Published on September 8th, 2022
As Russell Oost-Lievense prepared for his first match as head coach — only the 4th in Staples soccer’s 64-year history — he knew he would have a young team. He did not expect an illness 12 [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 7th, 2022
Thursday (September 8) is opening day for the Staples Wreckers. It’s also the first livestream of the season. The match will air at 4 p.m., live from Ridgefield’s Tiger Hollow. Charlie Scott — now a Staples [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 5th, 2022
On the eve of the opening match of Staples’ 64th season, here’s some news about the 63rd: For the 20th time in 22 years — and the 17th season in a row — the Staples boys [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 3rd, 2022
Staples soccer graduated 18 seniors last June. Wethersfield said goodbye to 19. The Wreckers are a young team. Only 1 senior started against the host Eagles, at today’s jamboree. But the upstaters are even younger: Only [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 2nd, 2022
After several days of tryouts, and a pair of scrimmages, Staples’ varsity roster is set. Head coach Russell Oost-Lievense will keep a near-record 28 players — and a record 12 of them are sophomores. The 8 [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 2nd, 2022
The last time Staples and Fairfield Prep met was last November. It was the first-ever “official” match between the schools, longtime state LL rivals whose campuses are just a few miles apart. The Wreckers won that [&hellip... Read More →
Published on August 30th, 2022
Just 5 days after their first tryout session, the 2022 Staples soccer team had their first preseason scrimmage. at Greens Farms Academy. It was a chance for head coach Russell Oost-Lievense and his staff to see [&hellip... Read More →
Published on August 28th, 2022
Pete Noonan — father of 2 Staples High School state champion soccer players, a founder of the Westport Soccer Association, and one of the founders of the town’s girls soccer program — died peacefully Tuesday, at [&hellip... Read More →
Published on August 27th, 2022
Mark Noonan ’83 has an impressive sports resume. After winning 2 state championships as a Staples High School soccer player, he helped propel Duke University to its 1st-ever national title — in any sport — in [&hellip... Read More →
Published on August 26th, 2022
Chip Young ’68 — a 3-sport athlete at Staples, and a soccer All-American at Brown University — died suddenly yesterday in Rhode Island. He was 72. The former soccer, basketball and baseball Wrecker legend was known [&hellip... Read More →
Published on August 25th, 2022
Over 60 hopefuls descended on Wakeman Field today, for the first day of varsity and reserve tryouts. More than 2 dozen more came out for the freshman squad. Head coach Russell Oost-Lievense welcomed the 10th-12th graders. [&hellip... Read More →
Published on August 18th, 2022
Every August for nearly 2 decades — ever since The Hill was terraced in 2006 — Staples boys soccer parents have sanded and oiled the benches. But the wood showed its age. Planks had split and [&hellip... Read More →
Published on August 10th, 2022
“Football’s coming home.” England — the nation — may be waiting for its first World Cup title since 1966. But England — the Staples soccer-and-friends team — cruised to the Watermelon Cup championship tonight, at Wakeman [&hellip... Read More →
Published on August 8th, 2022
Michael Scott ’11 crushed it. The University of Michigan graduate — and star on Staples’ 2009 state championship team, known for (among other things) his sizzling long throw-ins — finished Juneau’s Ironman Alaska yesterday in an [&hellip... Read More →
Published on August 4th, 2022
Tryouts are less than a month away. The 2022 season is almost here. It all begins Wednesday, August 24 (6 p.m.), with a Man U fitness test at Wakeman for all players in grades 10-12. Tryouts [&hellip... Read More →