Published on April 22nd, 2010
“Manny’s Orphans” — the 1978 movie featuring dozens of Westport soccer players — has been uploaded to YouTube. The 8:53 clip (click here) includes the climactic game between the orphans of St. Mark’s, and the prep [&hellip... Read More →
Published on April 20th, 2010
Kyle Martino ’99 has made it to the World Cup. The former national team player will be part of ESPN’s 300-person coverage when the 2010 Cup kicks off in June. He’ll join TV veterans J.P. Dellacamera [&hellip... Read More →
Published on April 19th, 2010
A giant tag sale is planned for Saturday, June 12 (10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Staples High School parking lot). The beneficiaries are WWPT Wrecker Radio — the Staples station that broadcast many key soccer matches [&hellip... Read More →
Published on April 17th, 2010
Marc Selverstone ’80 — an associate professor at the University of Virginia — has won the 2010 Stuart L. Bernath Prize for his 1st book: Constructing the Monolith: The United States, Great Britain, and International Communism, [&hellip... Read More →
Published on April 11th, 2010
GFA hosts 5-v-5 fundraising tournament... Read More →
Published on April 10th, 2010
Matt Doran has given the Staples soccer program some great props. The Norwalk Hour sports editor — who has seen his share of high school sports — shines a nice light on last fall’s state championship [&hellip... Read More →
Published on March 29th, 2010
For the 4th year in a row, the Staples soccer team donated an item to the A Better Chance of Westport “Dream Event” auction: themselves. Whoever won the team arranges any kind of event — a [&hellip... Read More →
Published on March 29th, 2010
The sophomore ice hockey forward “might not have gotten the postseason accolades of his teammates,” the Hour said. However, his 18 goals and 29 assists gave the Staples-Weston co-op squad “one of the best one-two offensive [&hellip... Read More →
Published on March 21st, 2010
For the 2nd year, Staples varsity and middle school soccer players enjoyed a special March mentorship program. The Wreckers designed special afternoon sessions at Wakeman with 6 to 8 WSA and premier players, based on their [&hellip... Read More →
Published on March 20th, 2010
Kris Hrisovulos ’00 — a former soccer and tennis star at Staples — is the latest former Wrecker to join his alma mater’s coaching staff. He’ll head up the boys tennis team this spring, succeeding social [&hellip... Read More →
Published on March 20th, 2010
They said it couldn’t be done. But they don’t know Jack Hennessy. The captain of the state champion soccer team, state-level indoor track star and captain of the FCIAC-defending baseball team added another notch to his [&hellip... Read More →
Published on March 17th, 2010
Faced with tons of sand in the Compo Beach pavilion and showers, Westport Parks and Rec director Stuart McCarthy ’79 P’10 put out the call for high school volunteers. Soccer players Frankie Bergonzi, Connor Walsh, Ryan [&hellip... Read More →
Published on March 17th, 2010
The junior defender was cited for his basketball play. Frankie had 18 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists in Staples’ 101-71 loss to Windsor in the 1st round of the state LL tournament. “He led the [&hellip... Read More →
Published on March 16th, 2010
How bad was last weekend’s storm? Jordan Schur ’01 now lives in New York — but his parents, Alan and Karen, still live on South Maple Avenue. Here’s what the high winds and torrential rains did [&hellip... Read More →
Published on March 15th, 2010
The junior defender was part of a 4×400 team that roared to a 3:25.34 mark at the National Scholastic Indoor Championships at the Armory in New York. The quartet — also including juniors Raphael Ray and [&hellip... Read More →