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Trumbull Moves Up in Latest Wrestling Poll

The Golden Eagles have turned in numerous impressive performances this season.

TRUMBULL, CT — For the seventh straight week, Danbury High School swept the first-place votes in the weekly Connecticut poll of wrestling coaches.

The Hatters were the top choice of all 16 coaches who voted this week.

Trumbull moved up a spot to sixth in the most recent rankings.

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Here are the top 10 programs in this week's balloting:

  1. Danbury
  2. New Milford
  3. Bristol Eastern
  4. Xavier
  5. Southington
  6. Trumbull
  7. Newtown
  8. Ledyard
  9. Fairfield Warde
  10. Ellis Tech

Also receiving votes: Windham, Foran, Montville, Platt, Middletown, Daniel Hand, Shelton, Guilford, Killingly, Haddam-Killingworth, East Haven.

Find out what's happening in Trumbullfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

Coaches voting: Charlie Anderson (Trumbull), Steve Bilheimer (Ledyard), Chris Bray (Newtown), Matt Boissoneault (Bristol Central), Mike Cunningham (Xavier), Rafael Calixto (Ellis Tech), Derek Dion (Southington), Paul Gallo (New Canaan), Chris Gamble (Waterford), Bryan McCarty (Platt), Eric Misko (Farmington), Chris Piel (New Milford), Pat Risley (Windham), Matt Schoonmaker (Jonathan Law), Jason Shaughnessy (Fairfield Warde), Ricky Shook (Danbury).

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