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Simsbury Cracks Top 10 in Preseason Baseball Poll
The Trojans are the lone school from Hartford County ranked in the top 20.
SIMSBURY, CT — When it comes to predicting the 2018 baseball season, Simsbury High School is expected to be the top dog in northern Connecticut, as the only team from Hartford County listed in the top 20 of the preseason poll of sports media members.
The Trojans, who were 9-11 last season, placed 10th in the initial balloting.
Defending Class LL champion Staples received 10 of 11 first-place votes to top the rankings, followed by runner-up Amity Regional, which also garnered a first-place nod.
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Here are the top 15, plus all other schools which received votes.
- Staples
- Amity Regional
- Waterford
- Ridgefield
- Westhill
- Holy Cross
- Branford
- St. Joseph
- Fairfield Prep
- Simsbury
- East Lyme
- Newtown
- Daniel Hand
- North Haven
- Danbury
Also receiving votes: Foran, Wilton, Darien, Masuk, Greenwich, Tolland, South Windsor, New Milford, Wethersfield, Notre Dame-West Haven, Haddam-Killingworth, Trumbull, Cheshire, Middletown, Southington, Norwich Free Academy, New Fairfield, Lewis Mills, Xavier.
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Voters: Ryan Lacey, Danbury News-Times, Mike DiMauro, The Day of New London; Dave Ruden, The Ruden Report; David Heuschkel, The Valley Press; Bill Bloxsom, HAN; Mike Madera, Walter Camp Foundation/New Haven Register; Dave Phillips, Shoreline Newspapers; Michael Suppe, HAN; Noah Finz, Frontier Cable/Vantage Sports Network; Scott Ericson Stamford Advocate; Jesse Mayfield-Sheehan, Norwich Bulletin.
Photo credit: Tim Jensen
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