Southington Maintains No. 2 Spot in Softball Poll

SOUTHINGTON, CT — A series of weather-related postponements kept the Southington High School softball team from any actual game competition through the first full week of April, but that didn't stop voters in the weekly poll of coaches and media members from tabbing them among the top squads in the state.

Four ballots listed the Blue Knights first, enabling them to place second in the voting behind Seymour. Southington was slated to host Bristol Eastern in the long-awaited opener Monday afternoon.

Here are the top 15, plus all other schools which received votes in the balloting, with records through April 8:

1. Seymour (1-0)
2. Southington (0-0)
3. Trumbull (2-0)
4. Masuk (2-0)
5. Joel Barlow (2-0)
6. Cheshire (1-0)
7. East Haven (2-0)
8. Norwich Free Academy (1-1)
9. Griswold (3-0)
10. North Branford (2-0)
11. Daniel Hand (3-0)
12. Granby Memorial (2-0)
13. Newtown (2-0)
14. Holy Cross (0-1)
15. St. Joseph (1-1)

Also receiving votes: Amity Regional (1-1), Middletown (0-0), Bristol Eastern (0-0), E.O. Smith (1-0), New Milford (2-0), North Haven (1-1), Norwalk (2-1), Notre Dame-Fairfield (2-0), Guilford (1-1), Fairfield Warde (0-1), South Windsor (1-0), Bunnell (2-0), Thomaston (2-0), Coventry (0-0), Fitch (0-1), Lauralton Hall (2-0), Naugatuck (2-0), Stamford (101).

Voters: Tony Calcagni, Coginchaug; Vickie Fulkerson, The Day; George DeMaio, WELI; Ken Pereiras, Seymour; Richard Zalusky, Willimantic Chronicle; Jimmy Zanor, Norwich Bulletin; Lori Riley, Hartford Courant; Jeff Babineau, St. Joseph; Scott Ericson, Stamford Advocate; Ryan Lacey, Danbury News Times; Mike Madera, Hearst Connecticut Media; Dave Phillips, Hearst Connecticut Media; Tim Jensen, Patch Media Corp.

Photo credit: Tim Jensen