Glastonbury High School Gathers Votes in Latest Girls Basketball Poll

GLASTONBURY, CT — For the first time in a very long while, a team other than Capital Prep sits atop the Connecticut high school girls basketball poll.

New London (10-0) assumed the top position in the latest weekly balloting, collecting eight first-place votes, while Capital Prep dropped to second.

Glastonbury High School did not crack the top 10, but received considerable support from voters.

The top 10 with records through Jan. 15.

1. New London (10-0)
2. Capital Prep (6-2)
3. Enfield (11-0)
4. Trumbull (10-0)
5. New Fairfield (10-0)
6. Mercy (8-1)
7. Greenwich (8-1)
8. East Haven (10-1)
9. Ridgefield (8-1)
10. Bacon Academy (9-2)

Others receiving votes: Daniel Hand (8-2), Notre Dame-Fairfield (9-1), Career (8-1), Middletown (10-1), Holy Cross (10-1), RHAM (6-2), Stamford (6-3), Conard (10-1), Glastonbury (8-2), Bethel (10-1), Cromwell (9-2), Canton (8-2), Norwalk (7-3), Hall (10-2), Hamden (6-3), St. Paul (9-0).

Voters: Marc Allard, Norwich Bulletin; David Danko, Fairfield Warde; Eric DeMarco, Notre Dame-Fairfield; Vickie Fulkerson, The Day of New London; Tim Jensen, Patch.com; Ken Lipshez, Meriden Record-Journal; Scott Nails, Rye; Dave Phillips, Shoreline Newspapers; Mike Pucci, New Haven Register; Lori Riley, Hartford Courant; Mike Suppe, HAN Network; Derek Turner, GameTimeCT; Rick Wilson, Waterbury Republican-American; Richard Zalusky, Willimantic Chronicle; Jimmy Zanor, Middletown Press.

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