Shelton Keeps Top 5 Spot In Latest Football Poll

SHELTON, CT — Searching for its fourth straight Class LL state championship, Darien High School moved into first place in the latest weekly high school football poll, conducted by members of the Connecticut sports media.

The Blue Wave won their first three outings, outscoring opponents by a resounding 87-13 margin. Darien copped 17 of 31 first-place votes to outdistance runner-up Greenwich, with Daniel Hand, St. Joseph and Shelton rounding out the top five.

Here are the top 10, with first-place votes and last week's ranking in parentheses, as well as all other programs which received support from voters.

1. Darien (17) (LW: 3)
2. Greenwich (10) (LW: 2)
3. Daniel Hand (4) (LW: 4)
4. St. Joseph (LW: 1)
5. Shelton (LW: 5)
6. East Hartford (LW: 6)
7. New Canaan (LW: 7)
8. Newtown (LW: NR)
9. Naugatuck (LW: 9)
10. Southington (LW: NR)

Also receiving votes: Bloomfield, Maloney, North Haven, Ansonia, Berlin, Middletown, Killingly, Brookfield, Fairfield Prep, Sheehan, New Britain, New London, Staples, Cromwell/Portland, Windsor, West Haven, RHAM, Seymour, Branford.

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; 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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