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Granby Memorial Garners Votes in State Baseball Poll

The Bears opened the season with eight victories in nine outings.

GRANBY, CT — At the risk of sounding like a broken record, Amity Regional High School again received all 12 first-place votes in the weekly Connecticut high school baseball poll, compiled by GameTimeCT.com.

The Spartans, winners of the past four Class LL championships, improved to 11-0 this season to maintain the top spot on each ballot.

Granby Memorial (8-1) did not crack the top 10, but received some support from voters.

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Here are the top 10, with records through April 30:

  1. Amity Regional (11-0)
  2. Ridgefield (11-1)
  3. New Milford (10-1)
  4. Morgan (12-0)
  5. New Canaan (9-2)
  6. South Windsor (7-1)
  7. East Lyme (9-2)
  8. Wethersfield (7-1)
  9. Waterford (10-2)
  10. Tolland (9-1)

Also receiving votes: Fairfield Prep (9-3), Holy Cross (10-0), Ellington (9-0), Southington (6-2), Westhill (9-2), New Britain (8-2), East Catholic (7-2), Wilton (6-2), Oxford (10-2), East Hartford (7-2), Wolcott (9-2), West Haven (6-4), Granby Memorial (8-1), Norwalk (8-4), Staples (7-5), Notre Dame-Fairfield (10-1).

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Voters: Bill Bloxsom, Hersam Acorn; David Borges, New Haven Register; Jim Bransfield, Middletown Press; Mike DiMauro, The Day of New London; Scott Ericson, Stamford Advocate; David Heuschkel, Turley CT Publications; Tim Jensen, Patch Media Corp.; Ken Lipshez, Meriden Record-Journal; Mike Madera, Elm City Newspapers; Dave Phillips, Shore Line Newspapers; David Ruden, The Ruden Report; Tom Yantz, Hartford Courant.

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