Staples quarterback D.J. Stefkovich (1) looks for a receiver as he gets a block from senior Par Scott (52) during tonight’s game against Greenwich.  (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

Staples and Greenwich cheerleaders join hands during halftime at tonight’s Wrecker-Cardinal season opener at Greenwich. WestportNow.com photo

Members of the Staples High School football team set out this afternoon for tonight’s opener at Greenwich which they lost 20-13. It was a rematch of the regular season finale last year when the Wreckers trounced Greenwich 28-0 to capture the FCIAC East title. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Emily Laux for WestportNow.com

The Staples boys soccer team opened its 2004 season with a 6-0 victory over Harding High today at the Wreckers’ Albie Loeffler Field. 

The score was 3-0 after 10 minutes, thanks to a penalty kick by tri-captain Chris Meinke and two goals by junior Ross McGibney. 

McGibney added two more in the second half, and Lee Solomon added the final tally. 

All 18 available players played at least half the match, and all looked sharp. 

Staples’ next match is Saturday, 10 a.m., at Fairfield Warde High School.

Staples High School football coach Marce Petroccio has some words for his players during today’s practice scrimmage at Wakeman Field. The Wreckers open their season Friday, Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. at Greenwich with the first home game Friday, Sept. 24 at 3 p.m. against Trinity. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

Roland Lochoff, 49, was the first Westport finisher and eighth place overall in today’s Westport Roadrunners Summer Race Series annual 10-mile Labor Day race with a time of 1:04.5. Julia Mally for WestportNow.com

Kammy Maxfeldt, the head professional at Westport’s Birchwood Country Club, has won the Massachusetts Women’s Open and says it’s because of advice from her caddie.

One day after shooting an 80, Maxfeldt put her caddie’s advice to better use at Black Rock Country Club in Hingham Wednesday, carding a 70 to win the event with a two-day total of 150.

She edged two other players by one stroke.

The key to Maxfeldt’s turnaround was the par-4 16th, a 390-yard dogleg left with plenty of water and sand, plus a treacherous green.

Winner: Tim Loh, 19, of Fairfield. Julia Mally for WestportNow.com A Fairfield student, Tim Loh, 19, won today’s seventh race in the 42nd annual Westport Road Runners Series sponsored by Westport’s Parks and Recreation Department.

Loh, who ran track at Fairfield High School and is running at Notre Dame, finished ahead of the pack with a time of 39:38 for the 6.85 mile course.

The race, which set off from Westport’s Compo Beach, attracted 123 runners.

Top finishers included: 1 – Tim Loh, 19, Fairfield, 39:48; 2 – Steve Barone, 19, Trumbull, 41:30; 3 – Christian McEvoy, 21, Bridgeport, 41:58; 4 – Jeremy Howard, 24, Bridgeport, 42:51; 5 – Roland Lochoff, 49, Westport, 42:53, and 6 – Paul Greenberg, 43, Westport, 43:27.

Heather Crosby, 31, of Fairfield, was the first woman finisher with time of 44:26.  She is the new cross-country track coach at Staples High School.

The distance of the races increases each week until it reaches 10 miles on the final race for the season on Labor Day.

Staples High School girls soccer coach Lee Brown told a team meeting tonight that he is resigning to take a collegiate coaching job.

In an e-mail to soccer families, Brown, 34, said, “For some time now I have been working closely with several collegiate teams and, as a result, have been offered an assistant’s job at the NCAA Division 1 level.

“An opportunity like this is very rare and after careful consideration I accepted the offer to advance my coaching career.”

Brown, who has been the Staples girls coach only for a year, said he and the Staples athletic director have been actively searching for suitable candidates and hope to have a replacement named shortly.

Staples 2000 grad Dave Kashetta has been elected a tri-captain of the Boston College football team, it was announced today.

Shortly before practice today Coach Tom O’Brien announced that defensive tackle Tim Bulman (Milton, Mass,), defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka (Indianapolis, Ind.), and tight end Kashetta were elected 2004 captains by a team vote.

Kiwanuka was an All-Big East first-team selection last year and has been named to several preseason All-America teams.

Bulman is an all-star candidate who has been a solid member of the defensive unit in all three previous seasons.