Published on January 14th, 2012
Staples’ 2012 pre-season combines traditional rivals with 2 intriguing new match-ups. The schedule — 4 games, plus an always- popular jamboree — provides a challenging warm-up to next year’s season. Tryouts begin on Saturday, August 25. [&hellip... Read More →
Published on January 12th, 2012
During today’s MLS SuperDraft, ESPN2 analyst Kyle Martino ’99 talked about a decision current college players never faced, but future stars will: whether to play high school soccer, or for an Academy team. (Starting this fall, [&hellip... Read More →
Published on January 10th, 2012
…of his first child. Eric’s wife Ellie gave birth today (January 10) to Evelyn Mae Volckmann, at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City, where Eric is a doctor. She weighed in at [&hellip... Read More →
Published on January 8th, 2012
For the 8th time in 11 years, the Staples boys soccer program has been honored with a national award for academic excellence. The National Soccer Coaches Association of America gave the Wreckers a Team Academic Award [&hellip... Read More →
Published on January 7th, 2012
High school players wishing to play on this spring’s Westport Soccer Association U-16 or U-18 travel teams are invited to try out on Sunday, January 22 (12-1 p.m., Bedford Middle School gym). All high school students [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 29th, 2011
The 2006 team — winners of numerous Watermelon Cups and other alumni events — captured the 2011 Loeffler Indoor Tournament last night at the Staples fieldhouse. But it wasn’t easy. It took nearly 10 minutes of [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 11th, 2011
Here is what co-captain Jake Malowitz said at tonight’s Staples soccer banquet: First, I want to thank our coaches Dan, Kurt, Tom and Rich. Without your constant belief and support it would have been impossible for [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 11th, 2011
Over 200 players, parents, siblings and friends honored the 2011 varsity, JV and freshman soccer teams tonight, at the 53rd annual Staples boys soccer banquet. The event — at the Norwalk Inn — included speeches by [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 4th, 2011
WWPT-FM was named the best high school radio station in the nation recently. “Wrecker Radio” took 1st place overall at the John Drury High School Radio Awards last weekend in Naperville, Illinois. ‘PT picked up many [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 3rd, 2011
All alumni and current varsity players are invited to the 2011 Loeffler Indoor Tournament: Thursday, December 29, 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 November 29th, 2011
Junior captain James Hickok has been named to the Connecticut Soccer Coaches Association All-State team. This is the 4th year in a row the Wreckers have had an All-State player — but he is the 1st [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 25th, 2011
Nearly 50 Staples soccer alumni — and half a dozen current players, plus a few honorary alums — spent a brilliant Thanksgiving morning playing some spirited games on the Wakeman turf. The group — ranging from [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 22nd, 2011
Court Lake ’11 — a key Wrecker in last year’s drive to the FCIAC championship and state finals — has added another title this fall. Hotchkiss — where he is a post-grad student — won the [&hellip... Read More →
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 →