Xavier Leapfrogs Middletown In Latest Wrestling Poll

MIDDLETOWN, CT — The top 10 high school wrestling teams in Connecticut remained the same in the most recent weekly poll of coaches and media members, albeit in a slightly different order.

Danbury, as usual, received all 18 first-place votes to easily outdistance Bristol Eastern, which retained its hammerlock on second place. Southington moved up a spot into third, switching places with Fairfield Warde.

Xavier High School jumped three spots to sixth in the latest balloting, surpassing crosstown rival Middletown, which was seventh.

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

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

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

Voters: Coaches: Charlie Anderson, Trumbull; Matt Boissonneault, Bristol Central; Steve Bilheimer, Ledyard; Mike Cunningham, Xavier; Derek Dion, Southington; 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.

File photo credit: Tim Jensen

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