Reading Basketball Teams Get Tournament News

They knew they were tournament bound, but Friday afternoon the MIAA made it official with the announcement of the 2019 basketball tournament pairings.

The Reading girls are the No. 5 seed in the Division 1 North field and will host No. 12 seed Revere on Monday. Reading comes into the tournament at 16-4 while Revere is 11-9. The Rockets are coming off winning the title of the Gieras Memorial tournament in Danvers in which Haley Lightbody was named tournament MVP.

The Reading boys had a strong end of season to squeak into the tournament at 10-10. The Rockets will travel to Middlesex rival Wakefield Tuesday to play the No. 4 seeded Warriors. Wakefield is 14-6. Reading, which won six of its last eight games, played Wakefield twice in December, losing the first but winning the second, 61-55.

The complete Division 1 North girls' seeds:

1. Belmont (19-1); 2. Peabody (19-1); 3. Central Catholic (16-4); 4. Andover (16-4); 5. Reading (16-4); 6. Masconomet (17-5); 7. Haverhill (15-5); 8. Cambridge (14-6); 9. Woburn (13-7); 10. Waltham (12-8); 11. Billerica (11-9); 12. Revere (11-9); 13. Lynn English (10-9); 14. Arlington (10-10); 15. Chelmsford (10-10); 16. Beverly (10-10); 17. Everett (10-10).

The complete Division 2 North boys' seeds:

1. Belmont (19-1); 2. Somerville (15-5); 3. Salem (14-5); 4. Wakefield (14-6); 5. Gloucester (14-6); 6. N. Andover (13-7); 7. Beverly (13-7); 8. Arlington (12-8); 9. Melrose (10-8); 10. Billerica (11-9); 11. Burlington (11-9); 12. Danvers (10-10); 13. Reading (10-10); 14. Malden Catholic (9-11).