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Southington Maintains Top 5 Spot In Latest Wrestling Poll
The top four teams retained their positions, but the next six spots had considerable movement in the latest balloting of coaches and media.
SOUTHINGTON, CT — Danbury reigned for another week as the unanimous top high school wrestling team in Connecticut, and the lower half of the top 10 featured a considerable shuffling of schools in the latest poll of coaches and media members.
The Hatters collected all 17 first-place votes to easily outdistance runner-up Bristol Eastern, with Fairfield Warde and Southington holding their positions at No. 3 and 4.
Here are the top 10, with last week's ranking in parentheses, as well as all other programs receiving votes.
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- Danbury (lw: 1)
- Bristol Eastern (lw: 2)
- Fairfield Warde (lw: 3)
- Southington (lw: 4)
- Simsbury (lw: 6)
- Middletown (lw: 10)
- Foran (lw: 7)
- Trumbull (lw: 5)
- Xavier (lw: 8)
- Avon (lw: 9)
Also receiving votes: Killingly, Ledyard, East Haven, Montville, Waterford, Greenwich, Gilbert, Guilford, New Canaan, Windham, Daniel Hand, Wethersfield, Enfield.
Voters: Coaches: Charlie Anderson, Trumbull; Matt Boissonneault, Bristol Central; Steve Bilheimer, Ledyard; Mike Cunningham, Xavier; Paul Gallo, New Canaan; Chris Gamble, Waterford; Bryan McCarty, Platt; Eric Misko, Farmington; Chris Piel, New Milford; Patrick Risley, Windham; Matt Schoonmaker, Jonathan Law; Jason Shaughnessy, Fairfield Warde; Ricky Shook, Danbury. Media: Gerry deSimas, Jr., Connecticut Wrestling Online; Tim Jensen, Patch Media Corp.; Larry Kelley, Norwich Bulletin; Ryan Lacey, Danbury News Times.
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