The GameTimeCT / Register Top 10 Baseball Poll: Staples unanimous No. 1, but SCC dominates poll

Staples only played one game (which is more than many northern Connecticut teams were afforded), but the Wreckers’ 4-3 rally past Xavier in the SCC-FCIAC Challenge on Saturday was enough to make them the unanimous No. 1 team in the GameTimeCT Top 10 for Week 2.

But with the SCC going 11-4 vs. the FCIAC over the weekend, this week’s top 10 has trended more toward the SCC, with Cheshire, Hand and Notre Dame-West Haven all entering the Top 10, giving the SCC five total along with No. 4 Fairfield Prep (3-0) and No. 6 Amity (1-1). 

Cheshire was the biggest mover of the week, going from unranked to No. 3 after wins over Amity and Trumbull.

Fairfield Prep and St. Joseph (2-0) also made large leaps, going from a tie at No. 8 to No. 4 and 5, respectively.

Westhill, Branford and Simsbury dropped out.

	TEAM (First place votes)	2017	PTS	LAST	CLASS
	1. STAPLES (12)	1-0	330	1	LL
Latest result: Def. Xavier 4-3. Bottom Line: Wreckers walked off with a win against Xavier, gathered all the No. 1 votes in the process.
	2. WATERFORD	1-0	294	NR	L
Latest result: def. East Lyme, 9-2. Bottom Line: Took care of business in the opener, full slate of game hopefully awaits.
	3. CHESHIRE	2-0	288	3	LL
Latest Result: def. Amity 8-3, def. Trumbull 2-0. Bottom Line: The Rams leap from unranked to No. 3. Beating Amity and Trumbull will do that.
	4. FAIRFIELD PREP	3-0	272	8	LL
Latest Results: def. Danbury 7-5; def. Regis-NY 6-4; def. Greenwich, 5-1. Bottom Line: The Jesuits came out of the gate on fire, get Amity, Trumbull and ND-WH this week.
	5. ST. JOSEPH	2-0	242	8	M
Latest Results: def. Hamden 13-2; def. Sheehan 11-2. Bottom Line: Double-digit runs in first two games for the Cadets.
	6. AMITY	1-1	224	2	LL
Latest Results: lost to Cheshire 8-3; def. Ridgefield 8-5. Bottom Line: Spartans fall out of the top 5 for the first time since the Obama administration.
	7. HOLY CROSS	1-0	180	6	S
Latest Results: def. Seymour 5-1. Bottom Line: Holy Cross beat Seymour 5-1 this week, fell a spot in the poll.
	8. HAND	2-0	121	NR	L
Latest Results: def. East Haven 12-1; def. Foran 10-0. Bottom Line: Out-scored opponents 22-1 in week 1. That’s good enough to get them in the top 10.
	9. NOTRE DAME-WH	2-1	108	NR	LL
Latest Results: def. Southington 5-2; lost to North Haven 4-3; def. Westhill 4-2. Bottom Line: Mike Sansone held Westhill in check, lifted his team into the land of the ranked.
	10. RIDGEFIELD	2-1	98	4	LL
Latest Results: def. Newtown 2-1; def. Ludlowe 6-4; lost to Amity 8-5. Bottom Line: Lefty Alex Price is among the best arms in the state, Tigers rebuilding around him. Ridgefield began its season with a 2-1 win over Newtown.
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.
Dropped Out: Westhill (5), Branford (7), Simsbury (10). Records through Sunday, April 8. Others receiving votes: Westhill (1-1) 79; Newtown (2-1), 74; New Milford (2-0), 62; Branford (1-1), 60; Fitch (3-0), 58; North Haven (2-1), 54; East Lyme (1-1), 40; Haddam-Killingworth (3-0), 39; McMahon (3-0), 38; Tolland (0-0), 37; Wilton (1-0), 28; Darien (3-1), 26; Thomaston (3-0), 22; Manchester (2-0), 21; Wethersfield (0-0), 18; Bunnell (1-0), 16; Simsbury (0-1), 14; Greenwich (2-1) and South Windsor (0-0), 10; Wolcott (2-0), 9; Berlin (2-0) and Shelton (2-0) 8; Lewis Mills (0-0) and Naugatuck (2-0), 7.
The following voted: Ryan Lacey, Danbury News-Times, Mike DiMauro, The Day of New London; Dave Ruden, The Ruden Report; David Heuschkel, The Valley Press; Bill Bloxsom, HAN; Mike Madera, Walter Camp Foundation/New Haven Register; Dave Phillips, Shoreline Newspapers; Michael Suppe, HAN; Noah Finz, Frontier Cable/Vantage Sports Network; Scott Ericson Stamford Advocate; Jesse Mayfield-Sheehan, Norwich Bulletin; Tim Jensen, Patch Media Corp.