull, Warde and Danbury would be in. Warde would have the best win and would be the No. 7 seed. The Hatters would then get in by virtue of that head-to-head win over Central.

Ah, Bridgeport Central (10-8, 9-8). The Hilltoppers stand to gain the most if Warde loses. Central loses any tiebreaker with Danbury by virtue of that 109-106, double OT loss on opening night, but with a win over Brien McMahon would be the No. 8 seed, as long as St. Joseph caps the undefeated season.

If Greenwich beats Danbury and Warde loses, Central would be the No. 7 seed and Greenwich would be No. 8. Unless…

If Trumbull, and standout guard Travis Fonseca, can upset Trinity Catholic, the Eagles will likely reach FCIACs

…Trumbull (10-9, 9-8) becomes the fly in the ointment. The best case scenario for the Eagles involves Trumbull beating Trinity, Warde losing to St. Joseph, Central falling to McMahon and Danbury beating Greenwich.

If Trumbull finishes in a three-way tie with Danbury and Central, the Eagles and Hatters get in by virtue of the fourth tiebreaker, “best win.” Trumbull’s best wins would be over the FCIAC’s No. 2 seed, either Westhill or Trinity Catholic.

If Trumbull loses, it’s out.

Confused? Yeah, so am I. And we haven’t even gotten to the seeding tiebreakers that involve the 2-5 teams. The likeliest prediction involves Central and the winner of Danbury/Greenwich. But given the FCIAC’s bizarre schedule to date, I find it hard to believe that will happen. Look for either Trumbull or Warde to upset their opponent and sneak in the dance.

I guess, we’ll reconvene on Twitter Wednesday night.

Fairfield’s girls basketball state tournament were released Wednesday.

In Class LL, No. 31 Ludlowe will visit second-seeded Lauralton Hall on Monday at 7 p.m. No. 19 Warde will trek to Glastonbury on Monday night as well.

In Class M, ND will travel to Hartford to play Classical Magnet in its first-round game on Monday at 7.

Pat Pickens is the sports editor of the Fairfield Citizen, a Hearst Connecticut Newspaper organization. Follow him on Twitter here.

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My parents taught me to admit when I was wrong.

Sorry buddy.

Perhaps last week’s column was wrong.

The column which got the Warde community up in arms last week, centered around Dave Danko’s ability to coach in big games. I pointed to the fact that Danko is 0-3 in state championship contests as reason.

However, Danko is 3-3 in FCIAC championship games, has won eight division titles in 18 years of coaching at Fairfield High School and Warde. He has won big games in there. He won 12 games this year. He’s a very good coach.

He’s been a sportsman all the way through too. He’s never gotten a technical foul, and has helped thousands of girls go to play college basketball. He does a lot of things that don’t get publicized, and I did not mean to diminish that in any way.

I certainly didn’t appreciate the power of my story, and for that I’m sorry. A friend of mine says “truth without compassion is a weapon” and I didn’t show much compassion to my buddy Danko. I’m most regretful for that fact, and also am deeply sorry.

I will remain accountable to the words I said and stand by them. Was I harsh? Yes. Was I wrong? Not entirely.

But I am sorry.

Onto happier subjects, the SCC boys basketball tournament field will be set by tonight.

The dominoes will begin to drop this afternoon. Hillhouse and Career Magnet battle at 3:30. If the Academics win, they’ll finish their SCC season unbeaten, with two wins over the Panthers, and as the No. 1 seed.

Why does this matter? Because Prep is sitting in the third spot with a 16-1 conference record. Should Hillhouse beat Career for the second time and Prep win on the road at Cheshire tonight, the Jesuits will slide into the No. 2 spot and earn a first-round SCC bye.

If Career beats Hillhouse, Prep would share the regular-season SCC championship, but be the No. 3 seed in the conference tournament. Career would be No. 1, Hillhouse would be second, because the tiebreaker is “best” win.

If Shelton loses to West Haven, the Jesuits will clinch a first-round bye whether they beat Cheshire or not. If Shelton wins, and Prep is the No. 3 seed, the Gaels will play at Alumni Hall on Thursday.

Confused? No? Good.

Then we’ll move onto the FCIAC, that should confuse everyone. Right now there are eight teams within one game of the tournament’s Nos. 6-8.

Ludlowe must start by winning tonight, and root for Trinity to beat Central, Bassick over Stamford and its rival Warde to conquer Greenwich tonight. The Falcons will also be rooting for Danbury and Staples, because they have the tiebreaker over both.

