Division 2 Playoff are down to
the quarterfinals. There are 2 teams
from each area (North, South, Central and the West).
The North area has Billerica Memorial (#10) will take on
#11 ranked Reading Memorial in Billerica. Undefeated Billerica 9-0 has
benefited from dropping from division 1 to division 2 in the Merrimack Valley
Conference and has great confidence this year. Reading only has one loss and is
looking for the upset here. Billerica should advance.
Quadrant
2 is the South area of the state. The south will pit #4 ranked Marshfield
against Needham. Marshfield has occupied the #1 ranking most of the year and
are currently 9-0 and sit in the #4 spot. Needham is not ranked in the top 25
however they have a 7-2 overall record. They won the Bay State Carey League with
a 5-1 record and only lost to 9-0 Milton and Walpole. I see Marshfield advancing
here.
Quadrant
3 has the Central Massachusetts teams. Central Mass does not have a division 1 so
there are some big teams from the Central Area. St John’s (S) will be playing
Nashoba Valley. St Johns seems to always go deep in every playoff. This year Nashoba Regional is 9-0 and looking
to represent the region this year.
The
western part of the state has Longmeadow against Central (Springfield). Central
is 8-1 and is the highest ranked team from the Western part of Massachusetts. Longmeadow
will try to stop them
It is my analysis that the
stronger teams are from the South this year, then the North, Central and then
the west. Marshfield I believe is the best team, but they will have to get
through
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