Published on March 7th, 2010
The Wreckers captured the class “S” state championship — and finished 3rd in the state open race — thanks in large part to junior Mikey Scott. The fiesty soccer midfielder with the long throw placed 22nd [&hellip... Read More →
Published on March 6th, 2010
Sean Gallagher’s 52.7 leg helped Staples’ 4×400 relay team to a 3rd place finish at yesterday’s New England Indoor Track and Field Championships, held at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston. The bronze medal squad also [&hellip... Read More →
Published on March 2nd, 2010
The senior defender was part of a 5-man team that bested 9 others, to win Staples’ 1st-ever Spectacular Student Challenge. Sophomore Matt Silver was part of the 3rd-place team. They won $1,000. The 10 groups spent [&hellip... Read More →
Published on February 27th, 2010
Longtime freshman coach and former Staples captain Chris O’Dell and his wife Mary pulled into the hospital at 11:15 p.m. last night. Seventeen minutes later — and nearly 10 days late — their 3rd child was [&hellip... Read More →
Published on February 26th, 2010
Last year, Adam Liu ’09 camethisclose to being a Staples ice hockey hero in the 1st round of the FCIAC playoffs. This year, his brother Aaron — a sophomore, and a defender last fall on the [&hellip... Read More →
Published on February 26th, 2010
Hugh Brian Kennedy died Monday at home, following a long illness. The father of Brian Kennedy ’05 and Derek Kennedy ’05, he was 71. Born in Dublin, Ireland, he was an international executive who worked for [&hellip... Read More →
Published on February 21st, 2010
Registration is now open for Staples’ STA pre-season camp. This annual event is for players who consider themselves to be legitimate varsity candidates only. Registration closes on March 31. After that date, players will be put [&hellip... Read More →
Published on February 18th, 2010
This just in from Cordoba, Argentina — exclusive to StaplesSoccer.com: Greg Gudis has broken a record at La Catarina Ranch, during the Gudis family’s annual trip to South America. Each year Greg and his brothers join [&hellip... Read More →
Published on February 17th, 2010
The announcement that former Ridgefield High and University of Virginia star Curt Onalfo is DC United‘s new head coach earned more than a mention on the ACC website. TheACC.com devoted an entire story to the news [&hellip... Read More →
Published on February 14th, 2010
Chris Meinke ’05 — former Staples and Connecticut College captain, and current Staples assistant girls coach — will lead the Westport Soccer Association’s U-16 spring team. The U-18 coach is Alin Andrei. Chris — a native [&hellip... Read More →
Published on February 14th, 2010
StaplesSoccer.com is building an archive of old photos. We’ve got plenty from the past couple of years. But we need more from earlier this decade, and the 1990s, ’80s, ’70s, ’60s — all the way back [&hellip... Read More →
Published on February 14th, 2010
Jack Hennessy and Sean Gallagher are as fast indoors as they are outside. The senior and junior helped pace the Staples indoor track team to a 5th place finish in yesterday’s state “LL” championship, at the [&hellip... Read More →
Published on February 13th, 2010
Tyler Mitchell ’97 — grandson of the founder of Mitchells of Westport, and son of uber-Staples soccer supporter Bill Mitchell — has gone into the family business in a big way. Last fall, when the Mitchell [&hellip... Read More →
Published on February 13th, 2010
The 2009 results have been added to StaplesSoccer.com. Click on the “Stats” link at the top of the home page — then dive in to 51 years of Staples soccer. Use the “Advanced Search” bar to [&hellip... Read More →
Published on February 11th, 2010
Brendan Lesch is headed to the Big East. The All-New England selection and 2010 tri-captain has committed verbally to the University of Notre Dame. Lesch — highly recruited by some of the top soccer schools in [&hellip... Read More →