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Norwalk's Silas Redd Named Walter Camp Football Foundation CT Player of the Year
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Penn State sophomore tailback , a Norwalk native out of King Low Heywood School in Stamford, has been name the Walter Camp Football Foundation Connecticut Player of the Year.
Redd and the 2011 Walter Camp All-America team, will be honored at the organization's awards banquet on Saturday, January 14, 2012 at the Yale University Commons in New Haven.
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Redd is the first Nittany Lion to be selected Walter Camp's Connecticut Player of the Year. First presented in 1981, recipients of the honor in the past decade include: Dwight Freeney (Syracuse), Aaron Hernandez (Florida), Dan Orlovsky (UConn) and Kory Sheets (Purdue).
"We are pleased to announce Norwalk native Silas Redd as our Connecticut Player of the Year," Foundation president John Marks said. "Silas has been a consistent offensive threat for the Nittany Lions and we are honored to recognize him for his outstanding season."
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A second-team All-Big Ten honoree by the media and coaches, Redd finished the regular season with 1,188 rushing yards, good for No. 12 on Penn State's season list. He needs 49 yards in Penn State's TicketCity Bowl clash with No. 19 Houston to move into 10th place. Evan Royster (1,236 in 2008) and Curtis Enis (1,210 in 1996) rank No. 10 and 11.
A U.S. Army All-American for Coach Dan Gouin at King Low Heywood Thomas School, Redd is No. 4 in the Big Ten Conference at 99.0 ypg (1,188 yds, 5.2 avg.) with seven rushing touchdowns. He was limited by collarbone/sternum injury final three games of season but is expected to be 100 percent for the game with Houston.
Redd led all Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) players with 703 rushing yards in October, including five consecutive 100-yard games. He is the first Nittany Lion with five consecutive 100-yard games since All-American Curtis Enis in 1997. Redd gained career-high 164 yards on just 18 carries (9.1) in Penn State's 34-24 win at Northwestern on Oct. 22. He gained 137 yards on career-high 30 carries and scored the game-winning touchdown vs. Illinois one week later.
Redd has the Nittany Lions' two longest runs of the season, 42 yards, in wins at Northwestern and Ohio State.
In his first year as Penn State's starting tailback, Redd is the 12th different Penn State player to post 1,000 yards rushing in a season (20 times overall). The Nittany Lions have had a 1,000-yard rusher in each of the past seven seasons.
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Ra'Von Shular scored 19 points and Rasheen Thompson added 15 as the Norwalk boys basketball team defeated Fairfield Warde 66-51 on Tuesday.
Saeed Soulemane added 12 points for the Bears, who improved to 1-2.
Michael Wright scored 18 points and Joe Bartolomeo added 12 for the Mustangs, who slipped to 1-2.
Norwalk opened a 15-10 lead after the first quarter and built to advantage to 30-22 at the half.
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Brianna Gordon scored 15 points and Kelsey Cognetta added 14 as the Stamford girls basketball team remained unbeaten with a 53-23 victory over McMahon.
After building a 27-6 halftime lead, the Black Knights (5-0) turned the contest into a rout with a 27-1 run in the second half, when Cognetta scored 12 of her points.
Jazmine Taylor scored eight points to lead the Senators (2-3).
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Erica Cohens scored 17 points and Katie Schmidt added 16 as the Norwalk girls basketball team defeated Fairfield Warde 64-51 to earn its first win of the season.
The Bears improve to 1-3 while the Mustangs dropped to 1-4.
Brielle Lanese had 14 points and Katlyn McKenna added nine for Warde, which held a 29-25 halftime.
However, Norwalk outscored the Mustangs 39-22 into the second half. The Bears grabbed a 40-34 lead after the third period.
TUESDAY'S SCHEDULE
Boys basketball
Stamford 63, McMahon 54
Norwalk 66, Fairfield Warde 51
Girls basketball
Stamford 53, McMahon 23
Norwalk 64, Fairfield Warde 51
Wrestling
Fairfield Warde 78, McMahon 3
WEDNESDAY'S SCHEDULE
Boys hockey
Suffield-Grandby-Windsor Locks vs. Norwalk-McMahon, 8:40 p.m. at Darien Ice Arena
Boys swimming
Norwalk vs. Darien, 3:30 p.m., at Darien YMCA
STANDINGS
BOYS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Danbury 2-0 2-1 Bridgeport Central 2-1 2-1 Greenwich 2-1 2-1 Trumbull 2-1 2-1 Westhill 1-1 1-1 Staples 1-2 1-2Central Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Ridgefield 3-0 3-0 Norwalk 2-1 2-1 Fairfield Ludlowe 1-2 1-1 Stamford 1-2 1-2 Harding 0-3 0-3 McMahon 0-3 0-3East Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
St. Joseph 3-0 3-0 Bassick 3-0 3-0 Trinity Catholic 3-0 3-0 Fairfield-Warde 1-2 1-2 Wilton 0-2 0-2 New Canaan 0-3 0-3 Wilton 0-30-3
GIRLS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Trumbull 5-0 5-0 Danbury 4-0 4-0 Staples 4-1 4-1 Westhill 1-3 1-3 Greenwich 1-4 1-4 Bridgeport Central 0-50-5
Central Division
Stamford 5-0 5-0 Fairfield Ludlowe 3-2 3-2 Ridgefield 3-2 3-2 McMahon 2-3 2-3 Norwalk 1-3 1-3 Harding 0-5 0-5East Division
St. Joseph 4-1 4-1 Wilton 3-1 3-1 New Canaan 3-2 3-2 Trinity Catholic 3-2 3-2 Darien 2-2 2-2 Fairfield Warde 1-4 1-4 Bassick 0-50-5
BOYS HOCKEY
East Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record Ridgefield 0-0 0 1-1-0 St. Joseph 0-0 0 1-1-0 Trinity Catholic 0-0 0 1-1-0 Stamford 0-0 0 0-1-1 Wilton 0-0 0 0-0-0 New Canaan 0-0 0 0-1-0 Darien 0-0 0 0-2-0 West Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record Staples 0-0 0 1-0-0 Westhill 0-0 0 1-0-0 Fairfield Co-op 0-0 0 0-0-0 Trumbull 0-0 0 1-1-0 Noralk-McMahon 0-0 0 1-1-0 Greenwich 0-0 0 0-2-0Girls Hockey
Teams FCIAC Record FCIAC Pts Overall Record New Canaan 2-0 4 4-0 Ridgefield 2-0 4 3-0 Darien 1-0 2 2-0 Greenwich 1-1 2 2-1 Staples/Trumbull
0-0 0 0-0 Wilton 0-1 0 0-2 Fairfield 0-2 0 0-2 Stamford 0-2 0 0-2
