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 →
Published on December 8th, 2012
James Hickok has made Staples soccer history. The 4-year varsity player, 3-year starter, 2-year captain and 2012 All-New England goalkeeper has just been named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Scholar All-America team. He [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 8th, 2012
For several years, incoming freshmen have asked for an opportunity to get ready for soccer tryouts before entering Staples. In August, they’ll get that chance. Brian Kuk — who for 10 years has directed Staples’ very [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 7th, 2012
Perfect for any soccer player — or soccer player’s parents. Staples head coach Dan Woog’s new book — covering his years in youth soccer — has been called “funny, warm, courageous and edifying.” It ricochets from [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 7th, 2012
Trevor Lamb ’04 has spent the last 2 years in Hangzhou, China. He’s gotten involved in nearly every aspect of soccer over there — and he’s learned to speak very good Chinese, too. But don’t take [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 6th, 2012
All alumni and current varsity players are invited to the 2011 Loeffler Indoor Tournament: Friday, December 28 in the Staples fieldhouse. Players are asked to arrive by 5:45 p.m., for stretching and socializing. Play begins at [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 6th, 2012
Staples soccer mourns the death of Bob Stoebe. The father of 2003 tri-captain Charlie Stoebe died peacefully last night, following a battle with pancreatic cancer. Bob’s wife, Cheryl, is the longtime registrar for the Westport Soccer [&hellip... Read More →