Warde, on the other hand, has a more arduous trek to the FCIAC playoffs. The Mustangs only hold the tiebreaker over Staples, Trumbull and Central, but do play Greenwich tonight. Warde must win out– an unlikely feat with No. 1 St. Joseph coming to Fairfield Wednesday– and finish a game better than Ludlowe, Stamford and Danbury.

I’m going to suggest we let tonight play out and re-convene Wednesday, mostly because there are far too many scenarios at play. But that’s what the Fairfield teams need to root for, at least for tonight.

Apparently a cakewalk through the state of Connecticut is not likely for Connor Henry and Fairfield Prep's hockey team after it lost 2-0 to ND-West Haven on Saturday

The No. 1 hockey team in the state isn’t as invincible as we once thought.

Fairfield Prep was shut out on Saturday at rival ND-West Haven. The Green Knights got goals from Greg Zullo and Colby Cretella, to earn a 2-0 victory at Bennett Rink.

ND could slide into the No. 1 slot, especially since its loss to Prep was just 4-3 on Jan. 7. Prep could fall to No. 2 according to the New Haven Register poll, but hasn’t slid in the CIAC Division I poll.

When asked whether or not he’d like to see Prep again, ND coach Bill Gerosa said “Wouldn’t it be great to see them in the finals? But we have 7 more games to win before that.”

Prep coach Matt Sather told me he expects to see ND again, “I imagine we will and I hope we will. They’re a great team.”

In championships this weekend, Warde finished fifth at Class L wrestling, Ludlowe was 11th. Thomas Anania and Pharoh Eaton were champions for Warde at 160 and 132, respectively.

In track, Prep’s Patrick Corona finished fourth at the 1,000 meters, earning a trip to New Englands and the New Balance nationals. He’ll be joined by Warde’s Harry Warnick, who placed third in the 1,600 and second in the 3,200.

Ludlowe’s Sydney Kay and Andrew Fernandes finished ninth in the 55-meter and 600, respectively. For Warde, Cate Allen and Lia Joham were 11th in the 1,000 and 300, respectively. Allen also placed 10th in the 1,600.

I’ll be at Ludlowe at Trumbull boys basketball tonight, then St. Joseph at Warde boys on Wednesday. Beyond that depends on the playoffs.

Have a great week.

Pat Pickens is the sports editor of the Fairfield Citizen, a Hearst Connecticut Newspaper organization. Follow him on Twitter here.

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Here is the most recent edition of the Fairfield Sports Cafe podcast.

In this week’s edition, I recap Fairfield Warde’s girls basketball team’s loss in the unofficial FCIAC play-in game, preview the FCIAC and SWC girls basketball tournament, breakdown the SCC and SWC boys basketball playoff scenarios and also discuss ND-Fairfield’s state qualifying and full-time head coaching announcement.

I’ll be at ND-Fairfield’s first round SWC girls basketball tournament game on Saturday at 5 p.m., so look for updates coming on that.

If you have questions, comments, concerns or anything else, feel free to email me at ppickens@bcnnew.com or get the conversation started with me on Twitter.

Have a great weekend.

Pat Pickens is the sports editor of the Fairfield Citizen, a Hearst Connecticut Newspaper organization. Follow him on Twitter here.

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Just when I thought ND’s hockey team was coming on and Prep’s was due for a loss.

Christian Abraham/Notre Dame-Fairfield wasn't happy with some of the penalties that was called against Fairfield Prep on Saturday.

It wasn’t unreasonable to consider. Jesuits were coming off a narrow, 2-1 win over North Haven. The Lancers had won four straight, and were knocking on the door of the Division I playoffs. A 1 p.m. start could’ve set the stage for Prep to sleepwalk.

Except one problem. Prep wasn’t going to sleepwalk through two Senior Days in a row.

The Jesuits scored on four power plays, en route to an 8-1 win over their in-town rival, ND. You can read my full story for more on that.

Prep’s power play is officially running at 38 percent, which is awfully impressive. ND interim coach Steve Heatherman has seen that dominance first hand this season, watching the Jesuits pop seven man-advantage tallies in the clubs’ two head-to-head contests. After the game, he couldn’t contain himself.

“The calls were terrible. A good official is consistent. So you’re consistently good or consistently bad. But, I mean, you guys (myself and two other press members) were there. What did you think?” Heatherman said. ” I’ve been around hockey for many years, and at the college level, those guys know. Down here…they should understand the importance of it. I want the officials to let the boys decide the game.”

