With the holidays now in the rear-view mirror, action will be ramping up as we enter the second week of January. This week’s HNIB News Massachusetts Girls D1 Top 10 sees little change, as the top teams continue to win. There is one new entrant ...
Read More »Mass. Girls D1 Top 10: #2 St. Mary’s, #6 Reading Clash Wednesday In Battle Of Unbeatens
Things are pretty much status quo in this week’s HNIB News Massachusetts Girls Division 1 Top 10. #1 Austin Prep (4-0-0) was idle all week but will swing back into action Monday with a key game against Division 2’s top club – Wellesley. The Cougars ...
Read More »Mass. Girls D1 Top 10: Andover, Reading Out Of Gate Fast
There are a few changes in this week’s first in-season HNIB News Mass. Girls D1 Top 10. Not at the top, where preseason #1 Austin Prep (4-0-0) has outscored its four opponents by a 28-1 margin. The Cougars have the week off, not returning to ...
Read More »Girls MVC/Dual County Large Preview: Methuen/Tewksbury Knows What It Takes
This loop produced a Division 1 state finalist in Methuen/Tewksbury, which projects to be a potent outfit again this winter. There will be no easy marks this year in the MVC/Dual County Large METHUEN/TEWKSBURY (22-2-2) It was quite the first year in D1 for the ...
Read More »Massachusetts Girls D1 Preseason Top 10: Austin Prep, Methuen/Tewksbury Lead The Field
After winning the 2016 state championship, Austin Prep has come up short the last two seasons, falling in the quarterfinals to Masconomet in 2017 and in the semifinals to Woburn in 2018. Could 2019 be the Cougars year? It very well could be. Austin did ...
Read More »Final Massachusetts Girls D1 Top 10: Woburn puts finishing touches on unbeaten season
Woburn lost some key players after winning the Girls Division 1 championship in 2017. But, a core group of seniors were returning, and veteran coach Bob MacCurtain knew that if certain things fell into place, the Tanners would be contenders again. They not only ...
Read More »MIAA Girls D1 State Final: Repeat performance for Woburn; Tanners blank Methuen/Tewksbury, 1-0
Both Woburn and Methuen/Tewksbury came into Sunday’s MIAA Girls D1 state final with prolific offenses, yet it would be defensive play that dominated in this one. When it was over, seccond-seeded Woburn made a second period goal by senior Kaitlyn Delaney stand up for a ...
Read More »MIAA Girls D1 State Final Preview: Woburn, Methuen/Tewksbury shapes up to be a great one
One program has been in this situation many times and is a defending state champion. The other is making its first appearance in a state title game and in fact, is in its first season in Division 1. Both second-seeded Woburn (23-0-2), and fourth-seeded Methuen/Tewksbury ...
Read More »MIAA Girls Division 1 Tourney Preview: Shrewsbury, Woburn, Austin Prep enter the post-season unbeaten
The MIAA Girls Division 1 Tournament is the largest in the amount of teams, as 31 teams qualified this season. Central/West league champion Shrewsbury (19-0-1) took home the top seed. From the looks of things, it should be a highly competitive tournament, with several strong ...
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