Published on September 17th, 2016
What are Staples soccer players’ favorite meals and Snapchat stories? What are their most embarrassing moments on a soccer field? Why do so many of them want to be Chris Martenson? The answers to those — [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 16th, 2016
It’s been 6 years since Staples traveled to Stamford High for a match. None of the current players had ever seen the Black Knights’ narrow field, tucked between Boyle Stadium and a school administration building. The [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 14th, 2016
Trumbull — always a tough, physical team — this year boasts a strong spine of talented players. They’ve also got an exceptionally long throw. The Eagles’ assets were on display at Loeffler Field today. They had [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 12th, 2016
The Staples-Danbury rivalry is long — and lately, heated. In the past few seasons, late-season matches with much at stake have been followed by post-season encounters with even more on the line. This year, the teams [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 9th, 2016
Staples and Trinity Catholic play on 2 of the only grass fields in the FCIAC. (Fairfield Warde, New Canaan and Trumbull are the others — though they also use football turf.) But with the Crusaders’ field [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 5th, 2016
In less than 5 years, the Martin Luther King scrimmage has become one of the highlights of Staples’ pre-season. The 14-time New York City champions always bring a talented, quick and international team to Connecticut. Despite [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 4th, 2016
Josh Berman, Spencer Daniels and Timmy Liles volunteered their afternoon — and expertise — to stencil The Hill today. Yesterday, Larry Berman led a crew of parents who stained the benches, and weeded the terrace. Huge [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 3rd, 2016
The annual Winton, Keane, Bittner Memorial Soccer Jamboree featured some of the most competitive soccer since the Wreckers began attending 14 years ago. With the addition of Tolland — defending Class M champions — all 3 [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 1st, 2016
Every year, the Wreckers prepare for the regular season by scheduling the toughest pre-season opponents they can find. You can’t find anyone tougher than South Kent. The Litchfield County prep school has won 7 New England [&hellip... Read More →
Published on August 30th, 2016
For the past several years, Staples and Fairfield Prep have squared off in the opening scrimmage of the season for both sides. This year’s event — played at pristine Loeffler Field, before a large crowd — [&hellip... Read More →
Published on August 30th, 2016
Reid Rizack has joined the Staples boys soccer program, as its 2016 live tweeter. The former football and lacrosse player has a strong social media background. He’s also been a WWPT broadcaster, for Wrecker sports. Reid [&hellip... Read More →
Published on August 28th, 2016
Varsity captains Josh Berman, Spencer Daniels, Ziggy Hallgarten and Daniel Reid have been hard at work, preparing Staples soccer logowear with our partners at ASF. This year’s 11 items include Under Armour fleece hoodies, 1/4 zip [&hellip... Read More →
Published on August 25th, 2016
Nearly 60 Staples soccer candidates gathered at the Staples track early this morning. At exactly 7:30 a.m., the Cooper test — a 2-mile run — began. Sophomore Gabe Baltierra turned it on in the home stretch, [&hellip... Read More →
Published on August 11th, 2016
A dozen returning Staples soccer players spent 4 days in Lake Placid, doing everything from cliff jumping to spikeball. (There was no soccer — that’s against state high school rules.) The annual “team bonding trip” has [&hellip... Read More →
Published on August 3rd, 2016
Joe Pravder’s strike in golden goal gave Israel a 2-1 victory over Italy in tonight’s 7-v-7 Watermelon Cup final, at Long Lots lower field. The Israelis had equalized on a shot by Jack Zeldes. Andrew Puchala’s [&hellip... Read More →