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Road to a state boys' soccer title begins as MIAA seedings, brackets are released

jim wilson, worcester telegram & gazette
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The MIAA has released the state playoff brackets in boys' soccer. Here's how each division breaks down:

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Leominster's Ajani Guzman races towards the net as Shrewsbury's Kamden Carll defends.
Leominster's Ajani Guzman races towards the net as Shrewsbury's Kamden Carll defends.

Division 1

  1. Concord-Carlisle (15-0-1)

  2. Needham (14-2-2)

  3. Acton-Boxborough (12-1-3)

  4. St. John's Prep (14-1-2)

  5. Weymouth (12-3-4)

  6. Brookline (11-6-1)

  7. Newton North (8-5-5)

  8. Newton South (8-4-5)

  9. Lowell (16-3-1)

  10. Franklin (13-0-5)

  11. Winchester (13-1-2)

  12. Brockton (11-3-2)

  13. Framingham (9-7-2)

  14. Natick (6-7-3)

  15. BC High (10-5-3)

  16. Leominster (11-4-3)

  17. Braintree (9-5-4)

  18. Braintree (9-5-4)

  19. Cambridge Rindge & Latin (8-7-1)

  20. Ludlow (15-1-2)

  21. Somerville (15-2-1)

  22. North Andover (11-3-4)

  23. Attleborough (13-1-4)

  24. Shrewsbury (9-7-2)

  25. Beverly (11-5-2)

  26. St. John's (9-7-2)

  27. Algonquin (9-7-2)

  28. Barnstable (10-3-5)

  29. Westford Academy (7-9)

  30. Belmont (10-5-4)

  31. Lexington (8-4-7)

  32. Peabody (8-3-5)

  33. Durfee (9-3-4)

  34. Plymouth North (12-2-4)

  35. Medford (11-6-1)

  36. Boston Latin (7-7-4)

  37. King Philip (8-5-5)

  38. New Bedford (6-5-7)

  39. Bishop Feehan (10-7-1)

  40. Marshfield (8-7-3)

  41. Methuen (8-6-4)

  42. Springfield Central (10-5-1)

  43. Diman (9-7-3)

Schedule

Thursday's preliminary round

No. 39 Bishop Feehan at No. 26 St. John's, 6 p.m.

No. 41 Methuen at No. 24 Shrewsbury, 6 p.m.

Friday's preliminary round

No. 38 New Bedford at No. 27 Algonquin, 6 p.m.

Saturday's Round of 32

No. 17 Lincoln-Sudbury at No. 16 Leominster, 6 p.m.

Westborough's Chris Deane, left, is congratulated by Max Aires, center, and the rest of his team after scoring to go up 1-0 over Wachusett on Tuesday September 19, 2023 in Holden.
Westborough's Chris Deane, left, is congratulated by Max Aires, center, and the rest of his team after scoring to go up 1-0 over Wachusett on Tuesday September 19, 2023 in Holden.

Division 2

Seedings

  1. Bedford (9-2-5)

  2. Billerica (16-1-1)

  3. Hingham (17-1-0)

  4. Nashoba (17-1-0)

  5. Wakefield (13-3-2)

  6. Oliver Ames (14-3-1)

  7. Melrose (13-3-2)

  8. Hopkinton (12-2-4)

  9. Grafton (15-2-1)

  10. Westwood (9-4-3)

  11. Masconomet (12-2-4)

  12. Somerset Berkley (14-1-3)

  13. Marlborough (10-7-1)

  14. West Springfield (11-3-4)

  15. Dartmouth (8-6-2)

  16. Wayland (6-9-2)

  17. Reading (5-6-5)

  18. Westborough (6-8-3)

  19. Revere (9-3-3)

  20. Walpole (5-10-3)

  21. East Longmeadow (7-6-5)

  22. Milton (3-11-4)

  23. Mansfield (6-7-5)

  24. North Attleborough (7-8-3)

  25. Duxbury (7-5-5)

  26. Minnechaug (7-9-2)

  27. Marblehead (5-9-4)

  28. Milford (4-10-4)

  29. Agawam (7-7-4)

  30. Woburn (3-10-3)

  31. Longmeadow (3-6-9)

  32. Doherty (9-6-3)

  33. Northampton (10-7-1)

  34. South (9-4-3)

  35. North (10-6-2)

  36. Scituate (7-7-4)

  37. Plymouth South (8-8-2)

  38. Chicopee Comp. (12-6-0)

  39. Southeastern Voke (11-3-2)

Schedule

Thursday's preliminary round

No. 35 North at No. 30 Woburn, 4:30 p.m.

