MIAA releases updated tournament power rankings for high school softball (May 6)

Chris McDaniel, The Patriot Ledger
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The MIAA released its updated 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.

More: Plymouth North's No. 1 in our second South Shore high school softball top 10 rankings

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:

Division 1

1. Bishop Feehan High School

2. Taunton High School

3. King Philip Regional High School

4. Wachusett Regional High School

5. Central Catholic High School

6. Lowell High School

7. Reading Memorial High School

8. Methuen High School

9. Peabody Veterans Memorial High School

10. Attleboro High School

11. Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School

12. Westford Academy

13. North Andover High School

14. Franklin High School

15. Saint Paul Diocesan Jr/Sr High School

16. Newton North High School

17. Woburn Memorial High School

18. Hingham High School

19. Beverly High School

20. Haverhill High School

21. Arlington High School

22. Chelmsford High School

23. Needham High School

24. Braintree High School

25. Lexington High School

26. New Bedford High School

27. Doherty Memorial High School

28. Newton South High School

29. Natick High School

30. Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School

31. Lynn Classical High School

32. Milford High School

Locals outside the top 32 that would currently qualify: None

Locals currently outside of the tournament: Brockton (36), Marshfield (39), North Quincy (49), Weymouth (55)

Pembroke's Emily Alexander during a game against Silver Lake on Monday, May 2, 2022.
Pembroke's Emily Alexander during a game against Silver Lake on Monday, May 2, 2022.

Division 2

1. Billerica Memorial High School

2. Tewksbury Memorial High School

3. Walpole High School

4. Burlington High School

5. Westfield High School

6. Silver Lake Regional HS

7. Somerset Berkley Regional High School

8. North Attleboro High School

9. Plymouth North High School

10. Grafton High School

11. Pembroke High School

12. Dartmouth High School

13. Mansfield High School

14. Dracut High School

15. Bedford High School

16. Agawam High School

17. Stoughton High School

18. Leominster

19. Milton High School

20. Masconomet Regional High School

21. Danvers High School

22. Wakefield Memorial High School

23. Oliver Ames High School

24. Minnechaug Regional High School

25. Holliston High School

26. Shepherd Hill Regional High School

27. Notre Dame Academy - Hing

28. Ursuline Academy

29. Nashoba Regional

30. Westborough

31. Plymouth South High School

32. Falmouth High School

Locals outside the top 32 that would currently qualify: None

Locals currently outside of the tournament: Canton (37), Quincy (40), Whitman-Hanson (42), Scituate (48), Duxbury (52)

Division 3

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

2. Greater New Bedford Reg Voc/Tech High School

3. Hudson High School

4. Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School

5. Austin Prep

6. Middleborough High School

7. North Reading High School

8. Foxborough High School

9. Arlington Catholic High School

10. Triton Regional High School

11. Gloucester High School

12. Pittsfield High School

13. Dedham High School

14. Fairhaven High School

15. Apponequet Regional High School

16. Cardinal Spellman High School

17. Norton High School

18. Hanover High School - MA

19. Bishop Fenwick High School

20. Oakmont Regional

21. Montachusett Reg/Voc Tech High School

22. Newburyport High School

23. Southeastern Reg Voc/Tech School

24. Tantasqua Regional Senior High School

25. East Bridgewater Jr/Sr High School

26. Diman Reg Voc/Tech High School

27. Auburn High School

28. Bishop Stang High School

29. Pentucket Regional High School

30. Medfield Senior High School

31. Bristol Plymouth Regional Technical School

32. Shawsheen Valley Vocational Tech

Locals outside the top 32 that would currently qualify: Norwell (40)

Locals currently outside of the tournament: Fontbonne (41), South Shore Christian Academy (61)

Division 4

1. Hampshire Regional High School

2. Amesbury High School

3. Advanced Math & Science Academy Charter

4. Archbishop Williams High School

5. Abington High School

6. Joseph Case High School

7. Littleton

8. Tyngsborough

9. Wahconah Regional High School

10. Seekonk High School

11. Blackstone-Millville Regional High School

12. Nipmuc Regional High School

13. Whittier Regional Voc Tech

14. Millbury Memorial Jr/Sr High School

15. Malden Catholic High School for Girls

16. Bay Path Reg Voc/Tech High School

17. Clinton Public Schools

18. Northbridge High School

19. Easthampton High School

20. Blackstone Valley Reg Voc/Tech High School

21. Southwick Regional School

22. Lynnfield High School

23. Ipswich High School

24. Wareham High School

25. Ayer Shirley Regional

26. West Bridgewater Middle/Senior High School

27. Monomoy Regional High School

28. Lunenburg Middle High School

29. Bartlett High School

30. Bellingham High School

31. South Hadley High School

32. Notre Dame Academy - Worc

Locals outside the top 32 that would currently qualify: None

Locals currently outside of the tournament: Rockland (39), Hull/Cohasset (50)

Division 5

1. Greenfield High School

2. West Boylston Middle/High School

3. Holbrook Jr/Sr High School

4. Hopedale Jr/Sr High School

5. Tahanto Regional Middle/High School

6. Turners Falls High School

7. Rockport High School

8. Franklin County Tech School

9. Mount Greylock Regional School

10. Bristol County Agricultural High School

11. Taconic High School

12. Maynard

13. Academy of Notre Dame

14. Douglas High School

15. Saint Joseph Prep Boston

16. Bourne High School

17. Hopkins Academy

18. Millis High School

19. South Shore Voc/Tech High School

20. Monson High School

21. Athol High School

22. Narragansett Regional

23. Hoosac Valley Middle/High School

24. Carver Middle/High School

25. Norfolk County Agricultural High School

26. Lee Middle/High School

27. Drury High School

28. Frontier Regional School

29. Westfield Technical Academy

30. Oxford High School

31. Georgetown Middle/High School

32. Sutton High School

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

Locals currently outside of the tournament: Blue Hills (40), Avon (62)

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