Sports
On March 21, 2009, the Varsity Girls Basketball team won the Class M State Championship with a 55-53 victory over Berlin.
In 2010 and 2011, the Varsity Boys Wrestling team won back-to-back Class M State Championships. On February 26, 2011 the team captured the Connecticut State Open team championship, breaking Danbury's decade-long hold on that title; the team ended the season ranked first in the state of Connecticut.
As of March 1, 2011, the Varsity Girls Basketball team is ranked third in the state of Connecticut.
On March 17, 2012, the varsity girls basketball team won the Class L State Championship with a 38-34 victory over top-seeded E.O. Smith at Mohegan Sun Arena. Head coach Dave Shea, a 1952 Bacon Academy graduate, won his 660th career game (331 with the girls) at Bacon Academy.
Also, the girls basketball team finished third in Connecticut in the final 2012 New Haven Register State Poll.
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