MIAA Boys State Tournament

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Folks at CMass based Bromfield would disagree that EMass owns D3. And Sutton beat them this year.

I was talking about the last two years, in which EMass D3 teams embarrassed their Western counterparts... and I expect this year to be the same.

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I was talking about the last two years, in which EMass D3 teams embarrassed their Western counterparts... and I expect this year to be the same.

We will soon see about that, meanwhile first game report:

Ludlow 2 Masconomet 1 C/WMass leads 1-0

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We will soon see about that, meanwhile first game report:

Ludlow 2 Masconomet 1 C/WMass leads 1-0

Yes, Ludlow is obviously the dominant force in D1, regardless of district. But the balance of power in D2/D3 seems to be in the East lately.

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I was talking about the last two years, in which EMass D3 teams embarrassed their Western counterparts... and I expect this year to be the same.

I wonder if EMass D3 teams seem to win more because the enrollment of the D3 schools in EMass seems to be much bigger than the enrollment of the D3 schools in CMass and WMass. Where a D1 team (like Ludlow) can still pull from a large student pool, when you have less than 200 boys (or girls), it's much harder to field a great team. http://www.miaa.net/gen/miaa_generat...erboys0912.pdf

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I wonder if EMass D3 teams seem to win more because the enrollment of the D3 schools in EMass seems to be much bigger than the enrollment of the D3 schools in CMass and WMass. Where a D1 team (like Ludlow) can still pull from a large student pool, when you have less than 200 boys (or girls), it's much harder to field a great team. http://www.miaa.net/gen/miaa_generat...erboys0912.pdf

Very good point!

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You are correct. Not only that but how does the goalie a.) not get a crad for the two footed kick to the face. b.) For the taunting afterwards (MIAA rule book has taunting as an autmotic caution)

As a parent of a GK I think the GK completely overreacted. It was an aggressive challenge and maybe a foul. Maybe a yellow to calm things down. GK has to expect contact especially when a team is pressing and down late in a game. The GK should have been ejected for the kick to the face and is lucky not to have been.

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Sutton up early, 1-0

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sutton up early, 1-0

2-0! Wow

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Yes, Ludlow is obviously the dominant force in D1, regardless of district. But the balance of power in D2/D3 seems to be in the East lately.

Oops. 3-0 Sutton, 10 minutes left

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Folks at CMass based Bromfield would disagree that EMass owns D3. And Sutton beat them this year.

A couple of off years by Bromfield and you EMass guys think you're taking over:

Sutton 3 Georgetown 1

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So today EMass boys take on C/WMass in two games. I'm going out on a limb and predict a C/Mass sweep this W/E. Her's why:

1) Ludlow/Masconomet Ludlow has lived in the finals and has the big game experience. Easy win.
2) CC/GD CC has owned this division for years, but this is not their best team this year. Meanwhile this GD team is the best thing to come out of CMass in a while. GD in a tight one.
3) Georgetown/Sutton Sutton has had a good season, beating a lot of higher Division teams like Nipmuc. I'll take them in a squeaker.

So let's review:

Ludlow 2 Masconomet 1
Sutton 3 Georgetown 1

That's two down, one to go. I'll be at the Div 2 game tomorrow. For those from the state of EMass, I'll be the one with the broom.

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So let's review:

Ludlow 2 Masconomet 1
Sutton 3 Georgetown 1

That's two down, one to go. I'll be at the Div 2 game tomorrow. For those from the state of EMass, I'll be the one with the broom.

I wouldn't be too cocky just yet...I'll put my money on C-C.

And on the girls side (where it matters for soccer!) EMass won D1 & D3.

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I wouldn't be too cocky just yet...I'll put my money on C-C.

And on the girls side (where it matters for soccer!) EMass won D1 & D3.

Please. Girls soccer might as well be a different sport. A slower, weaker, more boring one.

Ludlow's middle school boys team could play down a man and still beat Peabody by a touchdown.

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Ludlow 3-1 (expecting a laugher, final score could be even worse)
CC 2-1 (CC = championship swag, this isn't even the best team to come out of GD in the past 5 years)
Georgetown 2-0 (there's a big gap between the East/West in D3, as we saw last year)

Sutton's regular season record was 15-1-2. They played 18 matches - half of those were against Division 1 and 2 squads with their only loss coming against CMass District Champ North High (as well as a win against Bromfield - another traditional Div. 3 power who they defeated a second time in the District Semis). Why anyone would assume the East would win is beyond me. What you have to understand about Sutton is this:

1. Good coach.

2. They lose very few athletes to football - Sutton doesn't have football and only a few peel off to play for Oxford HS (though some do run Cross Country which is also traditionally strong).

3. A lot of club players - Fuller Hamlets' home fields are two miles from Sutton HS and Liverpool is situated in neightboring Oxford.

4. Large pool of players - they fielded 40 players on the Varsity and JV combined after cutting 10 or so. The JV squad featured 22 players of which 17 or 18 are club players and of those 6 or 7 play Div 1 MAPLE - U-15 FC United, U-14 Liverpool and U-13 Fuller Hamlets.

Honestly, while the school enrollment is Div 3, the pool size and talent they have to work with is much more akin to a good sized Div 2 program. Incidentally, they lose only 3 seniors and will fill those spots from a large, strong pool of current Freshmen (there were 13 on the JV squad this year - none of them played on the Varsity regularly).

- Odie

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We will soon see about that, meanwhile first game report:

Ludlow 2 Masconomet 1 C/WMass leads 1-0

Great win by Ludlow. Well played game by both teams and Ludlow really turned it up in the second half. Must have been tough for the thugs from Worcester North to watch Ludlow win the title in their own backyard. Tough luck......