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One New Entry Cracks Top 10 of Wrestling Poll

The top nine remained intact in the most recent balloting of coaches and media members.

The latest Connecticut high school wrestling poll.
The latest Connecticut high school wrestling poll. (Tim Jensen/Patch Media Corp.)

CONNECTICUT — This week's Connecticut high school wrestling poll is nearly a carbon copy of last week's, save for a new entry at the No. 10 position. Danbury continued its dominance by again receiving all 16 first-place votes, followed by Simsbury and Fairfield Warde.

Here are the top 10, with last week's ranking in parentheses, plus all other programs receiving support.

  1. Danbury (lw: 1)
  2. Simsbury (lw: 2)
  3. Fairfield Warde (lw: 3)
  4. Xavier (lw: 4)
  5. Bristol Eastern (lw: 5)
  6. Southington (lw: 6)
  7. Bristol Central (lw: 7)
  8. Trumbull (lw: 8)
  9. Staples (lw: 9)
  10. Branford (lw: N/R)

Also receiving votes: Foran, Killingly, Ledyard, New Milford, Guilford, East Haven, Wethersfield, Manchester, Haddam-Killingworth, Ellis Tech, Windham.

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Voters: Charlie Anderson, Trumbull; Matt Boissonneault, Bristol Central; Gerry deSimas Jr., Connecticut Wrestling Online; Derek Dion, Southington; Chris Gamble, Waterford; David Green, Nonnewaug; Tim Jensen, Patch Media Corp.; Bryan McCarty, Platt; Paul Musso, New Fairfield; Chris Piel, New Milford; Patrick Risley, Windham; Matt Schoonmaker, Jonathan Law; Jason Shaughnessy, Fairfield Warde; Ricky Shook, Danbury; T.J. Silva, Simsbury; Jimmy Zanor, Norwich Bulletin. Compiled by Gerry deSimas Jr.

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