Football: Staples routs Wilton, 37-6

Saturday, 07 November 2009 18:20

Unbeaten Staples jumped out to a 24-0 lead after one quarter and went on to defeat the Wilton High football team, 37-6, on Saturday afternoon in Westport.

It was the second straight loss for the Warriors, who fell to 2-6.

The Wreckers (8-0) led 31-0 at halftime and then scored the first touchdown of the second half to go ahead 37-0.

State playoff pairings announced for boys soccer, girls soccer, field hockey

Friday, 06 November 2009 15:00

Pairings have been announced for the C.I.A.C. field hockey, boys soccer and girls soccer tournaments.

The Wilton High girls soccer team opens the Class L playoffs on Monday. The Warriors (5-6-4) are seeded 25th and will play at eighth-seeded Avon (12-3-1) at 2.

The boys soccer and field hockey teams both open the state tourney on Tuesday at New Fairfield.

Warburg repeats as FCIAC diving champ

Friday, 06 November 2009 11:50

Katie Warburg is now 2-for-2.

The Wilton High sophomore repeated as conference champion by placing first at the FCIAC girls diving competition Thursday at Westhill-Stamford.

Warburg had 408.4 points to beat Alex Leinroth of Darien, who was second with 398.0 points.

Field hockey: Wilton falls to Darien in FCIAC semifinals

Written by J.B. Cozens
Tuesday, 03 November 2009 21:53

A month had passed since the Wilton High field hockey team suffered a 3-0 loss to Darien, and the Warriors were hoping a month of improvement would pay off when the two teams met on Tuesday night in the FCIAC semifinals.

Problem was, the Blue Wave has improved since then as well, and the result was another 3-0 Darien win, at New Canaan High School’s Dunning Field.

“They executed a game plan and we didn’t. Everything they executed was practically textbook,” said Wilton head coach Deirdre Hynes after the game. “They have excellent stick skills. It’s all of them, and they work well together.”

The Warriors (11-4-1) open the Class M state tournament on Tuesday. Pairings will be announced on Friday.

Heyde wins Swimmer of Week honors

Tuesday, 03 November 2009 17:08

Freshman Kelly Heyde of Wilton, a member of the St. Mary's College of Maryland women's swim team, earned Capital Athletic Conference Women's Swimmer of the Week honors for the week ending Nov. 1.

Heyde registered five individual first-place finishes, including a school-record and NCAA "B" cut performance in the Seahawks' opening week of the season. St. Mary's (2-0, 1-0 CAC) posted a 137-68 victory at Catholic University and a 114-91 triumph over Marymount (Va.) University.

Scarth wins Halloween Hustle 5K race

Thursday, 05 November 2009 10:28

Doug Scarth of Redding was the winner of the Seventh Annual Halloween Hustle 5K Race, held Sunday in Wilton Center.

The race, sponsored by the Wilton Chamber of Commerce and The Wilton Bank, had 173 finishers. The race course ran from Wilton Center through the Wilton High School complex, before finishing at Merwin Meadows Park.

Scarth completed the run in a time of 18:20. Mitch West of Wilton was second in 19:00.

Field hockey: Wilton meets nemesis Darien today in FCIACs

Tuesday, 03 November 2009 14:11

The Wilton High field hockey team gets another post-season crack at Darien when the two teams meet tonight in an FCIAC semifinal game at 7 at New Canaan.

Unbeaten Darien is the top seed, while the Warriors are seeded fourth.

The Blue Wave defeated Wilton in the FCIAC and Class M state finals last season.

Cross country: Wilton girls win state title

Written by Tim Murphy
Saturday, 31 October 2009 16:57

After his team finished second to Fairfield Warde at the conference championships, Wilton High girls cross country coach Jeff Gee got down to some tough love.

“I challenged them to be a better team and pick each other up,” he said. “They were a place or two away from an undefeated season and a second straight FCIAC title. I asked if that was good enough for them or if they wanted to do more.”

Last Saturday afternoon, Gee got his answer.

Football: Unbeaten New Canaan routs Wilton

Written by Peter Keiser
Friday, 30 October 2009 20:36

The odds were overwhelming. New Canaan entered last Friday night’s football game against host Wilton undefeated this season, on a 23-game winning streak, and sporting a roster of 90 players. That collection included a stud transfer quarterback from Florida and an offensive tackle whose listed 6’5 and 300 pounds in the game program was a dwindling of his actual size.

Aligned against these forces of doom stood Wilton with its 2-4 record and a roster of 45 players — long on youth, short on experience and weakened by significant injury.

Yet it was Wilton who drew first blood and led 7-0 at the end of the first quarter. And it was the Warriors who blocked an extra-point attempt, leaving the Rams ahead by a manageable 13-6 at 10:05 of the second.

Field hockey: Wilton beats Norwalk in overtime in FCIAC quarterfinals

Written by J.B. Cozens
Friday, 30 October 2009 16:42

Clare Detrick-Yee's goal 47 seconds in sudden-death overtime gave the Wilton High field hockey team a dramatic 3-2 win over Norwalk in the FCIAC quarterfinals on Friday in Wilton.

The fourth-seeded Warriors (11-3-1) advanced to Tuesday's FCIAC semifinals in New Canaan.

Wilton jumped out quickly with two goals by Julianne Tangney in the opening 2:32 of play. The first was off a penalty corner, just 1:29 into the game, off a Danielle Noonan assist, and the second came on an assist by Amy Drummond.

The fifth-seeded Bears, however, clawed back and had the better of the play for a good deal of the rest of the game.