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Tournament Rankings

2023-2024 Division II Boys Basketball

Qualifying Teams

RankSchoolRecordPointsLotDetail
1Manchester18-2 (0.900)163252,930Wins: Simsbury (II: 6-14), Platt (II: 7-13), Tolland (IV: 8-12), Wright Tech (V: 0-20), Whitney Tech (IV: 9-11), Newington (II: 11-9), Lewis Mills (III: 16-4), RHAM (II: 12-8), Windham (III: 8-12), East Hartford (II: 8-12), Hall (II: 11-9), South Windsor (III: 8-12), Cheney Tech (IV: 17-3), Enfield (II: 9-11), E.O. Smith (IV: 9-11), Bristol Central (II: 4-16), RHAM (II: 12-8), East Hartford (II: 8-12)
Losses: East Catholic (I: 18-2), Conard (II: 15-5)
2Windsor17-3 (0.850)191678,252Wins: Conard (II: 15-5), New London (II: 16-4), Lewis Mills (III: 16-4), Newington (II: 11-9), Brockton High School (?-?), St. Bernard (I: 17-3), Hartford Public (IV: 3-17), Platt (II: 7-13), New Britain (II: 17-3), Newington (II: 11-9), Northwest Catholic (I: 17-3), Bloomfield (II: 8-12), Rocky Hill (V: 4-16), Wethersfield (III: 3-17), Middletown (II: 10-10), East Catholic (I: 18-2), Bloomfield (II: 8-12)
Losses: North High School (?-?), Ridgefield (I: 19-1), Farmington (II: 14-6)
3Trumbull17-3 (0.850)139747,436Wins: Masuk (III: 11-9), Amistad (III: 5-15), Joel Barlow (IV: 3-17), Jonathan Law (II: 4-16), Harding (III: 8-12), Westhill (II: 3-17), Danbury (I: 13-7), Brien McMahon (II: 6-14), Wilton (II: 14-6), Bridgeport Central (III: 1-19), Darien (III: 7-13), Greenwich (I: 8-12), St. Joseph (III: 11-9), Norwalk (II: 10-10), Staples (I: 15-5), New Canaan (III: 8-12), Fairfield Ludlowe (III: 12-8)
Losses: Fairfield Warde (II: 13-7), Stamford (II: 15-5), Ridgefield (I: 19-1)
4New Britain17-3 (0.850)112357,145Wins: South Windsor (III: 8-12), Hartford Public (IV: 3-17), Ledyard (III: 5-14), Newington (II: 11-9), Wethersfield (III: 3-17), Prince Tech (IV: 5-14), Goodwin Tech (IV: 14-6), Maloney (III: 8-12), Avon (III: 4-16), Wethersfield (III: 3-17), Tolland (IV: 8-12), Bloomfield (II: 8-12), Bassick (II: 3-16), Harding (III: 8-12), Berlin (III: 8-12), Enfield (II: 9-11), Rocky Hill (V: 4-16)
Losses: Southington (I: 17-3), Glastonbury (II: 13-7), Windsor (II: 17-3)
5Holy Cross16-4 (0.800)155526,713Wins: Watertown (IV: 3-17), Kennedy (II: 6-14), Seymour (III: 14-6), Wolcott (IV: 2-18), Wilby (III: 16-4), Torrington (III: 11-9), WCA (I: 16-4), Woodland (IV: 9-11), Derby (V: 4-16), Ansonia (III: 11-9), Naugatuck (II: 10-10), St. Paul Catholic (IV: 13-7), Oxford (V: 4-16), Naugatuck (II: 10-10), Crosby (I: 15-5), Torrington (III: 11-9)
Losses: Crosby (I: 15-5), Notre Dame-West Haven (I: 20-0), Conard (II: 15-5), WCA (I: 16-4)
6New London16-4 (0.800)14018,077Wins: East Lyme (III: 12-8), Classical High School (?-?), Woodstock Academy (IV: 9-11), Bloomfield (II: 8-12), Mount Pleasant High School (?-?), Norwich Free Academy (II: 10-9), Bacon Academy (IV: 8-12), East Hartford (II: 8-12), Fairfield Prep (I: 4-16), East Lyme (III: 12-8), Killingly (III: 10-10), Windham (III: 8-12), Norwich Free Academy (II: 10-9), Ledyard (III: 5-14), Bassick (II: 3-16), Fitch (III: 13-6)
