Staples LAX Crushes Wilton 9-1; Advance To FCIAC Semi-Finals
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Two-time defending state champion Staples Wreckers Boys Lacrosse were firing on all cylinders on Saturday facing the Warriors on their home field. The Wreckers not only had a balanced offensive attack, with seven players scoring goals, but defended their net in spectacular form, with goalie Josh Marcus allowing only one Wilton goal while coming up with 10 saves. The face-offs also told the story with the Wreckers prevailing on 13 out of 14.
Adam Udell and Charlie Clark reached scored one goal and 5 and 3 assists respectively. Adding one goal each were Cam Prior, Tyler DiMaio and Nick Weil. Both Tristan Schaefer and Hunter Pallai each added two additional goals.
The Wreckers take the field again in Wilton on Tuesday at 4:30 PM, facing top ranked New Canaan which is undefeated in league play after they dominated Fairfield Ludlow 13-1 on Friday.
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Enjoy Hot Coffee And Hotter Cars Saturday Morning At Interstate+Lakeland’s Westport Design Center
The Interstate+Lakeland Westport Design Center, 800 Post Road East, the area’s premier showroom for high end and luxury products for building or remodeling your dream home will be hosting “Cars & Coffee” at their Design Center on Saturday May 18th from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM.
The WDC staff has numerous auto enthusiasts who have partnered with the Ridgefield Motor Club and The Auto Spa of Fairfield to present some of Fairfield County’s finest classic, vintage and late model exotic automobiles for car aficionados and admirers. Some of the world’s most renowned brands will include Ferraris, Porsches, Lamborghinis and others will be on view. All are welcome to visit and enjoy coffee, espresso, craft beverages and pastries served by Caffé Bon’s mobile coffee house.
Guests are invited to also visit the Design Center and see some of the finest in luxury building products, specialty doors and windows and their huge selection of high end home design hardware and accessories.
Design Center Manager Frank Bowron said, “The dramatic way we display our products at the IDC is similar to what you might find on the showroom floor of a high-end auto dealer. Just like you'd need to take a car for a test drive, you'll need to visit the Westport IDC to imagine yourself in your new home.”
Touch-A-Truck Proves It; Kids Love Trucks!
With many folks observing that kids are spending much of their time on screens of one kind or another one thing became perfectly clear on Saturday at the the annual Westport Touch-A-Truck; Kids love trucks! And so do their parents.
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Hosted by the Westport Weston Cooperative Nursery School and held at the Imperial Lot, 50 Imperial Avenue, Westport, hundreds of visitors wandered through an impressive array of all manner of trucks including big rigs, dump trucks, and industrial cranes and other heavy equipment which were available for viewing from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Kids made a beeline to Westport’s Fire, Police and EMS vehicles as well as a State Police cruiser manned by Westporter Joey Bairaktaris (below right) who recently became a trooper with the Connecticut State Police.
One of the big attractions was the Roaming Railroad which took attendees for a ride throughout the vehicles and equipment on exhibit. The popularity is clear from the long line which appears in the photo above and below.
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Westport Animal Control Officer Peter V.K. Reid (bottom, left) brought a couple of pups rescued by him with the hope that a potential adopter might fall in love. One of the more popular stops on the tour was an ambulance belonging to Westport Volunteer Emergency Medial Service. Crew Chief Jaimie Bairaktaris shows a couple of fascinated kids some of the life-saving equipment he and his EMS colleagues regularly employ to treat patients when responding to EMS calls.
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Staples Boys Tennis Notch 7th Straight Victory; Defeat Trumbull 5-2
Wreckers Boys Tennis continues to burn up the courts with this seventh strait win. They faced the Trumbull Eagles on Thursday at home and the Wreckers won 2 of 4 singles matches and they defeated the Eagles in all three doubles matches.
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They are now 11-2 for the season after Saturday’s victory over Fairfield Warde and will face Danbury at home on Monday at 4:00PM. Junior Alex Cozzolino and Freshman Kieran Anand prevailed in their singles matches and Juniors Lucas Ceballos-Cala and Co-Captain Noah Wolff were defeated. Doubles matches were all Staples with wins by Mattie Guadarrama (Jr.) / Hayden Frey (Sr. Captain), Jared Even / Clint Graham (Sr.) and Aleko Vergakis (So.) / Shreyas Gorre ((Jr.)
Singles Scoring:
1. Justin Ilie (T) def. Noah Wolff (S) 6-3, 7-6 2. Dean Jackson (T) def. Lucas Ceballos-Cala (S) 7-6, 6-1
3. Alex Cozzolino (S) def. Peter Bahr (T) 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 4. Kieran Anand (S) def. Andre Esperitu (T) 6-1, 6-0
Doubles Scoring
1. Mattie Guadarrama / Hayden Frey (S) def. Neel Jakka / Johnnie Iacci (T) 6-0, 6-0 2. Jared Even / Clint Graham (S) def. Josh Jacob / Jackson Sanderson (T) 6-7, 7-6, 10-8 3. Aleko Vergakis / Shreyas Gorre (S) def. Rithik Gunda / Jason Orlick (T) 6-3, 6-4
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