SPB's High School Football

Matt McCloskey has been named head football coach at Fairfield Ludlowe, Athletic director Dave Schulz announced Tuesday.
McCloskey, a history teacher and the offensive coordinator at Law since 2004, takes over for Mike Forget who resigned after a second consecutive 1-9 season.
A Fairfield resident, McCloskey is a graduate of Western New England College in Springfield, Mass. He’s also served served as an assistant coach at Weston.
Ludlowe has gone 5-25 since returning as a varsity program in 2005.

Shelton baseball coach Ed Marocco died early this morning while recovering from emergency quadruple bypass surgery. He was 58.

A Shelton graduate and history and science teacher there since 1974, Marocco was in his 29th season as baseball coach. He was also the PA announcer for Shelton football for the last 30 years, a regular scorekeeper for Shelton’s boys and girls basketball teams, and part owner of B&B Batting Cages on Howe Ave. with former coach Joe Benanto.

Calling hours will be Sunday from 3-7 p.m. at Riverview Funeral Home on River Road in Shelton.
The funeral will be held Monday, 9 a.m. at the St. Margaret Mary Church on Long Hill Ave. in Shelton.

Shelton athletic director John Niski said the team’s next two games, Friday vs. Foran and Monday vs. Fairfield Prep will be postponed while the team, school and community tends to memorial services.

“He bled orange and black,” Niski said. “He really gave his entire life to Shelton and Shelton athletics, and to the town and to the Valley. He was well known and well loved throughout the Valley. He affected so many lives and helped formulate so many young people.
“He’s irreplaceable and Our hearts go out to his family, his numerous friends and acquaintances.”

Visit the Riverview Funeral Home website here for Eddie’s obituary.

The New Jersey roster for the Jewish Community Center’s Schoolboy/Schoolgirl Basketball Classic on April 12 has been set for almost a week. But, silly me, I didn’t post the names on this site until right now.

Here they are:

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For me, Wednesday stared with a warning: Bundle up. It’s cold and unbelievably windy out there today.

Ah. Must be the start of high school baseball season. April in Connecticut will never be confused with April in Palm Springs. We inexorably spend the majority of the first few weeks bundled up chin-down, hands buried and, typically, wondering if the rain will ever stop long enough to get a game.

In short, high school baseball weather stinks.

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