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Staples Scores and Standings: June 8
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The Staples boys volleyball team will play for its fifth state championship in six years after defeating No. 2 seed Southington 23-25, 25-22, 25-11, 25-17 in the Class L semifinals on Tuesday.
While the Wreckers also defeated the Blue Knights in the regular season, Tuesday's win avenged a five-set loss to Southington in last year's state final that snapped the Wreckers' 101-match winning streak. The defeat also ended Staples' four-year reign as state champions.
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In Friday's final, which will be played at Fairfield Warde at 7 p.m, the third-seeded Wreckers (18-4) will face top seed Cheshire, which defeated Ridgefield in four games Tuesday in the other semifinal.
Danny Fishman had 55 saves against Southington.
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-- In boys tennis, top seed Daniel Hirschberg of Staples advanced to the finals of the CIAC Class LL state championship with a 6-2, 6-1 win over No. 4 seed Reid Risinger of Glastonbury.
Hirschberg, the reigning Class LL state champion, won his first four matches in the tournament by 6-0, 6-0 scores.
In Wednesday's final at the Yale University courts (3:30 p.m.), he will take on No. 2 seed Tyler Kratky of Greenwich, who defeated No. 6 seed Tom Inouye of Danbury, 6-1, 6-0, in the other semifinal.
Greenwich leads the team competition with 22 points, one ahead of Staples.
Staples' second-seeded tandem of Jake Hirschberg and Graham Hyman advanced to the Class LL doubles finals. They will face top seeds John Petrini and Brandon Pomerance of Westhill in the finals on Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Yale.
In the semifinals on Tuesday, Hirschberg and Hyman defeated Daniel Grove and Tyler Hajjar of Cheshire, the No. 3 seeds, 6-0, 7-6 (5).
TUESDAY'S RESULTS
Boys volleyball (at Shelton)
Staples 3, Southington 1 (23-25, 25-22, 25-11, 25-17) (Class L, semifinals)
WEDNESDAY'S SCHEDULE
Boys lacrosse (at McMahon)
Ridgefield 10, Staples 3 (Class L, semifinals)
STANDINGS
- Baseball
8-10 8-12 Ridgefield 7-11 9-11 Stamford 6-12 8-12 Harding 1-17 2-18 East Division FCIAC Record Overall Record St. Joseph* 16-2 19-3 New Canaan*
12-6 13-8 Fairfield Warde*
11-7 13-8 Wilton 11-7 13-7 Trinity Catholic 9-9 9-11 Darien 9-9 10-11
Bassick
*- clinched playoff spot
0-17 0-19- Softball
10-8 10-10 Trinity Catholic 4-14 4-16 Bassick 1-17 1-17
- Boys Lacrosse
8-3 12-5 Wilton* 7-3 12-6 Fairfield Ludlowe* 5-6 9-7 St. Joseph 4-6 8-8 Norwalk 1-8 8-8
Fairfield Warde
*-clinched playoff spot
0-10 1-14- Girls Lacrosse
