Charlie Honig drives to the basket during Staples’ 72-35 win over St. Joseph on Monday. / Photos by Mark Sikorski

By Andy Hutchison

WESTPORT — The Staples High boys basketball team coasted to a 72-35 win Monday over visiting St. Joseph of Trumbull. 

Staples improved to 14-5 overall and 9-5 in FCIAC play.

Sam Clachko drained a trio of 3-pointers and led the way with 17 points. Ethan Cukier scored 11, Charlie Honig dropped in eight, and Cody Sale and Mason Tobias each scored seven. Caleb Smith added six, Chris Zajac had five and Adam Udell tacked on four.

Sam Clachko, setting up a play on offense, led the way with 17 points in Monday’s victory over visiting St. Joseph of Trumbull.

The Wreckers drained seven 3-pointers, with Cukier, Sale, Tobias and Ryland Noorily each connecting once from downtown.

Staples closes out the regular season when Darien visits at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22. 

The Wreckers are in sixth place in the conference standings as the season winds down.

Andy Hutchison has been covering school sports — including Staples athletics — as well as news and feature stories in Fairfield County, since the 1990s. Learn more about us here.

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