Published on November 7th, 2012
For only the 2nd time ever — the 1st was a 7-0 victory to open the 1992 state tournament — Staples faces Norwich Free Academy. The match was postponed a day by a nor’easter/snowstorm. It is [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 1st, 2012
The current Staples soccer players never knew Albie Loeffler. And they never heard the name Paul Lane. They certainly don’t know that Mr. Loeffler — the founder of the Staples soccer program — and Coach Lane [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 31st, 2012
It’s been a tough week for Staples junior varsity tri-captain Sebo Hood. On Thursday, his older brother died. Four days later, Hurricane Sandy slammed into his home on Soundview Drive — right on Compo Beach. Among [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 26th, 2012
The 2nd season — the FCIAC tournament — began for the Wreckers today in the Greenwich football stadium. It was the 1st time Staples has played a quarterfinal away match in years — but the blue-and-whites [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 25th, 2012
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Published on October 24th, 2012
The Wreckers arrived at Danbury’s new turf stadium knowing the same thing as the Hatters: This final contest of the FCIAC regular season was a Big Game. Staples was in 7th place, just 1 point ahead [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 22nd, 2012
New Canaan brought a 9-3-2 record to Loeffler Field — good for 5th place in the ultra-tight FCIAC race. The Wreckers — 9-4-1 — stood 7th. Staples took charge at the start. In the 11th minute [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 22nd, 2012
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Published on October 20th, 2012
…of his 2nd daughter, Josephine Campbell Robbins. She weighed 8 pounds, and was 21 inches long. Dory is thrilled to have a little sister, and mom Cammie is doing great. The Robbinses live in Memphis, where [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 20th, 2012
The Staples boys soccer team was proud to join in this month’s “Get Your Pink On!” breast cancer fundraising effort. Players bought pink shirts with the Wrecker logo and the words “Defy, Wreck, Cure.” They wore [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 20th, 2012
Staples boys soccer’s 7th annual Quiz Night may have been the best yet. There was plenty of heated competition — did you know pepperoni is the most popular pizza topping in America? that Philippe Woog invented [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 18th, 2012
The Wreckers and Vikings have had some barn-burners in the past few years. There’s been plenty of goals, plenty of cards, plenty of emotion. This year, both teams met at Loeffler Field clawing for FCIAC tournament [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 17th, 2012
The Staples boys soccer team used a late rally to edge the Stamford boys soccer team, in polling conducted by Stamford Advocate sportswriter Dave Ruden’s Overtime blog. The blue-and-whites are the Overtime FCIAC Team of the [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 16th, 2012
For the past few years, the Wreckers have enjoyed playing at Taft Field. It’s nice turf — and the site of several solid regular season and post-season wins. Though tonight marked the 6th game in 9 [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 15th, 2012
The Harding match was supposed to be Staples’ season opener. A death in the family of the Presidents’ coach pushed the game back to today. Both sides are in the midst of a grueling end-of-season push. [&hellip... Read More →