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Westport Scores And Standings: Dec. 23
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Four football players were named to the CHSCA Class LL all-state team.
Earning the honor on offense was running back Joey Zelkowitz, who was joined on the squad by defensive backs James Frusciante and Nick Kelly and punter Jon Heil.
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Heil made a name for himself by rushing for an FCIAC-record 366 yards in the Wreckers' Class LL quarterfinal game against Ridgefield.
Staples finished the season with an 11-1 record, losing to top-ranked Xavier 42-7 in the Class LL state finals.
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Here is a list of the entire Class LL all-state team:
OFFENSE
OFFENSIVE LINE — Chris Simmons, Manchester; Jamie Horosko, Newtown; Zach Voytek, Trumbull; Serg Jean-Baptiste, Fairfield Prep
WIDE RECEIVERS – Sebastian Little, Cheshire; Andrew Isaacs, Manchester; Ian Duggen, Hall; Dan Hebert, Newtown
RUNNING BACKS — Joey Zelkowitz, Staples; Ervin Phillips, West Haven
QUARTERBACKS – Pat D’Amato, Xavier
KICKER — Matt Paola, Pomperaug
DEFENSE
DEFENSIVE LINE – Austin Kisling, New Milford; Audrey Fletcher, Hartford Public; Billy Weyrauch, Cheshire.
LINEBACKERS — Dan Palmer, Hartford Public; Jovan Santos-Knox, Xavier; Robert Rose, Shelton; Tyler Valenti, Pomperaug.
DEFENSIVE BACKS – James Frusciante, Staples; Chandler Foster, Stamford; Tim Dube, Hamden; Devin O’Reilly, Glastonbury; Nick Kelly, Staples.
PUNTER – Jon Heil, Staples
In additon, Staples was named the Connecticut Team of the Year by MSG Varsity, which released its all-Connecticut picks. Greenwich linebacker/fullback Shane Nastahowski was the Player of the Year and Norwalk's Sean Ireland the Coach of the Year. Here are MSG Varsity's picks:
FIRST TEAM
OFFENSE
QB Matt Milano, New Canaan, Sr., 6-3, 193
RB Brendan Lytton, Torrington, Sr. 5-10, 185,
RB Noel Thomas, St. Luke's Jr, 6-2, 185
WR Patrick Newton, New Canaan, Sr., 5-10, 180
WR Jawad Chisholm, Bunnell, Sr, 6-1, 170
TE Connor Kilbane, New Canaan, Sr, 6-2, 215
OL Jack Gibson, Staples, Sr, 6-0, 245
OL Serge Jean Baptiste, Fairfield Prep, Sr., 6-2, 277
OL Kalin Killinger, New Canaan, Sr, 6-3, 264
OL Mike Money, Fairfield Warde, Sr, 6-5, 290
OL Jackson Bennett, Barlow, Sr. 6-3, 224
K Collin Shapiro, New Canaan, Sr, 6-1, 182
DEFENSE
DL Pieter Hoets, Staples, Jr., 6-2, 220
DL Dylan Leeming, New Canaan, Sr., 6-4, 209
DL Zack O'Connor, McMahon, Sr., 5-11, 190
DL Brandon Williams, Bassick, Sr, 6-3, 237
LB Matt Corcoran, Stamford, Sr, 5-10, 205
LB Kevin Kearney, Staples, Jr., 6-1, 190
LB Kevin McDonough, New Canaan, Sr, 6-1, 220
LB Bobby Stringfellow, Norwalk, Sr, 6-0, 171
DB James Frusaiante, Staples, Jr., 6-0, 170
DB Peter Gesualdi, Darien, Sr., 5-11, 175
DB Nick Kelly, Staples, Jr, 6-2, 188
DB Delshawn Wilson, Norwalk, Sr., 6-1, 185
Second team
Offense
QB Bryan Boderick, Stamford
QB Bryan Castelot, Bunnell
QB Tyler Vallie, Amity
RB Nigel Beckford, Notre Dame-Fairfield
RB Joey Zelkowitz, Staples
WR Jared Vasquez, Bunnell
WR Derick Edwards, Norwalk
TE Gil Araujo, Norwalk
OL Kwasi Duodu, Bridgeport Central
OL Dennis Flanagan, Amity
OL Zach McNutt, Torrington
OL Brett O’Donnell, Darien
OL Patrick Whalen, Norwalk K: Robbie Wolf, Staples
Defense
DL Kwazee Rice, Norwalk
DL Matt D’Andrea, Darien
DL Adam Connolly, St. Luke’s
LB JJ Bivona, Bunnell
LB Connor Devane, Wilton
LB David Wolff, Warde
LB Kyle Camacho, Greenwich
DB Joey Anzalone, Norwalk
DB Sean Carroll, Wilton
DB Eric Ford, Watertown
DB Chandler Foster, Stamford
DB Joey Santoro, King
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The Staples-Weston-Shelton boys hockey team looks for a 3-0 start on Friday when the Wreckers face off against Watertown-Pomperaug at 5 p.m. at the Taft-Oden Rink.
Aaron Liu registered three goals Wednesday as the Staples-Weston-Shelton defeated Lyman Hall 6-1. Andrew Pfefferle, Wyatt Fern and Matt Weisgerber also scored for the Wreckers.
THURSDAY'S RESULTS
Wrestling
Danbury 76, Staples 3
FRIDAY'S SCHEDULE
Boys hockey
Staples-Weston-Shelton at Watertown-Pomperaug, 5 p.m., Taft-Oden Rink
BOYS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Danbury 2-0 3-0 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 Darien 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 Stamford 0-0 0 1-2-1 Trinity Catholic 0-0 0 1-3-0 Darien 0-0 0 1-2-0 Wilton 0-0 0 0-1-0 New Canaan 0-0 0 0-2-0 West Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record Trumbull 0-0 0 3-0-0 Staples 0-0 0 2-0-0 Norwalk-McMahon* 0-0 0 1-0-0 Fairfield Co-op 0-0 0 1-1-0 Greenwich 0-0 0 1-2-0 Westhill 0-0 0 0-2-0Girls Hockey
Teams FCIAC Record FCIAC Pts Overall Record New Canaan 3-0 6 5-0 Darien 2-0 4 3-0 Ridgefield 2-1 4 3-1 Greenwich 1-1 2 2-1 Staples/Trumbull
0-0 0 0-0 Wilton 0-1 0 0-2 Fairfield 0-2 0 1-3 Stamford 0-2 0 0-2
