The Harlem Rockets basketball game, hosted by the Westport Police Athletic League (PAL), scheduled for tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Staples High School, has been postponed due to the snowstorm. A new date will be announced.

The 16th-ranked Staples boys basketball team lost to top-seeded New Britain 63-42 tonight at New Britain in a second round game of the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) state tournament.

New Britains Willie Wooten kept a tight defense on Staples all-time leading scorer John Baumann throughout the game. 

Baumann surfaced as the only consistent offensive threat for Staples (16-7) with 12 points in the first half. When the Columbia-bound forward delivered a three-pointer at the start of second half, Wooten got the call.

New Britain High boys basketball coach Stan Glowiak has a message and a request for the student body at the states biggest school as it prepares to meet WestportҒs Staples tonight, according to the New Britain Herald. STORY

After yet another controversial Westport project, the Staples High School football field finally has a new press box to go with its bleachers added last season. Stephen Rubin for WestportNow.com

Staples senior John Baumann dunks one in Tuesday night as Staples defeated archrival Fairfield 67-38 in the first round of the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) state tourney. Baumann scored 32 points and had 13 rebounds. The Wreckers advanced to the quarterfinals where they will face No. 1 New Britain at New Britain at 7 p.m. Thursday. See another photo on sports page. (CLICK PHOTO TO ENLARGE) Kerry Long for WestportNow.com

The 16th-ranked Staples boys basketball team defeated the 17th-ranked Fairfield Mustangs 67-38 tonight at home in the first game of the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) state tournament. 

Staples plays top-ranked New Britain in New Britain Thursday at 7 p.m.

Staples senior Reggie Yemma, 17, makes her way down the rough terrain in the 13th annual U.S. Extreme Freeskiing Championships in Crested Butte, Colo this weekend. Yemma came in a close third in the junior girls division. See story below. (CLICK PHOTO TO ENLARGE). Contributed photo

Westport’s Reggie Yemma placed third in this weekend’s 13th Annual U.S. Extreme Freeskiing Championships at Crested Butte, Colo.

Reggie Yemma poses with her mother, Eileen, at the end of her final Crested Butte race. Contributed photo

The 17-year-old Staples senior finished a very close third, less than a point behind the winner in the junior girls division. 

The event attracts some of the top big mountain freeskiers from across the world to Crested Butte for adrenaline-charged action held on the resort’s wildest terrain.

The two girls who got judged just ahead of her are both from Colorado ski towns. They skiied an area of the mountain Saturday that had not been skied in several years due to lack of snow. 

“She said it was so scary she nearly cried when she saw it for the first time for her practice run, but she’s quite gutsy and conquered it like a pro,” said Andy Yemma, Reggie’s father.

The FCIAC tournament got underway tonight with Staples losing to top-seeded Trinity Catholic 63-45 in a game played at Fairfield High.

Second ranked Bridgeport Central beat seventh-ranked McMahon, third-ranked Fairfield beat sixth-ranked Harding and fourth-ranked Norwalk beat fifth-ranked Danbury. 

The FCIACs continue Tuesday with Trinity Catholic playing Norwalk and Bridgeport Central playing Fairfield.

Staples next places in the CIAC state tournament which begins on March 9. Matchups and locations will be announced next week.

The Staples boys 500th swim meet Wednesday (they lost to Darien 112-74) was the occasion for a reunion of former Staples swimmers. Among them ( l to r): Mike Laux, Matt Johnson, one of the team’s original three coaches, Rich Rollins, now a Bedford Middle School math teacher, retiring this June, who coached both Staples boys and girls for more than 25 years—not at the same time, Joe Brophy; Mike Krein; Rob Nathan; and Jake Gulick, who was team captain in 1977. Bob Knoebel is partially hiden. Emily Laux Roche for WestportNow.com