There It Goes

UPDATE Staples senior Ben Casparius smashes a two-run homer in today’s first round 6-0 Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) tournament win over Cheshire at home. Earlier in the day, Ben was named Gatorade Connecticut Baseball Player of the Year, the first in the sport for a Staples player. He earlier was named Fairfield County Interscholastic Conference (FCIAC) Player of the Year. Going into today’s game, he was hitting .449, with 7 home runs and 26 RBIs in 21 games. As a pitcher he had a 3-2 record, with a 2.52 earned run average and 57 strikeouts in 33 1/3 innings. On Wednesday, Staples defeated FCIAC defending champion Wilton 3-0 at Wilton to move on to the quarter-finals on Saturday at 2 p.m. against Westhill in Stamford. Casparius pitched a three-hitter with 14 strikeouts. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Chris Greer for WestportNow.com