MIAA releases first tournament power rankings for high school boys and girls lacrosse

Chris McDaniel, The Patriot Ledger
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The MIAA released its first rendition of spring high school tournament power ratings 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.

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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 breakdown:

Hingham's Cian Nicholas looks to sprint past Needham's Kyle Piersiak during third quarter action of their game against Needham at Hingham High School on Saturday, April 9, 2022.
Hingham's Cian Nicholas looks to sprint past Needham's Kyle Piersiak during third quarter action of their game against Needham at Hingham High School on Saturday, April 9, 2022.

BOYS

Div. 1

1. Hingham High School

2. St. John's Preparatory School

3. Boston College High School

4. Acton-Boxborough Regional High School

5. Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School

6. Franklin High School

7. Needham High School

8. Natick High School

9. Xaverian Brothers High School

10. Saint John's High School

11. North Andover High School

12. Concord-Carlisle High School

13. Winchester High School

14. Shrewsbury

15. Wellesley High School

16. Lexington High School

17. Chelmsford High School

18. Algonquin Regional High School

19. Marshfield High School

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20. Andover High School

21. Bishop Feehan High School

22. Catholic Memorial School

23. Westford Academy

24. Framingham High School

25. Newton North High School

26. Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School

27. Central Catholic High School

28. Methuen High School

29. Newton South High School

30. Attleboro Public Schools

31. North Quincy High School

32. Beverly High School

Locals outside the top 32 that would currently qualify: None

Locals currently outside of the tournament: Braintree (33), Weymouth (38)

Duxbury's Sam Wein flings the ball during a game against Cohasset on Thursday, April 28, 2022.
Duxbury's Sam Wein flings the ball during a game against Cohasset on Thursday, April 28, 2022.

Division 2

1. Longmeadow High School

2. Duxbury High School

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3. Billerica Memorial High School

4. Scituate High School

5. Nashoba Regional

6. Reading Memorial High School

7. King Philip Regional High School

8. Silver Lake Regional HS

9. Minnechaug Regional High School

10. North Attleboro High School

11. Westwood High School

12. Westfield High School

13. Walpole High School

14. Nauset Regional High School

15. Marblehead High School

16. Wakefield Memorial High School

17. Burlington High School

18. Plymouth South High School

19. Melrose High School

20. Masconomet Regional High School

21. Mansfield High School

22. North Middlesex

23. Danvers High School

24. West Springfield High School

25. Chicopee Comprehensive High School

26. Hopkinton High School

27. Milton High School

28. Canton High School

29. Whitman-Hanson Reg High School

30. Sharon High School

31. Westborough

32. Agawam High School

Locals outside the top 32 that would currently qualify: None

Locals currently outside of the tournament: Plymouth North (37), Middleboro (38), Oliver Ames (40)

Norwell's Austin Shea controls the ball during a game against Marshfield at Falmouth High on Tuesday, April 19, 2022.
Norwell's Austin Shea controls the ball during a game against Marshfield at Falmouth High on Tuesday, April 19, 2022.

Div. 3

1. Medfield Senior High School

2. Norwell High School

3. Hanover High School

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4. Grafton High School

5. Foxborough High School

6. Dracut High School

7. Falmouth High School

8. Newburyport High School

9. Nipmuc Regional High School

10. Austin Prep

11. Triton Regional High School

12. Pope Francis Preparatory School

13. Old Rochester Regional High School

14. Pentucket Regional High School

15. Wayland High School

16. Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School

17. Pembroke High School

18. Apponequet Regional High School

19. Groton-Dunstable Regional

20. Shawsheen Valley Vocational Tech

21. Bishop Fenwick High School

22. Matignon High School

23. Bedford High School

24. Wilmington High School

25. East Longmeadow High School

26. Holliston High School

27. Hoosac Valley Middle/High School

28. North Reading High School

29. Auburn High School

30. Swampscott High School

31. Ashland High School

32. Essex North Shore Agricultural & Technical School

Locals outside the top 32 that would currently qualify: None

Locals currently outside of the tournament: Cardinal Spellman (37), Southeastern (44)

Cohasset's Josh Burke during a game against Duxbury on Thursday, April 28, 2022.
Cohasset's Josh Burke during a game against Duxbury on Thursday, April 28, 2022.

