Canton Garners Votes in Latest Girls Basketball Poll

CANTON, CT — After a one-week dip, New London reclaimed the top position in the latest weekly Connecticut high school girls basketball poll.

The Whalers (18-1) bounced back from their only loss of the season to post two more big victories, earning six of 12 first-place votes in the most recent balloting.

Canton (17-2) did not crack the top 10, but collected a considerable amount of support from voters.

Here are the top 10, with records through Feb. 13:

1. New London (18-1)
2. Capital Prep (13-5)
3. Trumbull (18-1)
4. Enfield (18-1)
5. Mercy (17-3)
6. Career Magnet (17-3)
7. Daniel Hand (16-3)
8. Ridgefield (16-3)
9. Holy Cross (17-1)
10. Norwich Free Academy (14-4)

Also receiving votes: Middletown (18-2), Suffield (18-2), Glastonbury (16-3), Canton (17-2), Hall (16-3), New Fairfield (16-3), E.O. Smith (15-5), Stamford (15-4), Bethel (16-3), Notre Dame-Fairfield (15-3), Fairfield Warde (13-6), Norwalk (15-4), East Haven (16-4), Conard (16-4), RHAM (14-5).

Media voters: Marc Allard, Norwich Bulletin; David Danko, Fairfield Warde; Eric DeMarco, Notre Dame-Fairfield; Vickie Fulkerson, The Day of New London; Tim Jensen, Patch Media; Mike Madera, New Haven Register; Dave Phillips, Shoreline Newspapers; Lori Riley, Hartford Courant; Mike Suppe, HAN Network; Derek Turner, GameTimeCT; Rick Wilson, Waterbury Republican-American; Richard Zalusky, Willimantic Chronicle.

Patch file photo