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Wilton Sports Roundup: Feb. 23

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Bob Birge, Neighbor
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From two wins to a .500 regular season.

Chris Nugent and Ian Ross scored 16 points aoiece Wednesday as the Wilton High School boys basketball team defeated New Canaan 65-51 to complete a 10-10 regular.

The 10 wins is an eight-win improvement from last year's 2-18 finish. Wilton is headed to the Class L state tournament for the first time since the 1999-2000 season.

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Wilton never was challenged Wednesday, jumping out to a 24-7 lead after the first quarter. New Canaan did pull within 35-22 at the intermission, but didn't seriously threaten in the second half.

Weston Wilbur contributed 15 poiints as part of Wilton's balanced attack.

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New Canaan finished the season at 2-18, although the Rams were coming off a 52-47 win over Harding.

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The 10th-seeded Wilton girls basketball team (13-6) has earned a home game in the first round of the Class L state tournament and will host No. 23 Foran of Milford (9-11) on Tuesday.

If the Warriors advance, they will play at No. 7 seed RHAM (15-5) in the second round on Thursday. RHAM received a first-round bye.

Last season, Wilton was the 19th seed and upset FCIAC rival Darien 33-28 in the first round before losing to losing to No. 3 Torrington, 61-39 in the second round.

WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS

Boys basketball

Wilton 65, New Canaan 51

THURSDAY'S SCHEDULE

No games scheduled

STANDINGS

BOYS BASKETBALL

West Division

FCIAC Record

Overall Record

Westhill* 13-5 14-6 Danbury*l 10-8 12-8 Bridgeport Central* 10-8 11-8 Greenwich 9-9 11-9 Trumbull 9-9 10-10 Staples 8-10 9-11

Central Division

FCIAC Record

Overall Record

Ridgefield* 13-5 15-5 Stamford* 11-7 12-8 Fairfield Ludlowe 9-9 9-11 Norwalk 8-10 10-10 McMahon 4-14 4-16 Harding 3-15 4-16

East Division

FCIAC Record

Overall Record

St. Joseph* 18-0 20-0 Trinity Catholic* 14-4 15-5 Bassick* 13-5 15-5 Fairfield-Warde 9-9 11-9 Wilton 8-10 10-10 Darien 1-17 2-18 New Canaan 1-17 2-18

GIRLS BASKETBALL

West Division

FCIAC Record

Overall Record Danbury* 18-0 22-0 Trumbull* 15-3 19-3 Staples 11-7 12-8 Westhill 10-8 11-9 Greenwich 4-14 4-16 Bridgeport Central 1-16 2-17

Central Division

Norwalk* 13-5 15-6 Stamford* 11-7 12-10 Fairfield Ludlowe 7-11 8-12 Ridgefield 7-11 7-13 McMahon 3-15 3-17 Harding 2-15 4-15

East Division

St. Joseph* 15-3 17-4 Wilton* 13-5 15-6 Trinity Catholic* 12-6 13-8 Darien* 11-7 12-9 Fairfield Warde 10-8 12-8 New Canaan 8-10 10-10 Bassick 0-18 0-20

BOYS HOCKEY

East Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record Darien* 11-1 22 14-5-0 Ridgefield* 11-1 20 18-2-0 St. Joseph* 9-3 18 13-7-0 New Canaan* 8-4 16 12-7-1 Wilton* 8-4 16 10-10-0 Trinity Catholic* 8-4 16 9-11-0 Stamford 4-8 8 6-13-1 West Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record Fairfield 7-5 14 9-11-0 Westhill 5-7 10 5-12-2 Trumbull 4-8 8 11-9-0 Staples 2-10 4 8-11-0 Greenwich 1-11 2 3-17-0 Norwalk/McMahon 0-12 0 2-18-0

Girls Hockey

 

Teams FCIAC Record FCIAC Pts Overall Record New Canaan* 14-0 28 19-1 Ridgefield* 10-3-1 21 13-5-1 Greenwich* 10-4 20 12-5-1 Darien* 9-4-1 19 11-6-1 Fairfield 4-9 8 6-10-0 Wilton 4-9 8 5-11-1 Staples-Trumbull 3-11 6 6-12-0 Stamford 0-14 0 1-14-0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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