Staples Wreckers Boys Tennis

Team:
FCIAC Regular Season Western Division Champions 16-0
FCIAC Tournament Runner-up
CIAC CT LL State Tournament Champions
Overall Match Record 19-1

Individual:
Danny Hirschberg (Senior Co-Captain)
State LL Singles Champion
State Open Singles Champion
Staples Block “S” MVP
All-FCIAC First Team Singles
FCIAC MVP
All State (CT) Singles
CT State Player of the Year
All American

Jesse Heussner (Senior Co-Captain)
Staples Block “S” Sportsmanship

Graham Hyman (Junior)
All-FCIAC Honorable Mention Singles
State LL Doubles Runner-up
All State (CT) Doubles

Jake Hirschberg (Sophomore)
All-FCIAC Second Team Singles
State LL Doubles Runner-up
All State (CT) Doubles

Evan Davis (Junior)
All-FCIAC Second Team Doubles

Baxter Stein (Freshman)
All-FCIAC Second Team Doubles

CT State Open Singles Finals Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Danny Hirschberg (Staples) defeats Bradley Orban (Foran) 6-3, 6-3

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Congratulations to Danny:
2010 Class LL Singles Champion
2011 Class LL Singles Champion
2011 State Open Singles Champion
2010 and 2011 Undefeated Regular and Post Seasons

The 2011 Staple High School Season is officially now over.
Congratulations to the Players and Coach on a memorable 2011 Season!

Semifinals: Danny Hirschberg defeats Scott Rubenstein 6-0,6-0

Finals at Hamden High 3:30 Tuesday.

State Open Championships at Hamden High, June 12, 2011

Singles:
Round of 16: Danny Hirschberg def Gavin McNulty, Dairen 6-0, 6-0
Quarterfinals : Danny Hirschberg def Sam Flaxman, Avon 6-0, 6-0
Semifinals are Monday, 3:30pm at Hamden High School

Doubles:
Quarterfinals: Baxter Stein/Evan Davis def Saagar Sinha/Jason Sittambalam, Avon 6-4, 6-3
Semifinals: Baxter Stein/Evan Davis lost to Daniel Adajian/Reid Andren, Fairfield Ludlowe 2-6, 3-6

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16 Singles players and 8 Doubles teams (equally from Class S, M, L , LL) compete for State Open Championship in a single elimination format. Two-time State LL Champion Danny Hirschberg will compete for Staples in the singles beginning with a round of 16 at 1:30pm in Hamden, Sun. June 12, weather permitting. Jake Hirschberg and Graham Hyman qualified for doubles but are unable to play due to scheduling conflicts. They will be replaced by Baxter Stein and Evan Davis who will compete in the quarterfinals against Avon at 1:30pm in Hamden, June 12, weather permitting.

Schedules and results can be found on the CIAC website:

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Staples wins first team LL State Title since 1988 (Last won L Title in 2008):
Staples 24
Greenwich 23

Danny Hirschberg (Sr.) wins State Singles LL Title 6-3, 6-2.
Hirschberg also won LL title in 2010.

Jake Hirschberg (So.)/Graham Hyman (Jr.) were runner-up in State Doubles.

2011 Team Record 19-1 overall
FCIAC Tournament – 2nd Place
LL CIAC State Tournament – 1st Place

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State Finals at Yale Wed, June 8th 4pm
Yale outdoor courts are next to the Yale Bowl – GPS address:279 Derby Ave West Haven

Singles
#1 (Seed) Danny Hirschberg (Staples) defeated #4 Reid Risinger ( Glastonbury) 6-2, 6-1
faces #2 Tyler Kratky (Greenwich) in Finals

Doubles
#2 Jake Hirschberg/Graham Hyman (Staples) defeated #3 Daniel Grove/Tyler Hajjar (Cheshire) 6-0, 7-6 (7-4)
faces #1 John Petrini/Brendan Pomerance (Westhill) in Finals

Updated Team totals:
Greenwich 23 points
Staples 23 points
Glastonbury 15 points

(Additional point awarded by CIAC to Staples and other teams as a result of Westhill default)

If Staples wins singles, Staples win title.
If Staples wins only doubles, Staples and Greenwich will tie.
Staples last won LL States in 1988, last won L States in 2008.

Staples last won LL States in 1988, last won L States in 2008.

Finals at Yale Wed, June 8th at 4pm.

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Glastonbury (15)

Update from CIAC Officials: The semi-finals will be held at Yale today, Tuesday, 3:30pm. Here is the unoffical team standings through today, pending a CIAC ruling (no points from the default have been added nor subtracted).
1. Greenwich (22)
2. Staples (20)
3. Glastonbury (15)
4. Amity, Fairfield Prep, Hall, Ridgefield, Westhill (11)
5. Cheshire (10)

Semi Final Matches at 3:30 at Yale:
Singles
#1 (Seed) Danny Hirschberg (Staples) vs #4 Reid Risinger ( Glastonbury)
#6 Tommy Inouye (Danbury) vs #2 Tyler Kratky (Greenwich)

Doubles
#1 John Petrini/Brendan Pomerance (Westhill) vs #4 CJ Purse/Michael Grund (Greenwich)
#2 Jake Hirschberg/Graham Hyman (Staples) vs #3 Daniel Grove/Tyler Hajjar (Cheshire)

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Monday June 6th at Hall High, West Hartford

4th round singles:
Danny Hirschberg 6-0,6-0
Luke Foreman advanced by default

Quarterfinal doubles:
Stein/davis 1-6, 1-6
Hirschberg/Hyman 6-4,6-1

5th round singles:
Hirschberg 6-0,6-0
Foreman 0-6, 0-6

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