Published on November 14th, 2011
Today’s rematch of last year’s state final pitted 2 teams that have had trouble scoring. #6 Farmington and #11 Staples both won their 1st round state tournament games 1-0 — in overtime. Both squads knew this [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 12th, 2011
Each year, a Staples High School student is asked to speak at Westport’s Veterans Day ceremony. In a town like this — where the military is an afterthought, if thought of at all — finding an [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 11th, 2011
Staples and Manchester have a long history in state tournament play. Over an 11-year span — from 1962 to 1973 — they met 5 times. Back then, the Wreckers and Indians were 2 of the top [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 9th, 2011
At long last, the snow-delayed state “LL” (extra large) schools tournament gets underway Friday. Staples hosts Manchester, in a 2 p.m. start. The Wreckers are the #11 seed. Their 10-2-4 regular season record is the same [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 8th, 2011
Over 230 soccer players participated in yesterday’s statewide Unified Soccer Special Olympics games, hosted by Staples in the fieldhouse. And making sure the day went smoothly were 6 Wrecker junior varsity players, and 1 former player. [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 6th, 2011
The Staples team has been awarded the Southern Connecticut Soccer Officials’ Jack Mullady Sportsmanship Award for 2011. The announcement was made by referee Joe D’Ascania, president of the organization, which serves FCIAC and SWC teams in [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 6th, 2011
Kyle Martino ’99 — the 1998 Gatorade National High School Player of the Year, former MLS and national team star who is now lead color commentator for Fox Soccer’s MLS and US men’s team broadcasts — [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 5th, 2011
Senior defenders Jake Malowitz and Taylor McNair, and junior goalkeeper James Hickok, have been named to the All-FCIAC team. Seniors Dylan Evans, Ben Root, Steve Smith and Alex Tonsberg were selected to the All-Eastern Division squad. [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 5th, 2011
With many upstate schools not open at all this past week — and some projected to remain closed on Monday, due to power outages following the pre-Halloween snowstorm — the CIAC has pushed back its fall [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 4th, 2011
Staples and Trumbull took different paths to tonight’s FCIAC final at Fairfield Ludlowe High School. In Wednesday’s semifinal the 4th-seeded, 11-2-4 Wreckers played 100 minutes of scoreless soccer, then ousted New Canaan 3-2 on penalty kicks. [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 2nd, 2011
The schedule said tonight’s FCIAC semifinal — postponed 1 day by snow — pitted #8 New Canaan against #4 Staples. The Rams — upset winners for the 2nd year in a row over #1 Norwalk in [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 29th, 2011
Though Staples’ 1-0 win over Greenwich was well-played, hard-fought, exciting and close, it pales in comparison to the other three FCIAC tournament quarterfinals. #3 Darien vs. #6 Westhill: Westhill buried Darien 7-1 in the opening game [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 28th, 2011
When Staples and Greenwich met in the regular season — 2 1/2 weeks ago, on Columbus Day — the Wreckers started sluggishly. Down 2-0 after 23 minutes, they rallied to even the score by halftime, then [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 26th, 2011
Injuries and other misfortunes have hit Harding hard. The Presidents dressed only 15 players for today’s regular season finale. The Wreckers honored their seniors by starting 10 (the lone junior: keeper James Hickok). Terence Gibbons got [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 24th, 2011
The Danbury Hatters came to Loeffler Field locked in a 5-way fight for one of the last 4 spots in the FCIAC tournament. Their unusual record — 6-2-6 — indicated they play everyone tough; the opponents [&hellip... Read More →