David Bernstein: suspended. Fairfield Police photo

Staples High School has suspended wrestling coach David Bernstein after he was arrested Saturday following a fight outside a Fairfield bar, The Hour of Norwalk reported.

Staples Athletic Director Marty Lisevick said Jesse Koproski, an assistant coach, will take over.

“He has been suspended pending the outcome of the investigation,” Lisevick said.

Bernstein, 27, of Fairfield, who also had an outstanding warrant in Bridgeport on a motor vehicle charge, was released after posting a $500 bond.

It was billed as the “Showdown at the Shore,” and when it was over at the P.A.L. ice rink at Westport’s Longshore Club Park tonight the combined Staples/Weston/Shelton ice hockey team had defeated Norwich Free Academy 5-1 in a non-conference game. According to Police Capt. Sam Arciola, P.A.L. president, “This is the first regular season hockey game the Staples Wreckers have ever played in an outdoor setting.” The Wreckers team improved to 4-2 on the season. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Three Westport skaters were part of the silver medal-winning Sprites Synchronized Skating team Saturday at the Terry Conners Open in Stamford. Samantha Paris, 9 (bottom row, 1st l), twin Sabrina (3rd row, 1st l), and Charlotte Carter, 11, (third row, 1st r) began their skating careers at the P.A.L. Ice Rink at Longshore Club Park. Samantha and Sabrina are fourth graders at Long Lots Elementary School while Charlotte is in the sixth grade at Bedford Middle School. According to United States Figure Skating Association, synchronized skating is one of the fastest-growing ice sports, and there is momentum to add it to the 2018 Olympic Games. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo

Staples junior placekicker Paul Tricarico tied a state record today by converting his 12th field goal of the season, this one for 21 yards. The Wreckers defeated the Greenwich Cardinals 38-21 to keep Greenwich out of the Class LL Tournament. Both teams ended the season with 7-4 records. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Chris Greer for WestportNow.com

Staples football defeated Greenwich 38-21 today at Greenwich.

The Wrecker win spoiled the Cardinals’ chance of making the FCIAC finals, payback for when Greenwich acted as spoiler a year ago when Staples needed a win to advance to the Class LL Tournament.

Greenwich went into today’s game, at times played in swirling snow showers, with a seven-game winning streak against the No. 9th-ranked Wreckers.

Staples and Greenwich end their season with identical 7-4 records.

Cameron Marantz, 27, of Philadelphia crosses the finish line today in an unofficial time of 24:10 in the 37th annual Thanksgiving Day Road Race organized by the Pequot Running Club of Southport. Marantz, a 2005 Staples High School graduate who ran for Coach Laddie Lawrence, said, “It’s about the seventh time I’ve run this race and finished first four or five times.”  Marantz, running for the Bryn Mawr Running Club, graduated Princeton in 2009 and went on to do graduate work at the University of Florida. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

The first female finisher in today’s 37th annual Thanksgiving Day Road Race was Kerri Lyons (r), 26, of Wilton, a biology researcher who graduated from Wilton High School in 2006 and Cornell in 2010. She finished the course in an unofficial time of 28:30. She said it was the first time she has run in this race. With her are Mary Dolan Zengo (l), 49, of Wilton, and Jamie Morgenstern, 26, of Pittsburgh. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Scenes from today’ 37th annual Thanksgiving Day Road Race organized by the Pequot Running Club of Southport. The 5-mile race made its way through Westport’s Greens Farms section before returning to the start line in Southport. Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com and WestportNow.com photos