Granby Places in Top 10 of Final Field Hockey Poll

Last weekend's three state field hockey championship matches were all exciting, with just a one-goal margin deciding each contest. That closeness carried over into the final coaches poll of the season, with three different schools receiving first-place votes.

Class M champion Daniel Hand garnered six top votes to place first in the balloting. Class L titleholder Staples and Class S winner North Branford also collected first-place votes.

Granby Memorial (17-2-1), which dropped a 2-1 heartbreaker to North Branford in the Class S finals, wound up seventh in the final polling.

Here are the top 10, plus all other schools receiving votes:

1. Daniel Hand
2. Staples
3. Darien
4. North Branford
5. Enfield
6. Greenwich
7. Granby Memorial
8. New Canaan
9. Norwalk
10. Cheshire

Also receiving votes: Branford, Guilford, New Fairfield, Pomperaug.

Coaches voting: Matt Ariniello, Immaculate; Janet Dickey, Westbrook; Dawn Hough, New Milford; Sandy Wickman Mason, Granby; Kitty Palmer, Guilford; Maureen Perkins, Glastonbury; Kyle Seaburg, Norwalk; Jenna Tucchio, Stonington.

Photo credit: Tim Jensen