Enfield Maintains Top 10 Spot In Girls Hoop Poll

ENFIELD, CT — Two more victories last week extended the Enfield High School girls basketball team's winning streak to eight, and solidified its spot in the statewide top 10 poll of coaches and media members.

The Eagles (16-3) conclude their regular season schedule Monday night at RHAM in a highly-anticipated rematch of their Jan. 19 encounter, during which Enfield dealt the Sachems their only loss of the season.

New London (20-0) took over the top spot in the most recent balloting.

Here are the top 10, plus all other teams receiving votes, with records through Feb. 11:

1. New London (20-0)
2. Mercy (18-1)
3. Trumbull (17-1)
4. RHAM (18-1)
5. Norwalk (17-1)
6. Simsbury (18-1)
7. East Haven (17-2)
8. Daniel Hand (16-3)
9. Notre Dame-Fairfield (16-3)
10. Enfield (16-3)

Also receiving votes: Farmington (16-3), Hall (16-3), Hamden (16-3), Capital Prep (11-6), Bethel (16-3), Fairfield Warde (14-4), Holy Cross (16-2), Newtown (16-3), Wilton (14-4), Cromwell (15-3), Northwestern Regional (17-1), St. Paul (15-3).

Voters: Dave Danko, Fairfield Warde; Eric DeMarco, Notre Dame-Fairfield; Vickie Fulkerson, The Day of New London; Tim Jensen, Patch Media Corp.; Mike Madera, Elm City Newspapers; Brian Medeiros, Canton; Scotty Nails, Rye (NY) Country Day; Dave Phillips, Shoreline Newspapers; Lori Riley, Hartford Courant; Mike Suppe, HAN Network; Fred Williams, Northwestern Regional; Rick Wilson, Waterbury Republican-American; Richard Zalusky, Willimantic Chronicle; Jimmy Zanor, Norwich Bulletin.

Photo credit: Tim Jensen