Losses: Windsor (II: 17-3), St. Bernard (I: 17-3), Fitch (III: 13-6), St. Bernard (I: 17-3)
7Conard15-5 (0.750)170160,326Wins: Simsbury (II: 6-14), Southington (I: 17-3), Farmington (II: 14-6), Weaver (IV: 16-4), Manchester (II: 18-2), Northwest Catholic (I: 17-3), Middletown (II: 10-10), Simsbury (II: 6-14), Holy Cross (II: 16-4), Glastonbury (II: 13-7), Avon (III: 4-16), Portland (V: 7-13), Platt (II: 7-13), Bloomfield (II: 8-12), Hall (II: 11-9)
Losses: Farmington (II: 14-6), Windsor (II: 17-3), Northwest Catholic (I: 17-3), East Catholic (I: 18-2), Hall (II: 11-9)
8Stamford15-5 (0.750)143765,483Wins: Amistad (III: 5-15), Pomperaug (IV: 10-10), Weston (IV: 13-7), New Fairfield (IV: 12-8), St. Joseph (III: 11-9), Brien McMahon (II: 6-14), Bridgeport Central (III: 1-19), Darien (III: 7-13), Staples (I: 15-5), New Canaan (III: 8-12), Westhill (II: 3-17), Trumbull (II: 17-3), Fairfield Ludlowe (III: 12-8), Fairfield Warde (II: 13-7), Norwalk (II: 10-10)
Losses: Kolbe Cathedral (I: 19-1), Ridgefield (I: 19-1), Danbury (I: 13-7), Greenwich (I: 8-12), Wilton (II: 14-6)
9Farmington14-6 (0.700)142821,866Wins: Conard (II: 15-5), Hall (II: 11-9), Simsbury (II: 6-14), Enfield (II: 9-11), Innovation (IV: 18-2), Middletown (II: 10-10), Granby Memorial (IV: 10-10), Windsor (II: 17-3), Berlin (III: 8-12), Hall (II: 11-9), East Hartford (II: 8-12), Bloomfield (II: 8-12), Platt (II: 7-13), Avon (III: 4-16)
Losses: Glastonbury (II: 13-7), Northwest Catholic (I: 17-3), Conard (II: 15-5), East Catholic (I: 18-2), Northwest Catholic (I: 17-3), Southington (I: 17-3)
10Daniel Hand14-6 (0.700)121909,856Wins: Wilton (II: 14-6), Platt (II: 7-13), Career Magnet (IV: 10-10), Guilford (II: 9-11), Amity (III: 9-11), Fairfield Prep (I: 4-16), Jonathan Law (II: 4-16), Fitch (III: 13-6), Guilford (II: 9-11), East Haven (III: 15-5), Career Magnet (IV: 10-10), Amity (III: 9-11), Fairfield Prep (I: 4-16), Jonathan Law (II: 4-16)
Losses: East Haven (III: 15-5), Notre Dame-West Haven (I: 20-0), Wilbur Cross (I: 14-6), Notre Dame-West Haven (I: 20-0), Wilbur Cross (I: 14-6), Morgan (IV: 18-2)
11Wilton14-6 (0.700)120577,942Wins: Newtown (II: 13-7), Bassick (II: 3-16), Fitch (III: 13-6), Platt (II: 7-13), Darien (III: 7-13), Greenwich (I: 8-12), Danbury (I: 13-7), New Canaan (III: 8-12), Bridgeport Central (III: 1-19), St. Joseph (III: 11-9), Westhill (II: 3-17), Brien McMahon (II: 6-14), Fairfield Ludlowe (III: 12-8), Stamford (II: 15-5)
Losses: Daniel Hand (II: 14-6), Fairfield Warde (II: 13-7), Norwalk (II: 10-10), Trumbull (II: 17-3), Staples (I: 15-5), Ridgefield (I: 19-1)
12West Haven14-6 (0.700)115648,026Wins: Prince Tech (IV: 5-14), Norwalk (II: 10-10), Pomperaug (IV: 10-10), Hamden (II: 12-8), Branford (III: 9-11), Fairfield Prep (I: 4-16), North Haven (III: 12-8), Amity (III: 9-11), Lyman Hall (IV: 1-19), Hamden (II: 12-8), Branford (III: 9-11), North Haven (III: 12-8), Amity (III: 9-11), Lyman Hall (IV: 1-19)
