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New Top Team Takes Over No. 1 Spot In Weekly Scholastic Wrestling Poll
Danbury, the most successful high school wrestling program in Connecticut history, now finds itself in the No. 2 spot.
CONNECTICUT — Danbury High School wrestling finds itself in an unfamiliar spot, having been surpassed by Xavier for the top position in the latest weekly Connecticut high school wrestling poll.
The Falcons collected 10 first-place votes, as opposed to six for the Hatters. Third-place New Milford earned the other top nod.
Here are the top 10, with last week's ranking in parentheses, as well as all other programs receiving support.
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- Xavier (lw: 2)
- Danbury (lw: 1)
- New Milford (lw: 3)
- Fairfield Warde (lw: 4)
- East Hartford (lw: 5)
- Newtown (lw: 8)
- Killingly (lw: 6)
- Simsbury (lw: 7)
- RHAM (lw: NR)
- Southington (lw: 10)
Also receiving votes: Berlin, Trumbull, Fairfield Ludlowe, Avon, Hall, New Fairfield, Windham, Norwalk, Haddam-Killingworth, Platt, Branford, Bristol Central, Staples, Foran, Nonnewaug.
Voters: Charlie Anderson, Trumbull; Matt Boissonneault, Bristol Central; Mike Cunningham, Xavier; Gerry deSimas Jr., Connecticut Wrestling Online; Derek Dion, Southington; Chris Gamble, Waterford; David Green, Nonnewaug; Tim Jensen, Patch Media; Chris Piel, New Milford; Paul Musso, New Fairfield; Patrick Risley, Windham; Matt Schoonmaker, Jonathan Law; Jason Shaughnessy, Fairfield Warde; T.J. Silva, Simsbury; David Stewart, GameTimeCT.com, Jimmy Zanor, Norwich Bulletin.
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