Naugatuck Holds Top 10 Spot In Football Poll

NAUGATUCK, CT — The majority of the top high school football teams in Connecticut observed a bye week recently, leaving the top 10 virtually unchanged in the most recent weekly poll of media members.

Darien, Greenwich and Daniel Hand retained the top three positions, with Naugatuck holding its spot at No. 9. The only change in the top 10 was a flip-flop of Newtown and Southington at numbers 7 and 8.

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

1. Darien (15) (lw: 1)
2. Greenwich (12) (lw: 2)
3. Daniel Hand (4) (lw: 3)
4. St. Joseph (lw: 4)
5. Shelton (lw: 5)
6. East Hartford (lw: 6)
7. Newtown (lw: 8)
8. Southington (lw: 7)
9. Naugatuck (lw: 9)
10. Bloomfield (lw: 10)

Also receiving votes: North Haven, Ansonia, Berlin, Middletown, New Britain, Fairfield Prep, Staples, Killingly, Maloney, RHAM, Bunnell, East Haven, Brookfield, Woodland, Windsor, Bristol Central, Cromwell/Portland, Sheehan.

Voters: Bob Barton, New Haven Register; Nate Brown, Fox61; Bill Bloxsom, Hersam Acorn Newspapers; Sean Patrick Bowley, GameTimeCT; Kyle Brennan, Freelance; Doug Bonjour, Connecticut Post; Gerry deSimas Jr., Collinsville Press; Mike DiMauro, The Day of New London; Erik Dobratz, WTNH-8; Scott Ericson, Stamford Advocate; Ned Griffen, The Day of New London; Shelby Iava, New Britain Herald; Mark Jaffee, Republican-American of Waterbury; Ryan Lacey, Danbury News-Times; Kyle Maher, Journal-Inquirer of Manchester; Pete Paguaga, GameTimeCT; John Pierson, WTNH-8; Noah Finz, CT Sports Now; Mike Madera, Walter Camp Football Foundation; Shawn McFarland, Hartford Courant; Joe Morelli, New Haven Register; John Nash, The Hour of Norwalk; Keith O’Brien, GameDay CT Sports; Dan Orencole, Bristol Press; Dave Phillips, Shoreline Newspapers; Marc Robbins, CT Sports Now; Dave Ruden, The Ruden Report; Mike Suppe, Hersam-Acorn Newspapers; Rich Zalusky, The Chronicle of Willimantic; Jimmy Zanor, Norwich Bulletin; Joe Zone, WFSB-3.

Photo credit: Tim Jensen

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