Losses: Notre Dame-West Haven (I: 20-0), Hillhouse (I: 15-5), Staples (I: 15-5), Notre Dame-West Haven (I: 20-0), Hillhouse (I: 15-5), Fairfield Prep (I: 4-16)
13Glastonbury13-7 (0.650)116530,560Wins: Berlin (III: 8-12), Tolland (IV: 8-12), Waterford (III: 9-11), Xavier (I: 16-4), Farmington (II: 14-6), New Britain (II: 17-3), Avon (III: 4-16), South Windsor (III: 8-12), Maloney (III: 8-12), Hall (II: 11-9), Avon (III: 4-16), Wethersfield (III: 3-17), Simsbury (II: 6-14)
Losses: Southington (I: 17-3), Norwich Free Academy (II: 10-9), Enfield (II: 9-11), Cheney Tech (IV: 17-3), Conard (II: 15-5), Northwest Catholic (I: 17-3), Southington (I: 17-3)
14Fairfield Warde13-7 (0.650)112175,458Wins: Harding (III: 8-12), Bassick (II: 3-16), Fairfield Prep (I: 4-16), Wilton (II: 14-6), St. Joseph (III: 11-9), Trumbull (II: 17-3), Bridgeport Central (III: 1-19), New Canaan (III: 8-12), Westhill (II: 3-17), Fairfield Ludlowe (III: 12-8), Norwalk (II: 10-10), Bunnell (III: 15-5), Brien McMahon (II: 6-14)
Losses: Notre Dame-Fairfield (I: 19-1), Ridgefield (I: 19-1), Danbury (I: 13-7), Staples (I: 15-5), Darien (III: 7-13), Stamford (II: 15-5), Greenwich (I: 8-12)
15Newtown13-7 (0.650)102890,113Wins: Torrington (III: 11-9), Darien (III: 7-13), Bethel (III: 5-15), Greenwich (I: 8-12), Immaculate (III: 10-10), New Milford (III: 4-16), Stratford (III: 6-14), Joel Barlow (IV: 3-17), Bassick (II: 3-16), New Fairfield (IV: 12-8), Masuk (III: 11-9), Pomperaug (IV: 10-10), Brookfield (III: 12-8)
Losses: Wilton (II: 14-6), Staples (I: 15-5), Northwestern (IV: 14-6), Weston (IV: 13-7), Notre Dame-Fairfield (I: 19-1), Bunnell (III: 15-5), Kolbe Cathedral (I: 19-1)
16Hamden12-8 (0.600)103980,248Wins: North Haven (III: 12-8), Amistad (III: 5-15), Norwalk (II: 10-10), Amity (III: 9-11), Shelton (III: 3-17), Foran (IV: 12-8), Branford (III: 9-11), Amity (III: 9-11), Shelton (III: 3-17), Norwich Free Academy (II: 10-9), Branford (III: 9-11), Foran (IV: 12-8)
Losses: Newington (II: 11-9), Xavier (I: 16-4), West Haven (II: 14-6), Notre Dame-West Haven (I: 20-0), North Haven (III: 12-8), Xavier (I: 16-4), West Haven (II: 14-6), Notre Dame-West Haven (I: 20-0)
17RHAM12-8 (0.600)10230,754Wins: Coventry (V: 12-8), Bristol Central (II: 4-16), Enfield (II: 9-11), Tolland (IV: 8-12), Bacon Academy (IV: 8-12), Suffield (IV: 11-9), Hall (II: 11-9), Stafford (V: 8-12), E.O. Smith (IV: 9-11), East Hartford (II: 8-12), South Windsor (III: 8-12), Simsbury (II: 6-14)
Losses: Northwest Catholic (I: 17-3), East Hartford (II: 8-12), Manchester (II: 18-2), East Catholic (I: 18-2), Newington (II: 11-9), Lewis Mills (III: 16-4), Manchester (II: 18-2), East Catholic (I: 18-2)
