NORTH STONINGTON — Kyle Kessler scored 26 points, Zane Brewer had 14 and Wheeler High pulled away from Norwich Tech for a 61-47 nonleague boys basketball victory on Saturday.
STONINGTON — Stonington High used its frontcourt to overpower Wheeler and post a 63-30 victory in an ECC out-of-division girls basketball game Tuesday night.
NORTH STONINGTON — Senior guards Luke Grimord and Elijah Black combined for 55 points to lead Bacon Academy over Wheeler High, 66-57, in an ECC out-of-division boys basketball game on Tuesday.
DEEP RIVER, Conn. — Wheeler High's Jeff Bentley, Jillian Comeau and Ben Lewis each earned two wins for the Wheeler/Griswold co-op wrestling team in a quad meet on Saturday at Haddam-Killingworth.
NORTH STONINGTON — Lyman Memorial took control of the game early and beat Wheeler High, 46-24, in an ECC Division IV girls basketball game on Saturday.
NORTH STONINGTON — Kyle Kessler scored 14 points, Deondre Bransford had 10 points and 14 rebounds, and the Wheeler High boys basketball team topped Putnam, 53-46, in overtime Friday night for its sixth straight victory.
MONTVILLE — Three Wheeler High wrestlers earned pins for the Griswold/Wheeler co-op wrestling team in a 57-25 win over Montville on Thursday night.
THOMPSON, Conn. — Abby Butremovic scored 13 points and came up with 12 steals to help Wheeler High get past Tourtellotte, 32-16, in an ECC Division IV girls basketball game on Tuesday.
NORTH STONINGTON — Wheeler High's Kyle Kessler couldn't remember if he had ever hit such a shot in his basketball career.
NORTH STONINGTON — Waterford defeated Wheeler High, 58-18, in an ECC out-of-division girls basketball game Thursday.
NORTH STONINGTON — Wheeler High took a 14-point lead at the half and went on to defeat Westbrook, 59-46, in a nonleague boys basketball game Wednesday night.
NORTH STONINGTON — Putnam took the lead early and defeated Wheeler High, 32-26, in an ECC Division IV girls basketball game Monday night.
NORTH STONINGTON — Zane Brewer scored 17 points and grabbed six rebounds as Wheeler High beat Grasso Tech, 51-36, in a nonleague boys basketball game Monday night.
PUTNAM — Kyle Kessler scored 22 points and Zane Brewer finished with 11 as Wheeler High beat Putnam, 53-50, in an ECC Division IV boys basketball game on Saturday.
GROTON — Wheeler High's Michael Urgo finished first in the 200 freestyle for the Fitch co-op boys swim team during a meet with NFA at UConn Avery Point on Friday.
WESTBROOK, Conn. — Westbrook scored 17 points in the third quarter and surged past Wheeler High, 32-24, in a nonleague girls basketball game on Thursday.
THOMPSON, Conn. — Wheeler High used a big second quarter to defeat Tourtellotte, 38-33, in an ECC Division IV boys basketball game on Thursday.
NORTH STONINGTON — A new coach, some motivated seniors and a little Italian seasoning created a winning recipe for the Wheeler High girls volleyball team this past fall.
GROTON — East Haven pulled away in the second half to defeat the Wheeler High boys basketball team, 56-42, on Thursday in the Grasso Tech Holiday Classic's consolation game.
MONTVILLE — Abby Butremovic scored 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the Wheeler High girls basketball team topped Montville, 49-37, in the consolation round of the Montville Holiday Tournament on Thursday afternoon.
GROTON — Kyle Kessler made five 3-pointers and finished with 27 points as the Wheeler High boys basketball team surged past Montville, 64-56, in the opening round of the Grasso Tech Holiday Classic on Tuesday.
Westerly High's first baseball championship in 30 years and Stonington High's highly successful boys track program have been selected as stories of the year by The Sun's sports staff.
KILLINGLY, Conn. — Wheeler High held a one-point lead at halftime but was outscored 23-5 in the third quarter and went on to lose to Killingly, 54-36, in an ECC out-of-division boys basketball game Thursday.
BOLTON, Conn. — Wheeler High fell behind early but rallied in the second half to defeat Bolton, 52-44, in a nonleague boys basketball game Tuesday.
MONTVILLE — Wheeler High's Cody Comeau and Russell Stewart each won bouts for the Griswold co-op wrestling team in a match with NFA on Saturday.
NORTH STONINGTON — Old Saybrook limited Wheeler High to six points in the fourth quarter and beat the Lions, 58-51, in a nonleague boys basketball game on Saturday.
LEBANON, Conn. — Lyman Memorial limited Wheeler High to 12 points in the first half to prevail, 57-25, in an ECC Division IV girls basketball game on Friday.
AUBURN, Mass. — Sophia Gouveia scored a goal, but the Woodstock Academy girls hockey team lost to Auburn/Cheshire/North Haven, 4-2, at Lou Astorino Ice Rink on Wednesday.
