The Staples boys varsity lost their regular season finale Wednesday night to Brien McMahon 69-59 to finish 15-5 overall and 12-5 in the FCIAC.

The JV team won 62-50 to finish 17-3 overall and 13-3 in the FCIAC. 

The FCIAC tournament begins Saturday at Fairfield High.  The seeds will be determined after the results of all of the final games are tabulated.

The Staples Wreckers beat the New Canaan Rams 65-59 in overtime tonight at New Canaan as sophomore Brian Levine scored 19 points and senior John Baumann had 17. 

Matt Cook also had 17 and Joe Forbes had 10 points in the win. It was the first time all year Staples had four players in double figures.

Staples improves to 15-4 overall and 12-4 in the FCIAC. 

The JV won by 22 (16-3) (13-3) and the Freshmen won by 9 (9-9 and 7-8).  The final game of the regular season is Wednesday at Brien McMahon in Norwalk.

The FCIAC tournament begins on Saturday at Fairfield High School. 

Depending on the results of the final day of games, Staples could be seeded anywhere from third to seventh.

The Staples boys varsity beat the Stamford Knights 73-61 tonight as John Baumann scored 38 and Joe Forbes had 24 points in the victory. 

Staples goes to 14-4 overall and 11-4 in the FCIAC. 

The JV team won 90-58 to go to 15-3 overall and 12-3 in the FCIAC. 

The Freshmen boys lost 66-54 to fall to 8-9 overall and 6-8 in the FCIAC. 

Next games are at New Canaan on Monday.

Staples beat Wilton 69-50 tonignt, clinching a berth in the FCIAC tournament.

Senior John Baumann scored a career-high 46 points and in the process became Staples’ all-time leading scorer, surpassing the record held for 25 years by Dom Calise

He now has 1,532 versus Calise’s old record of 1,525 set in 1979.

Baumann’s 46-point total was one point less than the record one game mark of 47 scored by Jerry Cizynski in 1981 and tied Mark Cizynski’s 46 in 1973.

The JV won and the freshmen lost. 

Staples is 13-4 overall and 10-4 in the FCIAC.

Next game is against Stamford at home on Wednesday.

In a hard fought contest, Staples upset Bridgeport Central tonight 68-64 to improve to 9-4 in the FCIAC and 12-4 overall.

The game was played on the Hilltoppers home court and saw Wrecker senior John Baumann score a game high 30 points.

Central, the defending Class LL champion,  falls to 13-2 overall and 11-2 in the FCIAC.  The JV squad also won, 74-64.

“Obviously it was a big win for us,” said Staples coach Jason Kirck.

“We wanted to make a statement and show the rest of the league that we can play high quality basketball and beat a good team. We showed that tonight.”

The Wreckers face Wilton on Monday at Staples in Senior Night.

The Staples boys varsity (11-4, 8-4) beat Trumbull 66-44 (3-12, 1-11) tonight while the JV team (12-3, 9-3) won 66-49. 

The freshmen won 56-51 (8-6, 6-5).

The next game is against Bridgeport Central at Central on Friday. Central was undefeated in the FCIAC before being upset by Fairfield tonight 53-51.

Bridgeport Central plays Ridgefield Wednesday night in a make up game before facing the Wreckers Friday night.

Staples beat Greenwich 76-53 tonight to extend its record 7-4 in the FCIAC and 10-4 overall while forward John Baumann became a McDonald’s All American finalist.

The 6-foot-7 senior, who has been recruited by Columbia University in the fall, had been selected in January as one of 2,500 finalists in the McDonald’s competition.

Since its inception in 1977, the McDonalds All American Boys Game has annually showcased the top 24 boys high school basketball players.

The 2004 McDonald’s All American Game will be held March 31 in Oklahoma City. The event marks the third annual girls game and 27th annual boys game.

The Staples boys varsity basketball team tonight beat the Westhill Vikings 75-60 to improve to 6-4 in the FCIAC and 9-4 overall.  They play Greenwich Friday at Staples.

Staples senior Jimmy Hughes, the all-time FCIAC scoring champion, today signed a letter of commitment to attend the University of Rhode Island. Hughes is the seventh Staples high school football player in Coach Marce Petroccio’s 11-year tenure who has gone on to play football at Division I colleges. The others are Mac DeVito (Temple), Charlie Emerson (Indiana), Sean Mulcahy (UConn),  Dave Kashetta (BC), and Charlie Stephens and Jessie Becker (Wagner). Hughes and Petroccio are shown together after the Nov. 27 win over Fairfield. University of Rhode Island head coach Tim Stowers said Hughes was one of 20 players signing letters of intent to play for the Rhody Rams. Leonard Samela/Staplesfootball.com photo

The Norwalk Bears hung on to beat the Wreckers 70-64 Tuesday night to go 12-1 overall and 9-1 in the FCIAC.

Norwark, playiung at home, started off fast, scoring virtually at will to lead at the half 44-28. 

Staples stormed back in the third and fourth quarters to tie the game at 58 with four minutes left but was unable to close it out. 

Staples is 8-4 overall and 5-4 in the FCIA.  The Wreckers play Westhill at home on Thursday at 7 p.m.