After their impressive third place finish at The War on the Shore tournament in Maryland over the weekend, Xavier remains the unanimous choice as the No. 1 team in the latest Connecticut Wrestling Online top 10 poll.
Thanks to a five-point move in the final seconds, No. 2 Danbury beat FCIAC rival Fairfield Warde by one point last week, 35-34, and the Hatters (4-1) remain No. 2 in the poll with Fairfield Warde (5-1) remaining at No. 3.
No. 4 Simsbury won the John D. Gorman Memorial tournament in Cumberland, R.I. for the second consecutive time while East Hartford (6-0) won the Greater Hartford Open for the first time since 2005 and leaped up five spots to No. 5.
A win in the final match of the day lifted Staples (7-0) to a 37-33 win over Foran to win the John Chacho Duals in Westport over the weekend. It also lifted the Wreckers back into the top 10 at No. 6. Foran (10-1) slips one spot to No. 7 after their first loss of the season.
New Fairfield (7-0), which won four matches this past weekend, is No. 8, while Killingly, who was fourth at the Greater Hartford Open slipped four spots to No. 9. Newtown (8-1) rounds out the top 10.
Connecticut Wrestling Online’s top 10 high school wrestling poll for the 2021-22 season. First-place votes in parentheses, record through Saturday, points tabulated on a 30-28-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-11-10-9-8-7 basis, and last week’s poll ranking.
Week 3, Monday, January 17, 2022
Team | Rec | Pts | LW | Class |
1. Xavier (17) | 7-1 | 510 | 1 | L |
2. Danbury | 4-1 | 466 | 2 | LL |
3. Fairfield Warde | 5-1 | 436 | 3 | LL |
4. Simsbury | 4-2 | 406 | 4 | L |
5. East Hartford | 6-0 | 323 | 10 | LL |
6. Staples | 7-0 | 298 | nr | LL |
7. Foran | 10-1 | 269 | 6 | M |
8. New Fairfield | 7-0 | 263 | 7 | S |
9. Killingly | 10-0 | 239 | 5 | S |
10. Newtown | 8-1 | 213 | 9 | L |
Also receiving votes: New Milford (1-1) 159, Branford (15-1) 157, Haddam-Killingworth (4-2) 125, Trumbull (7-2) 86, Guilford (9-2) 72, Southington (5-2) 56, Berlin (6-1) 49, RHAM (9-0) 39, Windham (7-1) 30, Ledyard (8-2) 11, Norwalk (0-3) and Bristol Central (2-0) 8, Avon (4-2) 7 | ||||
Voting this week: 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; Paul Musso, New Fairfield; Chris Piel, New Milford; Patrick Risley, Windham High; Matt Schoonmaker, Jonathan Law-Milford; Jason Shaughnessy, Fairfield Warde; Ricky Shook, Danbury; T.J. Silva, Simsbury; Jimmy Zanor, Norwich Bulletin. |
Gerry deSimas, Jr., is the editor and founder of Connecticut Wrestling Online. He is an award-winning writer and has been covering sports in Connecticut and New England for more than 40 years. He was inducted into the New England High School Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2018.