Published on October 22nd, 2011
Nearly a dozen Staples varsity soccer players spent Saturday morning watching, cheering for, and hanging out with some future — very future — Wreckers: the Westport Soccer Association 2nd grade boys league. The 2011 team, in [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 21st, 2011
After Wednesday’s 3-0 thumping by Westhill, the Wreckers faced a harsh reality: They might not qualify for the FCIAC tournament. Their task: Get back on track at New Canaan. The game had extra significance: Staples (8-2-3) [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 19th, 2011
The 6-5-2 record Westhill brought into today’s match was deceiving. Those losses included 3 games they won on the field, but forfeited due to an ineligible player. Among them: a 7-1 demolition of Darien. The hosts [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 18th, 2011
Albie Loeffler — founder of the Staples boys soccer program, and 2-time National Coach of the Year — was inducted into the Fairfield County Sports Hall of Fame. A crowd of several hundred attended the gala [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 17th, 2011
After Staples and Fairfield Warde tied 0-0 on Saturday, the Wrecker coaches told their team to expect a very similar match 2 days later, against the other Fairfield high school. And that was without knowing that [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 15th, 2011
Today’s large Alumni Day crowd included George Scott — a goalkeeper on Staples 1st-ever soccer team. He recalled the 1st game in Wrecker history: a 3-2 loss to Andrew Warde. Staples never lost again to Warde; [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 15th, 2011
Staples boys soccer’s 7th annual Quiz Night may have been the best yet. There was plenty of heated competition — did you know that Walt Disney has won more Academy Awards than anyone else? that the [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 13th, 2011
So far this season, Darien has been the surprise of the FCIAC. Under new head coach Jon Bradley, the Blue Wave surged to a 7-1-2 record. The lone loss (1-0) was at Wilton; ties came against [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 11th, 2011
Susan Killian — mother of Matt Killian ’01 — died September 26, at the age of 64. An active soccer parent with Staples and the Westport Soccer Association, she also worked for Pfizer. Survivors also include [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 10th, 2011
With most of Greenwich’s turf fields closed due to possible landfill contamination, the Wreckers traveled to the football stadium for a Columbus Day match with the 5-1-2 Cardinals. The temperature neared 90, but Staples came out [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 6th, 2011
Besides last year’ 3-1 early season loss to Trumbull, every Wrecker-Golden Eagle match since 2004 has been decided by 1 goal — or ended in a tie. Entering today’s game, Staples was 1-2-4 against Trumbull since [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 3rd, 2011
After 2 big games in3 days last week — and no training, due to Rosh Hashana — the Wreckers might have been expected to let down a bit against Brien McMahon. They did. A lackluster 1st [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 2nd, 2011
The 7th annual — and always highly anticipated — Staples boys soccer Quiz Night is almost here: Friday, October 14 (7 p.m., Staples cafeteria). Varsity, JV and freshman players are busy selling tables for the event. [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 1st, 2011
Despite poor weather, today’s annual Staples boys soccer car wash raised $2,400. That’s a record! It beats last year’s amount by $20 — and the 2009 total by $300. Funds pay for a variety of program [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 30th, 2011
Last year’s Staples-Norwalk contest — a much-anticipated match-up between 2 of the top teams in the league — became the Wreckers’ 1st official home game ever at Wakeman Field, when heavy rain made Loeffler Field unplayable. [&hellip... Read More →