Sports
Staples Scores and Standings: May 3
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The Staples' girls distance medley relay team of Ingrid Johnson, Courtney Mullen, Emily Hanrahan and Georgia Kursten finished second on Saturday in the Dan O'Grady relays with a school-record time of 12:56.90.
The Staples' boys finished first in the overall team competition with 68.33 points, beating out runnerup and host Danbury (63.50). The Wreckers' girls placed sixth with 32 points.
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In the boys' competition, Dean Hefnawy tied for first in the pole vault relay with a jump of 12 feet while Alex Lochoff and Aiden McConnell tied for sixth with leaps of 11 feet.
On the girls side, Lexie Schachne won the pole vault relay with a jump of 11 feet.
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Here are Staples' other top-five finishes:
Boys
fourth, distance medley, 10:55.60
second, 4x100 medley relay, 44.57
third, 4x800 relay, 8:46.55
first, 1. 1,600 sprint medley, 3:38.75
third, 4x400 medley relay, 3:33.61
second, 4x200 medley relay, 1:32.04
Girls
third, 4x100 medley relay, 52.95
fourth, 4x400 meter relay, 4:20.78
-- Despite losing twice last week, the Staples baseball team (8-2) dropped only one spot to No.4 in this wek's New Haven Register top-10 state poll.
Pomperaug (10-1) and St. Joseph (11-0) remained one-two, followed by Branford (9-2), Staples, Torrington (11-0), Notre Dame-West Haven (8-3), Berlin (8-1), Amity (8-3), Southington (6-2) and Xavier (7-3). Torrington and Berlin were not ranked last week.
MONDAY'S RESULTS
Softball
Staples at Harding
Baseball
Staples 14, Harding 0-- Erik Sawyer, Alex Bauer , Zack Levins and Chris Peer combined on a no-hitter for the Wreckers. James Frusciante, Ryan Burke and Tyler Jacobs homered for Staples.
Girls tennis
Staples 7, Norwalk 0
Boys tennis
Norwalk at Staples
Boys volleyball
Staples 3, Danbury 1
Girls golf
Darien 228, Staples 235
Boys golf
Staples 163, Darien 163
Girls track
Harding, Stamford at Staples
TUESDAY'S SCHEDULE
Girls lacrosse
Fairfield Ludlowe at Staples, 4 p.m.
Boys lacrosse
Staples at McMahon, 7 p.m.
Boys tennis
Staples at Weston, 3:30 p.m.
Girls golf
Danbury at Staples, 3 p.m. (Longshore)
Boys golf
Staples at Fairfield Ludlowe, 3:15 p.m. (Smith-Richardson)
Boys outdoor track
Harding, Stamford at Staples, 4 p.m.
STANDINGS
- Baseball
- Softball
- Boys Lacrosse
- Girls Lacrosse