Published on October 28th, 2011
When Staples and Greenwich met in the regular season — 2 1/2 weeks ago, on Columbus Day — the Wreckers started sluggishly. Down 2-0 after 23 minutes, they rallied to even the score by halftime, then [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 26th, 2011
Injuries and other misfortunes have hit Harding hard. The Presidents dressed only 15 players for today’s regular season finale. The Wreckers honored their seniors by starting 10 (the lone junior: keeper James Hickok). Terence Gibbons got [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 24th, 2011
The Danbury Hatters came to Loeffler Field locked in a 5-way fight for one of the last 4 spots in the FCIAC tournament. Their unusual record — 6-2-6 — indicated they play everyone tough; the opponents [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 22nd, 2011
Nearly a dozen Staples varsity soccer players spent Saturday morning watching, cheering for, and hanging out with some future — very future — Wreckers: the Westport Soccer Association 2nd grade boys league. The 2011 team, in [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 21st, 2011
After Wednesday’s 3-0 thumping by Westhill, the Wreckers faced a harsh reality: They might not qualify for the FCIAC tournament. Their task: Get back on track at New Canaan. The game had extra significance: Staples (8-2-3) [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 19th, 2011
The 6-5-2 record Westhill brought into today’s match was deceiving. Those losses included 3 games they won on the field, but forfeited due to an ineligible player. Among them: a 7-1 demolition of Darien. The hosts [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 18th, 2011
Albie Loeffler — founder of the Staples boys soccer program, and 2-time National Coach of the Year — was inducted into the Fairfield County Sports Hall of Fame. A crowd of several hundred attended the gala [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 17th, 2011
After Staples and Fairfield Warde tied 0-0 on Saturday, the Wrecker coaches told their team to expect a very similar match 2 days later, against the other Fairfield high school. And that was without knowing that [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 15th, 2011
Today’s large Alumni Day crowd included George Scott — a goalkeeper on Staples 1st-ever soccer team. He recalled the 1st game in Wrecker history: a 3-2 loss to Andrew Warde. Staples never lost again to Warde; [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 15th, 2011
Staples boys soccer’s 7th annual Quiz Night may have been the best yet. There was plenty of heated competition — did you know that Walt Disney has won more Academy Awards than anyone else? that the [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 13th, 2011
So far this season, Darien has been the surprise of the FCIAC. Under new head coach Jon Bradley, the Blue Wave surged to a 7-1-2 record. The lone loss (1-0) was at Wilton; ties came against [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 11th, 2011
Susan Killian — mother of Matt Killian ’01 — died September 26, at the age of 64. An active soccer parent with Staples and the Westport Soccer Association, she also worked for Pfizer. Survivors also include [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 10th, 2011
With most of Greenwich’s turf fields closed due to possible landfill contamination, the Wreckers traveled to the football stadium for a Columbus Day match with the 5-1-2 Cardinals. The temperature neared 90, but Staples came out [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 6th, 2011
Besides last year’ 3-1 early season loss to Trumbull, every Wrecker-Golden Eagle match since 2004 has been decided by 1 goal — or ended in a tie. Entering today’s game, Staples was 1-2-4 against Trumbull since [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 3rd, 2011
After 2 big games in3 days last week — and no training, due to Rosh Hashana — the Wreckers might have been expected to let down a bit against Brien McMahon. They did. A lackluster 1st [&hellip... Read More →