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High school

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in New Haven, Connecticut

New Haven, Connecticut

. It is located in New Haven's East Rock

East Rock (neighborhood)

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neighborhood. The school is named for Connecticut

Connecticut

Governor Wilbur L. Cross. It is the largest school in the New Haven School District

New Haven Public Schools

New Haven Public Schools is a school district serving the city of New Haven, Connecticut, United States.Wilbur Cross High School and Hillhouse High School are New Haven's two largest public secondary schools....

in numbers of both students and teachers.

The school operates with two semesters and four marking periods.

Advanced Placement

Wilbur Cross High School currently offers 15 Advanced Placement (AP) Classes: Biology, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Government & Politics: U.S., English Language & Composition, English Literature & Composition, Music Theory, Physics B, Psychology, Spanish Language, Statistics, U.S. History and World History. In 2011 the school administered 360 exams to 180 students. Students are required to take the exams. The exam fee is covered by the New Haven School District

New Haven Public Schools

Athletics

Wilbur Cross's mascot is the Governors, in recognition of the school's namesake. They compete in the Oronoque Division of the Southern Connecticut Conference

Southern Connecticut Conference

The Southern Connecticut Conference is a high school athletics conference in Connecticut. The conference comprises schools located along the Long Island Sound...

. The sports offered at the school are as follows:

Fall

Football
Boys' Soccer
Girls' Soccer
Girls' Volleyball
Boys' Cross Country
Girls' Cross Country

Spring

Baseball
Softball
Boys' Lacrosse
Tennis
Golf
Boys' Outdoor Track
Girls' Outdoor Track

Basketball

The school's teams have a long tradition of success on the basketball

Basketball

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court. At one time, Cross teams were regular participants in the New England Tournament, an event at the Boston Garden

Boston Garden

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in which high school teams played before crowds of up to 15,000. However, Connecticut withdrew from the tournament after riots broke out in 1958 during the tournament final between Wilbur Cross and a Somerville, Massachusetts

Somerville, Massachusetts

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team. New Haven high schools dominated Connecticut high school basketball in 1960s, when games were televised or held at the old New Haven Arena

New Haven Arena

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because the high school gyms were too small to accommodate the fans. Cross and cross-town rival Hillhouse High School

Hillhouse High School

James Hillhouse Comprehensive High School is the oldest public high school in New Haven, Connecticut. It is a part of New Haven Public Schools.- History :Established in 1859 as New Haven High School,...

won the state championship in nine of ten years of the decade of the 1960s. One of the stars of the late 1960s teams, John "Super John" Williamson

John Williamson (basketball)

John Lee Williamson was an American basketball player.Williamson played high school basketball at Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven, Connecticut and played college basketball at New Mexico State University. He was a 6'2" guard...

, averaged nearly 40 points per game for the Governors in 1970 and went to play college ball at New Mexico State University

New Mexico State University

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and star as a pro in the American Basketball Association. In the 1973-1974 season The Washington Post
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ranked Cross the No. 1 high school team in the nation and a headline in the New York Post
New York Post
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proclaimed Cross "The Best High School Team in the World" after the Governors defeated New York City's DeWitt Clinton High School

DeWitt Clinton High School

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team. name="Moran">Wilbur Cross hoops brings back the magic by Kate Moran, Yale Herald, March 24, 2000 The 1999-2000 team was considered the state's best, with a 24-0 record, until being upset by Bridgeport Central High School

Central High School (Connecticut)

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in the quarterfinals of the state tournament.

The 2007-2008 team had an undefeated regular season, going 20-0. The Governors won the division, the SCC

Southern Connecticut Conference

The Southern Connecticut Conference is a high school athletics conference in Connecticut. The conference comprises schools located along the Long Island Sound...

tournament, and the BABC Holiday Classic, but lost to Lyman Hall

Lyman Hall High School

Lyman Hall High School is a public high school located at 70 Pond Hill Road in Wallingford, Connecticut. It is part of the Wallingford Public School System, and one of two public high schools in Wallingford, Mark T...

by three points in the quarter-finals of the state tournament.

Other Sports

The boys' soccer team won its division and advanced to the final 16 of the state championship in 2007. The boys' indoor track team finished second in Connecticut, also in the 2007-2008 year.

The football team plays Hillhouse High School

Hillhouse High School

every year on Thanksgiving in the Elm City Bowl.

Notable alumni

Lauren Ambrose, actress
Lubbie Harper, Jr. (1961), Connecticut Appellate Court judge
John Williamson
John Williamson (basketball)
John Lee Williamson was an American basketball player.Williamson played high school basketball at Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven, Connecticut and played college basketball at New Mexico State University. He was a 6'2" guard...

(1970), star in the American Basketball Association, 1973–1981
Dom Perno
Dom Perno
Dom Perno is an American basketball coach and current associate athletic director at George Washington University. He was head basketball coach at the University of Connecticut for nine seasons, from 1977 to 1986, compiling a 139-114 record, making both the NCAA tournament and NIT. He coached...

, former basketball coach at the University of Connecticut
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