18Hall11-9 (0.550)108798,237Wins: Newington (II: 11-9), Montville (IV: 4-15), Avon (III: 4-16), Wilbur Cross (I: 14-6), Simsbury (II: 6-14), Southington (I: 17-3), Conard (II: 15-5), Bristol Central (II: 4-16), Waterford (III: 9-11), East Hartford (II: 8-12), Lewis Mills (III: 16-4)
Losses: Farmington (II: 14-6), Northwest Catholic (I: 17-3), RHAM (II: 12-8), Middletown (II: 10-10), Manchester (II: 18-2), Glastonbury (II: 13-7), Simsbury (II: 6-14), Farmington (II: 14-6), Conard (II: 15-5)
19Newington11-9 (0.550)75648,739Wins: Hamden (II: 12-8), Cheshire (III: 5-15), Bristol Central (II: 4-16), Rocky Hill (V: 4-16), RHAM (II: 12-8), Simsbury (II: 6-14), Hartford Public (IV: 3-17), Middletown (II: 10-10), Wethersfield (III: 3-17), Bloomfield (II: 8-12), East Hartford (II: 8-12)
Losses: Hall (II: 11-9), Bloomfield (II: 8-12), Windsor (II: 17-3), Fitch (III: 13-6), New Britain (II: 17-3), Manchester (II: 18-2), Windsor (II: 17-3), Torrington (III: 11-9), Lewis Mills (III: 16-4)
20Norwich Free Academy10-9 (0.526)94770,102Wins: East Hartford (II: 8-12), Glastonbury (II: 13-7), Windham (III: 8-12), E.O. Smith (IV: 9-11), Fitch (III: 13-6), East Lyme (III: 12-8), Ledyard (III: 5-14), Woodstock Academy (IV: 9-11), Waterford (III: 9-11), Windham (III: 8-12)
Losses: Fitch (III: 13-6), East Lyme (III: 12-8), Lincoln Senior High School (?-?), New London (II: 16-4), St. Bernard (I: 17-3), Griswold (III: 12-8), New London (II: 16-4), Hamden (II: 12-8), St. Bernard (I: 17-3)
21Norwalk10-10 (0.500)77976,275Wins: Brien McMahon (II: 6-14), Bullard Havens Tech (V: 9-11), Darien (III: 7-13), Wilton (II: 14-6), New Canaan (III: 8-12), Staples (I: 15-5), Westhill (II: 3-17), Brien McMahon (II: 6-14), Greenwich (I: 8-12), Bridgeport Central (III: 1-19)
Losses: Kolbe Cathedral (I: 19-1), West Haven (II: 14-6), Hamden (II: 12-8), Ridgefield (I: 19-1), St. Joseph (III: 11-9), Fairfield Ludlowe (III: 12-8), Danbury (I: 13-7), Trumbull (II: 17-3), Fairfield Warde (II: 13-7), Stamford (II: 15-5)
22Middletown10-10 (0.500)75999,983Wins: East Hartford (II: 8-12), Bristol Central (II: 4-16), Platt (II: 7-13), Plainville (IV: 10-10), Portland (V: 7-13), Prince Tech (IV: 5-14), Hall (II: 11-9), Maloney (III: 8-12), Platt (II: 7-13), Berlin (III: 8-12)
Losses: East Catholic (I: 18-2), Lewis Mills (III: 16-4), St. Joseph (III: 11-9), Farmington (II: 14-6), Conard (II: 15-5), Newington (II: 11-9), Bristol Eastern (IV: 16-4), Windsor (II: 17-3), Northwest Catholic (I: 17-3), Bloomfield (II: 8-12)
23Naugatuck10-10 (0.500)67141,926Wins: Wolcott (IV: 2-18), Wilby (III: 16-4), Woodland (IV: 9-11), Amistad (III: 5-15), Kennedy (II: 6-14), Oxford (V: 4-16), Watertown (IV: 3-17), Derby (V: 4-16), St. Paul Catholic (IV: 13-7), Amistad (III: 5-15)
Losses: Crosby (I: 15-5), WCA (I: 16-4), Seymour (III: 14-6), Torrington (III: 11-9), Holy Cross (II: 16-4), Ansonia (III: 11-9), Torrington (III: 11-9), Holy Cross (II: 16-4), WCA (I: 16-4), Crosby (I: 15-5)
