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South Windsor Vaults Into Top 5 of Latest Softball Poll
The top two teams remained intact, but all other positions changed in the most recent balloting.

SOUTH WINDSOR, CT — The top spot in the latest weekly high school softball poll remained in the possession of St. Joseph, and in unanimous fashion, with Masuk retaining the second position. The rest of the poll, however, was totally changed from the previous week. Trumbull moved up a spot into third, with South Windsor and Cheshire each jumping into the top five.
Here are the top 10, with last week's ranking in parentheses, as well as all other teams receiving votes.
- St. Joseph (lw: 1)
- Masuk (lw: 2)
- Trumbull (lw: 3)
- South Windsor (lw: 7)
- Cheshire (lw: 6)
- North Haven (lw: 3)
- West Haven (lw: 5)
- Valley Regional (lw: 9)
- Southington (lw: 8)
- E.O. Smith (lw: NR)
Also receiving votes: Seymour, Bristol Eastern, Amity, Ellington, Stamford, Windsor, Norwich Free Academy, St. Paul, Montville, Northwestern Regional, Farmington, Waterford, Oxford, Fairfield Warde, Coventry, Maloney.
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Voters: Coaches: Jeff Babineau, St. Joseph; Ken Pereiras, Seymour; Bryan Burdick, Norwich Free Academy; Nick DeLizio, North Branford. Media: Tim Jensen, Patch Media Corp.; Scott Ericson, Stamford Advocate; George DeMaio, WELI; Jimmy Zanor, Norwich Bulletin; Ryan Lacey, Danbury News Times; Mike Madera, Hearst Connecticut Media; Dave Phillips, Hearst Connecticut Media; Richard Zalusky, Willimantic Chronicle; Lori Riley, Hartford Courant; Terry Dinan, New Canaanite.
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