Published on August 13th, 2014
With wit, creativity and speed, the team of Ziggy Hallgarten, Gabe Pensak, Michael Reid and Noah Schwaeber beat 4 other squads in today’s 2-hour scavenger hunt. It was the final event in the Jack Scott Octathlon [&hellip... Read More →
Published on August 11th, 2014
…of his 1st child, Marlowe Mae Martino. She was born Saturday, weighing 6 pounds, 11 ounces. Kyle — who is rocking NBC Sports, as a soccer analyst — tweeted today: “Can’t believe I’m a dad!!! @4EvaMartino [&hellip... Read More →
Published on August 7th, 2014
Two goals by Jordan McNair broke open a tight match in tonight’s Watermelon Cup finals. Bosnia and Herzogovina — down 1-0 and then tied 2-2 — put on a strong 2nd half, downing USA 5-2. Kyle [&hellip... Read More →
Published on August 5th, 2014
Kurt Dasbach has designed the final Workout of the Week for 2014. It’s a “WOW’s Greatest Hits” — and one more great way to prepare for the upcoming season. Starting at the usual spot (the intersection of [&hellip... Read More →
Published on August 4th, 2014
Ten of the Staples soccer team’s varsity players returned last night from 4 adventurous days in Vermont. The annual “bonding trip” — not an official school event — included a high-level ropes course, a 4-mile mountain [&hellip... Read More →
Published on July 30th, 2014
The creative team at MadisonMott — the brains behind StaplesSoccer.com — has just released a mobile version. Designed for smartphones, it shows the red news flash, the next event on the calendar (with a link to [&hellip... Read More →
Published on July 28th, 2014
The team of Graham Gudis and Patrick Beusse took the top spot in this month’s Jack Scott Octathlon of Champions. They captured the soccer tennis title at Loeffler Field, defeating Andrew Puchala and Kenji Goto in [&hellip... Read More →
Published on July 26th, 2014
As we prepare for the 2014 season, let’s look back one last time at 2013. The season write-up has just been added to this website. Just click “History” in the navigation tab above, then “Year by [&hellip... Read More →
Published on July 26th, 2014
Workout of the Week #5 tested endurance. WOW #6 is about building power. Start at the traditional WOW spot: the jetty by the intersection of Soundview Avenue, and Compo Road South/Hillspoint Road. Do 3 burpees (click here for proper [&hellip... Read More →
Published on July 24th, 2014
Staples soccer’s roots reached all the way to the White House yesterday. Current tri-captain Andrew Puchala, former captain Jack Scott ’14, Mark Gudis P’11, ’16 and Al Puchala P’15 met with the Secretaries of Agriculture, Transportation [&hellip... Read More →
Published on July 22nd, 2014
Mark Noonan ’83 has a new — and very exciting — job, The former MLS and Soccer United Marketing executive vice president, who most recently ran his own sports marketing firm, is joining the Association of [&hellip... Read More →
Published on July 20th, 2014
If you played for a few programs in the FCIAC, their fitness test would be a 2-mile run in under 13 minutes. This week, test yourself against their standard. If you are over 13:00, you may [&hellip... Read More →
Published on July 18th, 2014
In just 5 years, the Preston Hirten 7-v-7 Tournament has grown into one of the highlights of the summer calendar. This year — in addition to over 100 competitors — Michael and Thomas Catenacci videotaped the [&hellip... Read More →
Published on July 13th, 2014
Germany’s World Cup win is a victory for 2 contest entrants. Kyle Hoberman ’12 and Shane Dasbach — a rising sophomore at Staples — both ended up with 26 points in our predict-the-knockout-round-winners event. Both had [&hellip... Read More →
Published on July 12th, 2014
WOW #4: Sprint Endurance Workout on Compo Beach and up Compo Hill Start at the WOW traditional intersection of Soundview Drive and South Compo/Hillspoint Roads (the wall by the beach on Soundview). Begin with 10 hops of [&hellip... Read More →