Xavier tops The Day's Top 10 state coaches' football poll
First-place votes in parentheses, final record, points tabulated on a 30-28-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-11-10-9-8-7 basis and last week's final ranking:
1. Xavier-Middletown (11) 13-0 358 1
2. Hand-Madison (1) 13-0 330 4
3. Ansonia 14-0 320 3
4. Masuk-Monroe 11-1 258 2
5. Staples-Westport 11-1 256 5
6. New Canaan 11-2 250 9
7. Holy Cross-Waterbury 12-2 211 NR
8. Windsor 11-1 173 6
9. New London 9-2 158 8
10. Ledyard 11-2 134 NR
Dropped out: Notre Dame-West Haven (7), North Haven (10).
Also receiving votes: Notre Dame-West Haven (8-3), 107 points; Cromwell (10-3), 104; North Haven (9-2), 91; Norwalk (9-2), 73; Newtown (9-3), 50; Conard-West Hartford (9-2), 35; Greenwich (8-2), 29; Berlin (10-2), 26; Valley Regional/Old Lyme (10-2), 25; Hall-West Hartford (9-2), 18; Northwest Catholic-West Hartford (9-3), 17; Farmington (9-1), 15; Bunnell-Stratford (8-2), 8; Tie, Waterford (7-4) and West Haven (7-3), 7.
The following coaches voted: Tom Brockett, Ansonia; Jim Buonocore, Ledyard; Craig Bruno, Bunnell-Stratford; Steve Filippone, Hand-Madison; Rob Fleeting, Windsor; Tanner Grove, Montville; Jude Kelly, St. Paul-Bristol; Tim King, Valley Regional-Deep River; Sean Marinan, Xavier-Middletown; John Murphy, Masuk-Monroe; Marce Petroccio, Staples-Westport; Bob Zito, Maloney-Meriden.
Dave Cadelina of Bridgeport Central could not be reached to vote.
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