A Rarity Occurs In Latest Connecticut High School Football Balloting

CONNECTICUT — For the first time all season, all 10 spots in the weekly Connecticut high school football poll of the state's sports media members yielded the exact same placements from the previous rankings.

Southington again picked up 16 first-place votes to top the balloting, followed by New Canaan, Maloney and Killingly.

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

1. Southington (16) (lw: 1)
2. New Canaan (5) (lw: 2)
3. Maloney (lw: 3)
4. Killingly (3) (lw: 4)
5. Greenwich (lw: 5)
6. St. Joseph (lw: 6)
7. West Haven (lw: 7)
8. Ansonia (lw: 8)
9. Shelton (lw: 9)
10. Cheshire (lw: 10)

Also receiving votes: Hamden, Trumbull, North Haven, Berlin, Cromwell/Portland, Holy Cross, Staples, Notre Dame-West Haven, Naugatuck, New Fairfield, Joel Barlow, Windham, Windsor, Newtown, Bloomfield, Jonathan Law, Masuk, Darien.

Voters: Cameron Beall, New Britain Herald; Adam Betz, Journal Inquirer; Serenity Bishop, Bristol Press; Sean Patrick Bowley, GameTimeCT; Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant; Gerry deSimas Jr., Collinsville Press; Justin DeVellis, News 12 Connecticut; Mike DiMauro, The Day of New London; Erik Dobratz, WTNH-8; Scott Ericson, Stamford Advocate; Michael Fornabaio, Connecticut Post; Ned Griffen, The Day of New London; Mark Jaffee, Republican-American of Waterbury; Tim Jensen, Patch Media Corp.; Greg Lederer, Cheshire Herald; Gabby Lucivero, NBC CT; Mike Madera, Walter Camp Football Foundation; Joe Morelli, New Haven Register; Pete Paguaga, GameTimeCT; Dave Phillips, Shoreline Newspapers; Dave Ruden, The Ruden Report; Richard Zalusky, The Chronicle of Willimantic; Jimmy Zanor, Norwich Bulletin; Joe Zone, WFSB-3.
Compiled by Michael Fornabaio