24Guilford9-11 (0.450)70402,926Wins: Portland (V: 7-13), Branford (III: 9-11), Sheehan (IV: 10-10), Cheshire (III: 5-15), Jonathan Law (II: 4-16), Sheehan (IV: 10-10), Jonathan Law (II: 4-16), Platt Tech (IV: 14-6), Abbott Tech (III: 7-13)
Losses: Xavier (I: 16-4), Cheshire (III: 5-15), Hillhouse (I: 15-5), Daniel Hand (II: 14-6), Wheeler (IV: 14-6), Wilbur Cross (I: 14-6), Daniel Hand (II: 14-6), Branford (III: 9-11), Hillhouse (I: 15-5), Wilbur Cross (I: 14-6), Xavier (I: 16-4)
25Enfield9-11 (0.450)62159,954Wins: E.O. Smith (IV: 9-11), Glastonbury (II: 13-7), Wethersfield (III: 3-17), Hartford Public (IV: 3-17), Simsbury (II: 6-14), Berlin (III: 8-12), Tolland (IV: 8-12), Avon (III: 4-16), South Windsor (III: 8-12)
Losses: Maloney (III: 8-12), Bristol Eastern (IV: 16-4), RHAM (II: 12-8), Farmington (II: 14-6), Windham (III: 8-12), East Hartford (II: 8-12), Southington (I: 17-3), Manchester (II: 18-2), East Catholic (I: 18-2), Cheney Tech (IV: 17-3), New Britain (II: 17-3)
26East Hartford8-12 (0.400)72598,585Wins: Lewis Mills (III: 16-4), E.O. Smith (IV: 9-11), RHAM (II: 12-8), Simsbury (II: 6-14), Enfield (II: 9-11), South Windsor (III: 8-12), Bristol Central (II: 4-16), Tolland (IV: 8-12)
Losses: Middletown (II: 10-10), Norwich Free Academy (II: 10-9), New London (II: 16-4), Manchester (II: 18-2), Xavier (I: 16-4), East Catholic (I: 18-2), RHAM (II: 12-8), Bloomfield (II: 8-12), Farmington (II: 14-6), Hall (II: 11-9), Newington (II: 11-9), Manchester (II: 18-2)
27Bloomfield8-12 (0.400)71359,679Wins: WCA (I: 16-4), Newington (II: 11-9), Wethersfield (III: 3-17), Hartford Public (IV: 3-17), Rocky Hill (V: 4-16), Weaver (IV: 16-4), East Hartford (II: 8-12), Middletown (II: 10-10)
Losses: Barrington High School (?-?), New London (II: 16-4), Northwest Catholic (I: 17-3), East Catholic (I: 18-2), Windsor (II: 17-3), Platt (II: 7-13), New Britain (II: 17-3), Newington (II: 11-9), Lewis Mills (III: 16-4), Farmington (II: 14-6), Conard (II: 15-5), Windsor (II: 17-3)

Non-Qualifying Teams

RankSchoolRecordPointsLotDetail
28Platt7-13 (0.350)51214,861Wins: Plainville (IV: 10-10), Bristol Central (II: 4-16), Bloomfield (II: 8-12), Maloney (III: 8-12), Berlin (III: 8-12), Amistad (III: 5-15), Maloney (III: 8-12)
Losses: Manchester (II: 18-2), Bristol Eastern (IV: 16-4), Wilton (II: 14-6), Daniel Hand (II: 14-6), Windsor (II: 17-3), Middletown (II: 10-10), Simsbury (II: 6-14), Northwest Catholic (I: 17-3), East Catholic (I: 18-2), Lewis Mills (III: 16-4), Middletown (II: 10-10), Conard (II: 15-5), Farmington (II: 14-6)
29Simsbury6-14 (0.300)57841,052Wins: Capital Prep (IV: 9-11), Bristol Eastern (IV: 16-4), Avon (III: 4-16), Platt (II: 7-13), Granby Memorial (IV: 10-10), Hall (II: 11-9)
Losses: Manchester (II: 18-2), Conard (II: 15-5), Farmington (II: 14-6), Hall (II: 11-9), East Hartford (II: 8-12), Northwest Catholic (I: 17-3), Enfield (II: 9-11), Lewis Mills (III: 16-4), Newington (II: 11-9), Conard (II: 15-5), Southington (I: 17-3), RHAM (II: 12-8), Bristol Central (II: 4-16), Glastonbury (II: 13-7)
