Staples Swim & Diving Team Defeated By Ridgefield
Staples Wreckers swimming & diving team competing against the Ridgefield Tigers.
Staples swimmers lost a tough dual meet to perennial powerhouse Ridgefield Friday, 103-72.
Staples was hindered by the absence of some key swimmers recovering from Covid, but still managed some strong swims against some of the top swimmers in the state.
Juniors Riley Twiss and Peter Meehan led the Wreckers with wins in the 100 freestyle and 100 breaststroke, respectively. Both times were personal bests, and Riley's time would have set a pool record at the Staples pool. Twiss also was second in the 200 freestyle, one of the closest races of the day - he was just edged out by Ridgefield's Jack Clancy. Meehan who also won the 100 breaststroke against Norwalk on Wednesday, dropped an additional two seconds from that swim during his swim Friday.
Senior captain Brendan McGinley swam a personal best time in the 200 freestyle, taking 3rd, and notched another personal best in the 100 butterfly, finishing 5th. The Staples 200 & 400 freestyle relays of : Twiss, Jacob Lee, Josh Tanksley, and Andrew Berkowitz finished 2nd in both events, in very close races - barely getting touched out in the 200. Lee, another senior captain, was 3rd in the 50 freestyle, and Tanksley scored 4th place points in the 100 free.
Staples divers, who although they were uncontested as Ridgfeield had no divers competing, still dove well. Derek Amlicke, a sophomore won the event, and Brendan Corneck another sophomore was second with a personal best score of 191.95
Although the score favored Ridgefield, Coach Todd Gordon was pleased with his team's effort. "We've been putting in some hard practices over the last few weeks, and it's rewarding to see the boys swim the times they did while their bodies are tired. The progress of some of our younger and newer swimmers is encouraging, and bodes well for our championship meets at the end of the season."
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Morning Weather Report
Today
Sunny and cold, with a high near 17. Wind chill values between -10 and zero. North wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.
Tonight
Sunny, with a high near 31. Wind chill values between 5 and 15. Calm wind becoming east around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Tomorrow
Snow before 1am, then rain and snow between 1am and 2am, then rain after 2am. Temperature rising to around 38 by 5am. Breezy, with an east wind 8 to 13 mph increasing to 18 to 23 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.
Tomorrow Night
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear, with a low around 6. Wind chill values between zero and 5. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Westport Property Transfers: December 27th - 31st
Westport property transfers as reported by the Westport Town Clerk’s Office:
Total Conveyance Tax: $24,565.00
Total Sales: $9,826,000
Highest Transfer Price: 22 Coleytown Road: $3,310,000
Lowest Transfer Price: 6 Church Street North: $560,000
Transfers:
22 Coleytown Road: $3,310,000
34 Sturges Commons: $2,300,000
4 Sylvan Road South: $1,520,000
8 Ruta Court: $1,250,000
8 Spring Hill Road: $886,000
6 Church Street North: $560,000
Staples Announces Students of the Month
(L-R): Jackson Oliver, Maxwell Manchester, Sofia Santamaria, Alexa Anastasi, Mia Vindiola. Contributed photo
Timothy HeroldPrincipal Thomas has announced Staples High School's recipients for January Student of the Month:
Maxwell Manchester – Gr. 9
Timothy Herold – Gr. 10
Sofia Santamaria – Gr 10
Mia Vindiola – Gr. 11
Jackson Oliver – Gr. 11
Alexa Anastasi – Gr. 12
Jacob Yarish - Gr. 12
Jacob YarishThe Students of the Month award program recognizes students who help make Staples High School a welcoming place for their peers and teachers alike. They are the “glue” of the Staples community: the type of kind, cheerful, hard-working, trustworthy students that keep the high school together, making it the special place that it is.
Students of the month are nominated by their teachers, who are asked to think of those students who come to school regularly, are friendly to the staff and to fellow students, and make positive contributions in class as well as the Staples community. In short, these students are all-around good citizens of our school. Students of the Month are not necessarily star athletes, high honor students, or lead performers, and even if they are, this award recognizes the positive attitude they bring to school every day in making Staples High School a genial place in which to learn and teach