Published on February 23rd, 2011
Frederick B. Lea, father of longtime Staples coach Jeff Lea, died last Friday. He was 95. Mr. Lea was a retired sales manager with Celanese Coatings. A resident of Westwood, Mass. for 58 years, he and [&hellip... Read More →
Published on February 22nd, 2011
Jordan Schur ’01 — a key defender on Staples’ 2000 state semifinalist squad, who went on to a stellar basketball career at Union College — is engaged to Karen Kruger. Jordan proposed to Karen this past [&hellip... Read More →
Published on February 19th, 2011
Camp Laurel needs a head soccer coach. The Maine children’s summer camp — known for its superb staff and excellent facilities — is directed by Jem Sollinger ’88. Prior high school and/or college coaching is a [&hellip... Read More →
Published on February 15th, 2011
A senior and sophomore soccer player helped set records at Saturday’s state LL indoor track championship, at Hillhouse High School. Sean Gallagher was part of of the meet record-setting 4×400 relay. Last fall’s soccer captain joined with Jonathan [&hellip... Read More →
Published on February 12th, 2011
Staples hosted a 4-team futsal tournament this afternoon, for current and graduating high school-age players. Three Norwalk teams, and 1 from Westport, competed in the gym. Andres Torres scored the only goal in the final. Norwalk’s [&hellip... Read More →
Published on February 10th, 2011
The 2010 game results have been added to StaplesSoccer.com. Click on the “Stats” link at the top of the home page — then dive in to 52 years of Staples soccer. Use the “Advanced Search” bar [&hellip... Read More →
Published on February 3rd, 2011
It’s official: 4 Staples soccer seniors have signed letters of intent with Division I schools. Frankie Bergonzi (Colgate University), Greg Gudis (Columbia University) and Brendan Lesch (University of Notre Dame) enjoyed a photo opportunity and interview [&hellip... Read More →
Published on January 28th, 2011
Continuing their long tradition of seeking out the best competition in the state, Staples has added Bunnell to its pre-season schedule. Like the Wreckers, the Stratford school fell in the state finals last fall. New Canaan [&hellip... Read More →
Published on January 17th, 2011
Nicky Hoberman ’07 capped off his Union College career with a selection to the 13-member All-ECAC Division III team. The nation’s largest athletic and conference, it includes 300 colleges from Maine to North Carolina and Illinois. [&hellip... Read More →
Published on January 14th, 2011
Thanks to the efforts of Taylor McNair, Max Hoberman and Kyle Hoberman, a few dozen Mercy Learning Center mothers and their children will have a warmer winter. When the 3 juniors heard that Dr. Gerald Kuroghlian [&hellip... Read More →
Published on January 7th, 2011
Seven icons have been selected for the 13th annual induction ceremony of the Connecticut Soccer Hall of Fame — and 2 are Staples soccer alumni. Kyle Martino ’99 and Mike Noonan ’79 join 8 others already [&hellip... Read More →
Published on January 5th, 2011
Two years ago, as freshmen, Max Hoberman and Taylor McNair had Gerry Kuroghlian for English 1A. It was “Dr. K”‘s last year of teaching, after 42 years at Staples. The gifted instructor immediately began volunteering at [&hellip... Read More →
Published on January 2nd, 2011
Because of continued bad weather and conflicts with exams, the Westport Soccer Association has postponed U-18 and U-16 spring travel team tryouts to Sunday, Feb. 6. All high school students living in Westport are eligible to [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 30th, 2010
In the most competitive Loeffler Indoor Tournament ever, the oldest team staved off a fierce challenge from the 2006 squad — perennial contenders — and won in overtime, 2-1. Chris Mitchell ’91 — consensus MVP of [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 20th, 2010
Amos Magee grew up in Minnesota. The first he heard of Staples was at Wesleyan University, where his teammates on one of the Cardinals’ best teams ever were Peter “Ox” Doolittle ’88 and Ty Jagerson ’88. [&hellip... Read More →