Unbeaten Wildcats Top Final CT High School Girls Basketball Poll

CONNECTICUT — An undefeated season capped by a 24-point victory in the Southern Connecticut Conference championship game provided Norwich Free Academy the top spot in the final high school girls basketball poll of the abbreviated 2021 season.

The Wildcats earned 10 of 17 first-place votes to outdistance runner-up Notre Dame-Fairfield, which collected three top nods. Ridgefield, with four first-place votes, finished third.

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

1. Norwich Free Academy (lw: 1)
2. Notre Dame-Fairfield (lw: 2)
3. Ridgefield (lw: 3)
4. Newington (lw: 4)
5. Sacred Heart Academy (lw: N/R)
6. Hamden (lw: N/R)
7. Trumbull (lw: N/R)
8. Glastonbury (lw: 9)
9. Sheehan (lw: 6)
10. Thomaston (lw: N/R)

Also receiving votes: Daniel Hand, Holy Cross, Staples, East Hampton, East Hartford, Suffield, Pomperaug, Windsor, E.O. Smith, Seymour, Parish Hill, Killingly, Kolbe Cathedral, Middletown, Southington, Simsbury, Danbury, Bacon Academy, Windsor Locks.

Voters: Tim Jensen, Patch Media; Lori Riley, Hartford Courant; Mike Madera, New Haven Register; Vickie Fulkerson, New London Day; Dave Phillips, Shoreline Newspapers; Dave Ruden, The Ruden Report; Jimmy Zanor, Norwich Bulletin; Brian Medeiros, Canton; Fred Williams, Northwestern Regional; Rick Wilson, Waterbury Republican American; Sean Krofssik, Meriden Record-Journal; Matt Hornick, Bristol Press; Rich Zalusky, The Chronicle; Dave Danko, Fairfield Warde; Adam Betz, Journal Inquirer; Scotty Nails, Rye Country Day School; Scott Ericson, GameTimeCT.
Compiled by Scott Ericson

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