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Stoneham Boys To Face Tewksbury in MIAA Hockey Opener
Girls' get an early bye in Division 2 tournament.
Stoneham hockey fans have a busy week ahead after the MIAA released the tournament pairings Saturday.
The Stoneham High School boys earned the No. 2 seed in the Division 2 North hockey tournament and will face Tewksbury on Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Woburn. The girls earned the No. 8 seed in the Division 2 tournament and will play the winner of the preliminary round game between Norwell and Central Catholic.
The Spartan boys finished the regular season 14-4-2 and will face No. 15 seed Tewksbury, which went 10-8-2. Should Stoneham advance, the Spartans would play the winner of L-S vs. Pentucket in the quarterfinals. As for the girls, the top eight seeds all earned a bye. Stoneham girls finished the regular season 11-5-4.
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The complete Division 2 North boys' field: 1. Danvers (15-4-1); 2. Stoneham (14-4-2); 3. Lynnfield (12-5-2); 4. Lowell Catholic (12-6-1); 5. Masconomet (10-5-4); 6. Winthrop (12- 6-2); 7. Lincoln-Sudbury (12-7-1); 8. North Andover (12-7-2); 9. Gloucester (S) (10-6-4); 10. Pentucket (11-7-2); 11. Beverly (10-6-4); 12. Methuen (10-7-3); 13. Boston Latin (10-7-3); 14. Wilmington (10-9); 15. Tewksbury (10-8-2); 16. North Reading (9-8-3); 17. Essex Tech (9-8-4).
The complete Division 2 girls' field: 1. Wellesley (15-2-3); 2. Canton (15-3-3); 3. Archbishop Williams (14-4-2); 4. Milton (14-5-3); 5. Dennis-Yarmouth (13-5-2); 6. Natick (13-5-2); 7. Westwood (13-6-3); 8. Stoneham (11-5-4); 9. Norwell (13-7-0); 10. Notre Dame Hingham (11-6-2); 11. Pembroke (12-7-1); 12. Norwood (11-8-1); 13. Algonquin-Hudson (11-9-0); 14. King Philip (10-8-2); 15. Matignon (11-9-1); 16. Winchester (9-8-3); 17. Wakefield (9-9-2); 18. Walpole (9-9-3); 19. Bishop Fenwick (9-9-2); 20. Medfield (7-7-6); 21. Cohasset/Hanover (8-8-5); 22. Falmouth (8-9-3); 23. Concord-Carlisle (7-10-3); 24. Central Catholic (5-13-2).
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Earlier Saturday the MIAA selected the field for the Super 8 tournament. This year's field by seed: 1. Central Catholic; 2. BC High; 3. St. John's Prep; 4. Hingham; 5. Andover; 6. Burlington; 7. Arlington; 8. St. John's (S); 9. St. Mary's; 10. Pope Francis.
Monday's play-in games at the Chelmsford Forum will be Pope Francis vs. defending Super 8 champion Arlington and St. John's (S) facing St. Mary's.
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