Simsbury Maintains Top 10 Spot In Girls Hoop Poll

SIMSBURY, CT — A perfect regular season did not materialize for the Simsbury High School girls basketball team, but the Trojans did manage to stay among the top teams in the latest weekly poll of coaches and media members.

Simsbury (18-1), which is currently ranked sixth, concludes its regular schedule Monday night at Glastonbury.

New London (20-0) took over the top spot in the most recent balloting.

Here are the top 10, plus all other teams receiving votes, with records through Feb. 11:

1. New London (20-0)
2. Mercy (18-1)
3. Trumbull (17-1)
4. RHAM (18-1)
5. Norwalk (17-1)
6. Simsbury (18-1)
7. East Haven (17-2)
8. Daniel Hand (16-3)
9. Notre Dame-Fairfield (16-3)
10. Enfield (16-3)

Also receiving votes: Farmington (16-3), Hall (16-3), Hamden (16-3), Capital Prep (11-6), Bethel (16-3), Fairfield Warde (14-4), Holy Cross (16-2), Newtown (16-3), Wilton (14-4), Cromwell (15-3), Northwestern Regional (17-1), St. Paul (15-3).

Voters: Dave Danko, Fairfield Warde; Eric DeMarco, Notre Dame-Fairfield; Vickie Fulkerson, The Day of New London; Tim Jensen, Patch Media Corp.; Mike Madera, Elm City Newspapers; Brian Medeiros, Canton; Scotty Nails, Rye (NY) Country Day; Dave Phillips, Shoreline Newspapers; Lori Riley, Hartford Courant; Mike Suppe, HAN Network; Fred Williams, Northwestern Regional; Rick Wilson, Waterbury Republican-American; Richard Zalusky, Willimantic Chronicle; Jimmy Zanor, Norwich Bulletin.

Photo credit: Tim Jensen