South Windsor Back In Top 10 of Latest High School Baseball Poll

SOUTH WINDSOR, CT — In a crazy week marred by a number of rainouts and several big upsets, the latest Connecticut high school baseball poll, with few exceptions, looks nothing like the rankings of the previous week.

Cheshire maintained the top spot, collecting all 14 first-place votes, and Staples kept the third position, but the rest of the top 10 changed considerably. Newtown and Berlin made giant leaps, gaining five places each into second and fifth, respectively. Fairfield Ludlowe also moved up a notch into fourth.

South Windsor worked its way back into the top 10, placing eighth in the most recent balloting.

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

1. Cheshire (lw: 1)
2. Newtown (lw: 7)
3. Staples (lw: 3)
4. Fairfield Ludlowe (lw: T-5)
5. Berlin (lw: 10)
6. Daniel Hand (lw: 4)
7. Ledyard (lw: 8)
8. South Windsor (lw: NR)
9. Amity (lw: 3)
10. Southington (lw: T-5)

Also receiving votes: Glastonbury, Wolcott, Wethersfield, East Catholic, East Hartford, Danbury, Holy Cross, Northwestern Regional, Coventry, St Joseph, Montville, Portland, Notre Dame-West Haven, Bethel, Granby, Rockville.

Voters: Tim Jensen, Patch Media Corp.; Mike DiMauro, The Day of New London; Dave Ruden, The Ruden Report; Shawn McFarland, Hartford Courant; Pete Paguaga, GametimeCT; Mike Madera, Hearst Connecticut Media; Dave Phillips, Shoreline Newspapers; Noah Finz, Frontier Cable/Vantage Sports Network; Bill Bloxsom, Trumbull Times; Ryan Lacey, Danbury News-Times; Scott Ericson, Stamford Advocate; Kyle Maher, Journal Inquirer; Dave Heuschkel, Valley Press; Larry Kelley, Norwich Bulletin.