Published on March 1st, 2013
Staples super-fan Laura Blair is once again working for a great cause. On Sunday, May 5 she will take part in STAR’s 8th annual Walk, Roll & Stroll at Sherwood Island. STAR is an agency that [&hellip... Read More →
Published on February 28th, 2013
While the Westport Soccer Association has enough boys registered to field a U-19 high school boys travel team this spring, registration remains open. If enough boys register to field a 2nd team, there will be U-16 and U-19 squads. [&hellip... Read More →
Published on February 21st, 2013
Several snow-induced delays did not stop the Staples indoor track juggernaut. With a quartet of soccer players providing key points, the Wreckers edged archrival Danbury 78-76 to win the state LL championship. Days later, the Westporters’ [&hellip... Read More →
Published on February 8th, 2013
Captains Diego Alanis and Jack Scott have taken charge of the 2013 team in a strong way. In an effort to add strength, agility — and commitment — to next year’s squad, the 2 juniors organized [&hellip... Read More →
Published on February 1st, 2013
Staples outdistanced archrival Danbury 104.33-92.33 on Thursday, to win the FCIAC boys indoor track championship. A number of soccer players were key contributors. Jack Scott was part of 2 relays. His 4×400 team placed 3rd (3:30.29), [&hellip... Read More →
Published on January 25th, 2013
Drew Riker ’88 and his twin brother Derek Riker ’88 have had a great life after Staples soccer. As supermodels they’ve posed with Cindy Crawford, for the lenses of Bruce Weber and Herb Ritts, and for [&hellip... Read More →
Published on January 24th, 2013
The Westport Soccer Association is forming 1 or 2 boys travel teams for this spring. All high school students living in Westport and born between August 1, 1993 and July 31, 1998 are eligible. This is [&hellip... Read More →
Published on January 22nd, 2013
The Wreckers kicked off the 2013 Octathlon of Champions — an 8-month, 8-event competition — today with bowling. A record 20 players participated, blowing away the previous Octo mark. The Octathlon — open to all returning [&hellip... Read More →
Published on January 21st, 2013
Jack Hennessy ’10 keeps racking up captaincies. After leading the Staples soccer team to the 2009 state championship — and helping the Wrecker indoor track and baseball teams to state and FCIAC titles, respectively — the [&hellip... Read More →
Published on January 20th, 2013
James Hickok received his Scholar All-America honor yesterday, at the National Soccer Coaches Association of America convention in Indianapolis. The banquet — which included awards for high school and college All-Americans — featured an inspiring keynote [&hellip... Read More →
Published on January 16th, 2013
The 2012 game results have been added to StaplesSoccer.com. Click on the “Stats” link at the top of the home page — then dive in to 54 years of Staples soccer. Use the “Advanced Search” bar [&hellip... Read More →
Published on January 12th, 2013
One day recently, Advanced Placement Government teacher John Miller gave a “half tongue-in-cheek” challenge: Invite Connecticut’s 4th district congressman Jim Himes to class. Diego Alanis took up the challenge. The 2013 Staples soccer co-captain emailed an [&hellip... Read More →
Published on January 2nd, 2013
The other day, 4 Westport teenagers wanted to play soccer. But snow covered every field. No problem. The quartet — Staples varsity sophomore Michael Reid, JV sophomore Gabe Pensak, freshman Kenji Goto and honorary Wrecker/current Red [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 29th, 2012
A team balancing veterans (Stuart McCarthy ’78 and Grayle Howlett, former Greenwich High and Middlebury College star), former college players (Jason Alvarez ’02, Chris Meinke ’05) and those still playing in college (Michael McCarthy ’10, Mikey [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 22nd, 2012
In 2004, Marcus Tracy’s 4 goals for Newtown High School single-handedly knocked Staples out of the state tournament, in the semifinal round. Marcus — who played with several Wreckers at Beachside — went on to help [&hellip... Read More →