Div. 4

1. Sandwich High School

2. Cohasset High School

3. Wahconah Regional High School

4. Weston High School

5. Littleton

6. Lynnfield High School

7. Dover-Sherborn High School

8. Medway High School

9. Rockland High School

10. Mashpee Middle/High School

11. Nantucket High School

12. Abington High School

13. Old Colony Reg Voc/Tech High School

14. South Shore Voc/Tech High School

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15. Advanced Math & Science Academy Charter

16. Ipswich High School

17. Sturgis Charter School East

18. Monomoy Regional High School

19. Manchester Essex Regional High School

20. Stoneham High School

21. Hull High School

22. Assabet Valley Reg Tech High School

23. Hamilton-Wenham Regional High

24. Blue Hills Regional Tech School

25. Tri-County Reg Voc/Tech High School

26. Martha's Vineyard Regional High School

27. Blackstone Valley Reg Voc/Tech High School

28. South Hadley High School

29. Oakmont Regional

30. Tyngsborough

31. Archbishop Williams High School

32. Falmouth Academy

Locals outside the top 32 that would currently qualify: None

Locals currently outside of the tournament: East Bridgewater (37)

GIRLS

Div. 1

1. Walpole High School

2. Westwood High School

3. Central Catholic High School

4. Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School

5. Wellesley High School

6. Boston Latin School

7. Concord-Carlisle High School

8. Acton-Boxborough Regional High School

9. Hingham High School

10. Weymouth High School

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11. Longmeadow High School

12. Chelmsford High School

13. Franklin High School

14. Natick High School

15. Needham High School

16. Winchester High School

17. Bishop Feehan High School

18. Reading Memorial High School

19. King Philip Regional High School

20. Arlington High School

21. Lexington High School

22. North Andover High School

23. Andover High School

24. Algonquin Regional High School

25. Peabody Veterans Memorial High School

26. Newton South High School

27. Newton North High School

28. Braintree High School

29. Quincy High School

30. Framingham High School

31. Beverly High School

32. Shrewsbury

Locals outside the top 32 that would currently qualify: Marshfield (35), North Quincy (47)

Locals currently outside of the tournament: Bridgewater-Raynham (52)

Div. 2

1. Notre Dame Academy

2. Bedford High School

3. Duxbury High School

4. Wayland High School

5. Dartmouth High School

6. Billerica Memorial High School

7. Masconomet Regional High School

8. Holliston High School

9. Plymouth North High School

10. Scituate High School

11. Agawam High School

12. Burlington High School

13. Milton High School

14. Canton High School

15. Westfield High School

16. Ursuline Academy

17. Grafton High School

18. Minnechaug Regional High School

19. Danvers High School

20. Ashland High School

21. West Springfield High School

22. Falmouth High School

23. Oliver Ames High School

24. East Longmeadow High School

25. Norwood High School

26. Leominster

27. North Attleboro High School

28. Wakefield Memorial High School

29. Northampton High School

30. Nashoba Regional

31. Westborough

32. Whitman-Hanson Reg High School

Locals outside the top 32 that would currently qualify: Silver Lake (36)

Locals currently outside of the tournament: Plymouth South (38)

Div. 3

1. Newburyport High School

2. Weston High School

3. Medfield Senior High School

4. Bromfield School

5. Pentucket Regional High School

6. Norwell High School

7. Foxborough High School

8. Cohasset High School

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9. Old Rochester Regional High School

10. Austin Prep

11. Hanover High School

12. Apponequet Regional High School

13. Essex North Shore Agricultural & Technical School

14. Shawsheen Valley Vocational Tech

15. North Reading High School

16. Swampscott High School

17. Middleborough High School

18. Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School

19. Bishop Fenwick High School

20. Norton High School

21. Pembroke High School

22. Fairhaven High School

23. Arlington Catholic High School

24. Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School

25. Malden Catholic High School for Girls

26. Bishop Stang High School

27. North Middlesex

28. Cardinal Spellman High School

29. Gloucester High School

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

31. Lowell Catholic High School

32. Greater Lowell Tech High School

Locals outside the top 32 that would currently qualify: None

Locals currently outside of the tournament: Fontbonne (37), Southeastern (51)

Div. 4

1. Manchester Essex Regional High School

2. Nantucket High School

3. Sandwich High School

4. Dover-Sherborn High School

5. Cape Cod Academy

6. Hamilton-Wenham Regional High

7. Mashpee Middle/High School

8. Ipswich High School

9. Triton Regional High School

10. Monomoy Regional High School

11. Mount Greylock Regional School

12. Archbishop Williams High School

13. Saint John Paul I High School

14. Medway High School

15. Nipmuc Regional High School

16. Watertown High School

17. Lynnfield High School

18. Georgetown Middle/High School

19. Winthrop High School

20. Hull High School

21. Sturgis Charter School West

22. Seekonk High School

23. Tyngsborough

24. Bourne High School

25. Stoneham High School

26. Mystic Valley Regional Charter School

27. Granby Jr/Sr High School

28. Littleton

29. Tahanto Regional Middle/High School

30. Advanced Math & Science Academy Charter

31. Martha's Vineyard Regional High School

32. Nashoba Valley Technical High School

Locals outside the top 32 that would currently qualify: Abington (36)

Locals currently outside of the tournament: East Bridgewater (41), Rockland (46), South Shore Tech (47)

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