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Will Johnson Scores Winning Goal, Named Westport News Athlete of the Week

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Recently, Staples lacrosse player Will Johnson ’14 was named the Westport News Athlete of the Week for his double-overtime game-winning goal over New Canaan. It was the Wreckers first win over the Rams, breaking a 30-plus year losing streak.

According to Johnson, “It was such a hard fought game, and winning such a big game felt amazing.”

Eric Zurmuehle ’13, a varsity midfielder, described the atmosphere after the game. “After we won, it was really exciting and everyone charged the field.”

Johnson ’14 is no one-trick pony.  Lance Lonergan ’13, one of the lacrosse captains, said that a large part of Johnson’s success comes from his ambidextrous shooting.

“He’ll take shots all day,” Lonergan ’13 said. “It makes him a reliable part of our system and with his confidence in his scoring ability, it’s a tough-guard for other teams when they have to worry about him [as well as] Joey Zelkowitz and Colin Bannon.”

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From joining the water polo team to becoming web features editor, Chris Ramey ’14 has his high school career pretty laid out. Next on the agenda? An admirable ambition—he wants to be a Navy Seal. It was his dad’s involvement in the Marine Corps—more specifically Force Recon—that originally sparked his interest in becoming a Navy Seal. Ramey expects that a lot of the skills he gains from his Inklings experience will carry over to his practices later in life, and help him to model himself after his dad: tough, determined, and intelligent. “The training is arguably the hardest on the planet, and I like that as a challenge,” he says. “I’d like to be able to say I went in and came out with my head held high.” Ramey joined Inklings this year after having Ms. McNamee as an English teacher freshman year, and so far he has nothing but grand plans. He wants to make full use of the web capabilities, including videos—perhaps even partnering with STN.

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