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A Westport police car carrying longtime Staples running Coach Laddie Lawrence leads today’s 37th annual Thanksgiving Day Road Race as the frontrunners make their way along Greens Farms Road near New Creek Road in Westport. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

Thousands to Run in Turkey Day Trot

Thousands are expected to participate in today’s 37th annual Thanksgiving Day Road Race organized by the Pequot Running Club of Southport. The 5-mile race begins in Southport, continues through portions of Westport’s Greens Farms section, and ends in Southport. The race is now Connecticut’s second largest road race and last year included a record 5,300 entrants.The race begins at 8:15 a.m. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Pequot Running Club map

Sunday, November 23rd, 2014

12U Wreckers Blue Win 2nd Tournament in a Row

The Westport Wreckers 12U Blue Team won their second tournament in a row this weekend in Bloomfield. They played exceptionally well, going 5-0 and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 41-3 and finished their fall travel season with a record of 17-4. Pictured (l-r, top row) Rosali Pirone, Hannah Byrne, Ellie Doran, Head coach Louis Alfero, Lucy Kaplan, Choe Chaple, Coach Elise Stone, Aydan Moskowitz, Coach Rob Moskowitz, and Reilly Caldwell; (bottom row) Julia Grimes, Milei Wyatt, Sophia Alfero, Emily Stone, Kathryn Zanvettor, and Ali Green. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo

Wednesday, November 19th, 2014

Staples Seniors Sign Letters of Intent

Four senior athletes from Westport’s Staples High School today signed National Letters of Intent to attend Division I schools. Pictured (l-r) are North Woods, swimming, Loyola University; Peter Richards, golf, Lafayette University; Lucas Jackson, lacrosse, Loyola University, and Isaac Paparo, lacrosse, University of Massachusetts. The NLI is a binding agreement between an NCAA school and a student-athlete in which the student-athlete agrees to attend the school for one year and the school agrees to provide financial aid to the student-athlete. The NLI is voluntary and prospective student-athletes do not have to participate to play sports or receive financial aid. Signing an NLI essentially puts an end to the recruiting process since participating schools are prohibited from contacting a student-athlete who has already signed an NLI with another school. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo

Sunday, November 16th, 2014

Westport Fifth Graders in Lacrosse Win

Westport fifth graders playing for the Connecticut Chargers won the Blatant Lacrosse Fall Jam this weekend in Huntington, L.I. The Chargers defeated True Blue Lacrosse form Merrick, N.Y. 8-5 in the final game for a 4-1 record over the weekend. Pictured are (front row) Tyler Clark, Cody Sale, Aedan Kiniry, Riley Strube, Mark Symon, Mason Schaffer, and Carter Hall; (back row) Owen Wagner, Will Cooper, Charlie Howard, Marco Firmender, Ryan Thompson, Derek Sale, Will Heisler, Aidan Rodgers, and Henry Dodge. Also, Coaches Brandon Hall and Tony Kiniry. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo

Friday, November 14th, 2014

On Target as Staples Crushes Norwalk 45-12

Staples senior Jake Melnick gets set to receive a pass from quarterback Teddy Cogan and make a 31-yard touchdown run tonight as the Wreckers crushed Norwalk High 45-12 at Norwalk. In addition to his touchdown pass, Coogan ran for two touchdowns, while teammate Ethan Burger had two rushing touchdowns. It was the third straight win for the Wreckers (6-4) who will end the season against Greenwich on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27 at 10 a.m. at Greenwich. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Chris Greer for WestportNow.com

Wednesday, November 12th, 2014

Celebrating

The Staples High School Girls swim team celebrates tonight after taking second place at the Class LL state finals at Wesleyan University. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo

Sunday, November 9th, 2014

White Team Triumphant

The Westport Soccer Association U13 Boys White team won the U13 Southwest Division C championship today, defeating a previously unbeaten Bridgeport team 2-0. It was a hard-fought game, which was 1-0 until Westport scored a clinching goal in the final minute. The team finished the season 7-1-2. Pictured: (l-r, front row kneeling) William Sherts, Max Bowman, Samuel Liles, John Kuehndorf, Matthew Demeter, Reed Caney, Gary Lu and Lucas Dimyan; (back row) Coach Harrinson Agudelo Rios, Kyle Rotolo, Eleftherios Pendarakis, Luca Valadares (partially hidden), Ethan Gross, Justin Bernstein, Ben Clachko, Asst. Coach Jeff Clachko, Chris Chamberlain, Sean Dimick and Isaac Korus. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo

U13 Boys Soccer Team Wins Championship

The Westport Soccer Association’s U13 Boys Soccer team today defeated the Norwalk Warriors 1-0 at Westport’s Wakeman Field to win the Southwest CT A-Division championship. Pictured are (l-r, front row) Colin Corneck, Josh Dedomenico, Benny Feuer, Teddy O’Kane, Evan Siegel, Vignesh Kareddy, Ethan Lior, and Mathis De Vos; (back row) Coach Amar Bellara, Assistant Coach Alex Anvari, Sam Maged, Emerson Anvari, Andrew Lau, Lars Djuve, Tadeo Messenger, Drew Halperin, David Basich, Avi Shein, Chet Ellis, Nick Hein, Michael Lau, and Assistant Coach Neil O’Kane. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo

A Well Positioned Header Leads to Tourney Win

The Westport Soccer Association’s U13 Boys Soccer team today won the Southwest CT A-Division championship with a 1-0 win over the Norwalk Warriors at Westport’s Wakeman Field. The winning goal came from an inswinging corner kick by Emerson Anvari, saved by Norwalk’s goalkeeper, with Westport’s Tadeo Messenger (far right of photo) well positioned to head in the winning goal. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo