Published on January 24th, 2021
Staples soccer fans know what George Smith can do on the soccer field. Now Inklings readers know what he does off it too. The school paper recently featured the senior’s musical talents. It described his 3-track, self-produced [&hellip... Read More →
Published on January 19th, 2021
The Westport Elite U-19 team is gearing up for spring. Kevin Fitzsimmons — the popular Elite coach, and well-respected head of Weston High School’s very strong program — returns for his 4th year. He’ll be joined [&hellip... Read More →
Published on January 3rd, 2021
For the 18th time in 20 years — and the 15th season in a row — the Staples boys soccer program has been honored with a national award for academic excellence. And they did it with [&hellip... Read More →
Published on January 2nd, 2021
Joan McCarthy — a decades-long Staples soccer superfan, and the only mother and grandmother of Wrecker state champion players — died December 23, in her Westport home of 72 years. She was 97 years old. Mrs. McCarthy [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 28th, 2020
US Naval Academy graduate and state champion/former captain Sean Gallagher ’11 transitioned out of the Marine Corps in May, after 5 years as an infantry officer. The Marines taught him how to handle adversity — and [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 16th, 2020
John Hendrickson — a longtime Staples soccer fan, and the father of Jon ’96 and Matt ’01 — died last month, after a struggle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 81. John could often be found on [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 11th, 2020
Fred Cantor ’71 is a man of many talents. A striker on 2 Wrecker state championship teams, and then a star at Yale University, he has been a lawyer, documentary filmmaker and off-Broadway producer. He wrote [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 9th, 2020
As a defender, Bruno Guiduli’s job is to keep opponents from scoring on Staples. But this winter, the junior is working at the other end of the field. He’s raising money and increasing awareness of TOPSoccer, [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 7th, 2020
It was a shortened season. Still, there were plenty of highlights. Sam Willis — this year’s videographer — captured many of them in his great end-of-year reel. Click here for the highlight video. And Lori Pulichino [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 6th, 2020
For more than 6 decades, Staples soccer coaches have urged their players to do what no other team has done. The 2020 squad certainly had a season like no other. COVID-19 caused many changes: 3 weeks [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 21st, 2020
With COVID making the college experience uncertain, Emerson Anvari ’20 decided to defer admission to Lafayette College for a year. Instead, last year’s Alumni Award winner joined the Staples High School soccer staff, assisting Reilly Lynch [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 13th, 2020
The coronavirus has claimed another victim. The Turkey Bowl — a decades-long Thanksgiving morning tradition — will not be played this year. As COVID cases rise both nationally and locally, Westport’s Parks & Recreation Department has [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 8th, 2020
In a year of restrictions and changed traditions, it goes without saying that Senior Day was different too. The Wreckers lost 2 end-of-the-season home matches due to opponents’ quarantines. So Senior Day was moved to Sunday, [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 4th, 2020
The Wreckers missed their 2 regular season matches with Brien McMahon this year. They scrimmaged during pre-season. But the Senators were on COVID quarantine during their scheduled back-to-back contests last month. They came off their layoff [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 2nd, 2020
The Central Division playoffs have been announced. Staples — the #2 seed — hosts Brien McMahon this Wednesday (November 4) at Loeffler Field. Kickoff is 3 p.m., at home. The action will be livestreamed, at http://vimeo.com/event/321995. [&hellip... Read More →