Mercy High School Maintains Top 10 Spot in Girls Basketball Poll

MIDDLETOWN, 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.

Mercy High School held its position in the number six ranking, while Middletown dropped out of the top 10 but still received a considerable amount of 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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