Wilton Scores and Standings: July 25

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The Wilton 11s All-Star Baseball team won its opening-round Route 84 playoff game with a 12-0 whitewashing of the New Milford Storm on Sunday.

Pitchers Matt D'Elisa, Ben Rusin and Will Suchy combined on a one-hit shutout for Wilton. The hitting for Wilton was sharp, as the All-stars banged out 10 hits, with Liam Murray, Ben Rusin, Matt Rubsam and Dillon Lifrieri leading the attack with two hits each.

First baseman Jack DiNanno drove in two runs with a first-inning single that scored Ian Filaski and Murray. Leftfielder Sam Johns also singled in a run for Wilton.

Wilton's fielding also was superb, highlighted by shortstop D'Elisa and second baseman Griffin Klinga turning a 6-4-3 double play. Third basemen Alex Acosta-Rua and Ben Rusin also made a number of spectacular plays while manning the hot corner. 

Wilton finished the Route 84 regular season with a 14-3 record to earn a berth in the playoffs.

D'Elisa, Filaski and Will Suchy were recently honored by the Route 84 summer travel league by being selected as All-stars to represent Wilton for the 11U East All-star team. The annual classic was played at Danbury's Rogers Park on July 16 and featured representatives from the 20 teams in the league.

D'Elisa started the contest for East and pitched a scoreless first inning. With the East trailing 3-0, Suchy entered the game in relief and pitched out of a no-out bases loaded jam to keep the game close. Suchy also smacked a long double to right centerfield.

After the East rallied with a six-run fifth inning to take a 9-7 lead, Filaski closed the game by pitching the last two innings of effective relief to preserve a 9-8 victory over the West. Filaski was also 3-for-3 at the plate with a run scored.

Wilton manager John D'Elisa was selected to manage the East All-Star team by virtue of Wilton's first-place position in the Eastern Division standings.

The 11-year-old Wilton baseball team clinched a spot in the section one finals with a 4-2 win over Seymour on Sunday.

The victory set up Wednesday's final match at Bridgeport's Blackham School (5:30 p.m.) against Fairfield American, which secured its berth on Saturday.

Fairfield American and Wilton, who are each 3-0, have one game remaining in pool play on Monday, but noone else in the tournament has fewer than two loses.

Fairfield American and Wilton complete pool play on Monday against each other in what essentially will be a meaningless game.  The winner will earn first place in the group, but the teams will meet again in two days.

Wilton's K.C. Moss finished in the top five in all five of her events at the 2011 Long Course Connecticut Senior Championships, which took place last week at Wesleyan University.

Moss qualified for the sectionals in the 200-meter backstroke, finishing third with a time of 2:28.23. She took silver medals in the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke.

Her other finishes included a second-place effort in the 200-meter individual medley (2:24.56) and a fifth-place finish in the 400-Meter Individual Medley with a sectional qualifying time of 5:11.92.

Competing for the Whirlwind Diving team, which is based out of New Canaan, Wilton's Katie Warburg finished sixth in the 3-meter and third in the 1-meter earlier this month at the USA Diving summer Junior Zone A championships at Rockville,

Whirlwind finished second in the team competition with 186 points, trailing only the Montgomery Dive Club (228 points). Whirlwind won the women's division with 91 points and finished third in the men's competition with 95 points.

Nine members of the team will compete in the Age Group National Championships, which begin July 29 in Knoxville, Tenn.

The 77th Connecticut Open got under way Monday morning at the Brooklawn Country Club in Fairfield. The club is hosting the tournament for the sixth time, having previously been the site of the event in 1935, 1938, 1958, 1973 and 1991.

Defending champion Kyle Gallo of Kensington is looking to become the first five-time winner of the tournament.  He is coming off an impressive victory at the Massachusetts Open Championship.

The 130-player field includes a number of local players, including Stamford's  Mike Ballo Jr., who was the runner-up in the Massachusetts Open Club.

Also entered is recent New England Amateur champion Jeff Hedden of the Black Hall Club.

Other area players include Greenwich's Daniel Balin and David Pastore, Darien's Mike Ballo Jr. and Greg Reilly, Norwalk's Jerry Courville, Weston's Bernie D'Amato, Westport's John Gentile, Wilton's Brian and John Murphy and Fairfield's Brad Worthington.

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