Wilbur Cross High School (CT)
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| Cross appeared in the [[:category:2007|2007]] Southern Connecticut Conference championship against Hillhouse. Then later in the state tourney faced Torrington. | Cross appeared in the [[:category:2007|2007]] Southern Connecticut Conference championship against Hillhouse. Then later in the state tourney faced Torrington. | ||
| - | The school boasts many talented and successful alumni, including the nation's leading scorer for the 1981-82 season, [[Earl Kelly]]. | + | The school boasts many talented and successful alumni, including the nation's leading scorer for the 1981-82 season, [[Earl Kelly]Wilbur Cross had a run of nationally ranked teams from 1966 thru 1981/ '66 and '67 were ranked 18th, '68 3rd,'69 36th. The 1971-72 season featured a Cross team of four eventual All-Americans;Jim Williamson a 5-10 soph guard 18ppg,Bruce Campbell a 6-8 soph center 16 ppg and seniors Mickey Heard 6-4 and Roland Jones 6-4 at 19ppg 21rb 7assists, and 24ppg 15rb 5assists. Note that Jones, Heard and Campbell were all left handed. The team finished with a #2 national ranking. The 72-73 team finished at #5. The 1973-74 team finished as the # 1 high school team in the country according to the Washington Post high school hoops poll which was the gold standard of polls at that time. In 1980 Cross would be ranked #17 in USA. The 1981 team was ranked #8. The 1980 team defeated a powerfull Rindge & Latin HS from Cambridge,MA that featured basketball great, Patrick Ewing. The 1981 team would lose a close game to Rindge & Latin. The loss to Wilbur Cross was the only loss during Ewings stellar high school career. |
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Wilbur Cross High School is a public high school located in New Haven, Connecticut. The school has a long and rich tradition of athletics, particularly in basketball. The school has continued the same tradition set fourth in New Haven by people like Maurice Podoloff, the first commissioner of the NBA, who came out of New Haven as well as "Super" John Williamson, an All-American at New Mexico State whose jersey, No. 23, was recently retired by the New Jersey Nets.
In the 1960's, New Haven basketball was dominated by Wilbur Cross or its New Haven neighbor, Hillhouse High School. The two teams won every state title but one throughout the decade.
Cross appeared in the 2007 Southern Connecticut Conference championship against Hillhouse. Then later in the state tourney faced Torrington.
The school boasts many talented and successful alumni, including the nation's leading scorer for the 1981-82 season, [[Earl Kelly]Wilbur Cross had a run of nationally ranked teams from 1966 thru 1981/ '66 and '67 were ranked 18th, '68 3rd,'69 36th. The 1971-72 season featured a Cross team of four eventual All-Americans;Jim Williamson a 5-10 soph guard 18ppg,Bruce Campbell a 6-8 soph center 16 ppg and seniors Mickey Heard 6-4 and Roland Jones 6-4 at 19ppg 21rb 7assists, and 24ppg 15rb 5assists. Note that Jones, Heard and Campbell were all left handed. The team finished with a #2 national ranking. The 72-73 team finished at #5. The 1973-74 team finished as the # 1 high school team in the country according to the Washington Post high school hoops poll which was the gold standard of polls at that time. In 1980 Cross would be ranked #17 in USA. The 1981 team was ranked #8. The 1980 team defeated a powerfull Rindge & Latin HS from Cambridge,MA that featured basketball great, Patrick Ewing. The 1981 team would lose a close game to Rindge & Latin. The loss to Wilbur Cross was the only loss during Ewings stellar high school career.
