Staples junior Ryan Burke is brought down by Greenwich’s Kyle Butler in today’s 30-28 Wrecker victory over the Cardinals. Staples improved to 11-0 on the season and Greenwich dropped to 7-3. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

The Staples Gridiron Club today inducted four new members into the Staples High School football Wall of Fame during a half time ceremony. They included Steve Root (2nd l), a guard and linebacker, 1981; Tom Garrity (waving), a receiver, 1985; Tom “Bo” Rietano (r), a fullback, 1983, and (missing) Tony Slez, honorary membership for his volunteer work for Staples football. Bill Chappa (l) of PAL accepted for Slez. Also pictured is Marty Lisevik (3rd l), Staples athletic director. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

The Staples cheerleaders, wearing special “Crush the Cards” jerseys, performed at today’s halftime to the delight of the packed Wrecker crowd. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com

Staples senior Matt Kelly takes off on an 86-yard touchdown run in the second quarter today against Greenwich while Cardinal players and fans don’t like what they see. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

Staples senior Matt Kelly hauls in a pass from Keith Gelman during second quarter action today against Greenwich. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

Staples senior Matt Kelly gets the Wreckers on the scoreboard with an 11-yard touhdown run in the first quarter. He also scored on first half touchdown runs of 2 yards and 86 yards. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

There was a fired up Wrecker crowd on hand for today’s seesaw battle against Greenwich. Mild temperatures in the upper 40s and mostly sunny skies made for easy watching. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) David Dreyfuss for WestportNow.com

The Madison Square Garden Network set up a Thanksgiving Day table at the sideline of today’s Staples-Greenwich with the fixings to go to the winning team. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

The Thanksgiving Day battle between varsity football FCIAC champion Staples High School of Westport and perennial rival Greenwich High School will begin at 10:30 a.m. instead of 10 a.m. as previously announced.

The game will be televised live on the MSG Varsity Network (channel 14) from the Staples High School field as well as on WWPT-FM 90.3 and the Staples Television Network (STN) channel 78.

In addition, there will be live video streaming of the telecast at www.stn78.com and www.wwptfm.com.

The Senior Day ceremony starts at 10 a.m. Fans are advised to arrive early to show their appreciation for this year’s seniors. The concession stand will open at 9 am. to serve breakfast.