30Brien McMahon6-14 (0.300)33355,615Wins: Harding (III: 8-12), Amistad (III: 5-15), Greenwich (I: 8-12), Westhill (II: 3-17), New Canaan (III: 8-12), Bridgeport Central (III: 1-19)
Losses: Stratford (III: 6-14), Weston (IV: 13-7), Norwalk (II: 10-10), Stamford (II: 15-5), Staples (I: 15-5), Trumbull (II: 17-3), Danbury (I: 13-7), Fairfield Ludlowe (III: 12-8), Ridgefield (I: 19-1), Norwalk (II: 10-10), St. Joseph (III: 11-9), Wilton (II: 14-6), Fairfield Warde (II: 13-7), Darien (III: 7-13)
31Kennedy6-14 (0.300)26336,411Wins: Oxford (V: 4-16), Derby (V: 4-16), Watertown (IV: 3-17), Wolcott (IV: 2-18), Wolcott (IV: 2-18), Ansonia (III: 11-9)
Losses: Wilby (III: 16-4), WCA (I: 16-4), Holy Cross (II: 16-4), Torrington (III: 11-9), St. Paul Catholic (IV: 13-7), Naugatuck (II: 10-10), Ansonia (III: 11-9), Woodland (IV: 9-11), Crosby (I: 15-5), Seymour (III: 14-6), Kolbe Cathedral (I: 19-1), St. Paul Catholic (IV: 13-7), Weaver (IV: 16-4), Seymour (III: 14-6)
32Jonathan Law4-16 (0.200)41380,881Wins: Stratford (III: 6-14), East Haven (III: 15-5), Career Magnet (IV: 10-10), Career Magnet (IV: 10-10)
Losses: Amity (III: 9-11), Foran (IV: 12-8), Trumbull (II: 17-3), SMSA (III: 17-3), Xavier (I: 16-4), Pomperaug (IV: 10-10), Hillhouse (I: 15-5), Daniel Hand (II: 14-6), Foran (IV: 12-8), Amity (III: 9-11), East Haven (III: 15-5), Xavier (I: 16-4), Guilford (II: 9-11), Guilford (II: 9-11), Daniel Hand (II: 14-6), Hillhouse (I: 15-5)
33Bristol Central4-16 (0.200)31396,532Wins: Maloney (III: 8-12), Capital Prep (IV: 9-11), Berlin (III: 8-12), Simsbury (II: 6-14)
Losses: RHAM (II: 12-8), East Catholic (I: 18-2), Bristol Eastern (IV: 16-4), Middletown (II: 10-10), Lewis Mills (III: 16-4), Newington (II: 11-9), Platt (II: 7-13), Xavier (I: 16-4), Hall (II: 11-9), East Hartford (II: 8-12), Southington (I: 17-3), Plainville (IV: 10-10), Lewis Mills (III: 16-4), Northwest Catholic (I: 17-3), Manchester (II: 18-2), Bristol Eastern (IV: 16-4)
34Bassick3-16 (0.158)9769,717Wins: Westhill (II: 3-17), Prince Tech (IV: 5-14), Bridgeport Central (III: 1-19)
Losses: Darien (III: 7-13), Wilton (II: 14-6), Fairfield Warde (II: 13-7), Greenwich (I: 8-12), Masuk (III: 11-9), St. Joseph (III: 11-9), Bridgeport Central (III: 1-19), Fitch (III: 13-6), Notre Dame-Fairfield (I: 19-1), Amistad (III: 5-15), Newtown (II: 13-7), New Britain (II: 17-3), New London (II: 16-4), Greenwich (I: 8-12), Staples (I: 15-5), Harding (III: 8-12)
35Westhill3-17 (0.150)4781,157Wins: Joel Barlow (IV: 3-17), Wright Tech (V: 0-20), Bridgeport Central (III: 1-19)
Losses: Ridgefield (I: 19-1), Trumbull (II: 17-3), Bethel (III: 5-15), Darien (III: 7-13), Bassick (II: 3-16), Danbury (I: 13-7), Fairfield Ludlowe (III: 12-8), Fairfield Warde (II: 13-7), Brien McMahon (II: 6-14), Norwalk (II: 10-10), Stamford (II: 15-5), St. Joseph (III: 11-9), New Canaan (III: 8-12), Weston (IV: 13-7), Wilton (II: 14-6), Greenwich (I: 8-12), Staples (I: 15-5)