Highlights of today’s FCIAC championship game that saw Staples gain another comeback win, defeating rival Greenwich 37-21. Lynn U. Miller for WestportNow.com and contributed photos

First place finisher in today’s 34th edition of the Pequot Running Club annual five-mile Thanksgiving Day run was Cameron Marantz, 24, who completed the five-mile course in 25:25. Running in the Thanksgiving Day race for the third time, Marantz, a former Westporter, graduated from Staples High School in 2005 and Princeton in 2009 and now lives in Philadelphia. He said he finished in first place in the 2009 Pequot Thanksgiving Day race and did not enter the 2010 race. It was the third time he ran in this race. Staples High School junior Henry Wynne, 16, finished second in 26:08 and Luke McCambley, 22, of Westport finished third in 26:10. Click here for results. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Runners set out at 8:15 a.m. on the five-mile annual Turkey Trot through Fairfield and Westport. Winner Cameron Marantz (black top and bottom / mustache) is 4th from right. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Veteran Staples High School running coach Laddie Lawrence was on hand at the start of today’s Turkey Trot. He rode the route in a police car in front of the lead runner. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Cameron Marantz, 24, was all by himself in the lead today as he turned on to Westport’s New Creek Road from Greens Farms Road in the five-mile Turkey Trot. The 2005 Staples High School graduate finished in 25:25.  (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Helen Klisser During for WestportNow.com

Runners of all ages took part in today’s annual five-mile Turkey Trot from Southport, into Westport, and back to Southport. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

Top-seeded Glastonbury defeated the Staples girls soccer team 2-1 on penalty kicks today in the Class LL semifinals game in West Haven.

Staples, which ended the season with a 11-6-3 record, played in the Class LL semifinals for the first time in two decades. 

To get to the semis, they beat the SWC champions, New Milford 3-1, the No. 4-seeded, and last year’s state champions, Shelton 1-0, and the No. 5-seeded, last year’s runner up, Westhill 3-1.

Staples was 1-4 on penalty kicks today. Two misses went wide and the third hit the upper post.