STAPLES SKI TEAM

PRACTICE this week will take place on TUESDAY, 2/25.

REGULAR SEASON RESULTS ARE IN! CONGRATULATIONS to the Boys for finishing in 1st place for Class L and to the Girls for securing 3rd place! Links: Boys and Girls

THE STATE OPEN RACE IS SET FOR WEDNESDAY 2/26 at 4.00pm. Staples Varsity Teams will be competing alongside the following schools to become State Champions. Look out for a sign up to donate snacks for the race and come to Southington to cheer for our Wreckers!

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

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

Class S Boys – Weston, Wilton, Cheshire

Class S Girls – Hand, Wilton, Weston, Amity

COMING SOON! Be on the lookout for an Evite to your email and RSVP to the banquet! The celebration will be on 3/20 at The Patterson Club!

Due to the storm on Thursday and the forecast for the upcoming week, CISL has moved the Class S race to Monday 2/10 which means we will not have access to the race hill.

Given the multiple weather systems at play from Tuesday-Thursday, we will be unable to plan practice at the hill this week.

Our next on snow practice will be when we come back from break, Tuesday, February 25th.

It is hard to believe that this week is the last race of the regular season. That also means that it is time to CELEBRATE OUR SENIORS! On Wednesday, 2/5, we will have a celebration of our seniors with snacks, cake and fun. PLEASE COME TO CHEER THEM ON AT SOUTHINGTON – Charlotte Berner, Isla Goldberg, Alexis Krenzer, Bennett Lindau, Mike Linn, Max Manchester, Rachel Olefson, Madeline Tucker & Ben Zwick

SCHEDULE AHEAD:

Monday 2/3 – Practice

Tuesday 2/4 – PASTA DINNER #2, 5:30-6:30pm

BOYS @ Zwick Home, 3 Manor Drive

GIRLS @ Robinson Home, 40 Richmondville Avenue

Wednesday 2/5 – SENIOR NIGHT & RACE #5

Monday 2/10 – Practice

Wednesday 2/12 – Practice (if Monday is postponed due to weather)

2/17-2/24 – FEBRUARY BREAK

Tuesday 2/25- Practice (required for anyone racing in the State Open)

Wednesday 2/26 – STATE OPEN RACE

Thursday 3/20 – END OF SEASON BANQUET AT PATTERSON CLUB (INVITE TO FOLLOW)

GO WRECKERS!!

It was the busiest week so far in the 2025 season!

Monday was the Slalom Shootouts, with seven Staples racers competing. BIG CONGRATS to freshman Hannah El-Gamal for finishing 8th and qualifying for TEAM CT. She will compete in the Eastern Championships March 6-9 in New Hampshire. Ben Zwick had the best outcome for the boys, finishing 12th, so in an alternate position for TEAM CT. Below are some photos:

Pasta dinners for both teams were held on Tuesday night. Thank you to the Frankel and Berner families for hosting!

Finally, Race #4 was held on Wednesday night as a crossover event, racing against both Class L (Greenwich, Fairfield, Prep, Ridgefield and Hopkins) and Class S Schools (Amity, New Canaan, Brunswick/Greenwich Academy, Guilford, St. Luke’s, Brookfield, Lakeview and Woodstock). The Girls Teams finished strong with Varsity in 3rd and JV in second. Boys Varsity were met with some tough runs, but showed some grit , finishing 5th while JV continued their consistent performance with a 2nd place finish.

In last week’s Race #3, the Boys Varsity and JV skied their way into 1st and 2nd place and the Girls Varsity and JV finished 4th and 2nd. We are now already more than halfway through the regular season!

GS Shootouts were also held last week, and Staples had EIGHT racers qualify for the next round! Congratulations to Hannah El-Gamal, Abby Kane, Ella Manchester, Chase Cammeyer, Ean Frankel, Max Manchester, Ben Zwick and Ian Zwick, who will all compete on Monday, 1/27, in the SLALOM SHOOTOUTS for a chance to represent Team CT in March!

Also this week, the season’s first PASTA DINNERS will be held. Schedule ahead:

SLALOM SHOOTOUTS – MONDAY 1/27 at 4.30pm (Practice for rest of team)

PASTA DINNERS – TUESDAY 1/28

BOYS: 5-6pm at the Frankel Home

GIRLS: 5.30-6.30pm at the Berner Home

RACE #4 – WEDNESDAY, 1/29 at 4.30pm

PASTA DINNERS – TUESDAY 2/4

BOYS: 5.30-6.30 pm at the Zwick Home

GIRLS: 5.30-6.30pm at the Robinson Home

RACE #5 – SENIOR NIGHT! WEDNESDAY, 2/4 at 4.30pm (look for a sign-up coming soon to celebrate our seniors at the hill!)

