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Staples Scores and Standings: June 9
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For the second year, the season ended for the Staples' boys lacrosse team ended in the semifinals of the CIAC Class L state tournament.
The Wreckers (15-5) were held to a season low in goals Wednesday, falling 10-3 to Ridgefield, which will face Fairfield Prep in Saturday's state final.
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Kip Orban scored two goals and Joey Zelkowitz one for Staples. J.B. Breig had six saves for the Wreckers.
Last season, Staples lost to Fairfield Prep 9-8 in the semifinals.
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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.
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.
-- In boys tennis, top seed Daniel Hirschberg of Staples won his second straight CIAC Class LL state championship with a 6-3, 6-2 No. 2 seed Tyler Kratky of Greenwich on Wednesday at the Yale courts.
The win enabled Staples to tie Greenwich for the team competition with 23 points.
Staples' second-seeded tandem of Jake Hirschberg and Graham Hyman lost to top seeds John Petrini and Brandon Pomerance of Westhill 7-5, 6-0 in the doubles finals.
WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS
Boys lacrosse (at McMahon)
Ridgefield 10, Staples 3 (Class L, semifinals)
THURSDAY'S RESULTS
No games scheduled
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