Published on October 20th, 2014
Last year, Jack Scott’s 4th-minute strike paved the way for a 4-1 victory against Fairfield Warde. This year, it took even less time — just 35 seconds for the Wreckers to find the net. The Mustangs [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 18th, 2014
Like Staples, Trumbull has had an inconsistent season. The Golden Eagles brought a 4-7-2 record into today’s match — but 2 of those wins came in their last 2 games, and earlier they tied league-leading Fairfield [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 18th, 2014
Do you know where the Sea of Tranquility is? Who was the 1st US president born in a hospital? What the acronym “SAT” stands for?* Plenty of Staples soccer players, parents and friends knew last night, [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 15th, 2014
It’s been a frustrating season for Staples soccer — players and fans. The Wreckers have tied games they could have won, and lost games they could have tied. They’ve missed their center back and tri-captain, Andrew [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 13th, 2014
The Wreckers were scheduled to host the Crusaders today at Loeffler Field. But when the Staples girls team match with Wilton — perhaps their toughest opponent this year — was postponed due to the Yom Kippur [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 12th, 2014
Steve Baumann ’70 — a former soccer captain at Staples and All-American at the University of Pennsylvania, who went on play professionally in the North American Soccer League before embarking on a career in education — [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 10th, 2014
Entering today’s match, 3 FCIAC teams remained undefeated. Norwalk was 9-0-3; Staples lost 1-0, on a late indirect kick. Danbury was 8-0-2; the Wreckers tied them on a strike with 5 seconds left before halftime. And [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 8th, 2014
Mike Westcott ’76 — the goalkeeper on Staples’ 1975 FCIAC championship team — died Saturday in Cohasset, Massachusetts, after a battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). He was 56 years old. Born in Germany, Mike attended [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 8th, 2014
Several weeks ago, Brien McMahon changed the start time of today’s match from 7 p.m. to 4:45. Staples, and the CIAC, were notified. But the referee assignor never got word. So although the Wreckers and Senators [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 6th, 2014
The Wreckers began their 6-games-in-13-days stretch against a team that was hovering just below them in the crowded race for an FCIAC tournament berth. The 1st half began with low intensity, and little cohesive play by [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 6th, 2014
Staples soccer fans know Tom Henske as the Wreckers’ tough, talented, passionate and motivational goalkeeper coach. He’s also a certified financial planner and partner with Lenox Advisors, the highly regarded wealth management firm. In that capacity, [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 3rd, 2014
Chris Meinke — a tri-captain of the 2004 Staples team, who went on to star for Ken Murphy ’76 at Connecticut College — married Carolyn Jeffery last month at Birchwood Country Club. Chris is a member [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 2nd, 2014
The Hilltoppers arrived at Loeffler Field fresh off a 3-2 win over intra-city rival Bassick. The Wreckers met them with a lineup that included 2 players making their 1st-ever varsity starts: sophomore goalkeeper Ziggy Hallgarten and [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 30th, 2014
After a promising start — 2 quick corner kicks involving Aidan Wisher — the Wreckers were stunned 5 minutes in. The Rams played a ball over the top. It looked like a routine play, but got [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 25th, 2014
Kyle Zajec never played Staples soccer. In 9th grade he joined the New York Red Bulls academy program, and moved rapidly up through the ranks — all the way to the reserve team (one level below [&hellip... Read More →