General news

Summer Conditioning Program Set

Published on April 3rd, 2023

Head coach Russell Oost-Lievense has announced a new summer program. A 5-week conditioning program (Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5 to 7 p.m., Wakeman turf) will be led by Staples High School state champion girls coach Barry Beattie. [&hellip... Read More


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Jeff Lea: Proud Grandfather

Published on March 21st, 2023

Jeff Lea — the 2nd of Staples soccer’s 4 permanent coaches, and the longest-serving (26 years) — has added one more adjective: grandfather. Renlea was born to Amanda — Jeff and Kathy’s daughter — and her [&hellip... Read More


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Pele: The Westport Connection

Published on December 31st, 2022

The death on Thursday of Pele — the brilliant Brazilian player who transformed soccer internationally, then brought his magic to the US and kick-started the game’s popularity here — was noted by world leaders, top players [&hellip... Read More


General news

Wreckers Celebrate At Banquet

Published on December 5th, 2022

Over 30 varsity players received letters, certificates, gifts — and words of praise — from head coach Russell Oost-Lievense, at Staples soccer’s annual banquet last night. Parents and friends filled the Norwalk Inn was filled with [&hellip... Read More


General news

Turkey Bowl ’22: The Tradition Lives On

Published on November 25th, 2022

Over 50 Staples soccer alumni and current players — spanning half a century of history — worked up a Thanksgiving appetite Thursday morning at Wakeman Field. The annual Turkey Bowl game — a series of small-sided [&hellip... Read More


General news

Staples Soccer Gives Back To Shehan Center

Published on November 15th, 2022

Two big events highlight the upcoming Staples boys soccer calendar. There’s the Turkey Bowl Thanksgiving morning (10 a.m., Wakeman turf — all alumni and current varsity players invited!), and the banquet (December 4, 5 p.m., Norwalk [&hellip... Read More


Alumni

Brad Tursi ’97 Wins Major Country Music Honor

Published on November 10th, 2022

Country music may not be huge in Westport. But we’re hugely proud of Old Dominion. Lead guitarist Brad Tursi is a 1997 graduate of Staples High School, where he was known not as a musician, but as a [&hellip... Read More


Current players

Wreckers Celebrate Senior Day

Published on October 23rd, 2022

Speeches, photos, gifts — and Laura Blair’s cupcakes — were all part of today’s Senior Day ceremony at Loeffler Field. The Wreckers’ 9 seniors were cited for their contributions to Staples soccer over the year. The [&hellip... Read More