WOBURN, Mass. — Wachusett's road back to the MIAA Division 1 championship game has required significant learning and adjustments from a team that graduated seven seniors from last year's runner-up squad.
But the new-era Mountaineers have aced practically every test, and it's led them to the revenge opportunity they hoped for.
Top-seeded Wachusett gutted out a 44-35 semifinal victory against fourth-seeded Braintree on Tuesday at Woburn High. The Mountaineers advance to a rematch with second-seeded and reigning champion Bishop Feehan (at Tsongas Center, date and time TBA).
"When the season started at tryouts the first night, I looked at what I saw, and I was thinking, 'There's no way in hell we're going to make it past the beginning of the postseason," Wachusett coach Jim Oxford said. "We were just so young and inexperienced — and those kids just came around."
Here are five takeaways from the contest.
