Middletown Leaps Upward In Latest High School Wrestling Poll

MIDDLETOWN, CT — Danbury reigned for another week as the unanimous top high school wrestling team in Connecticut, and the lower half of the top 10 featured a considerable shuffling of schools in the latest poll of coaches and media members.

The Hatters collected all 17 first-place votes to easily outdistance runner-up Bristol Eastern, with Fairfield Warde and Southington holding their positions at No. 3 and 4.

Middletown High School made the biggest jump of the week, improving four spots to sixth in the most recent balloting. Xavier placed ninth.

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

1. Danbury (lw: 1)
2. Bristol Eastern (lw: 2)
3. Fairfield Warde (lw: 3)
4. Southington (lw: 4)
5. Simsbury (lw: 6)
6. Middletown (lw: 10)
7. Foran (lw: 7)
8. Trumbull (lw: 5)
9. Xavier (lw: 8)
10. Avon (lw: 9)

Also receiving votes: Killingly, Ledyard, East Haven, Montville, Waterford, Greenwich, Gilbert, Guilford, New Canaan, Windham, Daniel Hand, Wethersfield, Enfield.

Voters: Coaches: Charlie Anderson, Trumbull; Matt Boissonneault, Bristol Central; Steve Bilheimer, Ledyard; Mike Cunningham, Xavier; Paul Gallo, New Canaan; Chris Gamble, Waterford; Bryan McCarty, Platt; Eric Misko, Farmington; Chris Piel, New Milford; Patrick Risley, Windham; Matt Schoonmaker, Jonathan Law; Jason Shaughnessy, Fairfield Warde; Ricky Shook, Danbury. Media: Gerry deSimas, Jr., Connecticut Wrestling Online; Tim Jensen, Patch Media Corp.; Larry Kelley, Norwich Bulletin; Ryan Lacey, Danbury News Times.

Photo credit: Tim Jensen

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