Tolland Moves Up in Weekly Baseball Poll

TOLLAND, CT — Amity Regional High School was again a unanimous choice as the state's scholastic baseball team during the most recent weekly balloting, as compiled by GameTimeCT.com.

The Spartans topped the ballots from all 10 voters, who submitted their picks prior to Monday's games (Amity suffered its first loss of the season after the votes had been tabulated).

Tolland (11-1) jumped three spots from 10th to seventh in the most recent rankings.

Here are the top 10, with records through games of May 8:

1. Amity Regional (13-1)
2. South Windsor (11-1)
3. New Milford (12-3)
4. Ridgefield (12-4)
5. East Lyme (12-2)
6. Morgan (14-1)
7. Tolland (11-1)
8. New Canaan (12-3)
9. Wethersfield (9-2)
10. Holy Cross (15-0)

Also receiving votes: Ellington (12-0), Waterford (12-3), East Catholic (10-4), Westhill (12-3), Fairfield Prep (11-4), Southington (9-3), Wilton (10-3), New Britain (10-3), Northwest Catholic (10-3), Lewis Mills (11-2), Masuk (12-4), Staples (10-7), Wolcott (10-5), Oxford (13-2), Lyman Memorial (13-1).

Voters: Bill Bloxsom, Hersam Acorn; Jim Bransfield, Middletown Press; Scott Ericson, Stamford Advocate; David Heuschkel, Turley CT Publications; Tim Jensen, Patch Media Corp.; Ken Lipshez, Meriden Record-Journal; Mike Madera, Elm City Newspapers; Dave Phillips, Shore Line Newspapers; David Ruden, The Ruden Report; Tom Yantz, Hartford Courant.

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