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Stonington Ranked Highly in Boys High School Soccer Poll

The Bears placed in the top five in the initial Class M/S regular season poll.

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STONINGTON, CT — Defending Class M champion Lewis Mills was the top pick of coaches in the first Class M/S boys soccer poll of the 2018 regular season.

The Spartans received seven of 14 first-place votes to lead the balloting in Classes M/S. Suffield (3), Ellngton (2), Stonington (1) and Old Saybrook (1) also received first-place votes.

Stonington High School placed fifth in the weekly poll.

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Here are the top 10 in Classes M/S and LL/L, plus all other schools receiving votes.

M/S

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  1. Lewis Mills
  2. Suffield
  3. Ellington
  4. Morgan
  5. Stonington
  6. (tie) Tolland
    6. (tie) Granby
    8. Old Saybrook
    9. Somers
    10. (tie) Litchfield
    10. (tie) Plainville

Also receiving votes: Notre Dame-Fairfield, Lyman Memorial, Plainfield, Immaculate, Coventry, East Windsor, East Catholic, Ledyard, Oxford, Bacon Academy, Nonnewaug, Valley Regional, Windham.

Coaches voting: Colin Delaney, Montville; Rob Andrulis, Litchfield; Dave Emery, Granby Memorial; Tim Brown, Plainville; Roy Gurnon, Ellington; Andy Campbell, Northwest Regional; Sam Barnes, Old Saybrook; Ben Kulas, Lewis Mills; Ryan Fabry, Lyman Memorial; Vic Santos, Independent; Gianni Perugini, Sacred Heart; Dave Lavery, Brookfield; Vito Caligiuri, Watertown; Paul deCastro, Stonington

LL/L

  1. Glastonbury
  2. Farmington
  3. Daniel Hand
  4. Norwalk
  5. Fairfield Prep
  6. Guilford
  7. Greenwich
  8. Naugatuck
  9. E.O. Smith
  10. Staples

Also receiving votes: Ridgefield, Joel Barlow, Trumbull, Hall, Darien, East Hartford, Wethersfield, East Lyme, Shelton, Masuk, Wilton, South Windsor, Southington.

Coaches voting: Dan Woog, Staples; Chris Laughton, Norwalk; Mark Landers, Glastonbury; John Blomstrann, E.O. Smith; Dave Yanosy, Southington; Jim Lewicki, Wilton; Joe Mancini, Pomperaug; Artur Branco, Cheshire; Paul Winstanley, Joel Barlow; Zeke Seguro, Hall; Arnie Jandreau, Lyman Hall;vDave Zlatin, Avon; Tony Fernandes, Bethel; Dave Lavery,Brookfield; Vic Santos, Independent

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