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Fairfield Scores and Standings: Sept 5

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The Town of Fairfield has announced that it will honor its various Little League champions during a ceremony next Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. in the First Floor Conference Room in Independence Hall, 725 Old Post Road.

The Board of Selectman will issue certificates of congratulations to each team member, their managers and coaches at this special recognition ceremony.

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Among those honored will be Fairfield's 12-year-old softball team, which won the New England Regional championship at the Giamatti Little League Center in Bristol.

Also to be recognized are Fairfield's 11- and 12-year-old Little League state championship teams. The 12-year-old All-Stars reached the New England Regional semifinals and came within two games of a return trip to the Little League World Series.

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The Fairfield County Sports Commission recently announced its 2011 Sports Persons of the Year in each of the 15 communities the Commission serves.

The local sports honorees will be recognized at the annual Sports Night awards dinner, Monday, Oct. 17 at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich at 6 p.m.

In each of the 15 communities, a committee headed by a local town representative of the Commission, selected a Sports Person of the Year. Each winner was deemed to have had the most positive impact in their sports community from Aug. 2010-Aug. 2011.

The winner from Fairfield is Fairfied Prep cross county standout Connor Rog, who is beginning his senior year.

The Fairfield County Sports Commission is a 501c3 non-profit organization that is the one-stop resource for the sports community in the area, with a mission of promoting fitness and personal development through sports. The Commission, with the exception of the executive director, is an all-volunteer group that gives financial support and its resources back to its communities, primarily focused on the 110,000 school age youngsters it can reach with its fitness awareness education programs.

For more information concerning tickets and sponsorship opportunities for Sports Night, visit www.fairfieldcountysports.com or call 203-251-8481.

With a record of 13-3, the Fairfield Mariners have clinched the second seed for the upcoming playoffs in the Fairfield County Senior Men's Baseball League.

The Mariners finished one game behind regular-season champion Monroe Top Hats (14-2).

The top four teams advanced to the top pier playoffs while the fifth- through eighth-place teams vie for the Presidents Cup.

The Bridgeport Brewers (9-8) are currently third, followed by the Trumbull Titans (8-6). The New Canaan Cannons (8-9) are fifth and the Stamford Phillies (7-8) are sixth.

In play-in games on Saturday, the Phillies face the Brewers and the Cannons take on the Titans. The first round of the playoffs begin on Sunday.

Fairfield's James Blake was beaten by No. 5 seed David Ferrer of Spain in the second round of the U.S. Open on Friday. The loss ended Blake's streak of reaching at least the third round in his last six apperances in the tournament.

 

 

 

 

 

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