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The boys hockey team is ranked 10th in the Hockey Night In Boston preseason Division I Connecticut state rankings.
The Blue Wave is now coached by Chris Gerwig, the former mentor at Trinity Catholic who is taking over for Larry Vieira, Darien's coach for the previous two seasons.
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Darien is coming off an up-and-down 11-11-1 season that ended with an overtime loss to eventual Division I state champion Fairfield Prep in the first round of the state tournament.
Darien opens its 2011-12 season on Wednesday at Hamden.
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DIVISION 1
Ranking Team 2010-2011 Record How they finished up 1 Fairfield Prep 21-3-0 Won 2011 D1 State Championship 2 Hamden 13-7-1 Lost in D1 State Playoffs, Round 2 (Fairfield Prep, 5-2) 3 Notre Dame-West Haven 12-8-0 Lost in D1 State Playoffs, Round 1 (Glastonbury) 4 Ridgefield 17-6-1 Lost in D1 State Playoffs, Round 2 (St. Joseph, 3-2) 5 St. Joseph 21-6-0 Lost in D1 State Finals (Fairfield Prep, 5-0) 6 Xavier 14-8-0 Lost in D1 State Playoffs, Round 2 (South Windsor, 1-0) 7 New Canaan 25-1-0 Lost in D1 State Playoffs, Round 3 (St. Joseph, 6-5) 8 South Windsor 19-5-0 Lost in D1 State Playoffs, Round 3 (Fairfield Prep, 4-1) 9 Glastonbury 16-5-2 Lost in D1 State Playoffs, Round 2 (New Canaan, 3-1) 10 Darien 11-11-1 Lost in D1 State Playoffs, Round 1 (Fairfield Prep)DIVISION 2
NOTE: They skated last season as Windsor/Avon/East Granby 3 Hand 12-11-1 Lost in D2 State Playoffs, Round 2 (Cheshire, 2-1) 4 Branford 8-13-0 Did not qualify 5 Trumbull 11-10-1 Lost in D2 State Playoffs, Round 3 (Guilford, 4-2) 6 Wilton 12-10-1 Lost in D2 State Playoffs, Round 3 (Cheshire, 2-1 OT) 7 East Catholic 13-9-0 Lost in D2 State Playoffs, Round 2 (Wilton, 2-1) 8 Fairfield 9-12-0 Lost in D2 State Playoffs, Round 1 (9 Suffield/Granby/Windsor Locks, 2-1 2OT) 9 Stamford 7-12-0 Did not qualify 10 Westhill 8-13-0 Lost in D2 State Playoffs, Round 2 (Trumbull, 5-4 OT)
DIVISION 3
Ranking Team 2010-2011 Record How they finished up 1 Northwest Catholic 11-10-2 Lost in D3 State Playoffs, Round 3 (Watertown/Pomperaug, 5-0) 2 Brookfield/Bethel/Danbury 17-6-0 Lost in D3 State Playoffs, Round 2 (Northwest Catholic, 5-2) 3 Newington/Berlin 15-7-1 Lost in D3 State Playoffs, Round 2 (Watertown/Pomperaug, 4-2) 4 St. Bernard/NFA/Bacon Academy 13-9-0 Lost in D3 State Playoffs, Round 2 (Staples/Weston/Shelton, 4-3 OT) 5 Rocky Hill/RHAM/Middletown 10-11-0 Lost in D3 State Playoffs, Round 1 (Newtown, 4-3) 6 Rockville/Manchester 12-9-0 Lost in D3 State Playoffs, Round 1 (Northwest Catholic, 6-5 OT) 7 Hall/Southington 5-13-2 Did not qualify 8 Sheehan 8-13-0 Lost in D3 State Playoffs, Round 1 (Newington/Berlin, 7-2) 9 Bolton/Coventry/Lyman Memorial 4-16-0 Did not qualify 10 Housatonic/Northwestern/Wamogo 4-16-0 Did not qualify***
This Saturday, the Darien football teams are volunteering to help "Wreaths Across America" lay 500 Christmas wreaths on the graves of our fallen soldiers.
