Tonight’s Staples High School varsity boys basketball game against Danbury will be televised live on the Staples Television Network (STN) cable channel 78 in Westport, video streamed on the Internet, and broadcast on WWPT-FM 90.3.

Coverage begins at 6:45 p.m. The coverage will be available at stn78.com and wwptfm.com.

Starting with next Friday’s girls game, WWPT and STN—the nationally honored student-run radio and television stations—will broadcast all Staples home boys and girls varsity basketball games on TV and radio, an announcement said.

STN debuted in September with coverage of a Wrecker home football game. (See WestportNow Sept. 26, 2009)

Westporter Trevor Harker (r), 12, a Bedford Middle School seventh grader, celebrates after winning first place with his teammates in their first race of the season at Pico Mountain in Killington, Vt.  Trevor has been on the Okemo ski racing team since fourth grade. He and his team train eight hours each weekend and participate in six races each season at Okemo and surrounding mountains. Trevor won first place in his age group and had the fastest time of all participating groups, which includes almost 200 racers. Trevor won a second award at this race for fastest boy. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo

Parents with children engaged in contact sports are invited to a training session on Saturday on the harmful effects of concussions and how to properly treat them.

The meeting will be held at 10:30 a.m. at Saugatuck Elementary School.

Sponsored by Westport PAL and conducted by the Sports Legacy Institute, the program will serve to certify PAL coaches and those from other organizations whose coaches have also been invited to participate. 

Organizations which would like to send coaches, contact Carmen Roda at (203)640-8085. For parents, no advance registration is necessary, and they are invited to attend at no charge. For further information, e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). 

The Staples High School championship varsity boys soccer team was among those honored tonight during a champions ceremony in the school gymnasium. The event substituted for a Parade of Champions on Westport’s Main Street which could not be arranged due to scheduling conflicts of the students. Also among those honored were the boys volleyball team, boys golf team, Staples Players, Inklings, WWPT, the robotics team, and the Moody’s winners. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dan Gelman for WestportNow.com

Westport’s Staples High School football team was among Staples students honored tonight in a mini Parade of Champions ceremony before the opening game of the boys varsity basketball season against Bridgeport Central, which Staples lost 83-38. The students were honored with commendations from the State of Connecticut as well as a proclamation from First Selectman Gordon F. Joseloff who declared today “Staples Champions Day” in Westport. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dan Gelman for WestportNow.com

UPDATE Westport First Selectman Gordon F. Joseloff announced today that the Town of Westport will honor Westport’s student champions on Dec. 16 in a special presentation during a boys varsity basketball game at Staples High School.

The Wrecker hoopsters will kick off their season at 7 p.m. in a game against Bridgeport Central and the special ceremony honoring soccer and football champions and other student achievers will be held before the game, Joseloff said. The ceremony originally had been set for halftime.

“We tried to schedule a ‘Parade of Champions,’” he said. “But we just couldn’t get it together because of scheduling problems at this busy time of year.”

He said honorees will include the Staples boys soccer team, led by Coach Dan Woog, and the varsity football team, led by Coach Marce Petroccio, as well as the boys volleyball team, the boys golf team, Staples Players, the robotics and debate teams that won competitions this year, as well as representatives from prize winners Inklings, Moodys, and WWPT-FM.

Game highlights of the Staples vs Cheshire Class LL championship game from the Connecticut Post. CTPost.com video by Sean Patrick Bowley