Defending Champions Top Preseason Connecticut Boys Soccer Rankings

CONNECTICUT — A pair of defending divisional champions led the balloting of Connecticut high school boys soccer coaches in a preseason poll released Tuesday.

Defending Class LL champion Hall paced the LL/L rankings, while Class M titleholder Lewis Mills is atop the field in M/S.

The other 2023 titlists are East Lyme (L), ranked sixth in LL/L, and Old Saybrook (S), which is second in M/S.

Here are the top 10 in each division, with first-place votes in parentheses, as well as all other teams collecting votes.

Class LL/L

1. Hall (8)
2. Greenwich
3. Stamford
4. Glastonbury
5. Farmington (3)
6. East Lyme
7. Xavier (1)
8. Notre Dame-West Haven
9. Fairfield Prep
10. Brookfield

Also receiving votes: Fairfield Ludlowe, Staples, Cheshire, Bethel, Masuk, Newtown, Naugatuck, Trumbull, Hamden, Berlin, Darien.

Coaches Voting: Dave Zlatin, Avon; Chris Laughton, Independent; Joe Mancini, Pomperaug; Tony
Fernandes, Bethel; Zeke Seguro, Hall; Vic Santos, Independent; Chris Cap, West Haven; Nick
Boorman, Farmington; Artur Branco, Cheshire; Sil Vitello, Trumbull; Jim Lewicki, Independent,
Mike Gruber, Jonathan Law.

Class M/S

1. Lewis Mills (3)
2. Old Saybrook (3)
3. Tolland (4)
4. Stonington
5. Daniel Hand
6. East Hampton (1)
7. RHAM
8. Shepaug Valley
9. Suffield
10. Holy Cross

Also receiving votes: Rocky Hill, Ellington, Granby, Canton, Weston, Nonnewaug, Joel Barlow, Morgan, Northwestern Regional, Ledyard, Woodland Regional, Haddam-Killingworth.

Coaches Voting: Rob Andrulis, Independent; Rick Distefano, Foran; Ben Kulas, Lewis Mills; Vic
Santos, Independent; Mario Costa, Stonington; Bill Glenney, Ledyard; Andrew Campbell,
Northwestern Regional; Paul Winstanley, Joel Barlow; Matt Thompson, Coginchaug; Paul Horta, Rocky Hill.

Compiled by Zeke Seguro