The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)
GAMETIMECT / REGISTER TOP 10 SOFTBALL POLL
TEAM REC PTS LAST CLASS 1. Seymour (8) 1-0 376 1 M
Latest Result: Def. WCA 20-0
Bottom Line: Junior Jenna Geffert opened the season with a perfect game with 14 strikeouts for the Wildcats, who will face NVL rival Holy Cross Tuesday.
2. Southington (4) 0-0 362 2 LL
Latest Result: (None) Bottom Line: The Blue Knights will finaly begin their season Monday at home against Bristol Eastern.
3. Trumbull (1) 2-0 340 3 LL
Latest Result: Def. Glastonbury 9-2 Bottom Line: Eagles have scored 25 runs in their first two games; Emily Gell pitched a three-hitter against the Tomahawks.
4. Masuk 2-0 262 5 L
Latest Result: Def. Staples 12-0 Bottom Line: Pitchers Sam Schiebe and Madison Procyk combined on the shutout against the Wreckers.
5. Barlow 2-0 251 6 L
Latest Result: def. Holy Cross 5-3 Bottom Line: The win over Crusaders begins a stretch of four games in five days.
6. Cheshire 0-0 212 4 LL
Latest Result: (None) Bottom Line: The Rams faced Sheehan in their seasonopener Sunday. 7. East Haven 2-0 183 T7 M
Latest Result: Def. Stamford 18-10 Bottom Line: With games against North Branford, Amity and Cheshire in consecutive days, we’ll know a lot
more about the Yellow Jackets by Wednesday night. 8. NFA 1-0 163 T7 LL
Latest Result: Def. Mercy 12-6
Bottom Line: Sarah Cote blasted a grand slam in the season-opening win for the Wildcats.
9. Griswold 3-0 159 NR M
Latest Result: Def. Plainfield 17-5 Bottom Line: Wolverines have won 29 straight regular season games. 10. North Branford 1-0 146 10 M
Latest Result: Def. Morgan 12-0. Bottom Line: Sydney Senerchia tossed a shutout in the opener for the Thunderbirds. Does not include Sunday’s results
Dropped out: Amity (9)
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.
Daniel Hand (3-0), 145; Granby (2-0), 87; Newtown (2-0) 72; Holy Cross (0-1), 67; St. Joseph (1-1), 63; Amity (1-1), 54; Middletown (0-0), 47; Bristol Eastern (0-0), 36; E.O. Smith (1-0), 28; New Milford (2-0), 28; North Haven (1-1), 26; Norwalk (2-1), 20; ND-Fairfield (2-0) and Guilford (1-1), 16; Warde (0-1), South Windsor (1-0) and Bunnell (2-0), 11; Thomaston (2-0), Coventry (0-0), Fitch (0-1) and Lauralton Hall (2-0), 9; Naugatuck (2-0) and Stamford (1-1), 7..
The following voted: Tony Calcagni, Coginchaug; Vickie Fulkerson, The Day; George DeMaio, WELI; Ken Pereiras, Seymour; Richard Zalusky, Willimantic Chronicle; Jimmy Zanor, Norwich Bulletin; Lori Riley, Hartford Courant; Jeff Babineau, St. Joseph; Scott Ericson, Stamford Advocate; Ryan Lacey, Danbury News Times; Mike Madera, Hearst Connecticut Media; Dave Phillips, Hearst Connecticut Media; Tim Jensen, Patch.