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Ridgefield Continues to Rank Highly In Girls Soccer Poll
The Tigers have allowed just three goals all season, posting 12 shutouts in 14 games thus far.
RIDGEFIELD, CT — Riding a nine-game winning streak, St. Joseph High School climbed atop the latest weekly girls soccer poll of Connecticut coaches.
The Cadets collected first-place votes from three of five voters to jump into the Class LL/L top spot from No. 3. Glastonbury and Ridgefield each received a first-place vote in ranking second and third, respectively.
Granby Memorial High School was a unanimous choice as top team in Class M/S.
Here are the top 10 in each division, with first-place votes and last week's ranking in parentheses, as well as all other schools receiving votes.
LL/L
- St. Joseph (3) (lw: 3)
- Glastonbury (1) (lw: 4)
- Ridgefield (1) (lw: 1)
- Staples (lw: 2)
- Suffield (lw: 5)
- Shelton (lw: 6)
- Southington (lw: T-7)
- Mercy (lw: T-7)
- Masuk (lw: NR)
- Newtown (lw: NR)
Also receiving votes: New Canaan, Tolland, Trumbull, Watertown.
Coaches voting: Tom Cunningham, Fairfield Warde; Rachel Redding, East Lyme; Scott McMahon, Guilford; Jim Murray, Avon; David Sullivan, Suffield.
M/S
- Granby Memorial (7) (lw: 1)
- Weston (lw: 4)
- Lewis Mills (lw: 5)
- Immaculate (lw: 3)
- Notre Dame-Fairfield (lw: 2)
- Cromwell (lw: 7)
- Wolcott (lw: 6)
- Plainfield (lw: NR)
- (tie) Morgan (lw: NR)
9. (tie) Portland (lw: 8)
Also receiving votes: Housatonic Regional, Northwest Catholic, North Branford, East Hampton, Old Lyme.
Coaches voting: Mark Morello, Lyman Memorial; Chris Riviezzo, Wolcott; Todd Sadler, Northwest Catholic; Nelson Mingachos, Immaculate; Chris Ghiglia, Waterford; David LaPorte, Ellington; Paco Ruiz, Bolton.
Photo credit: Tim Jensen
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