Published on December 27th, 2009
The Norwalk Hour‘s blog — “Hour Sports Minute” — is conducting a decade-end poll. One of the questions is: “Which is the best team of the 2000s?” The 2009 Staples boys soccer team is listed — [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 23rd, 2009
Two of Brendan Lesch’s goals — his diving header in the FCIAC championship game, and his 2nd-effort chip of the New Milford keeper in the state final — made MSG Varsity’s Top Goals of the Year. [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 21st, 2009
The former captain is spending the year in Hangzhou. Among his recent activities: Last month he managed to find “a quality restaurant that supplied ‘takeaway thanksgiving meals.'” He ordered cranberries, and a whole roast turkey. Fortunately, [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 21st, 2009
Brendan Lesch is the Norwalk Hour‘s Most Valuable Player. This marks the 2nd year in a row that area coaches and the Hour sports staff have selected a Staples junior for the honor. Last year, Alan [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 17th, 2009
The 2009 “LL” state soccer champion Staples Wreckers joined other sports teams — including the state champion boys volleyball and boys golf squads, and the FCIAC champion football team — along with other high-achievers like the [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 14th, 2009
All alumni and current varsity players are invited to the 2009 Loeffler Indoor Tournament: Wednesday, December 30, in the Staples fieldhouse. Players are asked to arrive by 5:45 p.m., for stretching and socializing. Play begins at [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 13th, 2009
Sam Bender never stops working. He’s compiled a season’s worth of YouTube clips — plus his spectacular year-end highlight video, shown to great applause at last week’s banquet — into 1 DVD. The price is just [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 12th, 2009
The waiting is over — and the rewards of a successful high school career are in. Michael McCarthy received word yesterday that he was accepted at his 1st choice school: Washington University in St. Louis. The [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 12th, 2009
The original plan was for a downtown parade, honoring Staples’ state championship boys soccer team, the FCIAC champion football team, and other outstanding high school students. The ACT test, and work and other commitments scuttled those [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 12th, 2009
Mark Noonan ’83 is the latest Westport soccer figure to earn Connecticut’s highest soccer honor. Noonan — who won 2 state championships at Staples (and captained the 16-0-3 squad in 1982), then went on to help [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 10th, 2009
The Westport Soccer Association is forming U-18 and U-16 high school travel teams for this spring. All high school students living in Westport are invited to try out on January 24, from 12-1 p.m. at the [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 8th, 2009
Celebrate the holidays — and remember Staples’ 2009 state championship forever. Athletic Shoe Factory — the provider of handsome logowear all season long — has added a special hoody and T-shirt to the mix. Both feature [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 7th, 2009
Hour sports editor Matt Doran heard about a small but telling incident involving the Staples boys soccer team after yesterday’s banquet. Today he posted it on his “Hour Sports Minute” blog. Matt wrote: Think high school [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 6th, 2009
The Norwalk Inn was jammed, as parents, siblings, alumni and friends honored the 2009 varsity, JV and freshman teams this afternoon. Jack Hennessy’s teammates voted him Most Valuable Player — earning the quad-captain and hard-nosed sweeper [&hellip... Read More →
Published on December 5th, 2009
Guy Claveloux — a standout sweeper, and a member of Staples’ state championship teams of 1981 and ’82 — joined his Union College 1986 team, as they were inducted into his alma mater’s Hall of Fame. [&hellip... Read More →