Published on October 1st, 2024
The Staples boys soccer online auction is live. Items include New York Yankees tickets, a ski on/off weekend at Stowe, a private wood-fired pizza party, clinics with varsity players, a chance to announce the starting lineup [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 29th, 2024
If you notice some spiffy vehicles around Westport, chances are they were washed at the annual car wash yesterday. Players from the varsity, junior varsity and freshman teams hosed down, sponged and dried dozens of cars. [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 28th, 2024
Frank Henrick — who in his 1 year as interim head coach won a state soccer championship — died last month in Florida. He was 88, and had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Henrick filled in [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 27th, 2024
For the Staples boys soccer team, success this year has come by playing a confident, possession-style game, patiently drawing opponents in and then lancing them with opportunistic strikes. Today was not one of those days. Fairfield [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 25th, 2024
Just 44 seconds had elapsed this afternoon when Will Murray won a hard tackle, Emmett Nivaud crossed, and a Bridgeport Central defender knocked the ball in for an own goal. It looked like the rout was [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 23rd, 2024
The Staples boys soccer team picked the perfect time for their best performance of the year. Jonny Costello’s hat trick, Zach Gorin’s midfield dominance, Cormac Mulvey’s leadership on defense, Christian Rinaldi’s powerful goalkeeping — plus quick, [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 21st, 2024
The Staples boys soccer team put Wednesday’s loss at Greenwich behind them — and prepared for Monday’s key match with Stamford — by downing Wilton 2-1 today, at Kristine Lilly Field. The contest was not as [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 20th, 2024
Get your motor running. And get your cars dirty. The Staples boys soccer car wash — one of the biggest fundraisers of the year — takes place Saturday, September 28. It’s 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 19th, 2024
Lance Candon — a starting midfielder on the 1988 and ’89 Staples teams — died this summer in Atlanta. He was 52 years old. He was also a track star at Staples, and continued running at [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 18th, 2024
Staples and Greenwich played an FCIAC soccer match today, at Cardinal Stadium. But they actually crammed 3 separate games into the regular 80 minutes. First, the hosts leaped into a 1-0 lead just 51 seconds after [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 16th, 2024
It took just 57 seconds for Staples to score against Darien, this afternoon at Wakeman Field. Josh Whitaker drew a hard foul in the box. Will Murray laced the penalty kick home. It looked like a [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 10th, 2024
One way to judge a soccer team is by the final score. Another way to judge them is by what they do after a score does not go their way. Tonight, Staples put last Friday’s 1-0 [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 8th, 2024
Tonight’s program-wide beach party was a great success. Between pizza, spikeball, and a special race (won perhaps by the Nivaud brothers), nearly 80 players — plus their parents and assorted siblings — kicked off the season [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 6th, 2024
Scores are sometimes deceiving. Two days ago, Brien McMahon lost their first match of this season to Stamford. It was a lopsided margin: 6-0. But that’s not the true story. The Senators were down just 1-0 [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 4th, 2024
When Staples’ Gabe Duque scored just 1:28 into today’s season opener against New Canaan, it looked like the rout was on. But this is FCIAC soccer, where anything can happen. Of course, it did. Despite faster [&hellip... Read More →