Published on December 12th, 2023
Mike Noonan is a national champion. Again. The star of Staples High School’s 1978 state championship team coached Clemson University to the NCAA Division I national title last night. The 2-1 victory over Notre Dame was [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 9th, 2023
200 guests enjoyed the varsity slideshow, at last week’s banquet. Now they — and Staples soccer fans around the world — can enjoy it again and again. Stephanie Moore Girling’s great work — featuring compelling photos [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 9th, 2023
Mike Noonan ’79 knows what it takes to win championships. In 1978, he helped lead the Wreckers to the state “LL” title. He was a key part of coach Jeff Lea’s squad that beat Greenwich 3-2, [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 4th, 2023
Avery Mueller and Sam Rossoni won Staples sports’ biggest honors — Block “S” awards. Cormac Mulvey won Staples soccer’s great honor: #15. And Adam Syah was the recipient of a new award. Those were highlights of [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 1st, 2023
Dan Woog’s book — We Kick Balls: True Stories From the Youth Soccer Wars — is perfect for any soccer player. Or soccer player’s parents, siblings and friends. The former Staples head coach’s look back at [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 24th, 2023
More than 3 dozen Staples soccer players — including 1974 co-captain Dave Wilson, and several current Wreckers — filled Wakeman Field Thanksgiving morning. Alumni parents watched too. The annual Turkey Bowl game continued, under brilliant skies [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 9th, 2023
One of Staples soccer’s best tradition returns! The Turkey Bowl — a decades-old ritual for all Staples alumni and current varsity players — will once again be played Thanksgiving morning, at 10 a.m. The site is the Wakeman [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 7th, 2023
For Ridgefield, the third time was the charm. The Tigers made their third visit of the fall to Wakeman Field today. The first time — opening day of the FCIAC season — saw Staples jump out [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 3rd, 2023
The state soccer tournament is a 32-team affair. All teams with a .400 or better record qualify. Some years, the #1 team gets a bye. The Wreckers — with a 12-1-3 regular season record — are [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 30th, 2023
The first time Staples and Stamford met this year — in the fourth match of the regular season — the Knights came from behind to tie, 1-1. It was the first goal the Wreckers surrendered all [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 27th, 2023
Two years ago, a controversial penalty kick awarded to Fairfield Warde just 56 seconds before halftime changed the FCIAC quarterfinal dramatically. Number 3-seeded Staples chased the game well, but the #6 Mustangs tacked on a second [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 24th, 2023
Both teams had something to play for, this afternoon at Westhill’s J. Walter Kennedy Stadium. The Wreckers needed a tie or win, to have a shot at winning the Ralph King Cup as the top team [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 23rd, 2023
The Staples boys soccer team is enjoying a banner year. They head into this week’s FCIAC playoffs, and next month’s state tournament, as the #2 team in Connecticut. To keep our program on top — and [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 19th, 2023
Staples is the top-rated “LL” (extra large) team in the state. They’re second — by a point — to Greenwich in the FCIAC. (The league uses a different method to compute points.) The Wreckers have lost [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 17th, 2023
Danbury coach Antony Howard brought just 16 players to Wakeman Field today. But what the Hatters lacked in numbers, they made up for with tenacity, crisp passing and their trademark tight defense. In a match that [&hellip... Read More →