In a 128-team field covering eight divisions, the MIAA football playoffs will kick off Thursday, Nov. 7, the first step in the ultimate goal of reaching the state finals Dec. 4-6 at Gillette Stadium. First-round matchups were released Sunday. The top seeds ...

Gardner-area teams are representing in the MIAA state tournaments for soccer and football. Check out who they will face this postseason.

The 2024 Massachusetts high school football regular season wrapped up last week, and now it's time for the playoffs. St. John's Prep holds the No. 1 seed in the Division 1 bracket and will take on No.

Seven local teams qualified for the MIAA football state tournament, as the seedings and first-round matchups were released Sunday afternoon.

The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association announced the high school football playoff field on Sunday. Five Cape Cod high schools — Barnstable, Dennis-Yarmouth, Sandwich, Bourne and Mashpee — made the field.

Brookline (8-6-3); 4. Bishop Feehan (13-2-3); 5. Needham (13-4-1); 6. King Philip Regional (16-2-0); 7. Hopkinton (15-1-2); 8.

The MIAA has released the state tournament brackets based on the final power ratings for boys' soccer. Here are the seedings and schedule for the Central Mass. teams as they chase a state championship ( will be updated as game dates, times are released by the schools ).

On Sunday, the MIAA high school football tournament field was announced. Across eight divisions, 128 teams will compete for one of the 16 coveted spots at Gillette Stadium playing for a high school football state championship.

Xaverian (5-3); 4. Needham (8-0); 5. Central Catholic (5-3); 6. Leominster (7-1); 7. Springfield Central (7-1); 8. Methuen (7-1); 9. Franklin (7-1); 10. 10. Natick (7-1); 11. Westford Academy (6-2); 12.