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. ...
Read More »Massachusetts D1 Boys Top 20: Multiple teams qualify for post-season play
Undefeated No. 1 Central Catholic continues to dismantle one opponent after another. Following a 4-1 non-league win against No. 12 Catholic Memorial of the Catholic Conference and a 7-0 MVC/DCL One whitewash of Billerica, the Raiders now own a silly plus-56 differential (64-8). It’s all ...
Read More »Massachusetts D1 Boys Top 20: Undefeated Central Catholic still the one
As anticipated based on the number of head-to-head matchups between ranked teams, there is considerable movement in this week’s HNIB News D1 Top 20 poll. Not at the top, however, where undefeated No. 1 Central Catholic just keeps on rolling. The Raiders handled Lincoln-Sudbury and ...
Read More »Mass. D1 Boys Top 20: #2 Pope Francis sweeps out-of-state opponents
There is a fair bit of shuffling this week but only one new entrant in the Mass. D1 Boys Top 20. Next week’s poll could look significantly different based on the results of Monday’s second annual “Middlesex vs. Catholics Shootout” at O’Brien Rink in Woburn ...
Read More »Mass. D1 Boys Top 20: Burlington remains perfect on young season
There is a bit of minor re-ordering but no drastic movement in this week’s HNIB News Massachusetts D1 Boys Top 20. No. 1 Central Catholic continues to set the pace. The Raiders’ plus-32 differential (35-3) stands as the division’s best and their 3-0 shutout of ...
Read More »Mass. D1 Boys Poll: Central Catholic establishes itself with Frates Classic title
As we exit 2017, No. 1 Central Catholic has cemented its status as the division’s top team at the season’s quarter pole. Entering the Peter Frates Winter Classic after a nine-day layoff, the Raiders were rested and ready. After toppling Pope Francis, 3-1, in the ...
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