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Danbury Improves Standing In Boys Basketball Poll
Two state teams improved their position over last week and a new team entered the top 10 in the latest balloting by state media members.
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DANBURY, CT — The top two teams remained intact and pair of top 5 teams switched positions in the most recent high school boys basketball poll of state sports media members.
Sacred Heart collected 15 of 20 first-place votes to keep its perch atop the rankings, while East Catholic received the other five top votes to retain second. Notre Dame-West Haven and Bassick flip-flopped spots in the third and fourth positions.
Danbury High School moved up a spot from last week, placing ninth in the most recent balloting.
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Here are the top 10, with last week's ranking in parentheses, as well as all other teams getting votes.
- Sacred Heart (lw: 1)
- East Catholic (lw: 2)
- Notre Dame-West Haven (lw: 4)
- Bassick (lw: 3)
- Windsor (lw: 5)
- Waterford (lw: 6)
- Trumbull (lw: 7)
- Manchester (lw: 8)
- Danbury (lw: 10)
- Cromwell (lw: NR)
Also receiving votes: Wamogo, Glastonbury, Old Lyme, Newtown, East Hartford, Prince Tech, East Lyme, Immaculate, Classical Magnet, Farmington, New Canaan, Jonathan Law, Simsbury, Wilton, St. Bernard.
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Voters: Paul Augeri, Middletown Press; Bill Bloxsom, Milford/Trumbull Pubs; Mike DiMauro, The Day of New London; Scott Ericson, Stamford Advocate; Dave Grant, WATR-AM; Larry Kelley, Norwich Bulletin; Sean Krofssik, Record-Journal; Mike Madera, GameTimeCT; Kyle Maher, Journal-Inquirer of Manchester; Shawn McFarland, Hartford Courant; Joe Morelli, New Haven Register; Keith O'Brien, Game Day CT Sports; Joe Palladino, Republican-American; Dave Phillips, Shore Line Newspapers; John Pierson, WTNH; Marc Robbins, CT Sports Now; Dave Ruden, The Ruden Report; Ben Talbott, Bird’s Eye Sports; Richard Zalusky, The Chronicle; Joe Zone, WFSB.
File photo credit: Tim Jensen
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