GIRLS BASKETBALL PRESEASON TOP 10 POLL

1. Mercy (11) 2. East Haven 3. New London (1) 4.Trumbull (2) 5. Hamden (3) 6. Hand 7.Hall 8. RHAM 9.Farmington (1) 10. Coginchaug REC 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 PTS 459

458 420 400 289 275 251 229 202 189 LAST 1

3 5 7 N/A 9 4 2 10 10 CLASS LL

M LL LL LL L LL L LL S

Dropped out: None

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.

Others receiving votes: Norwalk 171; Stamford 133; Career 103; Nd- Fairfield 102; Simsbury 99; Enfield 84; Cromwell 66; Newtown 43; St Paul 42; Trinity 39; Smsa 36; Wethersfield 34; Bacon 32; Southington 29; Capital Prep 23; Berlin 18; Bethel 18; Warde 18; Nfa 16; Ridgefield 14; EO Smith 11; Staples 11; Amity 10; Windsor 9; Rocky Hill 8; Weston 8; East Lyme 8; Ludlowe 8; Canton 7; Sacred Heart 7; Waterford 7

The following voted: Ryan Lacey, Danbury News-Times; Lori Riley, Hartford Courant; Erik Dobratz, WTNH/Sportzedge.com; Scott Ericson, Stamford Advocate; Noah Finz, Frontier Cable/Vantage Sports Network; Mike Madera, Walter Camp Foundation/New Haven Register; ; Pete Paguaga, GametimeCT; Dave Phillips, Shoreline Newspapers; Dave Ruden, The Ruden Report; Jimmy Zanor, Norwich Bulletin; Tim Jensen, Patch; Dave Danko, Fairfield Warde, Scotty Nails, RCDS; Brian Medeiros, Canton; Kevin Roberts, Southington Observer; Adam Betz, Journal Inquirer; Rich Zalusky, The Chronicle; Eric DeMarco ND-Fairfield

— Poll compiled by Scott Ericson