It’s fair to say that ND could’ve had more than the two power plays it was given, inconsistent is a good word to describe them, but “terrible” might be going a bit overboard. The loss to Prep snapped ND’s four-game win streak.

I said on Twitter, that Heatherman would likely be hearing from the CIAC because of those remarks. Whether he has or not, I don’t know, but he did have some nice things to say about Prep too.

“They’re a fabulous team,” Heatherman said. “If you give them in advantage, it’s hard to stop.”

The Jesuits lost to ND-West Haven on Senior Day a year ago, but weren’t going to let lightning strike twice.

“Last year on senior day we got beat,” Prep coach Matt Sather said. “Guys remembered that and made sure that it didn’t happen again.”

Sather said Matt Brophy’s return from a broken hand has been the key difference to Prep’s sizzling PP. Prep is clearly head and shoulders above every other team in the state, and it is due mostly to special teams and goaltending. Prep’s PK is working at 92 percent, and the Jesuits have only allowed 12 goals in their 12 games against Connecticut.

Not bad at all.

Connor Rog and his dad, Joe, after the Millrose Games on Saturday.

Speaking of Prep, Gatorade state cross country runner Connor Rog raced in the Millrose Games’ boys high school mile on Saturday night in New York.

Rog placed seventh out of the 12 runners in the mile. You can watch his race on YouTube, if you’re interested.

Rog told me during his signing day ceremony how excited he was to race in the Millrose Games. It’s certainly an honor, considering the event has been held since 1908, and The Armory is one of the most historic venues in tri-state area sports.

Warde’s girls and boys basketball teams are in position to reach the FCIAC playoffs.

Dave Danko’s girls squad won a key game, holding off Ridgefield 56-50 Friday night, which put the Mustangs in a tie for seventh place. If Warde splits its final two games, it’ll likely reach the FCIACs for the first time since 2009, the year the Mustangs won the whole thing.

The boys have games with Darien, Stamford, Greenwich and St. Joseph. Warde certainly could win three of those, and would finish 10-8 with tiebreakers over Greenwich and Stamford. I’m sure that would be enough to clinch at least the No. 8 seed.

Wrestling, track and gymnastics championships all were contested this weekend.

Prep finished fifth at SCC Wrestling. Warde and Ludlowe each finished in the top-5 at the FCIAC tournament, with the Mustangs placing second and Falcons coming in fifth. Good for both teams.

Ludlowe and Warde also placed in the top-five at FCIACs in gymnastics.

The Class L meet, featuring Fairfield Warde, was postponed due to the inclement (well, THREATENING) weather on Saturday. It will be contested on Monday in New Haven. Ludlowe’s girls  earned two points at LLs, thanks to Sydney Kay’s fifth-place finish in the 55-meter dash.

Prep’s Patrick Corona took third in the 1,000 on the boys side as the Jesuits finished 15th with 11 points.

Where I’ll be this week

Monday- Ridgefield at Ludlowe, girls basketball, 7
Tuesday- Prep at Shelton, boys basketball, 7
Wednesday- Ludlowe at McMahon, girls basketball, 5:30
Friday- Foran at Fairfield Prep, boys basketball, 7
Saturday- FCIAC or SWC Tournament girls basketball game, TBA

Pat Pickens is the sports editor of the Fairfield Citizen, a Hearst Connecticut Newspaper organization. Follow him on Twitter here.

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Here is the most recent edition of the Fairfield Sports Cafe.

Fairfield Warde offensive lineman Mike Money, center, signs his National Letter of Intent for Central Connecticut St., while flanked by his mom, Tricia; dad, Mike Sr., right, and head coach Duncan DellaVolpe.

In this edition, I talk about Mike Money’s signing for Central Connecticut State University, Warde, Prep, ND and Ludlowe’s suddenly hot boys basketball team, the maddening roller coaster ride the Fairfield co-op ice hockey team.

I also briefly preview Warde in the FCIAC wrestling meet and the Fairfield Prep vs. ND-Fairfield boys ice hockey team’s game on Saturday.

If you’d like to contact me, email me at ppickens@bcnnew.com.

Happy Friday and have a great weekend.

Pat Pickens is the sports editor of the Fairfield Citizen, a Hearst Connecticut Newspaper organization. Follow him on Twitter here.