Published on June 2nd, 2015
In 1996, Brad Tursi starred on one of Staples’ best teams ever. But the Wreckers fell in overtime to Guilford in the state finals — their only loss in a 19-1-2 season. Nearly 20 years later, [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 31st, 2015
Anyone interested in playing in this summer’s Watermelon Cup should sign up by this Friday (June 5). All it takes is an email to dwoog@optonline.net. The popular summer league runs from June 24 to August 12. [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 29th, 2015
Stephen Rowland and Nicky Benjamin are known as excellent spikeball players. This afternoon, they teamed up to win the Octathlon spikeball event. Graham Gudis organized the event, at Loeffler Field. They beat the Josh Berman-Teddy Lawrence [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 27th, 2015
Mark the date: Thursday, August 27. That’s the 1st day of tryouts for all 2015 Staples soccer candidates, in all 4 grades. It’s also the 1st day of school. This marks the 1st time in at [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 27th, 2015
5 members of Staples’ 2009 state championship squad — and winners of 3 straight FCIAC titles — gathered recently to celebrate their graduations from college. Pictured below (from left) are Mike Scott (University of Michigan; headed [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 23rd, 2015
For the 3rd year in a row, the Staples boys soccer program is competing in Fairfield’s Faxon Law 5k race. Once again, they do it for 2 good reasons: for the race experience, and to raise [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 20th, 2015
All current juniors, sophomores and freshmen interested in trying out for the 2015 boys soccer program should attend a meeting on Wednesday, May 27 (2:20 p.m., teachers’ cafeteria). Important information on tryouts, summer workouts and more will [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 19th, 2015
Geoff Wheeler — the longtime Wesleyan University men’s soccer coach, with strong ties to Staples and Westport — educated and entertained a large crowd of nearly 100 tonight. His subject was important: “The College Process.” With [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 18th, 2015
In late summer of 2013, life was going well for Nate Greenberg. He was heading into senior year at Union College. He’d scored 50 goals for the lacrosse team, and was now captain. Suddenly, life changed. [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 16th, 2015
With all 3 Mitchell sons spread across the country, it takes a big event to bring them together. But the trio — Scott ’89, Chris ’91 and Tyler ’97 — were all in Westport today. They [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 15th, 2015
Jem Sollinger ’88 is the director of Camp Laurel — a superb summer camp in Maine. He’s searching for a soccer director for this summer. And he’d love to hire someone with Staples connections. The soccer [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 9th, 2015
Jack Zeldes’ bowling prowess — 2 wins in 2 games, plus the most strikes and most spares — earned him 47 points in today’s Jack Scott Octathlon of Champions. That score — the highest ever in [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 5th, 2015
Back in 1993, when Tim Caffrey ’94 was captain of Staples’ state championship team, it took work to follow English soccer. Today — thanks to Kyle Martino ’99, NBC Sports, the internet and globalization — it’s [&hellip... Read More →
Published on April 27th, 2015
Staples soccer players are known for starring on the field, as well as in the classroom. Now they’re doing it in other languages too. Matteo Broccolo won 1st place — nationally — in the 2015 Italian [&hellip... Read More →
Published on April 21st, 2015
Because high school soccer players — and their parents — have plenty of questions about college soccer, the Staples boys soccer program is sponsoring its 1st-ever College Night. It’s set for Tuesday, May 19 (7:30 p.m., Staples [&hellip... Read More →