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No Changes In Top Portion of Weekly Wrestling Poll

The same 10 teams as the previous week comprise the rankings, albeit in shuffled order.

The top 10 wrestling poll.
The top 10 wrestling poll. (Tim Jensen/Patch Media Corp.)

CONNECTICUT — The top three teams from last week's Connecticut high school wrestling poll maintained their positions in the most recent balloting, while the other seven spots saw the same teams in a shuffled order.

Danbury was once again the unanimous choice of voters, collecting the top nod on all 16 ballots. Simsbury and Fairfield Warde stayed at numbers two and three.

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

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  1. Danbury (lw: 1)
  2. Simsbury (lw: 2)
  3. Fairfield Warde (lw: 3)
  4. Xavier (lw: 5)
  5. Bristol Eastern (lw: 4)
  6. Southington (lw: 7)
  7. Bristol Central (lw: 8)
  8. Trumbull (lw: 10)
  9. Killingly (lw: 6)
  10. Staples (lw: 9)

Also receiving votes: Foran, Guilford, Manchester, Haddam-Killingworth, East Haven, Suffield/Windsor Locks, Branford, Ellis Tech, New Milford, Fitch, Windham, Middletown, Joel Barlow, RHAM, Wethersfield, Greenwich.

Voters: Charlie Anderson, Trumbull; Matt Boissonneault, Bristol Central; Mike Cunningham, Xavier; Gerry deSimas Jr., Connecticut Wrestling Online; Derek Dion, Southington; Chris Gamble, Waterford; David Green, Nonnewaug; Tim Jensen, Patch Media Corp.; Bryan McCarty, Platt; Paul Musso, New Fairfield; Chris Piel, New Milford; Matt Schoonmaker, Jonathan Law; Jason Shaughnessy, Fairfield Warde; Ricky Shook, Danbury; T.J. Silva, Simsbury; Jimmy Zanor, Norwich Bulletin. Compiled by Gerry deSimas Jr.

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