A handful of teams moved up, and a handful moved down in this week’s HNIB News Massachusetts Boys D1 Top 20. And, three new teams make their season debuts in the rankings. There is no change at the immediate top, where BC High (4-1-1) and ...
Read More »Mass. Boys D1 Top 20: BC High Back In The Top Spot
There was certainly plenty of holiday tournament action this week and the results of those events have gone a long way into shaping this week’s HNIB News Massachusetts Boys D1 Top 20. Defending state champion BC High (3-1-1) is back at the top, thanks to ...
Read More »Massachusetts D1 Boys Top 20: Key Holiday Tournament Matchups Highlight Week Ahead
No. 1 Pope Francis has yet to play an MIAA contest – but the Cardinals sure have been busy. They took part in the high profile Rider Cup Tournament Tournament in Albany, NY, defeating host school Albany Academy, 3-0. Pope Francis also stepped out of ...
Read More »Massachusetts D1 Boys Preseason Top 20: Pope Francis, BC High Start A Cut Above
Where to begin? How about where we finished off last year when BC High scored in the final minute of regulation and won in OT, 2-1, to deny Pope Francis its first-ever Division 1A championship. Both teams are loaded once again, but we’re going ...
Read More »Final Massachusetts Boys D1 Top 20: #1 BC High captured its fifth 1A championship
Aside from staunch fans and those associated with the program, does anyone remember that Catholic Conference champion No. 1 BC High exited December with a 1-3-1 record after having scored just six goals? Didn’t think so. The Eagles lost once the rest of the way, ...
Read More »Final Regular Season Mass. D1 Boys Top 20: Central Catholic closes the regular season on top
Regular-season tournament titles were won and some compelling non-league match-ups lived up to expectations. However, aside from Andover’s big jump into the Top 10, the final week of the regular season did little to shake up our poll. No. 1 Central Catholic completed what was ...
Read More »Massachusetts Boys D1 Top 20: This week’s tourneys will impact post-season seeding
Hard to believe the final week of the regular season is upon us, yet here we are. It’s a week dominated by season-ending tournaments and teams jockeying for favorable post-season seeding. No. 1 Central Catholic captured the MVC/DCL championship on Monday with a 9-0 wipeout ...
Read More »Massachusetts Boys D1 Top 20: A wild week re-shapes the order of things
In terms of numbers of games played, this was a quiet week due to the mid-week storm – but the results of those games that were played prompted some serious top to bottom shuffling in the HNIB News Massachusetts D1 Boys Top 20 poll. While ...
Read More »Massachusetts Boys D1 Top 20: #2 BC High knocks off #3 Pope Francis, 4-1
Another week and another series of shutdown victories recorded by HNIB Massachusetts Boys D1 Top 20 leader No. 1 Central Catholic. After dispatching No. 16 Malden Catholic earlier in the week, 3-1, Central returned to MVC/DCL One play and roughed up Chelmsford Saturday 6-0. ...
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