Boys MA D1 Polls

The correct decision by the MIAA to cancel State Championship games and that board’s ensuing declaration that co-champions would be recognized provided a bit of history in Division 1A. There is no question players, coaches, fans and media alike would have preferred the championships be ...

No. 1 Arlington (16-1-4) finished a five-week run at the head of the pack while earning the top seed in the Division 1A Tournament. The Middlesex League’s Liberty Division champion lost to Pope Francis on Dec. 23 and is 14-0-4 since. The Spy Ponders’ foray ...

The top two spots remain unchanged in the HNIB News Massachusetts Division 1 Top 20, but there is lots of movement throughout this week’s poll. Okay, so it wasn’t a dominant week for No. 1 Arlington (14-1-4). However, the Middlesex League Liberty Division champion Spy ...

What a week for No. 1 Arlington (13-1-3). When the Spy Ponders squared off with Hingham Sunday afternoon at Bentley University’s shiny new Bentley Arena, they were playing their fourth game in seven days while the Harbormen were facing off with a purpose for the ...

Well, it took a month but No. 1 Arlington (10-1-2) finally broke the streak of a different team appearing at the top of the HNIB News Massachusetts Boys Division 1 Top 20 each week. The Spy Ponders sailed past Stoneham, 5-0, then shut out rival ...

Hey, Arlington: Come on down! New No. 1 Arlington (8-1-2) becomes the fourth team in as many weeks to find itself at the top of the division. Call whatever is happening in the division this year what you want, but if it’s not parity, not ...

We toyed briefly with the idea of leaving the top spot vacant this week and moving on from there. Kidding, of course, but the point being that parity has produced chaos and defense rules with no team or handful of teams able to clearly separate ...

So this is how it’s going to be? It all sort of went upside down and sideways Saturday, producing rankings that looks decidedly different than it did a week ago. New No. 1 Xaverian (6-1-2) vaults three spots to the top, supplanting BC High after ...

While BC High and Framingham maintain their positions as the top two teams in this week’s HNIB News Massachusetts Boys Division 1 Top 10 rankings, the rest of the division continues along in a constant state of flux. No. 1 BC High (5-0-1) maintained focus ...