Published on October 21st, 2024
Congratulations, Mike Noonan! The 1979 Staples High School graduate — who won a state championship with the boys soccer team, then earned All-America honors at Middlebury College — has just picked up the 400th win of [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 19th, 2024
In what may be the quickest turnaround time in Staples boys soccer history, the Wreckers faced Harding today at noon. Just 18 hours after falling 1-0 in Ridgefield — a loss that dashed their FCIAC playoff [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 18th, 2024
Today’s match at Tiger Hollow felt like a post-season game. Staples needed a tie or victory to qualify for the FCIAC tournament. Ridgefield had to win. The best playoff games are one-goal affairs — nail-biters, with [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 16th, 2024
Today was a must-win match for the Staples boys soccer team. The Wreckers needed to win to stay in contention for an FCIAC playoff berth, going into Friday’s final regular season game at equally hungry Ridgefield. [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 10th, 2024
Cheered on by dozens of young Bridgeport fans from Staples boys soccer’s mentorship program — and sparked by 4 goals in the first 23 minutes — the Wreckers cruised to a 7-0 victory over St. Joseph [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 8th, 2024
The stakes were high tonight in Danbury, as the Wreckers and Hatters squared off in a match that began the final third of the FCIAC season. Host Danbury stood 1 point behind the visitors in the [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 6th, 2024
Russell Oost-Lievense honored his 16 12th graders today, at Staples Soccer’s annual Senior Day. Two have been 4-year varsity players. Others have made their way through the program. One joined this year, from the MLS Next [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 5th, 2024
Because of its very low scoring, in soccer — more than perhaps any other sport — the difference between a win and a loss often comes down to one opportunity. Today, Trumbull took advantage of their [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 4th, 2024
Staples Boys soccer’s two booster clubs are now one. For many years, parents formed one support group. Another — the Top of the Hill Team — was run by alumni. A united organization — Staples Boys [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 1st, 2024
Fairfield Ludlowe made the short trip to Wakeman Field today, with a sparkling 7-1-1 record. The only blemishes were an opening day 2-0 loss to Greenwich, and a 0-0 draw with Fairfield Warde last week. But [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 1st, 2024
The Staples boys soccer online auction is live. Items include New York Yankees tickets, a ski on/off weekend at Stowe, a private wood-fired pizza party, clinics with varsity players, a chance to announce the starting lineup [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 29th, 2024
If you notice some spiffy vehicles around Westport, chances are they were washed at the annual car wash yesterday. Players from the varsity, junior varsity and freshman teams hosed down, sponged and dried dozens of cars. [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 28th, 2024
Frank Henrick — who in his 1 year as interim head coach won a state soccer championship — died last month in Florida. He was 88, and had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Henrick filled in [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 27th, 2024
For the Staples boys soccer team, success this year has come by playing a confident, possession-style game, patiently drawing opponents in and then lancing them with opportunistic strikes. Today was not one of those days. Fairfield [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 25th, 2024
Just 44 seconds had elapsed this afternoon when Will Murray won a hard tackle, Emmett Nivaud crossed, and a Bridgeport Central defender knocked the ball in for an own goal. It looked like the rout was [&hellip... Read More →