MIAA releases first lacrosse power rankings – The Patriot Ledger
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:

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)

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)

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)

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)