Berlin Cracks Top 10 In Latest Baseball Poll

BERLIN, CT — The top three positions remained intact, two teams improved their rankings drastically and another cracked the top 10 for the first time this season in the latest high school baseball poll of Connecticut sports media members.

Cheshire retained the top spot, drawing 14 of 15 first-place votes, to easily outdistance runner-up Staples. Amity collected the other top vote to remain in third position.

Berlin cracked the top 10 for the first time this season in the most recent balloting.

Here are the top 10, with last week's ranking in parentheses, plus all other programs receiving votes.

1. Cheshire (lw: 1)
2. Staples (lw: 2)
3. Amity (lw: 3)
4. Daniel Hand (lw: 7)
5. (tie) Fairfield Ludlowe (lw: 4)
5. (tie) Southington (lw: 5)
7. Newtown (lw: 10)
8. Ledyard (lw: 6)
9. Glastonbury (lw: 8)
10. Berlin (lw: NR)

Also receiving votes: South Windsor, Wolcott, Notre Dame-West Haven, Ridgefield, Wethersfield, Danbury, Montville, St. Joseph, Haddam-Killingworth, St. Paul, Northwestern Regional, Waterford, Holy Cross, Lyman Memorial.

Voters: Tim Jensen, Patch Media Corp.; Dave Ruden, The Ruden Report; Shawn McFarland, Hartford Courant; Pete Paguaga, GametimeCT; Mike Madera, Hearst Connecticut Media; Dave Phillips, Shoreline Newspapers; Noah Finz, Frontier Cable/Vantage Sports Network; Bill Bloxsom, Trumbull Times; Ryan Lacey, Danbury News-Times, Scott Ericson, Stamford Advocate; Kyle Maher, Journal Inquirer; Dave Heuschkel, Valley Press; Larry Kelley, Norwich Bulletin; Kevin Roberts, Southington Observer; Mike DiMauro, The Day of New London.