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Westport Scores and Standings: Nov. 4
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The Staples boys soccer team is one game away from a four-peat.
The Wreckers will take on No. 2 Trumbull in the FCIAC finals on Friday at 7 p.m. at Fairfield Ludlowe.
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Staples (12-2-4) defeated New Canaan 1-0 on penalty kicks (3-2 penalty kicks) to reach the title game. Trumbull advanced with a 3-1 win over No. 3 seed Darien.
Max Hoberman, Ben Root and Steve Smith converted their penalty kicks, giving Staples a shot at its 28th FCIAC title and fourth in a row.
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In the history of the FCIAC, that feat has been accomplished only twice, both by Staples, which won six in a row from 1970-75 under the late Albie Loeffler and five consecutive from 1977-81.
Staples defeated Stamford 3-1 (25-13, 25-18, 23-25, 25-19) in the quarterfinals of the FCIAC girls volleyball playoffs Thursday.
Dani Kosinski had 46 assists, Anna Link 14 kills and Augustine Gradoux-Matt 13 kills for the Wreckers (17-2), who will face No. 2 seed Ridgefield in the semifinals on Friday at Fairfield Ludlowe at 5 p.m.
Darien and New Canaan meet in the second semifinal at 7 p.m. at Ludlowe.
Now in the driver's seat for a trip to the FCIAC championship, the Staples football team hosts Fairfield Warde on Saturday at 2 p.m.
Last week, the Wreckers improved to 6-0, exploding for 28 unanswered points in the third quarter to defeat Darien 42-23 in a battle of unbeatens.
Joey Zelkowitz rushed for nearly 200 yards in the snow, including a pair of 65-yard TD runs for Staples, which is on course to meet New Canaan in the Nov. 18 FCIAC title game at Trumbull's McDougall Stadium.
The Wreckers can get there with wins over Warde on Saturday and next week against winless Westhill.
Warde (4-3) is looking for a winning season under third-year coach Duncan Della Volpe and moved over .500 last week with a 28-6 victory over St. Josepph.
Even if the Mustangs can't knock off the Wreckers, a 6-4 record is still within reach as they finish with Wilton and winless Fairfield Ludlowe.
The Wreckers have to contend with Warde's powerful running back Devin Lofton, who has had two games over 200 yards this season.
The CIAC announcing Thursday it has postponed the start of its state tournaments to allow extra time for conferences to complete their own playoff tournaments.
State tournaments in soccer, field hockey, volleyball and swimming, scheduled to start on Monday, now will be begin Thursday. Pairings will be announced Wednesday.
Volleyball and field hockey state championship games now will take place Nov. 18-19. Girls and boys soccer championship games will be played the following weekend.
Fairfield County Football League playoff games involving Westport teams (most games were postponed last week):
SATURDAY
At Darien High School
11 a.m. -- Junior fifth grade - DJFL Blue vs. Westport South
At Romano field
10:30 a.m. Junior sixth grade -- Westport North vs. Westport South
12 p.m. -- Senior seventh grade -- Westport South vs. Wilton White
Sunday
At Fairfield Warde High School
1 p.m. -- Senior seventh grade -- Fairfield Blue vs, Westport North
At Tiger Hollow, Ridgefield
11 a.m. -- Bantam fourth grade -- RYF Orange vs. Westport North
At Romano Field
12:30 pm. -- Senior eighth grade -- Westport North vs. Fairfield Red
2 p.m. -- Bantam fourth grade -- Westport South vs. DJFL Wave
Wilton
at Wilton High School
1:30 p.m. Bantam third grade -- Wilton Blue vs. Westport North
THURSDAY'S RESULTS
Field hockey
Staples 1, Darien 0, FCIAC semifinals
Girls volleyball
Staples 3, Stamford 1 (25-13, 25-18, 23-25, 25-19), FCIAC quarterfinals
FRIDAY'S SCHEDULE
Boys soccer
Staples vs. Trumbull, 7 p.m., at Fairfield Ludlowe, FCIAC finals
Girls volleyball
Staples vs. Ridgefield, 5 p.m., at Fairfield Ludlowe, FCIAC semifinals
Girls swimming
FCIAC diving finals, 5 p.m., at Westhill
SATURDAY
Football
Fairfield Warde at Staples, 2 p.m.
Field hockey
Staples vs. Wilton, 4 p.m., at McMahon, FCIAC finals
Girls swimming
FCIAC final, at Greenwich, 4 p.m.
STANDINGS
- Football
FCIAC Points F/A Overall Record
Overall Points F/A Norwalk 6-1 196-106 6-1 196-106 Ridgefield 5-2 188-124 5-2 188-124 McMahon
3-4 200-145 3-4 200-145 Stamford 4-2 204-75 4-2 204-75 Harding
2-5
57-2002-5
FCIAC Points F/A Overall Record
Overall Points F/A New Canaan 7-0 253-109 7-0 253-109 Darien
6-1 201-136 6-1 201-136 Fairfield Warde
4-3 167-134 4-3 167-134 Wilton 3-4 219-192 3-4 219-192 Trinity Catholic 3-4 138-162 3-4 138-162 St. Joseph 1-6 88-210 1-6 88-210 Bassick 0-7 48-258 0-7 48-258
- Boys soccer
5-7-3 18 St. Joseph 2-11-3 9 Trinity Catholic 1-13-1 4
- Girls soccer
Field hockey
West DivisionFCIAC Record Points
Staples 7-2-3-1 18 Stamford 8-4-1-0 17 Greenwich 3-5-3-2 11 Westhill 5-7-1-0 11 Ridgefield 0-6-5-2 7 Danbury 3-10-0-0 6 Trumbull 0-12-1-0 1 East Division Darien 13-0-0-0 26 Wilton 11-2-0-0 22 Norwalk 10-2-1-0 21 New Canaan 8-4-1-0 17 Fairfield Ludlowe 5-6-1-1 12 McMahon 4-7-2-0 10 Fairfield Warde 3-6-3-1 10
Girls volleyball
West Division Record Staples 15-2 Greenwich 13-4* Danbury 12-6 Westhill 11-7 Trumbull 8-10 Bridgeport Central 1-16 Central Division Ridgefield 15-2* Stamford 12-6 Fairfield Ludlowe11-7 Brien McMahon 5-12* Norwalk 3-15 Harding 1-17 East Division Darien 18-0 New Canaan
14-4 Fairfield Warde 9-8* Trinity Catholic 7-11 St. Joseph
6-11 Wilton 5-13 Bassick 0-17
