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Wilton Boys BBall One Win Away from State Tourney
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One to go.
Ian Ross scored 20 points Tuesday as the boys basketball team routed Darien 72-42 at the Zeoli Field House to move within one win of clinching a berth in the state tournament.
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Wilton, which is seeking its first state tournament berth since 1999, improved to 7-8 after snapping a two-game losing streak.
The Warriors, who never trailed Tuesday, built a 33-20 halftime lead, then broke open the game in the second half.
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Three players scored in double figures for Wilton as Weston Wilbur tallied 13 and Chris Nugent added nine.
Wilton's first chance to secure a postseason spot will come on Friday when it hosts Danbury.
Darien dropped to 2-14 and 1-13.
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The girls basketball team improved its FCIAC playoff hopes Tuesday with a potentially critical 33-28 victory over Wilton.
Meg Marren scored 11 points for the Blue Wave, who rebounded from Friday's 66-53 loss to Norwalk to improve to 10-7 overall and 9-6 in the FCIAC.
Wilton, which dropped its second straight, slipped to 11-5 and 11-4.
Emily Stein added 10 points for the Blue Wave in the low-scoring affair. Darien held Wilton to single figures in the first half en route to building a 16-8 lead at the intermission.
Maddy Fulton scored 15 points for Wilton, more than half the Warriors' total.
The win leaves Darien in a five-tie for seventh in the FCIAC with Stamford, Staples, Fairfield Warde and Westhill with three games remaining in the regular season.
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The fourth annual Winter Garden Cup, featuring the boys hockey teams from Ridgefield and Wilton, is set for Wednesday at 4 p.m. at the Winter Garden Arena.
Ridgefield has won the three previous games, including a 4-2 victory last season.
Ranked second in the state, the Tigers (13-1) again will be the favorite in this year's clash as they have won 13 straight games since a season-opening 3-0 loss to top-ranked Fairfield Prep.
However, Wilton has been on a tear since opening the season at 0-7, winning seven of its last seven games to improve to 7-8.
The Warriors, who posted a solid 3-0 victory over St. Joseph on Saturday, recorded a 5-3 win over Stamford on Tuesday to climb within one game of .500.
The win over the Black Knights put Wilton in a position to clinch a state tournament berth with an upset of Ridgefield, and the Warriors would love nothing better than to end the Tigers' 13-game winning streak.
TUESDAY'S RESULTS
Boys basketball
Wilton 72, Darien 42
Girls basketball
Darien 33, Wilton 28
Boys hockey
Wilton 5, Stamford 3
WEDNESDAY'S SCHEDULE
Boys hockey
Ridgefield at Wilton, 4 p.m., Winter Garden Arena
Gymnastics
Fairfield Ludlowe, Fairfield Warde at Wilton, 6 p.m.
Boys swimming
Wilton at Norwalk-McMahon, 3:15 p.m.
BOYS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Westhill 9-4 10-5 Greenwich 8-5 10-5 Bridgeport Central 8-6 8-6 Danbury 7-6 9-6 Staples 7-6 8-7 Trumbull 6-7 7-8Central Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Ridgefield 11-2 13-2 Stamford 7-6 8-7 Norwalk 7-7 9-7 Fairfield Ludlowe 5-8 5-10 Harding 2-11 3-12 McMahon 2-11 2-13East Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
St. Joseph 13-0 15-0 Trinity Catholic 11-3 12-4 Bassick 10-4 12-4 Fairfield-Warde 7-6 9-6 Wilton 5-8 7-8 Darien 1-12 2-13 New Canaan 0-13 1-14GIRLS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record Danbury* 15-0 17-0 Trumbull* 13-2 15-2 Staples 9-6 10-7 Westhill 8-7 9-8 Greenwich 3-12 3-14 Bridgeport Central 1-14 2-15Central Division
Norwalk 10-5 12-5 Stamford 9-6 9-8 Ridgefield 6-9 6-11 Fairfield Ludlowe 6-9 7-10 McMahon 3-12 3-14 Harding 1-13 3-13East Division
St. Joseph* 12-3 12-4 Wilton 11-4 11-5 Trinity Catholic 11-5 12-6 Darien 9-6 10-7 Fairfield Warde 9-6 11-6 New Canaan 7-8 9-8 Bassick 0-16 0-17BOYS HOCKEY
Girls Hockey (through Friday)
Teams FCIAC Record FCIAC Pts Overall Record New Canaan* 11-0 22 16-0 Greenwich* 9-3 18 10-4-1 Darien 8-2 16 10-4 Ridgefield 6-3 12 9-5-0 Wilton 4-6 8 5-7-1 Fairfield 3-6 6 5-7-0 Staples-Trumbull 1-9 2 3-10-0 Stamford 0-10 0 1-9
