Very Little Movement In Wrestling, Basketball Polls

CONNECTICUT — As postseason play dawns, voters have cast their ballots in the final regular season polls in Connecticut high school wrestling and basketball, both girls and boys. In the final week of balloting prior to state tournament competition, all three polls remained virtually intact from the prior week, with three schools retaining their unanimous top positions and just a pair of teams newly cracking the top 10.

Here are the top 10 in each sport, with last week's ranking in parentheses, as well as all other teams receiving votes.

WRESTLING

1. Danbury (lw: 1)
2. Simsbury (lw: 2)
3. Fairfield Warde (lw: 3)
4. Xavier (lw: 4)
5. Bristol Eastern (lw: 5)
6. Southington (lw: 6)
7. Staples (lw: 9)
8. Bristol Central (lw: 7)
9. Trumbull (lw: 8)
10. Branford (lw: 10)

Also receiving votes: Killingly, East Haven, Foran, New Milford, Ledyard, Wethersfield, Guilford, Manchester, Newtown, Ellis Tech, Windham, Norwich Free Academy.

Voters: Charlie Anderson, Trumbull; Matt Boissonneault, Bristol Central; Gerry deSimas Jr., Connecticut Wrestling Online; Derek Dion, Southington; Chris Gamble, Waterford; David Green, Nonnewaug; Tim Jensen, Patch Media Corp.; Bryan McCarty, Platt; Paul Musso, New Fairfield; Chris Piel, New Milford; Patrick Risley, Windham; Matt Schoonmaker, Jonathan Law; Jason Shaughnessy, Fairfield Warde; Ricky Shook, Danbury; T.J. Silva, Simsbury; Jimmy Zanor, Norwich Bulletin. Compiled by Gerry deSimas Jr.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

1. Notre Dame-Fairfield (lw: 1)
2. Staples (lw: 2)
3. Newtown (lw: 3)
4. Newington (lw: 5)
5. New London (lw: 6)
6. Trumbull (lw: 7)
7. Norwich Free Academy (lw: 4)
8. Daniel Hand (lw: T-9)
9. Berlin (lw: T-9)
10. Sheehan (lw: N/R)

Also receiving votes: Bacon Academy, Canton, St. Paul, Norwalk, Southington, Stamford, East Catholic, Danbury, Wethersfield, Sacred Heart Academy, East Hampton, Bloomfield, East Hartford, Nonnewaug, Windsor.

Voters: Tim Jensen, Patch Media Corp.; Lori Riley, Hartford Courant; Scott Ericson, GametimeCT; Mike Madera, New Haven Register; Dave Phillips, Shoreline Newspapers; Dave Ruden, The Ruden Report; Jimmy Zanor, Norwich Bulletin; Scotty Nails, Rye Country Day School; Brian Medeiros, Canton; Vickie Fulkerson, New London Day; Fred Williams, Northwestern Regional; Rick Wilson, Waterbury Republican American; Sean Krofssik, Record-Journal; Ryan Chichester, Bristol Press; Rich Zalusky, The Chronicle; Dave Danko, Fairfield Warde; Adam Betz, Journal Inquirer. Compiled by Scott Ericson.

BOYS BASKETBALL

1. Windsor (lw: 1)
2. East Catholic (lw: 2)
3. Sacred Heart (lw: 3)
4. Norwich Free Academy (lw: 4)
5. Notre Dame-West Haven (lw: 5)
6. Immaculate (lw: 6)
7. Hillhouse (lw: 7)
8. Prince Tech (lw: 8)
9. Naugatuck (lw: 9)
10. Old Lyme (lw: N/R)

Also receiving votes: Ridgefield, Northwest Catholic, Tolland, Canton, Trinity Catholic, Fitch, Fairfield Warde, Fairfield Ludlowe, Staples, Holy Cross, SMSA, Middletown, Wilbur Cross, Bristol Central, Valley Regional.

Voters: Paul Augeri, Middletown Press; Bill Bloxsom, Milford/Trumbull Pubs; Mike DiMauro, The Day of New London; Scott Ericson, Stamford Advocate; Dave Grant, WATR-AM; Tim Jensen, Patch Media Corp.; Sean Krofssik, Record-Journal of Meriden; Mike Madera, GameTimeCT; Kyle Maher, Journal Inquirer; Shawn McFarland, Hartford Courant; Joe Morelli, New Haven Register; Keith O'Brien, Game Day CT Sports; Dave Phillips, Shore Line Newspapers; Kevin Roberts, Republican-American; Dave Ruden, The Ruden Report; Ben Talbott, Bird’s Eye Sports; Richard Zalusky, The Chronicle of Willimantic; Jimmy Zanor, Norwich Bulletin; Joe Zone, WFSB-3. Compiled by Joe Morelli.