Published on November 18th, 2024
It was a day for Clemson orange. But there was plenty of Staples blue in Cary, North Carolina yesterday. The Tigers faced Wake Forest University, for the ACC championship. The local connections: — Clemson is coached [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 12th, 2024
One of Staples soccer’s best tradition returns! The Turkey Bowl — a decades-old ritual for all Staples alumni and current varsity players — will once again be played Thanksgiving morning, at 10 a.m. The site is the Wakeman [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 5th, 2024
A topsy-turvy year ended heartbreakingly for Staples this afternoon in Glastonbury. After a hard-fought first half, in which the #21-seeded Wreckers had the #5 Guardians on their heels for long stretches, the upstaters rode a goal [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 2nd, 2024
A 2-week layoff — perhaps the longest ever for the Staples boys soccer team before the state tournament — did not bother the Wreckers at all. The Wreckers exploded for 6 first-half goals today at Manchester, [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 29th, 2024
For Staples, the road to the state championship begins Saturday in Manchester. The Wreckers — 9-7-0, and ranked #21 in class “LL” (extra large schools) — travel upstate, to face the 9-4-3, #12 seeded Red Hawks. [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 21st, 2024
Congratulations, Mike Noonan! The 1979 Staples High School graduate — who won a state championship with the boys soccer team, then earned All-America honors at Middlebury College — has just picked up the 400th win of [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 19th, 2024
In what may be the quickest turnaround time in Staples boys soccer history, the Wreckers faced Harding today at noon. Just 18 hours after falling 1-0 in Ridgefield — a loss that dashed their FCIAC playoff [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 18th, 2024
Today’s match at Tiger Hollow felt like a post-season game. Staples needed a tie or victory to qualify for the FCIAC tournament. Ridgefield had to win. The best playoff games are one-goal affairs — nail-biters, with [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 16th, 2024
Today was a must-win match for the Staples boys soccer team. The Wreckers needed to win to stay in contention for an FCIAC playoff berth, going into Friday’s final regular season game at equally hungry Ridgefield. [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 10th, 2024
Cheered on by dozens of young Bridgeport fans from Staples boys soccer’s mentorship program — and sparked by 4 goals in the first 23 minutes — the Wreckers cruised to a 7-0 victory over St. Joseph [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 8th, 2024
The stakes were high tonight in Danbury, as the Wreckers and Hatters squared off in a match that began the final third of the FCIAC season. Host Danbury stood 1 point behind the visitors in the [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 6th, 2024
Russell Oost-Lievense honored his 16 12th graders today, at Staples Soccer’s annual Senior Day. Two have been 4-year varsity players. Others have made their way through the program. One joined this year, from the MLS Next [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 5th, 2024
Because of its very low scoring, in soccer — more than perhaps any other sport — the difference between a win and a loss often comes down to one opportunity. Today, Trumbull took advantage of their [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 4th, 2024
Staples Boys soccer’s two booster clubs are now one. For many years, parents formed one support group. Another — the Top of the Hill Team — was run by alumni. A united organization — Staples Boys [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 1st, 2024
Fairfield Ludlowe made the short trip to Wakeman Field today, with a sparkling 7-1-1 record. The only blemishes were an opening day 2-0 loss to Greenwich, and a 0-0 draw with Fairfield Warde last week. But [&hellip... Read More →