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Ridgefield Unanimously Tops Final Girls Soccer Coaches Poll
The Tigers captured their second straight Class LL championship by defeating Staples Sunday.
RIDGEFIELD, CT — Ridgefield won its second consecutive Class LL championship by defeating Staples 1-0 Sunday at West Haven High School, and consequently topped the final coaches poll for Classes LL-L.
The Tigers were a unanimous top choice of all coaches voting in the LL-L poll, with Staples finishing second and Glastonbury third.
Lewis Mills captured its first Class M title, going into overtime to take down Plainfield 2-1 Sunday, also at West Haven. The Spartans received top nods from six of seven voters in Classes M-S, with Class S champion Old Lyme garnering the other first-place vote to wind up second. Plainfield came in third in the balloting.
Here are the top 10 in each category, with first-place votes in parentheses, plus all other teams receiving votes.
LL-L
- Ridgefield (4)
- Staples
- Glastonbury
- Tolland
- Newtown
- St. Joseph
- Suffield
- (tie) Simsbury
8. (tie) Southington
10. Farmington
Also receiving votes: Watertown, Shelton, Masuk.
Coaches voting: Tom Cunningham, Fairfield Warde; Scott McMahon, Guilford; Jim Murray, Avon; David Sullivan, Suffield.
M-S
- Lewis Mills (6)
- Old Lyme (1)
- Plainfield
- Immaculate
- Weston
- Morgan
- Granby Memorial
- East Hampton
- Notre Dame-Fairfield
- Coginchaug
Also receiving votes: Cromwell, Wolcott.
Coaches voting: Mark Morello, Lyman Memorial; David LaPorte, Ellington; Nelson Mingachos, Immaculate; Todd Sadler, Northwest Catholic; Chris Ghiglia, Waterford; Chris Riviezzo, Wolcott; Paco Ruiz, Bolton.
Photo credit: Tim Jensen
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