Sam Clachko scored 12 points for Staples in a 70-59 loss to St. Bernard on Monday. / Photo by Mark Sikorski
Staples’ Mason Tobias makes a pass during early-season action. Tobias logged 12 points during Monday’s game against St. Bernard. / Photo by Andy Hutchison

By Andy Hutchison

WESTPORT — The Staples High boys basketball team lost 70-59 to non-conference opponent St. Bernard of Uncasville at home Monday.

Sam Clachko and Mason Tobias scored a dozen points apiece. Adam Udell scored nine and Austin Heyer contributed five points.

The Wreckers, whose Tuesday game was postponed by the snowstorm, will now host FCIAC rival Norwalk at 7 p.m. Thursday. (Game schedules are subject to change; click for the latest CIAC updates.) Andy Hutchison has been covering school sports — including Staples athletics — as well as news and feature stories in Fairfield County, since the 1990s.

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