Published on June 22nd, 2010
Westport Patch — an online news source — has given Colgate-committed Frankie Bergonzi a nice shout-out. “The decision was easy to me,” he told writer Alex Wiser. The 2010 Staples tri-captain added: It’s a defensive-minded style [&hellip... Read More →
Published on June 21st, 2010
After batting .526, with 4 home runs and 18 RBIs, Jack Hennessy was named FCIAC Baseball Player of the Year. Now he’s in the running to be the league’s Male Spring Player of the Year, in [&hellip... Read More →
Published on June 21st, 2010
Andy Moss has invited Staples soccer players into the zone. The ESM Zone, to be exact. ESMZone.com is the Westporter’s new social networking site. Aimed at middle school and high school athletes, the plan is to [&hellip... Read More →
Published on June 20th, 2010
The Watermelon Cup — a longtime Westport tradition — begins another season on Wednesday, June 30. Teams have been announced, and schedules released, for the 6-v-6 league. Each of the 6 teams — with players in [&hellip... Read More →
Published on June 15th, 2010
Listen to match analyst Kyle Martino ’99 on ESPN radio: Thurs., June 17: 10 a.m., Greece vs. Nigeria Fri., June 18: 7:30 a.m., Germany vs. Serbia Sat., June 19: 10 a.m., Ghana vs. Australia Sun., June [&hellip... Read More →
Published on June 13th, 2010
Michael McCarthy has been awarded 2 of Westport’s most prestigious scholarships. The state championship goalkeeper — who continues his career this fall at Washington University in St. Louis — won the Coleman Brothers Foundation and Loeffler [&hellip... Read More →
Published on June 13th, 2010
Spots are filling up fast for Kurt Dasbach’s Wakeman Speed Camp. The twice-weekly summer sessions — which have trained dozens of Staples soccer players in speed, strength and flexibility, and paid an enormous role in the [&hellip... Read More →
Published on June 13th, 2010
Sean Gallagher and 3 teammates tore to a 3:19.43 time in the 4×400 relay yesterday in New Britain. That earned them the New England title — and a school record. It was not far shy of [&hellip... Read More →
Published on June 10th, 2010
Today’s Norwalk Hour includes a long column by sports editor Matt Doran on 1 of ESPN’s rising World Cup announcers: Kyle Martino ’99 Martino’s path to the announcing booth was serendipitous. In 2008, while sitting out [&hellip... Read More →
Published on June 6th, 2010
Michael McCarthy, Alan Reiter, Aaron Liu, Jake Malowitz and Taylor McNair are headed to West Virginia. McCarthy (goalkeeper) and Reiter (midfielder) are members of Beachside‘s U-18 team that edged Newtown Samba 2-1 in the Connecticut Junior [&hellip... Read More →
Published on June 4th, 2010
A striking, 12-foot banner honoring the Staples boys soccer team’s 2009 state championship has been hung in the gym. The banner — a gift to the school from LifeTouch, the official yearbook photographer — can be [&hellip... Read More →
Published on June 4th, 2010
Junior Brian Wolgast — who played in only 8 varsity matches this year — fired a 78 in the FCIAC boys golf championship yesterday. His strong play helped the Wreckers to a 5-stroke (294-299) edge over [&hellip... Read More →
Published on June 3rd, 2010
More than a dozen Westporters playing on Beachside Soccer Club’s U-18, U-15, U-14 and U-12 teams will play for Connecticut Junior Soccer Association championships this Sunday (June 6), at Newington High School. Beachside’s U-18s — with [&hellip... Read More →
Published on June 2nd, 2010
If you’re lucky enough to be headed to South Africa for the World Cup, please remember StaplesSoccer.com. We’re planning special coverage of the 2010 Cup — and we invite you to share your photos, game reports, [&hellip... Read More →
Published on June 2nd, 2010
Last summer Sanders McNair ’09 wrote a food blog covering Fairfield County. This summer he’s in Ireland. He’s learning about organic food, growing his own — and eating quite well. And he’s back with another blog. [&hellip... Read More →