Published on June 10th, 2013
The Staples soccer season ended in November. But the honors continue for 2 soon-to-graduate seniors. Greg Shikowitz was awarded 2 prizes this month: the $5,000 Coleman Brothers Foundation Award and the $3,000 Albie Loeffler Scholarship. The [&hellip... Read More →
Published on June 9th, 2013
A few times a year, the Staples boys soccer program offers itself up for local charity auctions. A Better Chance of Westport is a favorite cause. Winners generally ask for the Wreckers to appear at a [&hellip... Read More →
Published on June 5th, 2013
Nicky Hoberman ’07 practices what he preaches. And practice makes almost perfect. Nicky — who served as Staples soccer’s strength and conditioning coach last fall, and also works at CrossFit — was one of 48 athletes [&hellip... Read More →
Published on June 4th, 2013
It was business, pleasure, remembrance and a great reunion last weekend in Washington, DC. Nicky Hoberman, Matt Lamb and Dave Sharpe — Staples ’07 — joined former University of Mary Washington players, and Preston Hirten’s family, [&hellip... Read More →
Published on June 1st, 2013
Brendon Cristobal ’07 — a captain of Staples’ 2006 FCIAC championship and state finalist team — is offering his talents to young players this summer. Brendon — a fierce attacker and proven goal scorer whose international [&hellip... Read More →
Published on June 1st, 2013
Sign-ups for the annual Watermelon Cup 6-v-6 league are underway. All high school and college students — as well alumni and friends — are invited to play. Two games will be held each Wednesday (6:15 p.m. [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 30th, 2013
Despite 90-degree heat, and having only 2 players in a 3-v-3 basketball tournament, Foster Goldberg and Charlie Leonard were the big winners in today’s Octathlon of Champions event. They won their final round-robin game at Compo [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 26th, 2013
George Barrett ’73 — who captained Staples’ soccer, basketball and baseball teams, played soccer at Brown University and is now CEO of Cardinal Health, the Fortune 25 company with revenues of more than $100 billion — is [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 26th, 2013
Kurt Dasbach’s Wakeman Speed Camp — which has trained dozens of Staples soccer players in speed, strength and flexibility — returns for its 9th year this summer. Sessions are set for Mondays and Thursdays, 5 to [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 23rd, 2013
Fourteen former Staples soccer players — spanning graduating classes from 1991 to 2012 — met their former rivals from Central High School tonight, at Bridgeport’s Kennedy Stadium. The match raised funds for Central’s soccer program. Though [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 7th, 2013
Save the date! The 4th annual Preston Hirten Memorial Weekend begins Thursday night, July 4th, and ends Sunday, July 7th. The holiday weekend should attract an even bigger crowd than usual to honor the memory of [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 2nd, 2013
The Ivy League and Patriot League will welcome Staples soccer players next year. James Hickok heads north to Dartmouth College, while Harry Birch goes south to Bucknell University. They’re 2 of the 11 Wreckers who graduate [&hellip... Read More →
Published on April 30th, 2013
Last Saturday, Kenan Trebincevic wrote a fascinating op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal. He described his journey from war-torn Bosnia and Serbia, to Westport, and contrasted his positive experience here with that of other famous Muslim refugees: [&hellip... Read More →
Published on April 22nd, 2013
The December 14 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School devastated many Westporters. Newtown is close to home. It hit Brian and Annette Sullivan especially hard. For them, Newtown is home. For the past 20 years, Brian [&hellip... Read More →
Published on April 22nd, 2013
Daniel Alvarez — the father of Jason Alvarez ’03 — died peacefully on Friday, April 19, at Connecticut Hospice in Branford. He was 65. Born on Feb. 9, 1948 in Bogota, Colombia, he moved to the [&hellip... Read More →