The MIAA basketball championship schedule is set. Over three days this weekend, from March 14-16, 10 state champions will be crowned – five each for boys and girls – at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Mass. The action starts with two championship games on Friday night, then four on Saturday and Sunday. The weekend is...
The MIAA basketball championship schedule is set.
Over three days this weekend, from March 14-16, 10 state champions will be crowned – five each for boys and girls – at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Mass. The action starts with two championship games on Friday night, then four on Saturday and Sunday.
The weekend is packed with championship games that feature star power and exciting rematches. On the girls side, Bella Owumi and top-seeded St. Mary’s (23-3) will face Maddie Oliver and No. 3 Norwell (23-1) for the Division 3 title to kick off the action on Friday night.
The most exciting girls matchup of the weekend will come in Saturday’s nightcap, when No. 1 Wachusett (23-1) takes on No. 2 Bishop Feehan (23-2) in a rematch of last season’s Division 1 championship game. Feehan won in last year’s title game, 48-40, for its second championship in program history.
On the boys side, No. 20 Old Rochester (15-9) became the lowest seed to advance to a state final in the MIAA’s new statewide format after upsetting top-seeded St. Mary’s on Tuesday night, and the Bulldogs will face undefeated Norwell (24-0) for the Division 3 crown on Friday night.
Sunday will feature a must-see doubleheader to close the weekend. Matt Gaffney and No. 1 Malden Catholic (22-1) will look for its fourth consecutive title when it faces No. 6 Somerset Berkley (23-1) for the Division 2 championship in a rematch of last season’s semifinals. Championship weekend concludes with an exciting Division 1 matchup, as Caden Sullivan and No. 1 Franklin (25-1) face Teagan Swint and No. 3 Newton North (24-1) for the title.
Here’s the full schedule for the weekend, which will be updated as results happen.
Friday, March 14
D3 girls: No. 1 St. Mary’s 46, No. 3 Norwell 38
D3 boys: No. 2 Norwell 64, No. 20 Old Rochester 61 (OT)
Saturday, March 15
D5 boys: No. 1 Pioneer Valley 49, No. 2 Hopedale 28
D4 boys: No. 6 Georgetown 61, No. 5 Monument Mountain 54
D2 girls: No. 2 Medfield 62, No. 6 Worcester South 20
D1 girls: No. 1 Wachusett 55, No. 2 Bishop Feehan 54
Sunday, March 16
D5 girls: No. 2 Hoosac Valley 64, No. 5 Renaissance 57
D4 girls: No. 1 Cathedral 68, No. 3 South Hadley 37
D2 boys: No. 6 Somerset Berkley 65, No. 1 Malden Catholic 44
D1 boys: No. 1 Franklin 55, No. 3 Newton North 52
