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We've arrived! It's State Championship week in the MIAA. Mark and Mike get you ready for all of Sunday's action and recap what happened on the road to TD Garden.

Sunday's Schedule


D4: DS Weston (5) vs Hanover (6) 11am
D3: Nauset (1) vs Marblehead (6) 3pm
D1: SJP (1) vs Winchester (11) 5:30pm
D2: Tewksbury (1) vs Boston Latin (11) 7:30pm

The playoffs are here! Mark and Mike break down the final power rankings and take a look at the brackets this week. Who are the top seeds? Who are the potential sleepers? We react to everything from D1 through D4.

Mark and Mike are back with a TON to discuss this week as the regular season wraps up.



- Who are the leaders in the Power Rankings? Some teams have started to establish themselves as top seeds in their state bracket.s

- End-of-season touraments are happening already (some are done).

- Some other interesting storylines across the MIAA.

- An update on the D2/D3/D4 Report.



And a lot more!

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THE BEAST HAS ARRIVED. We detail the MASSIVE report on D1.



Plus here are some of what we highlighted in this episode.



D1: SJP claims Catholic Conference title for first time since 2013, starting to pull away, up by 0.86 now.

Big win for Pope in OT over Archies: up to 3
Big win for Franklin over Hingham in Ed Burns Coffee Pot
Archies wins CCL last night with shutout over St. Mary's Lynn


D2: Concord-Carlisle still unblemished but Tewksbury is nipping at their heels. There is a big rematch TOMORROW for supremacy rights!

Gloucester vs Masconomet is coming up Saturday 9 vs 11
North Andover plugging right along: beat D1s Waltham and Acton-Boxboro


D3: Nauset up big: 0.86 points on Scituate

Shawsheen up to 3 with big margin of victory: they can score
Lynnfield up to 7: beating Triton helped
How about Grafton moving up from D4 at 9?


D4: Winthrop is the top dog by 1.01 rating points: lapping the field

All the same top teams, not much change here...
Lunenberg-Ayer-Shirley and Gardner-Murdock punch their playoff tickets with .500 or above record guaranteed (shoutout to Jim Clark for the .500 heads up)


Plus, a lot of notes on our huge D1 report. It features 256 players, 95 new, 48 teams (all 41 D1 teams) 62,000 words, 91 pages



Some players who stood out:




Forwards: Daniel Menyalkin, SJS, Finn Kelly, Archies
Defenders: Jake Jarrell & Zach Buffone, Pope Francis, Brian McFadden, CM
From the publics: Will Manchuso, Concord-Carlisle, Travis Rugg, Hingham, Ben Paterson, Franklin, Logan Brennan, Hingham, James Gigante, Reading, Ethan Bauer, Belmont
Under the radar: Anthony Sasso, Bishop Fenwick, Cam Moore, Shrewsbury, Brody Sharpe, Wellesley, Nick Burns, Westford Academy, Tyler Taddia, Medford



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The MIAA Power Rankings are here!



Here's some of what we highlight in this episode.



D1: St. John's Prep at the top, but the Archies aren't far behind. The Catholic Conference is still dominating, Pope is in the mix despite missing Foley, and Shrewsbury is on the rise.



D2: Concord-Carlisle ain't no joke at 9-0. Canton continues to roll. Woburn is liking its move to D2, and we aren't sleeping on King Phillip or Billerica.



D3: Connor Brickley has Nauset surging as the No. 1 team. Scituate (no shock) is near the top. Bedford is undefeated, and the rise of the Techs with Shawsheen at No. 5 and Essex Tech at No. 8. Plus, Taunton is a sleeper.



D4: Winthrop wants it all, and they're rolling. Norwell and Sandwich are still in the mix and Dover-Sherborn-Weston had a big win over Norwood, so up the rankings they go.



We also talk about THE BEST, which is a NZ player report approaching 200 players. The Junior Beanpot, and a nice touch from Chelmsford.

This episode is jam-packed!



Mark and Mike begin the show talking about the Holiday Tournaments that wrapped up last week. Who were the big winners? Were there any surprises? What did we learn?



Other topics included:


Some D2 and D4 teams to watch
Out-of-state teams
Top stars playing big minutes
Expanded media coverage
Are divisions by enrollment the right way to do it?
Does MIAA hockey need a D5?
THE BEAST is coming
Where will we be this week?