REGISTER/GAME TIME CT FINAL GIRLS BASKETBALL POLL

Mercy High School of Middletown won its first state title (Class LL) since 2013 to capture the No. 1 slot in the final New Haven Register/GameTime CT Girls Basketball State poll.

RHAM captured the Class L state crown to move from No. 8 to No. 2 in the poll.

New London, which had been undefeated through the regular season and won the ECC Division I tourney, saw its chance to repeat as Class LL champs end in the semifinals in a 69-61 loss to Enfield and fell to No. 5 in the poll.

Farmington, who lost to RHAM in the Class L final, and Class S champion Coginchaug, which won its first state crown in six years, joined the final poll.

Dropped out:

ND-Fairfield (9), Simsbury (10). 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. Final overall season records.

Others receiving votes:

Career Magnet (17-10), 143; Simsbury (21-4), 116; Norwalk (19-5), 63; Newtown (21-5), 50; SMSA (18-7), 50; Rocky Hill (20-6), 41; Hamden (18-6), 36; ND-Fairfield (19-6), 34; Wethersfield (17-8), 34; Wilton (19-6), 26; Cromwell (21-4), 18; East Lyme (16-9), 11; Holy Cross (Waterbury) (23-4), 10; Stamford (16-8), 9; Weston (18-7), 8; Sacred Heart (Waterbury) (21-6), 7; Capital Prep (13-7), 7.

The following voted:

Eric DeMarco, Notre DameFairfield; Vickie Fulkerson, The Day of New London; Tim Jensen, Patch; Mike Madera, Elm City Newspapers; Brian Medieros, Canton; Scotty Nails, Rye (NY) Country Day; Dave Phillips, Shoreline Newspapers; Lori Riley, Hartford Courant; Mike Suppe, Han Network; Fred Williams, Northwestern; Rick Wilson, Waterbury Republican-American; Richard Zalusky, Willimantic Chronicle; Jimmy Zanor, Norwich Bulletin.