Newtown Still in Top 10 of Latest Wrestling Poll

NEWTOWN, CT — For the seventh straight week, Danbury High School swept the first-place votes in the weekly Connecticut poll of wrestling coaches.

The Hatters were the top choice of all 16 coaches who voted this week.

Newtown placed seventh in the most recent rankings, but earlier in the week, senior Anthony Falbo was announced as the Hal Levy Male High School Athlete of the Year by the Connecticut Sports Writers' Alliance.

Here are the top 10 programs in this week's balloting:

1. Danbury
2. New Milford
3. Bristol Eastern
4. Xavier
5. Southington
6. Trumbull
7. Newtown
8. Ledyard
9. Fairfield Warde
10. Ellis Tech

Also receiving votes: Windham, Foran, Montville, Platt, Middletown, Daniel Hand, Shelton, Guilford, Killingly, Haddam-Killingworth, East Haven.

Coaches voting: Charlie Anderson (Trumbull), Steve Bilheimer (Ledyard), Chris Bray (Newtown), Matt Boissoneault (Bristol Central), Mike Cunningham (Xavier), Rafael Calixto (Ellis Tech), Derek Dion (Southington), Paul Gallo (New Canaan), Chris Gamble (Waterford), Bryan McCarty (Platt), Eric Misko (Farmington), Chris Piel (New Milford), Pat Risley (Windham), Matt Schoonmaker (Jonathan Law), Jason Shaughnessy (Fairfield Warde), Ricky Shook (Danbury).

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