Elias Oliphant and Amity were unanimously voted No. 1 heading into conference tournament time. (Peter Hvizdak – New Haven Register)
Amity is once again the unanimous No. 1 team in the state.
After Waterford lost to East Lyme early last week, the Spartans regained the few first-place votes that had been going to the Lancers in recent weeks.
While Waterford did not drop from the No. 2 spot, East Lyme rode its 16-game win streak into the poll at No. 9 before the ECC tournament begins.
Hamden, which finished with its best regular season since 1977, moved back up to the No. 3 spot. Darien dropped to No. 4.
Bristol Eastern moved up two spots to No. 5 after beating Berlin last week. The Redcoats dropped two spots to No. 6.
South Windsor went 2-2 last week and fell to No. 7 while East Catholic moved up into the No. 8 spot.
East Lyme joined the top 10 after its 10-6 win over No. 2 Waterford. New Britain, even though it went 3-0 last week, fell from 8th to 10th.
| Team | Record | 1st Place | Points | Last | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Amity | 19-1 | 16 | 480 | 1 | LL |
Last week: Def. Career Magnet 14-3, Norwich Free Academy 10-0 and Jonathan Law 6-3.
Bottom line: The Spartans are the No. 1 seed in this week’s SCC tournament.
| Team | Record | 1st Place | Points | Last | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2. Waterford | 19-1 | 0 | 418 | 2 | M |
Last week: Lost to East Lyme 10-6; Def. Griswold 20-2, Stonington 7-0.
Bottom line: The Lancers’ loss to East Lyme didn’t hurt much.
| Team | Record | 1st Place | Points | Last | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3. Hamden | 18-2 | 0 | 412 | 5 | LL |
Last week: Def. Guilford 2-1, Ansonia 4-3 and Daniel Hand 8-0.
Bottom line: The Green Dragons have qualified for their first ever SCC tournament.
| Team | Record | 1st Place | Points | Last | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4. Darien | 18-3 | 0 | 374 | 3 | LL |
Last week: Def. Greenwich 1-0; Lost to Trumbull 5-2; Def. Danbury 20-3 in FCIAC quarterfinals.
Bottom line: The Blue Wave are looking for their first FCIAC title since 1981.
| Team | Record | 1st Place | Points | Last | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5. Bristol Eastern | 16-2 | 0 | 330 | 7 | L |
Last week: Def. Berlin 2-1; Lost to Wethersfield 7-6 (12); Def. Rocky Hill 8-5.
Bottom line: The Lancers have clinched the CCC South-Blue Division championship.
| Team | Record | 1st Place | Points | Last | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6. Berlin | 15-3 | 0 | 267 | 4 | L |
Last week: Lost to Bristol Central 2-1; Def. Middletown 13-2, Platt 3-1; Lost to Glastonbury 8-7.
Bottom line: All three of the Redcoats losses have been by one run.
| Team | Record | 1st Place | Points | Last | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7. South Windsor | 14-4 | 0 | 250 | 7 | LL |
Last week: Lost to Rockville 4-2, Simsbury 7-2; Def. Fermi 8-3, Avon 3-2.
Bottom line: The Bobcats finish up their six games in eight days stretch on Tuesday.
| Team | Record | 1st Place | Points | Last | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8. East Catholic | 16-3 | 0 | 244 | 10 | M |
Last week: Def. Fermi 5-0, East Hartford 9-2 and Southington 3-0.
Bottom line: The Eagles bounced back from a loss with two shutouts in three games.
| Team | Record | 1st Place | Points | Last | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9. East Lyme | 16-4 | 0 | 232 | NR | L |
Last week: Def. Waterford 10-6, Fitch 8-6 and Woodstock Academy 21-1.
Bottom line: The Vikings win streak has reached 16 games entering the ECC tournament.
| Team | Record | 1st Place | Points | Last | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10. New Britain | 14-4 | 0 | 216 | 8 | LL |
Last week: Def. Rocky Hill 2-1, Newington 8-3 and Plainville 8-4.
Bottom line: The Golden Hurricanes rebounded from two losses with three wins.
Dropped out
Cheshire (9).
First-place votes in parentheses and points tabulated on a 30-28-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-
Others receiving votes
New Milford (17-4) 130; Southington (12-6) 118; Fairfield Warde (15-6) 92; Northwest Catholic (14-5) 88; Cheshire (13-6) 81; Tolland (15-4) 62; Haddam-Killingworth (16-4) 59; Oxford (17-4) 57; Sheehan (13-7) 52; Morgan (16-4) 38; Holy Cross (17-4) 35; Montville (14-6) 23; Fairfield Prep (11-8) 8; St. Paul Catholic (15-6), Masuk (15-6) 7.
The following voted
Marc Allard, Norwich Bulletin; Bill Bloxsom, HAN Network; Jim Bransfield, Middletown Press; Mike DiMauro, The Day of New London; Ed DiPersio, Connecticut High School All Star Baseball; Scott Ericson, Stamford Advocate; Martin Fiori, East Catholic; Francesco Graziano Jr., CPTV Sports; Ken Lipshez, Meriden Record-Journal; Mike Madera, Elm City Newspapers; Dave Phillips, Shoreline Newspapers; Dave Ruden, The Ruden Report; Mike Suppe, HAN Network; Derek Turner, GameTimeCT; Tom Yantz, Hartford Courant; Jimmy Zanor, Middletown Press.
Did not vote: Henry Chisholm, WTNH.
Poll compiled by: Derek Turner.
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