Jack Zeldes ’16, plays as a center midfielder for Staples Boys soccer. He grew up playing for Westport soccer before switching to the premier youth club Majic, out of Bridgeport. Soccer is a big part of his life, but he doesn’t like the big teams. “I like smaller teams like Southampton who spend less money and bring up their players from the youth team.” Zeldes said. “They might not win the Premier League, but they do well and they do it the right way.” His favorite team is Borussia Dortmund of the Bundesliga. His favorite article that he wrote for Inklings is about another soccer fan, Ben Cion ’13, who was the live tweeter for Staples soccer. “Ben wasn’t the best player but he just loved the game. Since he wasn’t on the team he became the live tweeter just to be around the game more.”

A senior this year, Grayson Weir ’14 joins Inklings with hopes of being as successful a reporter as he is a volleyball player. Although volleyball is his sport of choice, Weir broadened his horizons by watching football and basketball as well. For Weir, a moment that rivals the thought of spiking a winning shot on the court is getting a sports story of his published. Last year, he did just that, on a sports website The Bleacher Report. No stranger to challenges of all kinds, Weir was faced with a new game this past summer— chasing chickens on a farm in Louisiana as a summer job. “It was a huge culture shock from living in New England my whole life,” said Weir. Despite his initial shock, Weir confesses he actually learned a thing or two about the way his dinner gets to the table each night. As taxing as running after farm animals were, this job definitely prepared him for the tough preseason he came home to, as well as helped him fine tune the patience skills necessary when covering a story. With some undeniably crazy experiences under his belt, this year Weir said he is ready to tackle any story thrown his way