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Back to Normal For Danbury High School Wrestling In Latest Poll
One team surged up four spots from last week to crack the top five.
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DANBURY, CT — After a one-week aberration in which another school collected a first-place vote, it was back to normal for Danbury High School this week, garnering all 17 top nods in the most recent wrestling poll of coaches and media members.
Simsbury utilized victories over former No. 3 Southington and former No. 2 Bristol Eastern to leap four spots into second place, followed by Bristol Eastern, Trumbull and Fairfield Warde.
Here are the top 10, plus all other schools receiving votes, with last week's ranking in parentheses.
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- Danbury (lw: 1)
- Simsbury (lw: 6)
- Bristol Eastern (lw: 2)
- Trumbull (lw: 4)
- Fairfield Warde (lw: 5)
- Southington (lw: 3)
- Middletown (lw: 8)
- Xavier (lw: 7)
- Avon (lw: 10)
- Killingly (lw: NR)
Also receiving votes: Foran, Montville, Ledyard, Greenwich, East Haven, Gilbert, Guilford, Joel Barlow, New Britain, Enfield, Windham.
Voters: Coaches: Charlie Anderson, Trumbull; Matt Boissonneault, Bristol Central; Steve Bilheimer, Ledyard; Derek Dion, Southington; Paul Gallo, New Canaan; Chris Gamble, Waterford; ; Bryan McCarty, Platt; Eric Misko, Farmington; Chris Piel, New Milford; Patrick Risley, Windham; Matt Schoonmaker, Jonathan Law; Jason Shaughnessy, Fairfield Warde; Ricky Shook, Danbury. Media: Gerry deSimas, Jr., Connecticut Wrestling Online; Tim Jensen, Patch Media Corp.; Larry Kelley, Norwich Bulletin; Ryan Lacey, Danbury News Times.
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