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Westport Scores and Standings: July 27

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After earning medalist honors on Monday, Longshore's Austin Alianello won two matches Tuesday to reach the semifinals in the annual Jay Borck junior tournament at the Aspetuck Valley Country Club in Redding.

Alianello defeated Nick Klokus of Richter Park, 2 and 1, and Garrett Stonehouse of Aspetuck Valley, 2 and 1.

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In Wednesday's semifinals, he faced Jacob Henry of Oak Hills. Henry advanced with a 4 and 2 win over Sam Schaffer of Longshore and a 2 and 1 victory over Joe Klokus of Richter Park.

In the other semifinal, Max Catucci of the Country Club of Fairfield took on Tyler Figgis of Miller River. The final is set for 1 p.m.

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In the girls semifinals, Faith Garcia of Fairchild Wheeler played Tori Radovic of Smith Richardson and Abbey Doskie of Tashua Knolls faced Sarah Ressler of Birchwood.

The girls final also is set for Wednesday afternoon.

Danbury's Frank Bensel carded his second straight 3-under 68 to take a two-shot lead after the second round of the 77th Connecticut Open at the Brooklawn County Club in Fairfield.

First-round David Pastore of Greenwich, who plays out of the E-Club in Fairfield. followed up a 66 with a 5-over 76 to fall to a tie for 12th at 142, six shots off the lead.

Greenwich's Daniel Balin, who plays out of Burning Tree,  continued his steady play with a 2-under 69, leaving him alone in fourth at 139.

Greenwich's Country Club's Jason Caron followed up a first-round 73 with a 67 to move into a tie for fifth with Wilton's Brian Murphy at 140. Pastore and Murphy are amateurs.

Among other local players, Shorehaven's Jerry Courville is tied for eighth at 141 (71-70) and Redding's Jim St. Pierre is deadlocked for 12th after his second straight 71.

Weston's Bernie D'Amato, another amateur, just missed the cut after his second straight 74. The top 40 low scores, plus ties, advanced to Wednesday's final round.

Other area players who made the cut were Stamford's Mike Ballo (145), Greenwich's Reed Howard (145), Fairfield's John Deigan (146).

Defending champion Kyle Gallo of Kensington, who is seeking a record fifth Connecticut Open title, shot a 69, but is still seven shots behind Bensel in a tie for 18th.

The final round gets under Wednesday at 8 p.m.

The seventh annual Connecticut Challenge bike ride is set for Saturday in Westport.

The race, which begins at 8 a.m. at the Fairfield County Hunt Club, helps raise funds for cancer survivors. Riders choose between 10, 25, 50, 75 and 100 mile rides.

The CT Challenge empowers cancer survivors to live longer, happier, healthier lives by creating and funding programs, offering credible resources, and building a community of support.  Since 2005, more than $5 million has been raised to benefit programs for cancer survivors.

For more information, call (203)-353-7690.

AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL STANDINGS

Team Record Points *Greenwich Sr 23-4-0 46 *Norwalk Sr 20-7-0 40 Trumbull Sr 18-9-0 36 Stamford Sr 15-12-0 30 Darien/NCSr 14-13-0 28 Wilton Sr 12-15-0 24 Bridgeport Sr 11-16-0 22 Fairfield Sr 11-16-0 22 Westport Sr 8-19-0 16 Ridgefield Sr
3-24-0 6 Team Record Points *Stamford Jr 20-6-0 40 Ridgefield Jr 20-7-0 40 Trumbull Jr 19-7-0 38 Norwalk Jr 15-11-0 30 Fairfield Jr
14-13-0 28 Darien/NCJr
13-13-0 26 Wilton Jr 11-15-0 22 Westport Jr 10-16-0 20 Greenwich Jr 9-17-0 18 Bridgeport Jr 0-26-0 0
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