Sports
Friday, April 05, 2013
Working on New Staples Varsity Girls Softball Field
Work is under way for the new Staples Girls varsity softball field. After playing for years at Green’s Farms Elementary School, the team will finally have a home field built to FCIAC standards on school property at Wakeman Field. Even though the field and stands will be ready later this spring for games, the project still needs to raise another $20,000 for a removable home run fence and batting cages. Tax deductible donations to help finish the project can be mailed (made out to Staples Softball Booster Club-got field?) to got field? 19 Country Road, Westport Ct. 06880. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Longshore Ready for Ladies’ Golf Opener
Parks and Recreation Director Stuart McCarthy said today his department has been successful in dealing with post-Storm Sandy turf issues at Westport’s Longshore Club Park golf course. He told members of the Longshore Ladies Nine-Hole Golf Association meeting at the Westport Public Library that the department is on schedule for the group’s April 11 season opener. Eileen Hart and Ellen Ehli, co-presidents, said their group welcomes new members. For more information, visit www.llnhga.org. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Watchful Eye as Westport Hosts Soccer Tourney
More than 130 soccer teams from Connecticut, New York, and Massachusetts met at Staples High School today for the 33rd annual Westport Invitational Soccer Tournament, according to Wes Malowitz (above), president of the Westport Soccer Association. He said 50 girls teams competed in more than 70 games today and about 55-60 boys teams will compete on Sunday. The matches are being held both indoors and outdoors. Malowitz said it is the largest fundraiser of the year with proceeds earmarked for the Coleman Brothers Foundation. He said that a championship game is played in each of four age groups—U11, U12, U13, and U 14-16. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
Playing for the Championship
Among participants in the 33rd annual Westport Invitational Soccer Tournament today at Staples Hugh School were girls teams from Madison (black) and Norwalk (blue) which played in the U-13 (under 13 yeas old) category. The light snow did not seem to bother them. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
Loyal Soccer Moms
A few loyal fans in the sparsely populated outdoor stands at Staples High School today braved the weather to view the 33rd annual Westport Invitational Soccer Tournament soccer tournament hosted by the Westport Soccer Association. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Celebrating
Members of the Staples High School 4,000 distance medley relay team celebrated their recent first place win in the New Balance Indoor National Championships at the Armory in New York. The team recorded a time of 10:07.01, a state and a school record. Pictured (l-r) are Henry Wynne, Walker Marsh, Jack Scott and Peter Elkind. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo
Sunday, March 03, 2013
Big GFA Win
The boys basketball team of Westport’s Greens Farms Academy today became the 2013 New England Class C Champions when they beat the Pingree School 55-50 in the finals of the NEPSAC games (New England Prep School Association) in Worcester, Mass. It is the first time in GFA’s history that they have won the FAA (Fairchester Athletic Association) League play, tournament play, and the New Englands in the same season. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Staples Girls Lacrosse Hosts Clinic
The Staples High School girls lacrosse team on Wednesday hosted more than 60 Westport girls first through eighth grade for a lacrosse skills clinic. The event raised money for planned improvements to the girls lacrosse and field hockey field at Staples. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo
Saturday, February 23, 2013
A Championship Victory Souvenir at GFA
Greens Farms Academy’s 6-foot-9 senior forward Sean Obi gets himself a souvenir today following GFA’s 67-42 win over the Brunswick School of Greenwich to take the Fairchester Athletic Association (FAA) championship at GFA’s Coyle Gym. Looking on is GFA coach Doug Scott. Obi has signed a National Letter of Intent for a full basketball scholarship to play at Rice University in the fall. The Nigerian native came to the United States in 2010 and lives in Greenwich with oil trader Steven Eggers and wife Bobbi who have become his legal guardians. The Eggers’s son Hunter is also on the GFA basketball team. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) John Hartwell for WestportNow.com
Wednesday, February 06, 2013
Staples Footballers Disclose School Choices
A news conference was held at Staples High School today at which seven Wrecker teammates gathered for National Letter of Intent Day—the day players commit to play football at the college level this fall. “I’m so proud of where they’re going,” said Coach (Marce Petroccio (l). “I’m so proud of what they’ve done here. It’s hard to let go. They’re such a special, special group.” Pictured (l-r) with the name of their schools: Nick Kelly (Amherst); Kevin Kearney (Bowdoin); Pieter Hoets (Trinity); Will Patrick (Tufts); Joey Zelkowitz (Middlebury); James Frusciante (Princeton), and Kyle Vaughn (Fordham). (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo
Sunday, February 03, 2013
Y Hosts Masters Groundhog Swim Meet
The 28th Annual Y Masters Groundhog Swim Meet took place today at the Westport Weston Family Y. This year’s meet, sanctioned for U.S. Masters Swimming by Connecticut Masters, attracted 85 competitive swimmers 18 years and older from Connecticut, New York and New Jersey, and across New England. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo
Coordinating the Groundhog Swim Meet
Today’s 28th Annual Y Masters Groundhog Swim Meet at the Westport Weston Family was hosted by the Y Masters swimmers and coordinated by Mike Laux, pictured with nationally ranked Y Masters swimmer Sheila Stolarski of Weston. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo
Winners
Three Staples High School varsity cheerleaders were awarded individual All-FCIAC awards at the annual FCIAC Cheerleading Championship held at Warde High School in Fairfield on Saturday. They are (l-r) freshman Jessy Nelson and seniors Maddy Mann and Olivia Stanley. This is the second All-FCIAC award for Mann and Stanley. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Staples Footballers Honored at All-State Luncheon
Eight senior football players at Westport’s Staples High School today were selected and honored by the Connecticut High School Coaches Association All-State Football Luncheon in Southington. Pictured (l-r) are: Chris Spear, Jared Levi, Will Patrick, Coach Marce Petroccio, Kyle Vaughn, Joey Zelkowitz, James Fruciante, and Nick Kelly. Missing is Pieter Hoets. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo
Learning Softball from a Legend
Westport 12U Wrecker Catherine Connell readies for the spring softball season with Olympian Jennie Finch at a recent New Jersey clinic. Finch pitched for the USA national softball team and the Chicago Bandits and helped lead Team USA to the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo
Note: WestportNow Publisher Gordon F. Joseloff is also First Selectman of Westport