Staples Ski Team

The Norwalk Inn was full of smiles last night as we said farewell to the 2024 season. The senior Captains’ speeches summed up what a unique and special experience Staples Ski Team is, plus what FUN they have 😃 There are many to congratulate & thank.

Congratulations to Jake Coykendall who is the 3rd recipient of the, Corey Hausman Award: Presented annually to the senior alpine racer who best epitomizes Corey’s special spirit with a love for skiing, the desire to improve, a willingness to work and the ability to inspire others.

Congratulations to our Scholar Athlete Award Winners: Alannah Morris & Henry Manning

Congratulations to our BLOCK S Coach Award Winners: Sydney Feldman & Logan Manchester

Congratulations to our BLOCK S MVP Award Winners: Alannah Morris & Ean Frankel

Congratulations to the 2025 Captains: Charlotte Berner, Alexis Robinson, Maddie Stevenson, Ean Frankel, Max Manchester & Ben Zwick

To our 2024 SENIOR CLASS. You will be missed! Congratulations and Good Luck to you All! Max Beres, Jake Coykendall, Sydney Feldman, Nate Fridland, Sarah Himes, Oliver Howard, Logan Manchester, Henry Manning, Alannah Morris, Isabel Puchert and Athina Sarmiento.

Thank you to Coach Becca, Coach Jon & Coach Jenn for all you do!

*For those of you who read these posts and were at the banquet last night…thank you! It’s been a wonderful ride for the Howard Family and I’ve loved it all–cheering on race day, creating BIG heads, making the best pasta JC has ever had 😉, putting out the sandwich board (& having a Howard boy forget to pick it up after the race!), writing these posts & promoting all things about this great team. Ski Team will always hold a special place in our Wrecker Hearts💙 🤍~ Michelle (Zach ’18, Ben ’20, Charlie ’22, Ollie ’24)

Looking forward to seeing you all at the banquet tomorrow– (3/19), 6:30pm at the Norwalk Inn 🎿

The Wreckers ended their season Thursday with some hardware 🥈🥉 Congrats to the GIRLS TEAM who took 4th at the State Race and came in 3rd overall for the season. The BOYS TEAM was awarded medals as well for their 2nd place overall season award. Well done racers 👏🏻

End of Season Meeting: Monday 3/4. Please remind your student to return their suit and bring in their check.

REMINDER: Please RSVP to the banquet. An evite email was sent on Tuesday. When responding please indicate entree choices. All details are in note section on invite. If you didn’t receive please check your junk mail or email Michelle Howard at mbohoward@aol.com. Thank you!

Monday, March 4th, we will meet in the pool lobby to collect GS suits PLEASE BE SURE TO WASH YOUR GS SUITS BEFORE TURNING THEM IN!

We will then move to one of the classrooms to hear from Captain Candidates. Don’t forget to bring your season dues checks. Please bring in a check made out to Staples High School for $700. 

 In the memo field include: 
                                                   SKI TEAM (racer’s last name) ’24 P&T

The above amount includes the tryout fee ($90) and season dues ($610).

Evite was sent through email on Tuesday!

*For more info. on ALL STATE Honors: Click Here

GOOD LUCK to all our State racers today ⛷

Congratulations to ALL STATE racers Ean Frankel and Allanah Morris who will be representing Staples and TEAM CT next month in the Eastern Championships!👏🏻

Congratulations to our All State Honorable Mention racers: Abby Kane, Ella Manchester, Maddie Stevenson & Ben Zwick.

Thank you to the Coykendalls for a great pre-States dinner last night 🍕

GOOD LUCK to Ean Frankel, Abigail Kane, Logan Manchester, Henry Manning, Alannah Morris, Alexis Robinson, Maddie Stevenson and Ben Zwick this afternoon as they race to secure a spot on TEAM CT 🎿

FULL TEAM Pizza Party- tomorrow night! Coykendall’s Home. Thank you to all who have donated a pizza or contributed an item. We still have some open spaces, if you can help, CLICK HERE

The STATE RACE is set for Thursday at 4:00. Staples will be competing alongside the following schools to become State Champions. Thank you to all who have contributed a snack for the team that day-a few more open slots. CLICK HERE to help. Items can be taken on bus with students if you are unable to attend race.

Congratulations to the following teams for qualifying for the State Open

Class L Boys – Greenwich, Staples, Prep, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Hopkins

Class L Girls – Fairfield, Ridgefield, Staples, Greenwich, Hopkins, Glastonbury

Class S Boys – Wilton, Weston, Cheshire, Brunswick, Barlow, Guilford, Hand

Class S Girls – Hand, Wilton, Weston, New Canaan, Amity, Lauralton Hall, Barlow

UPDATED RACE PHOTOS HERE. Thank you Sile! (silephoto.com. Password: ski)

COMING SOON! Be on the lookout for an Evite to your email and RSVP to the banquet! The celebration will be on 3/19!

SAVE THE DATE: Our banquet to celebrate the season will be Tuesday, March 19th. Invite & more details to follow.

The Coykendalls have opened their doors again (thank you!), this time to host the FULL TEAM for a pizza party 🍕 before States. Wednesday 2/28. CLICK HERE TO HELP!

STATES will be Thursday 2/29. Race begins at 4:00 and the evening runs late while waiting for the awards ceremony. CLICK HERE to donate a snack for the team to enjoy!

Have a wonderful break!

It was a beautiful evening to celebrate the Class of 2024! Thanks to all who came out to cheer or donated an item to the table–it was an awesome crowd!

Staples Varsity Girls and Boys finished 3rd last night. JV Girls placed 3rd as well and Boys JV took 2nd 👏🏻 These regular season finishes put the Wreckers in good contention to take home some hardware at the STATE RACE (2/29–note date change). Results Here

Next week the team will hit the hill for practice on Monday and Wednesday.

Have a great break!

FROM THE CISL WEBSITE: THE 2024 STATE OPEN WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2024 at 4:00 PM

Today (2/7) is the last race of the regular season and a chance for us to celebrate our seniors!

Join us at Mount Southington as we cheer on our 2024 senior class: Max Beres, Jake Coykendall-C, Sydney Feldman-C, Nate Fridland, Sarah Himes, Oliver Howard-C, Logan Manchester-C, Henry Manning, Alannah Morris-C, Isabel Puchert and Athina Sarmiento.

Senior parents if you are coming to the mountain to cheer, please look for a Captains’ parent to give you your child’s BIG HEAD. If you can’t make it, not to worry, we will cheer extra loud! Race Starts @ 4:40 

A celebration will follow the race All are welcome and encouraged to stay to enjoy a few treats!

Thank you to the Stevensons and Coykendalls for hosting last night’s pasta dinners 😃