Breaking down the brackets: MIAA announces high school football playoff field
The MIAA announced the high school football playoff field on Sunday.
Five Cape Cod high schools — Barnstable, Dennis-Yarmouth, Sandwich, Bourne and Mashpee — made the field. Barnstable and Mashpee will host a home game, while the other three teams will take a road trip to start their postseason.
Last season all three playoff teams (Falmouth, Sandwich, Mashpee) lost their first round playoff games. These five teams will look to make sure that doesn't happen this season.
Division 1
The Field
St. John's Prep (8-0)
Xaverian Brothers (6-2)
Needham (7-1)
Andover (7-1)
Lincoln-Sudbury (7-1)
Methuen (6-2)
Springfield Cathedral (7-1)
Boston College High (5-3)
Taunton (5-3)
Central Catholic (3-5)
Natick (5-3)
Weymouth (6-2)
Franklin (5-3)
Westford Academy (5-3)
Saint John's (3-5)
Leominster (4-4)
Division 2
The Field
King Phillip (8-0)
Catholic Memorial (5-2)
Marshfield (6-2)
Peabody Veterans (8-0)
Barnstable (7-1)
Bishop Feehan (6-1)
Wellesley (4-4)
North Andover (5-2)
Winchester (7-1)
Belmont (5-3)
Concord-Carlisle (4-4)
North Quincy (3-5)
Arlington (3-5)
Plymouth North
Cambridge Rindge & Lat. (5-3)
Diman RVT (3-5)
When/where do the Cape locals play?
No. 12 North Quincy at No. 5 Barnstable, Friday at 6:30
Division 3
The Field
Milford (7-1)
Billerica Memorial (7-1)
Milton (5-3)
Walpole (5-3)
Mansfield (5-3)
Dartmouth (8-0)
Woburn Memorial (6-2)
West Springfield (7-0)
North Attleborough (3-5)
Westfield (7-1)
Doherty Memorial (7-1)
Westborough (7-1)
Hingham (3-5)
Minnechaug (5-2)
Plymouth South (5-3)
Stoughton (5-3)
Division 4
The Field
Duxbury (6-1)
Holliston (5-3)
Middleborough (6-2)
Tewksbury Memorial (5-3)
Norwood (6-2)
Grafton (6-2)
Scituate (5-3)
Somerset Berkley (6-2)
Westwood (6-2)
Wayland (6-2)
South High Community (6-2)
Burlington (5-3)
Canton (5-3)
Marblehead (3-4)
Ashland (4-4)
Bedford (5-3)
Division 5
The Field
Hanover (8-0)
Foxborough (7-1)
Shawsheen Valley Tech (7-0)
Dedham (6-2)
Danvers (5-3)
Old Rochester Regional (4-4)
Newburyport (7-1)
Norton (6-1)
Bishop Stang (3-5)
Auburn (5-3)
North Middlesex Regional (6-2)
Blackstone Valley RVT (4-3)
Apponequet Regional (3-5)
Belchertown (7-1)
Wilmington (4-4)
Gloucester (5-3)
Division 6
The Field
Norwell (7-1)
Abington (6-2)
Salem (6-2)
Hudson (6-2)
Lynnfield (7-1)
Cardinal Spellman (6-2)
Maynard (7-1)
Fairhaven (7-1)
Winthrop (5-3)
Bellingham (5-3)
St. Mary's (6-2)
Swampscott (5-3)
Sandwich (4-4)
Dennis-Yarmouth (6-2)
Stoneham (4-4)
Bay Path RVT (6-2)
When/where do the Cape locals play?
No. 13 Sandwich at No. 4 Hudson, Friday at 7
No. 14 Dennis-Yarmouth at No. 3 Salem, Friday at 7
Division 7
The Field
Uxbridge (8-0)
Cohasset (4-3)
West Bridgewater (6-2)
Rockland (5-3)
Clinton (4-4)
Amesbury (6-1)
Mashpee (5-3)
Tyngsborough (6-2)
Gardner (8-0)
Blue Hills (RVT)
Wahconah Regional (5-3)
South Shore Tech (5-3)
Millbury (5-3)
South Hadley (7-1)
Manchester Essex (5-3)
Oxford (5-3)
When/where do the Cape locals play?
No. 10 Blue Hills RVT at No. 7 Mashpee, Friday ay 7
Division 8
The Field
West Boylston (8-0)
Carver (8-0)
Hoosac Valley (8-0)
Cathedral (5-2)
Ware (8-0)
Old Colony RVT (7-1)
KIPP Academy Lynn Coll. (6-2)
Blackstone-Millville (7-1)
Nashoba Valley Tech (5-3)
Sutton (6-2)
Narragansett Regional (5-3)
Randolph (3-4)
Bourne (6-2)
Athol (5-3)
Franklin County Tech (6-2)
Brighton (4-3)
When/where do the Cape locals play?
No. 13 Bourne at No. 4 Cathedral, TBD
Non-playoff matchups
Oliver Ames at Nauset
Falmouth at Martha's Vineyard
Nantucket at Bristol Plymouth
St. John Paul II at Cape Tech
Upper Cape at Atlantis Charter
Seekonk at Monomoy
Contact Courtney Jacobs at cjacobs@capecodonline.com. Follow him on X/Twitter: @CJ_Journalist.
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