Friday's preliminary round

No. 33 Northampton at No. 32 Doherty, 4 p.m. (Farber Field)

No. 34 South at No. 31 Longmeadow, 7 p.m. (Holyoke High)

Saturday's Round of 32

No. 24 North Attleborough at No. 9 Grafton, 2 p.m.

No. 20 Walpole at No. 13 Marlborough, 5 p.m.

Sunday's Round of 32

Scituate/Agawam winner at No. 4 Nashoba, 2 p.m.

Monday's Round of 32

No. 18 Westborough at No. 15 Dartmouth, 4 p.m.

ASHBURNHAM - Oakmont’s Gael Vera beats Westborough’s Miguel DaSilva to the ball Monday, October 16, 2023.
ASHBURNHAM - Oakmont’s Gael Vera beats Westborough’s Miguel DaSilva to the ball Monday, October 16, 2023.

Division 3

Seedings

  1. Oakmont (16-2-0)

  2. Gloucester (14-3-1)

  3. Norwell (15-2-2)

  4. Pembroke (14-2-1)

  5. Ashland (12-5-1)

  6. Dedham (11-3-4)

  7. Valley Tech (14-1-3)

  8. Swampscott (13-2-3)

  9. Dover-Sherborn (10-6-2)

  10. Nauset (11-1-6)

  11. Medfield (9-6-3)

  12. North Middlesex (11-4-3)

  13. North Reading (12-3-3)

  14. St. Mary's (12-2-4)

  15. Newburyport (12-4-2)

  16. Holliston (7-6-3)

  17. Greater New Bedford (9-3-5)

  18. Hanover (9-5-4)

  19. Medway (7-4-7)

  20. Boston Latin Academy (13-5-0)

  21. Tantasqua (14-3-1)

  22. Watertown (9-9-2)

  23. Belchertown (9-5-4)

  24. Tewksbury (8-7-3)

  25. Greater Lowell Tech (13-2-1)

  26. Dighton-Rehoboth (9-1-8)

  27. Old Rochester Regional (11-5-2)

  28. Sandwich (10-3-4)

  29. Weston (7-10-1)

  30. Pope Francis (8-5-5)

  31. East Bridgewater (11-5-4)

  32. Norton (6-10-2)

  33. Auburn (11-4-3)

  34. Martha's Vineyard (8-7-3)

  35. Archbishop Williams (11-4-4)

  36. Shawsheen Tech (11-5-2)

  37. Essex North Shore (8-7-3)

  38. Fairhaven (9-9-1)

  39. Assabet Valley (8-7-3)

  40. Chicopee (8-8-2)

  41. Taconic (12-4-2)

Schedule

Thursday's preliminary round

No. 33 Auburn at No. 32, Norton, 6 p.m.

Friday's preliminary round

No. 39 Assabet Valley at No. 26 Dighton-Rehoboth, 7 p.m.

Monday's Round of 32

Auburn/Norton winner at No. 1 Oakmont, 6 p.m.

No. 21 Tantasqua at No. 12 North Middlesex, 6 p.m.

Round of 32

Assabet/Dighton-Rehoboth winner at No. 7 Valley Tech, TBA

Millbury's Cole Galicia pushes up the field as Bartlett's Eryk Piwowarczyk defends during Wednesday's game.
Millbury's Cole Galicia pushes up the field as Bartlett's Eryk Piwowarczyk defends during Wednesday's game.

