Sports
E.O. Smith Gets Votes in Preseason Softball Poll
The Panthers are seeking to improve on last season, when they advanced to the quarterfinals of the Class LL tournament.
MANSFIELD, CT — An excellent 14-5 regular season record and a trip to the Class LL quarterfinals in 2017 has the E.O. Smith High School softball team looking to improve on that standard.
The Panthers received some support from voters in preseason balloting of coaches and media members.
Defending Class M champion Seymour collected nine of 13 first-place votes to pace the initial balloting. Southington, which garnered the other four top votes, was second.
Find out what's happening in Mansfield-Storrsfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Here are the top 15, plus all other schools receiving votes:
- Seymour
- Southington
- Trumbull
- Cheshire
- Masuk
- Joel Barlow
- East Haven
- Norwich Free Academy
- Amity Regional
- North Branford
- Holy Cross
- St. Joseph
- Stamford
- Middletown
- Griswold
Also receiving votes: North Haven, Granby Memorial, Fitch, Pomperaug, Torrington, Bristol Eastern, Daniel Hand, Newtown, Notre Dame-Fairfield, Norwalk, Guilford, Westhill, New Milford, Fairfield Warde, New Canaan, Sacred Heart, Stonington, Branford, South Windsor, E.O. Smith, Coventry, Lauralton Hall, St. Paul.
Find out what's happening in Mansfield-Storrsfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Voters: Tony Calcagni, Coginchaug; Vickie Fulkerson, The Day; George DeMaio, WELI; Ken Pereiras, Seymour; Richard Zalusky, Willimantic Chronicle; Jimmy Zanor, Norwich Bulletin; Mike Suppe, HAN Network; Jeff Babineau, St. Joseph; Scott Ericson, Stamford Advocate; Ryan Lacey, Danbury News Times; Mike Madera, Hearst Connecticut Media; Dave Phillips, Hearst Connecticut Media; Tim Jensen, Patch Media Corp.
Photo credit: Tim Jensen
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
