Published on November 23rd, 2014
For nearly 30 years, head coach Dan Woog has written a Friday column in the Westport News. It covers every aspect of local life: interesting people, intriguing history, current trends and controversies. Very occasionally, he talks about [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 13th, 2014
The Turkey Bowl — a decades-old tradition for all Staples alumni and current varsity players — will once again be played Thanksgiving morning, at 10 a.m. The site is the Wakeman B turf field (located at the new Bedford [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 7th, 2014
Less than 48 hours after an emotional and dramatic come-from-way-behind 4-3 victory over West Haven, the Wreckers took the field for the LL state tournament quarterfinal round. Though longtime FCIAC rivals, Staples and Darien did not [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 5th, 2014
West Haven’s Ken Strong Stadium has been good to Staples soccer. In 2009, the Wreckers won a wild state tournament semifinal match 3-2 over Glastonbury. Three goals were scored in the final 90 seconds of the [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 4th, 2014
A record 15 freshmen spent yesterday afternoon serving their sport, their school and the entire state. They volunteered their afternoon as referees for a Connecticut Special Olympics unified soccer tournament, in the fieldhouse. Every year Staples [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 3rd, 2014
The scouting reports on East Hartford were all the same. The Hornets were tough. Between the twin threats of Rose Khalid and Harris Donovan — very quick with the ball, very quick to turn, very talented and very [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 31st, 2014
Staples’ quest for a 13th state championship begins Monday. The Wreckers — ranked 19th in the “LL” (extra large schools) division with a 9-5-2 regular season record — travel to East Hartford (#14, 10-4-2). Game time [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 27th, 2014
Two days after a thrilling win over Danbury in the FCIAC semifinals, the Wreckers were back in action. Significantly, it was 12 days after another thrilling victory: This one 2-0 over Greenwich, in the regular season. [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 24th, 2014
Danbury’s football stadium has been very good to the Staples boys soccer team. It’s where Greg Gudis and Steve Smith scored fantastic goals. Noah Bender won a match in the final minute. And, earlier this year [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 22nd, 2014
Having played 2 matches in the past 2 days — and 3 in the last 4 — the Staples coaching staff took a gamble. With the #7 seed in the FCIAC tournament on the line — [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 21st, 2014
The Wreckers were scheduled to play at Jack Casagrande Field 2 weeks ago. The match time was moved weeks before that, from 7 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Somehow, the officials never got word. They did not [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 20th, 2014
Last year, Jack Scott’s 4th-minute strike paved the way for a 4-1 victory against Fairfield Warde. This year, it took even less time — just 35 seconds for the Wreckers to find the net. The Mustangs [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 18th, 2014
Like Staples, Trumbull has had an inconsistent season. The Golden Eagles brought a 4-7-2 record into today’s match — but 2 of those wins came in their last 2 games, and earlier they tied league-leading Fairfield [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 18th, 2014
Do you know where the Sea of Tranquility is? Who was the 1st US president born in a hospital? What the acronym “SAT” stands for?* Plenty of Staples soccer players, parents and friends knew last night, [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 15th, 2014
It’s been a frustrating season for Staples soccer — players and fans. The Wreckers have tied games they could have won, and lost games they could have tied. They’ve missed their center back and tri-captain, Andrew [&hellip... Read More →