MIAA releases first high school softball tournament power rankings

Eric McHugh, The Patriot Ledger
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The MIAA released its first tournament rankings for the spring season on Friday.

This will be the spring season's first foray into the statewide tournament that debuted in the Fall of 2021. Teams outside the top 32 can still qualify for the playoffs by finishing .500 or better.

Holbrook, the No. 3 seed in Division 5, is the area's top-rated team with Middleboro (No. 4 in Div. 3) and Abington (No. 4 in Div. 4) close behind.

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The rankings reflect records of teams that were properly entered as of 6 a.m. on Friday. Here are how the power rankings break down:

Div. 1

1. Bishop Feehan High School

2. Taunton High School

3. Central Catholic High School

4. Wachusett Regional High School

5. Attleboro Public Schools

6. King Philip Regional High School

7. Saint Paul Diocesan Jr/Sr High School

8. Methuen High School

9. North Andover High School

10. Reading Memorial High School

11. Hingham High School

12. Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School

13. Newton North High School

14. Westford Academy

15. Franklin High School

16. Lowell High School

17. New Bedford High School

18. Peabody Veterans Memorial High School

19. Needham High School

20. Braintree High School

21. Haverhill High School

22. Beverly High School

23. Chelmsford High School

24. Woburn Memorial High School

25. Milford High School

26. Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School

27. Newton South High School

28. Arlington High School

29. Natick High School

30. Doherty Memorial High School

31. Lexington High School

32. Brockton High School

Locals outside the top 32 that would currently qualify: None

Locals currently outside of the tournament: Weymouth (34), Marshfield (36), North Quincy (46)

Div. 2

1. Tewksbury Memorial High School

2. Billerica Memorial High School

3. Westfield High School

4. North Attleboro High School

5. Somerset Berkley Regional High School

6. Silver Lake Regional HS

7. Plymouth North High School

8. Walpole High School

9. Pembroke High School

10. Milton High School

11. Burlington High School

12. Agawam High School

13. Stoughton High School

14. Grafton High School

15. Mansfield High School

16. Leominster High School

17. Minnechaug Regional High School

18. Dartmouth High School

19. Shepherd Hill Regional High School

20. Dracut High School

21. Falmouth High School

22. Oliver Ames High School

23. Bedford High School

24. Masconomet Regional High School

25. Notre Dame Academy - Hingham

26. Ursuline Academy

27. Ludlow High School

28. Danvers High School

29. Holliston High School

30. Plymouth South High School

31. Westborough High School

32. Wakefield Memorial High School

Locals outside the top 32 that would currently qualify: None

Locals currently outside of the tournament: Canton (34), Quincy (38), Whitman-Hanson (39), Scituate (44), Duxbury (50)

Div. 3

1. St. Mary's High School (Lynn)

2. Greater New Bedford Reg Voc/Tech High School

3. Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School

4. Middleboro High School

5. Hudson High School

6. Austin Prep

7. Arlington Catholic High School

8. Apponequet Regional High School

9. Foxborough High School

10. Pittsfield High School

11. Hanover High School

12. Bishop Fenwick High School

13. North Reading High School

14. Dedham High School

15. Norton High School

16. Fairhaven High School

17. Montachusett Reg/Voc Tech High School

18. Southeastern Reg Voc/Tech School

19. Cardinal Spellman High School

20. Triton Regional High School

21. Gloucester High School

22. Diman Reg Voc/Tech High School

23. East Bridgewater Jr/Sr High School

24. Tantasqua Regional Senior High School

25. Oakmont Regional

26. Newburyport High School

27. Auburn High School

28. Sturgis Charter School East

29. Medfield Senior High School

30. Bristol Plymouth Regional Technical School

31. Norwell High School

32. Lowell Catholic High School

Locals outside the top 32 that would currently qualify: None

Locals currently outside of the tournament: Fontbonne (43), South Shore Christian Academy (62)

Div. 4

1. Hampshire Regional High School

2. Joseph Case High School

3. Advanced Math & Science Academy Charter

4. Abington High School

5. Wahconah Regional High School

6. Littleton High School

7. Archbishop Williams High School

8. Seekonk High School

9. Clinton High School

10. Tyngsborough High School

11. Blackstone-Millville Regional High School

12. Amesbury High School

13. Malden Catholic High School for Girls

14. Nipmuc Regional High School

15. Millbury Memorial Jr/Sr High School

16. Bay Path Reg Voc/Tech High School

17. Easthampton High School

18. Whittier Regional Voc Tech

19. Wareham High School

20. Northbridge High School

21. West Bridgewater Middle/Senior High School

22. Southwick Regional School

23. Blackstone Valley Reg Voc/Tech High School

24. Ipswich High School

25. Lunenburg Middle High School

26. Monomoy Regional High School

27. Ayer Shirley Regional

28. Notre Dame Academy - Worcester

29. Bellingham High School

30. Uxbridge High School

31. Tri-County Reg Voc/Tech High School

32. Quabbin High School

Locals outside the top 32 that would currently qualify: None

Locals currently outside of the tournament: Rockland (36), Hull (48)

Div. 5

1. Greenfield High School

2. West Boylston Middle/High School

3. Holbrook Jr/Sr High School

4. Bristol County Agricultural High School

5. Turners Falls High School

6. Mount Greylock Regional School

7. Franklin County Tech School

8. Hopedale Jr/Sr High School

9. Taconic High School

10. Tahanto Regional Middle/High School

11. Maynard

12. Saint Joseph Prep Boston

13. Rockport High School

14. Monson High School

15. Douglas High School

16. South Shore Voc/Tech High School

17. Millis High School

18. Carver Middle/High School

19. Bourne High School

20. Hoosac Valley Middle/High School

21. Hopkins Academy

22. Norfolk County Agricultural High School

23. Athol High School

24. Narragansett Regional

25. Frontier Regional School

26. Upper Cape Cod Reg Voc/Tech High School

27. Drury High School

28. Whitinsville Christian School

29. Lee Middle/High School

30. Academy of Notre Dame

31. Westfield Technical Academy

32. Mohawk Trail Regional School

Locals outside the top 32 that would currently qualify: Randolph (64)

Locals currently outside of the tournament: Blue Hills (42), Avon (47), Rising Tide (56)

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