New Leader In M/S Girls Soccer Poll; LL/L Top 5 Stays Put

A new frontrunner took over the top spot in Classes M/S in the most recent weekly high school girls soccer coaches poll, while the top five stayed intact in Classes LL/L.

Granby garnered five of six top votes to take over the lead in M/S, while Ridgefield also collected five of six top nods to maintain its perch atop LL/L.

Here are the top 10 in each division, with first-place votes and last week's ranking in parentheses, as well as all other teams gathering votes.

M/S

1. Granby (5) (lw: 2)
2. (tie) Lewis Mills (1) (lw: 6)
2. (tie) Notre Dame-Fairfield (lw: 5)
4. Weston (lw: 1)
5. Holy Cross (lw: 3)
6. Portland (lw: 4)
7. Old Lyme (lw: 7)
8. Plainfield (lw: 8)
9. Tolland (lw: T-10)
10. Watertown (lw: N/R)

Also receiving votes: Wolcott, Housatonic Regional, Nonnewaug.

Coaches voting: Nelson Mingachos (Immaculate), Mark Morello (Lyman Memorial), Erin Prescott-Reed (Tolland), Tom Cunningham (Seymour), Chris Ghiglia (Waterford), Paco Ruiz (Bolton).

LL/L

1. Ridgefield (5) (lw: 1)
2. Staples (1) (lw: 2)
3. Glastonbury (lw: 3)
4. New Canaan (lw: 4)
5. Southington (lw: 5)
6. St. Joseph (lw: 8)
7. South Windsor (lw: 9)
8. Newington (lw: 10)
9. Suffield (lw: 7)
10. Guilford (lw: 6)

Also receiving votes: Farmington, Simsbury, Wilton.

Coaches voting: Jim Murray (Avon), David Sullivan (unaffiliated), Marc Kenney (Newtown), Iain Golding (Ridgefield), Marvin Miller (Shelton).