Wilton
| Wilton High School | |
| Location: Wilton, CT | |
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| Coaches | James Koutsoukos |
| National Appearances | HSNCT: 2018, 2021 IPNCT: 2018-19, 2021 |
| Program Status | Active |
| School Size | 1330 |
| NAQT Page | link |
Wilton High School is a public high school located in Wilton, Connecticut. It is the high school of Middlebrook.
Wilton is notable for being a team that consistently performs well at regional tournaments by answering tossups right out of power. Under the leadership of Alexander Koutsoukos, they were also known for having fewer negs per game than most high-level teams.
Pre-Pandemic
2016-2019
Wilton Quiz Bowl was first founded in 2016 by freshman Alexander Koutsoukos and sixth-grader Lukas Koutsoukos from Middlebrook. Several tournament results have been voided for Wilton during this time due to there being a rule misunderstanding with NAQT as to whether middle schoolers from the same school district could compete for the local high school.
Wilton's first-ever tournament was an HS-only mirror of ACF Fall held at Yale in November 2016, in which the duo team went an exciting 1-11.
During this three-year period, Wilton came 2nd at the Tri-State Tussle in 2018 and went 8-2 at LIFT in 2017. They also went 6-4 in HSNCT 2018 prelims, qualifying for the playoffs. Furthermore, as a sophomore, Alexander was ranked #1 going into the playoffs for the 2018 IPNCT. He eventually ended up tied for 13th place overall.
2019-2020
With Lukas now being a freshman at Wilton High School, the sibling duo (with Alex now a senior) could now compete alongside one another without any rule issues. They came 3rd at Yale Fall with an 8-2 record and, at their best-ever tournament together on a regular HS set, they placed 5th at Bardbowl in January 2020 with a 7-3 record and 365 PPG. With PPGs of 77.50 and 60.50, the duo was less than 10 points away from breaking the Hoppes-Mikanowski limit.
A potential HSNCT 2020 appearance was canceled due to the tournament's cancellation as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Post-Pandemic
2020-2021
In the first year after Alexander graduated, Wilton came second at the Tal Atkins Memorial Tournament with a 5-1 record. They went 5-0 at Hawks' Nest but were notably originally denied nationals qualification by the tournament director for some time. They also placed 4th in a field of 64 at Run for the Roses.
At their first HSNCT since 2018, sophomores Lukas and Vihan went 5-3, narrowly qualifying for playoffs after a 50 point victory over Edison. They were eliminated in the second round of playoffs after losing to Darien on the final tossup.
2021-2022
The Wilton Quiz Bowl team got off to a strong start in online tournaments in the fall, winning the Tal Atkins Memorial and coming second at LQBA with over 450 PPG in each tournament. In the northeast region, they went 7-3 at LIFT, the first in-person tournament in the region since March 2020. In Round 2 of SAGACITY, Wilton performed a grail on Southside C in a 610-0 game (6/14/0). They also qualified for nationals after placing 3rd at East Brunswick Funfest, losing to Ridgewood in the semifinals but beating JP Stevens B in the third-place game.
This school year saw Wilton field a four-person team for the first time ever (LIFT). It also saw the rise of Kieran Lenihan as the team's literature-centered player after having focused on geography in middle school.
Current Rosters
| Wilton roster | |||||||||
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| Upperclassmen
Seniors (Class of 2022)
Juniors (Class of 2023)
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Underclassmen
Sophomores (Class of 2024) Freshmen (Class of 2025)
Other Players (Class of 2026)
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Coach/President
Key (C) Captain (A) Alternate Captain | |||||||
Alumni
- Alexander Koutsoukos, Captain (2016-2020)