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BOYS BASKETBALL: FOUR LEFT
Fairfield Prep (20-6) will play Ridgefield (21-3) in one semifinal and St. Joseph (Trumbull) (21-2) meets Glastonbury (18-7) in the other Tuesday in a Class LL tournament that has been full of surprises so far.

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Prep edged Xavier (Middletown) in the quarterfinals 61-59 after the Falcons stunned No. 1 seed Windsor in the second round 69-58. Ridgefield knocked off Naugatuck Valley power Holy Cross (Waterbury) 62-51, also in the second round.

In the Class L quarterfinals Monday, Lyman Hall (Wallingford) (19-5) defeated Berlin 51-42 to advance to the semifinals against top-seeded Northwest Catholic (West Hartford) (24-1), a 79-68 winner over Bassick (Bridgeport), on Wednesday.

The other L semi will feature New London (25-0), a 74-56 winner over Daniel Hand, against Maloney (Meriden) (24-1), a 47-45 winner over Kennedy (Waterbury).

In Class M, Career Magnet (New Haven) (23-2) and Enfield (20-3) square off in the one semifinal and Trinity Catholic (Stamford) (16-9) plays Notre Dame Catholic (Fairfield) (23-3) in the other Tuesday. In the Class S semis, St. Paul Catholic (Bristol) (20-5) meets Valley Regional (Deep River) (23-2), and Capital Prep (Hartford) (21-4) plays Greater Hartford Classical (Hartford) (22-3) on Wednesday.

GIRLS BASKETBALL: TITLES DECIDED THIS WEEKEND
Career Magnet (New Haven) and Mercy (Middletown) will meet for the Class LL championship either Friday or Saturday at Mohegan Sun Arena, where all the title games will be played.

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The Panthers (21-5) dominated Hall (West Hartford) 52-27, and Mercy (24-2) knocked off Glastonbury 64-47 in the semifinals Monday.

In Class L, two-time defending champion Hillhouse (New Haven) (24-2) advanced to the final with a dominating performance in a 58-34 victory over previously undefeated and No. 1 seed Bacon Academy (Colchester) (25-1) Friday. The Academics will meet Edwin O. Smith (Storrs) (23-3) for the championship either Friday or Saturday.

In Class S, the finalists are Shoreline Conference rivals Portland and Cromwell (20-3). And in Class M, Weaver (Hartford) (16-8) will play Windham (Willimantic) (21-3).

Paul Rosano, the former assistant sport editor of The Hartford Courant and sports editor of The New Haven Register, covers Connecticut for MaxPreps.com. He may be reached at pjrosano@cox.net.