Breaking down the brackets: MIAA high school girls lacrosse state tournament field

On Friday, the MIAA released the high school softball girls lacrosse tournament brackets (find them all here).

The South Shore will be sending 20 teams into the postseason across the four divisions.

Notre Dame Academy earned the top seed in Div. 2. Hingham (No. 9) and Weymouth (No. 10) are both inside the top 10 in Div. 1. Norwell (No. 7) and Cohasset (No. 8) are also in the top 10 in the Div. 3.

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A reminder that all brackets are subject to change until 24 hours after they are first published. This gives the MIAA time to correct any errors in seeding due to incorrect records.

Let's take a look at the field and make some predictions.

Division 1

The Field

1. Walpole

2. Westwood

3. Lincoln-Sudbury Reg.

4. Wellesley

5. Central Catholic

6. Franklin

7. Concord- Carlisle

8. Longmeadow

9. Hingham

10. Weymouth

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11. Boston Latin

12. Acton-Boxborough Reg.

13. Chelmsford

14. Needham

15. Winchester

16. Reading

17. Bishop Feehan

18. Natick

19. King Philip Reg.

20. Andover

21. Algonquin Reg.

22. Lexington

23. North Andover

24. Peabody

25. Arlington

26. Braintree

27. Newton North

28. Shrewsbury

29. Marshfield

30. Westford Academy

31. Brookline

32. Woburn

33. Beverly

34. New Bedford

35. Mansfield

36. Wachusett Reg.

37. Lowell

38. Milford

Who do the locals play?

Wachusett at Marshfield (preliminary round)

Peabody at Hingham

Braintree at Concord Carlisle

North Andover at Weymouth

Make your pick

State champion: Westwood - There's such a deep group at the top of this division. This should be a heck of a tournament, especially in the latter rounds.

Best early-round game: No. 18 Natick at No. 15 Winchester

Sleeper: Weymouth - The Wildcats are peaking at the right time and their top-end talent can match up with anyone in Div. 1. I've got Weymouth pulling off a stunner over No. 7 Concord Carlisle.

Division 2

The Field

1. Notre Dame -Hingham

2. Wayland

3. Bedford

4. Duxbury

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5. Billerica

6. Dartmouth

7. Agawam

8. Masconomet Reg.

9. Scituate

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10. Holliston

11. Burlington

12. Minnechaug Reg.

13. Plymouth North

14. Milton

15. West Springfield

16. Grafton

17. Westfield

18. East Longmeadow

19. Leominster

20. Ashland

21. Northampton

22. Canton

23. Oliver Ames

24. Falmouth

25. Ursuline Academy

26. Danvers

27. Groton-Dunstable Reg.

28. North Attleboro

29. Wakefield

30. Marblehead

31. Nashoba Reg.

32. Norwood

33. Melrose

34. Marlborough

35. Tantasqua Reg.

36. Amherst-Pelham Reg

Who do the locals play?

Norwood/Melrose winner at Notre Dame Academy

Falmouth at Scituate

Amherst-Pelham/Wakefield winner at Duxbury

Ashland at Plymouth North

Canton at Burlington

Leominster at Milton

Oliver Ames at Holliston

Make your pick

State champion: Notre Dame Academy - A potential semifinal against Duxbury could be a great game.

Best early-round game: No. 19 Leominster at No. 14 Milton

Sleeper: Canton - A 14-3 record only landed the Bulldogs a No. 22 seed, but this team will be a tough out.

Division 3

The Field

1. Newburyport

2. Medfield

3. Bromfield

4. Weston

5. Pentucket Reg.

6. Foxborough

7. Norwell

8. Cohasset

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9. Old Rochester Reg.

10. Austin Prep

11. Hanover

12. Apponequet Reg.

13. Essex North Shore

14. Swampscott

15. Fairhaven

16. Pembroke

17. North Reading

18. Arlington Catholic

19. North Middlesex

20. Shawsheen Valley

21. Bishop Fenwick

22. Middleborough

23. Dighton Rehoboth Reg.

24. Dennis-Yarmouth Reg.

25. Norton

26. Cardinal Spellman

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27. Bishop Stang

28. Dedham

29. St. Marys (Lynn)

30. Malden Catholic

31. Lowell Catholic

32. Notre Dame (Worc)

33. Hopedale

34. Greater Lowell Tech

35. Hoosac Valley

36. Lee

Who do the locals play?

North Reading at Pembroke

Norton at Cohasset

Middleboro at Hanover

Cardinal Spellman at Norwell

Make your pick

State champion: Cohasset - There's a lot of teams that could conceivably win this title, but the Skippers appear to be peaking at the perfect time.

Best early-round game: No. 18 Arlington Catholic at No. 15 Fairhaven

Sleeper: Norwell - Feel like the Clippers have been overlooked this season. A potential Round of 16 game against Old Rochester Regional would be a must-see game.

Division 4

The Field

1. Manchester Essex

2. Sandwich

3. Dover-Sherborn

4. Nantucket

5. Ipswich

6. Hamilton-Wenham

7. Cape Cod Academy

8. Mashpee

9. Mount Greylock

10. Tyngsborough

11. Triton

12. Monomoy

13. Medway

14. Tahanto

15. Archbishop Williams

16. Nipmuc

17. Georgetown

18. Littleton

19. Hull

20. South Hadley

21. Watertown

22. St. John Paul II

23. Granby

24. Lynnfield

25. Seekonk

26. Advanced Math & Science

27. Wahconah

28. Bourne

29. Winthrop

30. Lunenburg

31. Mystic Valley

32. Stoneham

33. Blackstone Valley

34. Abington

35. Tri-County

36. Hampshire

37. Upper Cape Cod

Who do the locals play?

Abington at Mystic Valley (preliminary round)

Hull at Tahanto

Littleton at Archbishop Williams

Make your pick

State champion: Manchester Essex

Best early-round game: No. 19 Hull at No. 14 Tahanto

Sleeper: Mashpee

This article originally appeared on The Patriot Ledger: MIAA announces high school girls lacrosse state tournament field