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Greenwich tops preseason top 10 football poll

Greenwich is ranked No. 1 in GameTime CT’s preseason top 10 football poll in voting by sportswriters from around the state. The Cardinals received 17 first place votes.

Four other teams received No. 1 votes from the 24-member panel. Darien, Fairfield Prep and Killingly were also voted No. 1.

Southington, which will face Simsbury later this month, was voted No. 10 in the poll while Bloomfield, whom Avon and Farmington will face this year, was ranked No. 12 in the poll.

The GameTimeCT high school football top 10 poll
PRESEASON, Sept. 6, 2022
First-place votes in parentheses and points tabulated on a 30-28-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-11-10-9-8-7 basis.

School Rec. Pts. Last yr Class
1. Greenwich (17) 7-4 661 10 LL
2. Darien (5) 12-1 600 1 L
3. Fairfield Prep (1) 11-2 536 3 LL
4. New Canaan 10-2 479 4 L
5. Windsor 11-2 419 5 MM
6. Killingly (1) 12-0 388 7 MM
7. Maloney 12-1 342 2 L
8. Shelton 9-3 332 8 L
9. Trumbull 7-3 291 nr LL
10. Southington 8-3 242 nr LL
Also receiving votes: Ansonia (11-2) 198; Bloomfield (12-1) 198; Hand (7-4) 185; Naugatuck (9-2) 166; St. Joseph (10-2) 150; Ridgefield (5-5) 130; Notre Dame-West Haven (3-7) 119; Cromwell/Portland (13-0) 109; Newtown (6-4) 76; Branford (9-3) 75; Seymour (8-3) 61; West Haven (8-2) 56; Masuk (9-3) 50; Hamden (8-3) 44; Hall (9-2) 36; Rockville (10-3) 36; Newington (7-3) 33; Bristol Central (9-2) 22; New Fairfield (9-3) 19; Holy Cross (8-3) 16; Xavier (6-4) 11; Cheshire (4-6) 9; Berlin (4-6) 8; Norwich Free Academy (4-6) 8; North Haven (5-5) 8; Jonathan Law (6-4) 7.
The following voted: Cameron Beall, New Britain Herald; Adam Betz, Journal-Inquirer of Manchester; 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.

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Gerry deSimas, Jr., is the editor and founder of The Collinsville Press. 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.

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