Also, save the date for the Team Banquet on THURSDAY, MARCH 20, invite and details to follow.

Below are some photos from the Wreckers strong performance at the GS Shootouts:

Last week at the second race of the season, Staples had another strong showing. The Varsity Boys and Girls finished 2nd and 3rd, respectively. JV Boys finished 1st and JV Girls came in 3rd.

TONIGHT is the first round of qualifiers for TEAM CT, the GS Shootouts. GOOD LUCK TO THE FOLLOWING RACERS:

BOYS: Chase Cammeyer, Ean Frankel, Max Manchester, Ben Zwick & Ian Zwick

GIRLS: Stella DiGeronimo, Hannah El-Gamal, Abigail Kane, Ella Manchester & Alexis Robinson

GO WRECKERS!

It is midterm week – good luck to all racers on their exams! It is also RACE DAY!

Race #2 is today at 4.30pm. Come out and cheer on our Wreckers! BUS LEAVES AT 2PM, please arrive back at Staples l by 1.45pm to load the bus.

Here is a look at the upcoming schedule (weather permitting, of course!):

1/21 Tuesday   – SHOOT-OUT #1 – GS  (by invitation). This will be a Practice Day for racers not participating in Shoot-outs

1/22 Wednesday – RACE #3

1/27  Monday   – SHOOT-OUT #2 – Slalom (qualifiers from Shoot-out #1). This will be a Practice Day for racers not participating in Shoot-outs

1/28  Tuesday –Team Pasta Dinners – BOYS: Home, 5-6pm; GIRLS: Berner Home, 5.30-6.30pm

1/29  Wednesday – RACE #4

2/3  Monday –Practice 

2/4  Tuesday –Team Pasta Dinners – BOYS: Zwick Home, 5.30-6.30pm; GIRLS: Robinson Home, 5.30-6.30pm

2/5  Wednesday – RACE #5 – SENIOR NIGHT!

Staples started of the season strong and FAST with the Boys Varsity Team finishing 1st and the Girls Varsity Team finishing 4th. Each team had FIVE racers finish in the top 25 and some personal bests! Boys: Ean Frankel (2nd), Ben Zwick (4th), Chase Cammeyer (14th), Max Manchester (15th) and Ian Zwick (17th). Girls: Hannah El-Gamal (13th), Abigail Kane (17th), Stella DiGeronimo (18th), Ella Manchester (21st) and Alexis Robinson (22nd). The Boys and Girls JV teams finished 2nd and 1st, respectively. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!

Next week, the top 6 teams from Class L will race against the top 6 teams from Class S, including Weston and Wilton (based on 2024 rankings) on Wednesday, 1/15 at 4:40pm. Come show your support!

If you have some photos from the race, email to meganzwick@gmail.com and they can be included in the gallery.

Good luck to all racers today! Reminder that the races begin at 4:40pm, and parents are welcome and encouraged to come to Mount Southington to cheer on the team. Girls race the red & green courses, Boys the blue and yellow.

If you cannot make it to today’s race, you can follow along on Live-Timing, where the links to the girls and boys races will be posted closer to race time. You can find your racer’s bib # under the Race Bib # tab on the website

As always, the schedule for the season is highly dependent on the weather, but as of now, CISL has posted the race schedule here. Practices will generally be held on Mondays after school and races will be on Wednesdays: January 8, 15, 22, 28 and Feb 5. Shootouts for GS and Slalom are invitation only qualifying events, and are currently scheduled for Tuesday, January 21 and Monday, January 27.

THE ASF LOGO STORE HAS BEEN REOPENED, but closes at end of day, Thursday, January 9. Place your orders ASAP. They will be distributed the week of January 20.

PHOTOGRAPHERS! We are looking for volunteer photographers – one for the boys team and one for the girls team – to take action photos of the skiers on the hill, as well as candid shots. Please reach out to Megan Zwick (meganzwick@gmail.com) if you are able to help with this effort. They will be used for posts on this website, as well as for the yearbook. Thank you in advance!

Updates will be posted when pasta dinners are scheduled for each team.

GO WRECKERS!

We want to thank all the amazing racers for their patience and efforts over the past 5 weeks. Yesterday’s time trial certainly did not go as smoothly as expected.

We have looked at all of the data we have collected from this season- from captain practices to dryland attendance and finally last night’s time trials and used it to name this year’s teams. CISL has limited us to rosters of 26 racers this season. If you have any questions, please reach out to Becca or Jon.

Those that have been named, please see the posting in our Google Classroom for GS Suits and Race Night Sandwiches. GS Suits will be handed out during tomorrow’s lunch waves in room 3061 based upon completion of the form. Locker load in will take place from 7:35-7:50 tomorrow morning.