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	<title>The Fair Field &#187; Pat Pickens</title>
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		<title>Four teams left</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/pickens/2013/03/11/four-teams-left/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Pickens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two hockey teams, and one apiece in girls and boys basketball, remain alive for state championship contention. No. 2 Notre Dame-Fairfield&#8217;s girls will meet third-seeded Haddam-Killingworth Monday at Sheehan HS in Wallingford. The Lancers 22-4&#8211; 22-2 against without the name &#8220;Lauralton&#8221;&#8211; and are one win from their first state-title game since 2007. No. 13 Fairfield<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/pickens/2013/03/11/four-teams-left/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Three hockey teams still alive&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/pickens/2013/03/06/three-hockey-teams-still-alive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Pickens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; At least for the time being. Fairfield Prep has a Division I bye until Saturday&#8211; the Jesuits will play either Glastonbury or Hamden&#8211; and Fairfield co-op claimed an impressive 3-2 upset of Watertown-Pomperaug on Tuesday evening. Fairfield will now venture to Branford, Ingalls Rink Friday, for the Division II quarters. Fairfield will play at<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/pickens/2013/03/06/three-hockey-teams-still-alive/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>State tournament boys basketball schedule</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/pickens/2013/02/27/state-tournament-basketball-schedule/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Pickens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Released today were the boys basketball state tournament pairings. Below are the matchups involving Fairfield. Monday Class M No. 25 Hyde at No. 8 ND-Fairfield, 7 Tuesday Class L No. 29 Fairfield Ludlowe at No. 4 Wilbur Cross, 7:45 Wednesday Class LL No. 17 Newington/No. 16 Kennedy at No. 1 Fairfield Prep, 7 Pat Pickens<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/pickens/2013/02/27/state-tournament-basketball-schedule/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>This week&#8217;s schedule (and more!)</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/pickens/2013/02/25/this-weeks-schedule-and-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Pickens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Playoff season is in full swing, so here are your up-to-the-minute basketball and hockey schedules involving Fairfield. Monday Boys Basketball SCC semifinals Wilbur Cross vs. Fairfield Prep at East Haven, 6 Boys Ice Hockey East Haven at Prep, 6 Tuesday Boys Basketball SWC Semifinals ND-Fairfield vs. Bethel at Newtown, 6 SCC Final at Quinnipiac, 7:30<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/pickens/2013/02/25/this-weeks-schedule-and-more/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Five years ago today&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/pickens/2013/02/18/five-years-ago-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Pickens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Five years ago was also Presidents&#8217; Day. I remember because I deemed it odd that the Fairfield Citizen would be open on a major federal holiday.﻿ I sure was naive back then. Five years ago, Feb. 18, 2008, I started as the sports editor of the Fairfield Citizen, and I haven&#8217;t stopped since. A lot<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/pickens/2013/02/18/five-years-ago-today/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Impressive slate of games for Wednesday</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/pickens/2013/02/13/impressive-slate-of-games-for-wednesday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Pickens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After five days without high school contests, a full slate of Fairfield athletic events returns tonight. No disrespect to the Notre Dame girls basketball team&#8211; who played, and won on Tuesday against Brookfield&#8211; but school and games both re-started Wednesday in Fairfield. And what a slate of games there are in Fairfield on Wednesday. Prep<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/pickens/2013/02/13/impressive-slate-of-games-for-wednesday/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ludlowe sweeps Warde in basketball</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/pickens/2013/01/30/ludlowe-sweeps-warde-in-basketball/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Pickens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year&#8217;s hardwood series goes to Fairfield Ludlowe. The Falcons swept Tuesday night&#8217;s doubleheader with a pair of resounding defensive efforts. Ludlowe&#8217;s girls trumped rival Warde 53-42, and in the nightcap, the Falcons smothered the Mustangs 42-30. The games were dubbed the &#8220;Coaches vs. Cancer&#8221; games and were played in honor of the late Walter<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/pickens/2013/01/30/ludlowe-sweeps-warde-in-basketball/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ludlowe, Warde set to face off</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/pickens/2013/01/28/ludlowe-warde-set-to-face-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Pickens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday is, arguably, the biggest date on the Fairfield high school athletic calendar. Fairfield is a basketball town. There&#8217;s no two ways about it. And Tuesday night pits Fairfield&#8217;s two public high school teams against each other. Warde will trek across town to take on Ludlowe. The girls will serve as Tuesday&#8217;s appetizer at 6<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/pickens/2013/01/28/ludlowe-warde-set-to-face-off/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Musings: Co-op hockey is on fire</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/pickens/2013/01/25/friday-musings-co-op-hockey-is-on-fire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Pickens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s theme is the cold. Yet Fairfield co-op hockey is white-hot. The team is in the midst of a six-game streak it deems essential to its state playoff hopes. Fairfield, thus far, is 4-for-6. The co-op squad pitched back-to-back shutouts this week. Conor Scharlop and Kevin Robinson each deposited highlight-reel goals. Robinson&#8217;s line of<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/pickens/2013/01/25/friday-musings-co-op-hockey-is-on-fire/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Friday musings: Warde earns win</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/pickens/2013/01/18/friday-musings-warde-earns-win/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Pickens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even hours before its game against Brien McMahon, the Fairfield Warde boys basketball team got a win on Friday. The Mustangs, according to the Hartford Courant, gained a win thanks to a Harding forfeit. The Presidents fall to 2-7 after surrendering both Dec. 19&#8242;s win over Warde and Dec. 12&#8242;s opening-night victory over New Canaan.<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/pickens/2013/01/18/friday-musings-warde-earns-win/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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