Published on May 3rd, 2010
The sophomore JV player and Scrabble star helped Staples’ math team finish 6th at the New England Regional Competition last week in Canton, Mass. — the Westporters’ best finish in 10 years. Their goal was to [&hellip... Read More →
Published on April 27th, 2010
An evening in memory of Preston Hirten '... Read More →
Published on April 23rd, 2010
…of daughter Tess Alexandra. She was born yesterday at 4:30 a.m., weighing 6 pounds 1 ounce. Tess joins older sisters Anabel and Maddie, and mom Debbie, at the Sollingers’ Weston home. Jem is getting ready to [&hellip... Read More →
Published on April 23rd, 2010
Fred Cantor ’71 is an attorney. But his passions are soccer and the Remains. He fulfills the 1st by watching as many Staples games as possible, and offering as much behind-the-scenes help as he can. As [&hellip... Read More →
Published on April 22nd, 2010
“Manny’s Orphans” — the 1978 movie featuring dozens of Westport soccer players — has been uploaded to YouTube. The 8:53 clip (click here) includes the climactic game between the orphans of St. Mark’s, and the prep [&hellip... Read More →
Published on April 20th, 2010
Kyle Martino ’99 has made it to the World Cup. The former national team player will be part of ESPN’s 300-person coverage when the 2010 Cup kicks off in June. He’ll join TV veterans J.P. Dellacamera [&hellip... Read More →
Published on April 19th, 2010
A giant tag sale is planned for Saturday, June 12 (10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Staples High School parking lot). The beneficiaries are WWPT Wrecker Radio — the Staples station that broadcast many key soccer matches [&hellip... Read More →
Published on April 17th, 2010
Marc Selverstone ’80 — an associate professor at the University of Virginia — has won the 2010 Stuart L. Bernath Prize for his 1st book: Constructing the Monolith: The United States, Great Britain, and International Communism, [&hellip... Read More →
Published on April 11th, 2010
GFA hosts 5-v-5 fundraising tournament... Read More →
Published on April 10th, 2010
Matt Doran has given the Staples soccer program some great props. The Norwalk Hour sports editor — who has seen his share of high school sports — shines a nice light on last fall’s state championship [&hellip... Read More →
Published on March 29th, 2010
For the 4th year in a row, the Staples soccer team donated an item to the A Better Chance of Westport “Dream Event” auction: themselves. Whoever won the team arranges any kind of event — a [&hellip... Read More →
Published on March 29th, 2010
The sophomore ice hockey forward “might not have gotten the postseason accolades of his teammates,” the Hour said. However, his 18 goals and 29 assists gave the Staples-Weston co-op squad “one of the best one-two offensive [&hellip... Read More →
Published on March 21st, 2010
For the 2nd year, Staples varsity and middle school soccer players enjoyed a special March mentorship program. The Wreckers designed special afternoon sessions at Wakeman with 6 to 8 WSA and premier players, based on their [&hellip... Read More →
Published on March 20th, 2010
Kris Hrisovulos ’00 — a former soccer and tennis star at Staples — is the latest former Wrecker to join his alma mater’s coaching staff. He’ll head up the boys tennis team this spring, succeeding social [&hellip... Read More →
Published on March 20th, 2010
They said it couldn’t be done. But they don’t know Jack Hennessy. The captain of the state champion soccer team, state-level indoor track star and captain of the FCIAC-defending baseball team added another notch to his [&hellip... Read More →