Division 4

Seedings

  1. Cohasset (13-3-2)

  2. Lynnfield (14-2-2)

  3. Hampshire Regional (15-0-3)

  4. Hamilton-Wenham (13-1-2)

  5. Gardner (12-3-2)

  6. Excel Academy Charter (13-3-0)

  7. Monument Mountain (10-4-4)

  8. Frontier Regional (16-1-1)

  9. Monomoy (12-3-3)

  10. Rockland (11-6-1)

  11. Lunenburg (10-5-2)

  12. Northeast Metro (12-4-2)

  13. AMSA (12-4-2)

  14. Lynn Vo-Tech (9-5-3)

  15. Millbury (11-6-1)

  16. Whitinsville Christian (8-5-5)

  17. Nantucket (11-4-3)

  18. Abington (10-6-2)

  19. Pittsfield (7-9-2)

  20. Bay Path (10-7-0)

  21. Stoneham (4-12-2)

  22. Leicester (10-6-2)

  23. Bellingham (3-11-4)

  24. Littleton (3-12-2)

  25. Tyngsborough (4-10-4)

  26. Ipswich (7-9-2)

  27. East Boston (6-9-2)

  28. Minuteman (14-2-0)

  29. Winthrop (6-11-1)

  30. Manchester Essex (4-10-4)

  31. Northbridge (9-9-0)

  32. Mashpee (5-10-3)

  33. Greater Lawrence Tech (8-8-2)

  34. Sturgis Charter East (6-6-5)

  35. Tri-County RVT (8-3-5)

  36. South Hadley (8-8-2)

  37. Trivium (11-4-1)

  38. Westfield Technical Acad. (11-7-0)

  39. O'Bryant (8-3-6)

  40. Falmouth Academy (8-6-3)

  41. Blue Hills (7-7-2)

  42. South Shore Vo-Tech (9-7-1)

Schedule

Thursday's preliminary round

No. 41 Blue Hills at No. 24 Littleton, 4 p.m.

Friday's preliminary round

No. 40 Falmouth Academy at No. 25 Tyngsborough, 3 p.m.

No. 34 Sturgis Charter East at No. 31 Northbridge, 3:30 p.m.

No. 37 Trivium at No. 28 Minuteman, 4 p.m.

Saturday's Round of 32

No. 22 Leicester at No. 11 Lunenburg, 3 p.m.

Monday's Round of 32

No. 17 Nantucket at No. 16 Whitinsville Christian, 2 p.m.

No. 20 Bay Path at No. 13 AMSA, 4 p.m.

No. 18 Abington at No. 15 Millbury, 6:30 p.m.

Trivium/Minuteman winner at No. 5 Gardner, 7 p.m.

Division 5

Seedings

  1. Sutton (13-2-3)

  2. Douglas (10-2-5)

  3. Bromfield (13-4-1)

  4. Boston International (16-2-0)

  5. Maynard (10-5-3)

  6. Tahanto (7-8-1)

  7. Burke (8-7-2)

  8. Westport (17-0-1)

  9. Hopedale (5-7-6)

  10. Rockport (12-6-0)

  11. Ayer-Shirley (12-5-2)

  12. St. John Paul II (8-7-3)

  13. Mount Greylock (7-7-3)

  14. Mystic Valley (8-9-1)

  15. Keefe Tech (10-4-4)

  16. Mahar (12-4-0)

  17. Ware (16-0-2)

  18. Georgetown (6-10-1)

  19. Quaboag (7-7-4)

  20. Salem Academy Charter (8-8-0)

  21. Brighton (5-6-3)

  22. KIPP Academy (8-6-3)

  23. Pioneer Science I (7-4-3)

  24. Hull (7-10-1)

  25. Main South (8-9-1)

  26. Upper Cape Cod (14-2-2)

  27. Tech Boston Academy (5-9-1)

  28. Millis (2-14-2)

  29. Athol (14-4-0)

  30. Smith Vo-Tech (13-4-1)

  31. Pathfinder (14-4-0)

  32. Rising Tide Charter (9-6-3)

  33. Lenox (9-8-0)

  34. Hoosac Valley (12-4-2)

  35. Atlantis Charter (9-6-2)

  36. Charlestown (8-3-2)

  37. Neighborhood House (9-5-4)

  38. Smith Academy (11-3-4)

  39. Granby (11-1-6)

  40. Pioneer Vall. Chinese Imm. (11-5-2)

  41. Holbrook (9-7-2)

  42. Excel (7-5-1)

  43. Turners Falls (6-4-1)

  44. Roxbury Prep Charter (4-3-5)

  45. Greenfield (11-6-1)

  46. McCann Tech (8-8-2)

  47. Boston Collegiate Charter (6-5-5)

  48. Pioneer Valley (10-7-1)

Schedule

Thursday's preliminary round

No. 40 McCann Tech at No. 19 Quaboag, 4 p.m.

Friday's preliminary round

No. 48 Pioneer Valley at No. 25 Main South, 3 p.m. (Foley)

Sunday's Round of 32

Hoosac Valley/Pathfinder winner at No. 2 Douglas, 11 a.m.

Atlantis/Smith Voke winner at No. 3 Bromfield, 1 p.m.

Smith Academy/Tech Boston winner at No. 8 Tahanto, 2 p.m.

Monday's Round of 32

Holbrook/Hull winner at No. 9 Hopedale, 2:30 p.m.

Neighborhood House/Millis winner at No. 5 Maynard, 4 p.m.

Turners Falls/KIPP Academy winner at No. 11 Ayer-Shirley, 6:15 p.m.

Round of 32

Lenox/Rising Tide winner at No. 1 Sutton., TBA

This article originally appeared on Telegram & Gazette: Check out the MIAA state boys' soccer playoff brackets and schedule