Southington Maintains Top 5 Spot in Wrestling Poll

SOUTHINGTON, CT — Voters in the weekly high school wrestling poll kept Southington in the No. 4 spot for the second consecutive in the most recent balloting.

The Blue Knights travel to Simsbury Wednesday night, then will participate in the Waterford Duals on Saturday.

Danbury maintained its seasonlong stranglehold in the top spot in the latest rankings.

Here are the top 10, plus all other programs receiving votes, with records through Jan. 29:

1. Danbury (9-3)
2. Bristol Eastern (7-0)
3. Fairfield Warde (13-1)
4. Southington (8-2)
5. Trumbull (23-2)
6. New Milford (5-0)
7. Killingly (25-1)
8. Xavier (9-2)
9. Montville (15-2)
10. Windham (12-2)

Also receiving votes: Foran (24-6), Daniel Hand (13-2), Simsbury (8-3), New Canaan (11-2), Wilton (8-3), Wethersfield (13-3), Manchester (8-7), East Hartford (13-2), Platt (16-5), Ellis Tech (12-7), Guilford (14-10), Avon (12-7), Ridgefield (n/a), Lyman Memorial/Windham Tech (n/a), New Britain (13-7).

Voters: Charlie Anderson, Trumbull; Matt Boissonneault, Bristol Central; Steve Bilheimer, Ledyard; Mike Cunningham, Xavier; Derek Dion, Southington; Gerry deSimas, Jr., Connecticut Wrestling Online; Chris Gamble, Waterford; Paul Gallo, New Canaan; Rich Gregory, Danbury News Times; Ken Lipshez, Meriden Record Journal; Bryan McCarty, Platt; Eric Misko, Farmington; Patrick Risley, Windham; Matt Schoonmaker, Jonathan Law; Jason Shaughnessy, Fairfield Warde; Ricky Shook, Danbury; Jimmy Zanor, Norwich Bulletin.

Photo credit: Tim Jensen