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Ridgefield High School Leaps Into Top 5 of Latest Girls Basketball Poll
The Tigers have won 10 of their first 11 outings this season.
RIDGEFIELD, CT — For the second straight week, New London topped the Connecticut high school girls basketball poll, while the state's other two undefeated teams each moved up a spot in the rankings.
New London (13-0) received 11 of 15 first-place votes in the most recent balloting by members of the Connecticut sports media.
Ridgefield High School (10-1) jumped up four spots to the number five position in the current poll.
The top 10 teams, with records through Jan. 22:
- New London (13-0)
- Enfield (12-0)
- Trumbull (12-0)
- Capital Prep (7-3)
- Ridgefield (10-1)
- Mercy (10-2)
- East Haven (12-1)
- New Fairfield (11-1)
- Daniel Hand (10-2)
- Notre Dame-Fairfield (11-1)
Also receiving votes: Middletown (12-1), Holy Cross (12-1), Conard (12-1), Bacon Academy (10-3), Career (9-2), Greenwich (8-3), Norwich Free Academy (9-4), Bethel (12-1), Glastonbury (10-2), Hall (11-3), RHAM (8-3), Stamford (8-4), Canton (10-2), Norwalk (8-3), Hamden (9-3).
Voters: Marc Allard, Norwich Bulletin; David Danko, Fairfield Warde; Eric DeMarco, Notre Dame-Fairfield; Vickie Fulkerson, The Day of New London; Tim Jensen, Patch Media Corp.; Ken Lipshez, Meriden Record-Journal; Mike Madera, New Haven Register; 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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