"Wreaths Across America" is a non profit organization that remembers, honors and teaches our children about the sacrifices made by veterans and their families to preserve our freedoms.
Its mission is carried out, in part, by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies on the second Saturday of December at Arlington Cemetery, as well as veterans' cemeteries and other locations in all 50 states and beyond.
Beginning at 8 a.m. on Saturday, the 2011 and the 2012 captains will meet at 209 West Avenue to load the Christmas wreaths on to the trucks. At 11:30 am, all player volunteers will arrive at Spring Grove Cemetery, 41 Hecker Avenue, for a brief ceremony and then help unload and place Christmas wreaths on the veterans' graves.
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The Darien girls basketball teams opens its season on Friday when the Blue Wave visits Fairfield Ludlowe in a 7 p.m. tip.
The Blue Wave is coming off a solid 11-9 season in which they qualified for the FCIAC playoffs. However, Darien was upset by Wilton, the team it beat out for the final FCIAC playoff spot, in the first round of the Class L state tournament.
Darien returns two of its leading scorers in center Meg Marren and guard-forward Katie Bushell, who both started as sophomores last season.
Marren led the team in scoring at 16.6 points per game and Bushell was third at 9.8.
The Blue Wave will miss team leader and sparkplug Nicole Buch, who contributed 12.6 points per outing last season.
THURSDAY'S RESULTS
No games scheduled
FRIDAY'S SCHEDULE
Girls basketball
Darien at Fairfield Ludlowe, 7 p.m.
Girls hockey
Darien at Glastonbury, 8:40 p.m.
SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE
No games scheduled
STANDINGS
BOYS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Westhill 0-0 0-0 Staples 0-0 0-0 Bridgeport Central 0-0 0-0 Danbury 0-0 0-0 Trumbull 0-0 0-0 Greenwich 0-0 0-0Central Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Ridgefield 0-0 0-0 Brien McMahon 0-0 0-0 Stamford 0-0 0-0 Harding 0-0 0-0 Fairfield-Ludlowe 0-0 0-0 Norwalk 0-0 0-0East Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
St. Joseph 0-0 0-0 Bassick 0-0 0-0 Trinity Catholic 0-0 0-0 Fairfield-Warde 0-0 0-0 New Canaan 0-0 0-0 Darien 0-0 0-0 Wilton 0-00-0
GIRLS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Staples 2-0 2-0 Trumbull 1-0 1-0 Danbury 1-0 1-0 Greenwich 1-0 1-0 Westhill 0-1 0-1 Bridgeport Central 0-1 0-1Central Division
Stamford 1-0 1-0 Norwalk 0-1 0-1 Ridgefield 0-1 0-1 Brien McMahon 0-1 0-1 Fairfield-Ludlowe 0-1 0-1 Harding 0-1 0-1East Division
New Canaan 1-0 1-0 Trinity Catholic 1-0 1-0 St. Joseph 1-0 1-0 Wilton 1-0 1-0 Darien 0-0 0-0 Fairfield-Warde 0-1 0-1 Bassick 0-20-2
BOYS HOCKEY
East Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record New Canaan 0-0 0 0-0-0 Ridgefield 0-0 0 0-0-0 St. Joseph 0-0 0 0-0-0 Darien 0-0 0 0-0-0 Wilton 0-0 0 0-0-0 Trinity Catholic 0-0 0 0-0-0 Stamford 0-0 0 0-0-0 West Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record Staples 0-0 0 0-0-0 Greenwich 0-0 0 0-0-0 Trumbull 0-0 0 0-0-0 Westhill 0-0 0 0-0-0 Fairfield co-op 0-0 0 0-0-0 Norwalk/McMahon 0-0 0 0-0-0
