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NEW CANAAN — Staples’ head coach Laddie Lawrence figured his team would finish in the top four Thursday afternoon at the FCIAC Cross Country Championships. He just didn’t know where exactly. In a competitive field, the Wreckers took third with 91 points while Ridgefield took top honors with 27 points. Darien was second (59). “Third […]
NEW CANAAN — On the surface it was a bit of a disappointing afternoon for the Staples girls’ cross country team. The Wreckers finished in second place with 57 points, as a strong Ridgefield team barely edged them for the FCIAC Championship Cross Country team title with 52 points at Waveny Park. But dig a […]
Trumbull’s sick of hearing about ‘The Shelton’ game. It was a mess. Trumbull knows it was a mess. The Eagles are done with it. What coach Bob Maffei predicted would be one of the Week 1 SCC-FCIAC Challenge’s best games turned out to be a major flop. It was 49-0 at the half when […]
WESTPORT — In all his years of coaching Staples head boys’ soccer coach Dan Woog says this is the first group that immediately wants to go to works on the finer points. And after a game, they find an immediate connection to the teaching. “After a game they say, ‘That really came from our training […]
WESTPORT — Staples head girls’ volleyball coach Jon Shepro thinks Amelia Brackett should be a high jumper. Brackett laughs at the idea. “I tried it and didn’t like it,” she said with a smile. Instead she stuck with volleyball, the only sport she’s ever known. And that’s turned out to be a pretty good thing […]
In preparation for this coming week’s conference championships, two of the state’s strongest cross country runners made no doubt about it, they are ready to go. At Saturday’s Wickham Park Invitational, senior Chris Alvarado captured first place in the boys’ championship race with a time of 15 minutes and 38 seconds. He edged out Darien’s […]
WESTPORT — Clinging to just a one point lead at the half Friday night against Fairfield Ludlowe, the Staples High football team needed a wake up call. But head coach Marce Petroccio wasn’t the one to deliver the fiery speech. Instead it was senior Jack Greenwald. “At halftime I didn’t have to say anything,” Petroccio […]
Wilton coach Bruce Cunningham didn’t know what kind of team he was going to have this season. He was still uncertain all the way up until the season-opener vs. Guilford. His relatively small roster got smaller in the offseason when a three projected starters transferred to prep schools. “It was a little bizarre around here […]
After breaking the national 2-mile outdoor track and field freshman record last spring, Staples High School sophomore distance runner Hannah DeBalsi is picking up right where she left off. DeBalsi, who has won all five of her races this season, and broken all five meet/course records along the way this fall, is currently ranked No. […]
STAMFORD — Heading into halftime up by just one score, it wasn’t a big secret as to what the Staples High football team needed to fix. After three turnovers and a less-than-desirable performance on the defensive end against a young and speedy Stamford squad, the Wreckers made the adjustments in the final two quarters, outscoring […]
FAIRFIELD — In a game where the momentum can change in a matter of seconds, the Fairfield Warde girls’ soccer team made sure to seize control early and do their best to keep it. Wednesday afternoon the Mustangs Jenn Maldonado found the net less than five minutes into play and the defense did the rest, […]
STAMFORD — After putting up a combined 36 points in the first two games of the season, and coming off a less than impressive victory against Wilton, the Staples High football team was looking to get back on track. Saturday afternoon’s road contest against Westhill provided the perfect outlet. Led by senior quarterback Jack Massie, […]
WESTPORT – Head coach Amanda Parrish still remembers her high school cross country days at Staples High School. Parrish was a runner on the 1997-98 Wreckers squad that won the FCIAC Cross Country Girls Championship title. Now 16 years later, Parrish is leading the next great pack of runners at her alma mater. She has […]
On the Thursday before St. Joseph’s big game with Fairfield Prep, the first against its former MBIAC rival in 20 years, coach Joe Della Vecchia took his team up Hog Hill and over to old Dalling Field. He gathered the team at the 8-yard line. “This,” he said, “is where it all happened.” In the […]
WESTPORT — There was no containing Amelia Brackett’s excitement late Monday afternoon. The senior outside hitter was all smiles after the Wreckers defeated Fairfield Warde 3-0 (25-16, 25-11, 26-24) to improve to 5-0 on the girls’ volleyball season. “I think we’re doing really well,” Brackett said. “We’re undefeated so I think that’s really awesome.” Brackett’s […]
WESTPORT — Exactly a year ago the Staples girls’ soccer team was still in search of their first win. Flash forward to 2013 and Thursday’s FCIAC game against a tough Fairfield Ludlowe squad. The Wreckers displayed growth, maturity and a stingy defense in a 1-0 victory to improve to 3-0 on the young season. “It’s […]
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MIDDLETOWN >> Welcome to the world of football coaches. The winning coach was unhappy – make that very unhappy – and the losing coach was, well, upbeat. First, the facts. Xavier picked up where it left off last year – and the year before that and the year before that – by beating Staples 30-22 […]
The vaunted mega matchup between Hand and New Canaan at Dunning Field wasn’t even close. The ‘other’ headliner between No. 1 Xavier and Staples went from a rout to a barnburner. And Harding, which was winless a year ago, hasn’t had a winning season since 1996 and was 8-81 since 2003, started the season 1-0 […]
MIDDLETOWN>>The high school football season gets underway tonight with a blockbuster attraction. Staples, long a power in the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference visits three-time Class LL champion Xavier at Palmer Field at 6:30 p.m. The top-level attractions continue Thursday as Middletown, a team with great expectations, hosts East Lyme at Rosek-Skubel Stadium at 7:00 […]
By Mary Albl WESTPORT — Ready or not, the Staples High football team will get a pretty good diagnosis of themselves come Wednesday evening. The Wreckers open up the season on the road against Class LL state champion Xavier in Middletown. Staples enters the fall still trying to figure out its identity and personnel after […]
By Mary Albl WESTPORT — In her first year at the helm, Staples’ head coach Heather Driscoll never once played with a full roster. Last fall featured an injury-ridden Wreckers roster that was depleted and searching for answers, all the while getting to know Driscoll and her expectations. “That was definitely frustrating moving players to […]
DEFENDING CHAMPION STAPLES (10-1, Class LL semifinalist) 2013 CHAMPIONSHIP Friday, Nov. 22 at McDougall Stadium, Trumbull, 7:30 TEAM BY TEAM CAPSULES (coming soon) TOP 5 PLAYERS TO WATCH JORDAN VAZZANO, QB, St. Joseph — Built more like an NFL linebacker, the 6-foot-3, 210-pound Vazzano has a howitzer for an arm. He threw for 2,110 yards […]
WESTPORT — The memories of Aug. 28, 2012, still play in Caroline Koenig’s mind. The car coming. The mirror smacking her right shoulder, the sheer force sending her to the ground. The back tire running over her leg. The road covered in blood. The orange hospital mat. Fast-forward almost a year later. It’s an […]
