For the second consecutive year, Westport’s Staples High School baseball team members are Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference (FCIAC) champs. The Wreckers edged Stamford Westhill 5-3 today in a game played under brilliant sunshine at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport. Jimmy Sikorski pitched a three-hit complete game while Jack Hennessy, with three hits today, won tournament MVP. Staples teammates rush on to the field following the final out. (CLICK TO ENLARGE WestportNow.com photo

Staples fans cheer at Bridgeport’s Harbor Yard today as the Wreckers clinched the FCIAC baseball title for the second consecutive year with a 5-3 win over Stamford Westhill. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

Staples junior Jack Hennessy is safe at third during a double steal today as the Wreckers scored three runs in the first inning of their 5-3 win over Stamford Westhill for an FCIAC title repeat. Hennessy was named the tourney’s most valuable player. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

The Staples Wreckers are in the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference (FCIAC) baseball finals again. A 3-0 victory today over Trumbull at Trumbull set up the 1 p.m. Sunday championship game against Stamford Westhill at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport. Last year, Staples gained its first baseball FCIAC title since 1985 with a 3-1 win over Westhill. David Speer pitched a complete game six-hitter with 10 strikeouts today with offensive help from Jack Hennessy (above), who had a homer, double and single. The baseball win followed Friday night’s clinching of the FCIAC volleyball title by the Wreckers. They edged Fairfield Co-Op 3-2 for their seventh straight FCIAC title and 10th overall. Pam Moss for WestportNow.com

A number of spring sports teams at Westport’s Staples High School are in the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference (FCIAC) tournaments this week and WWPT, the Staples student-run radio station at 90.3 FM, will be there.

If the weather permits, here is the anticipated broadcast schedule:

Today: FCIAC volleyball semifinals - Ridgefield at Staples 4 p.m.

Thursday: FCIAC baseball semifinals - Staples at Trumbull 8 p.m.

The Franklin family—Eric, Beth, Brett, 8, and Justin, 6—were among Westporters who today took the inaugural Metro-North direct train service from Westport to Yankee Stadium. The journey both ways is about an hour. The Franklins, who saw the Yankees edge the Phillies 5-4, said they learned about the service from a story on WestportNow. (See WestportNow May 19, 2009). (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

The Nevas family of Westport—Andy, Jodie, Zach, 8, and Chloe, 5 1/4—arrives at the new Metro-North Yankee Stadium Station today as the the railroad inaugurated direct service from Westport and other stations. Westporters had their choice of three trains to the game and three trains after the game. The Nevas family also cited WestportNow as their source for news of the new service. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Jerry Koosman, the former New York Mets pitcher who has made two Westport autograph signing appearances, pleaded guilty Friday before a federal judge in Madison, Wisc. to tax evasion charges. Koosman, who could face up to a year in prison and a $25,000 fine, neglected to pay federal income taxes for 2002, ‘03 and ‘04, defrauding the government out of as much as $90,000, prosecutors said. Koosman, who helped lead the 1969 Mets to a World Series title, maintained that he thought federal taxes applied only to federal workers, corporate employees and District of Columbia residents, court documents said. Koosman, shown during an April 2008 appearance at Legends of the Game on Post Road East, also did a similar session here in 2007. He will be sentenced on July 21. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com