NORTH STONINGTON — Griswold outscored Wheeler High by 14 points in the third quarter and went on to defeat the Lions, 42-30, in an out-of-division ECC girls basketball game on Tuesday.
Head coach: Stephen Bailey (first season). Assistant coaches: Dave Grande, Kevin Noonan, Scott Pion, Wade Post.
Head coach: Vanessa Kobyluck (second season). Assistant coaches: None.
ENFIELD, Conn. — Wheeler High's Sophia Gouveia scored a goal and had two assists for the Woodstock Academy girls hockey co-op team in a 6-4 loss to the Suffield co-op team on Saturday night at the Enfield Twin Rinks.
NORTH STONINGTON — It was definitely a Sweet season for the Wheeler High boys cross country team — on a variety of fronts.
NORTH STONINGTON — Despite being arguably the best girls soccer player at an ECC school, Wheeler High senior Lexi Taylor is not a household name on the local scholastic sports scene.
EAST HAMPTON, Conn. — 12th-seeded Wheeler High lost to No. 4 East Hampton, 3-0, in the quarterfinals of the Class S state volleyball tournament Friday.
WATERBURY, Conn. — No. 12 Wheeler High scored the final five points of the match and knocked off No. 5 Holy Cross, 3-2, in the second round of the Class S girls volleyball tournament Wednesday night.
NORTH STONINGTON — Wheeler High earned its first Class S girls volleyball state tournament win in five years by defeating Bolton, 3-1, in a first-round game Monday night.
HARTFORD — Wheeler High's boys soccer season came to an end with a 2-0 loss to Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy in the first round of the Class S tournament Monday.
EAST LYME — Delaney Reck won two events for the Fitch co-op swim team and was named the Swimmer of the Meet at the ECC girls championships on Saturday.
NORTH STONINGTON — Before this girls volleyball season started, first-year Wheeler High coach Megan O'Connell had high expectations for her team.
MANCHESTER, Conn. — Wheeler High freshman Kaitlyn Kumpf finished 104th at the State Open girls cross country championships on Friday at Wickham Park.
NORTH STONINGTON — Wheeler High is the No. 25 seed in the Class S boys soccer tournament and will take to the road for its first-round game on Monday.
NORTH STONINGTON — Wheeler High is the No. 12 seed in the Class S girls volleyball tournament and will host a first-round game on Monday.
PLAINFIELD — Skyler Morgan finished with 10 kills and five blocks as Wheeler High beat Windham, 3-1, in the ECC Division II girls volleyball semifinals Wednesday.
NORTH STONINGTON — Michelle Macina had seven kills and two aces as Wheeler High swept Putnam, 3-0, in the quarterfinals of the ECC Division II girls volleyball tournament on Monday.
Girls cross country: Kumpf finishes 12th for Wheeler at Class S state meet, qualifies for State Open
MANCHESTER, Conn. — Wheeler High freshman Kaitlyn Kumpf placed 12th at the Class S girls cross country championships on Saturday, the best showing by a Lions runner in more than a decade.
NORWICH — Michelle Macina had six kills and five aces and Wheeler High closed the girls volleyball regular season with a 3-0 sweep of Norwich Tech on Saturday.
MANCHESTER, Conn. — Wheeler High's Ethan Sweet placed 10th at the Class S boys cross country meet Saturday at Wickham Park.
WILLIMANTIC, Conn. — Windham scored two goals in each half and shut out Wheeler High, 4-0, in the boys soccer regular-season finale for both teams Saturday.
NEW LONDON — Katie Pierce and Hadley Jones each scored two goals and the Wheeler High girls soccer team routed New London, 6-0, in the season finale for both teams Thursday.
NORTH STONINGTON — Skyler Morgan had seven kills and six aces, Abby Butremovic had 21 digs and the Wheeler High girls volleyball team blanked Killingly, 3-0, in an ECC out-of-division match Wednesday night.
PLAINFIELD — Wheeler High lost on a late goal for the second straight game Wednesday, falling to Plainfield, 2-1, in an ECC Division IV boys soccer game.
NORTH STONINGTON — Skyler Morgan served for six aces and Emma Cottingham had five as Wheeler High swept Grasso Tech, 3-0, in a nonleague girls volleyball match Monday night.
WESTERLY — Former longtime Wheeler High boys basketball coach Neal Cobleigh is returning to his roots this season as an associate head coach at East Lyme.
NORTH STONINGTON — St. Bernard scored the winning goal in the final three minutes to beat Wheeler High, 3-2, in a Division II boys soccer game Saturday.
LEBANON, Conn. — Lyman Memorial scored three goals in the second half to pull away from Wheeler High and post a 4-0 win in an ECC Division IV girls soccer game Friday.
NORWICH — Wheeler High's Ethan Sweet finished 13th in the ECC boys cross country championship meet on Thursday at Norwich Golf Course.