The high came 10 months and three days ago. Arianna Gerig scored 15 points to lead Staples’ girls basketball team to a 49-42 Class LL quarterfinal win over Glastonbury.
It was the final appearance on their homecourt for the Wreckers’ seniors. Staples was a win away from their first trip to the state final since 1995, when it won its lone title. First there would be a semifinal match against Greenwich, pitting the FCIAC’s two best players — Gerig, a senior, and Cardinals freshman Mackenzie Nelson — in a game that would have been replete with enticing storylines.