Published on January 4th, 2010
Mike Noonan ’79 — who won 8 Ivy League championships in 14 years at Brown University — is the new men’s soccer coach at Clemson University. The South Carolina school made the announcement today. As a [&hellip... Read More →
Published on January 3rd, 2010
The winter indoor program starts Sunday, January 10. All high school age boys are welcome to play at Bedford Middle School every Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. As he did last year, Jim Wolf [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 31st, 2009
Staples’ annual indoor tournament drew over 40 alumni, current players and friends — and raised $879 for the Loeffler Scholarship Fund. The winning team — undefeated in group play, and victorious in both the semi-final and [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 30th, 2009
The 2009 state championship season recap has been added to Staples’ online history. Click the “History” tab at the top of the StaplesSoccer.com home page; then click on “2008-2012” to relive all 24 matches. (NOTE: The [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 30th, 2009
The Westport Soccer Association U-9 Red boys team has honored parent coach Rob Stone ’83, by making a donation to the Staples boys soccer program. “Rob was on the Staples team when he was a student, [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 28th, 2009
Kyle Martino — who starred at the University of Virginia in the early 2000s — has been named to College Soccer News’s “Team of the Decade.” After college, the former Wrecker earned Rookie of the Year [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 27th, 2009
The Norwalk Hour‘s blog — “Hour Sports Minute” — is conducting a decade-end poll. One of the questions is: “Which is the best team of the 2000s?” The 2009 Staples boys soccer team is listed — [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 23rd, 2009
Two of Brendan Lesch’s goals — his diving header in the FCIAC championship game, and his 2nd-effort chip of the New Milford keeper in the state final — made MSG Varsity’s Top Goals of the Year. [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 21st, 2009
The former captain is spending the year in Hangzhou. Among his recent activities: Last month he managed to find “a quality restaurant that supplied ‘takeaway thanksgiving meals.'” He ordered cranberries, and a whole roast turkey. Fortunately, [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 21st, 2009
Brendan Lesch is the Norwalk Hour‘s Most Valuable Player. This marks the 2nd year in a row that area coaches and the Hour sports staff have selected a Staples junior for the honor. Last year, Alan [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 17th, 2009
The 2009 “LL” state soccer champion Staples Wreckers joined other sports teams — including the state champion boys volleyball and boys golf squads, and the FCIAC champion football team — along with other high-achievers like the [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 14th, 2009
All alumni and current varsity players are invited to the 2009 Loeffler Indoor Tournament: Wednesday, December 30, in the Staples fieldhouse. Players are asked to arrive by 5:45 p.m., for stretching and socializing. Play begins at [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 13th, 2009
Sam Bender never stops working. He’s compiled a season’s worth of YouTube clips — plus his spectacular year-end highlight video, shown to great applause at last week’s banquet — into 1 DVD. The price is just [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 12th, 2009
The waiting is over — and the rewards of a successful high school career are in. Michael McCarthy received word yesterday that he was accepted at his 1st choice school: Washington University in St. Louis. The [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 12th, 2009
The original plan was for a downtown parade, honoring Staples’ state championship boys soccer team, the FCIAC champion football team, and other outstanding high school students. The ACT test, and work and other commitments scuttled those [&hellip... Read More →