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A local guide to Sunday’s MIAA state high school championships
Are you ready for some state finals? You certainly have your pick of them.
With an assist from Mother Nature, Father’s Day is an MIAA tournament tornado. All the baseball, softball, lacrosse, tennis and rugby action that had been slated for Saturday is now on Sunday. At locations across Massachusetts, trophies shaped like the commonwealth will be handed out as the best teams will finally be rewarded.
Let’s go through this busiest of days in chronological order. Maybe take dad along and check out the action around the state. The schedule, along with the locations to punch into the GPS and each team’s tournament path to get to the big moment, is below. As ever, it is weather permitting:
Division 2 girls lacrosse
No. 2 Wayland (20-4) vs. No. 1 Notre Dame (Hingham) (24-0), Babson College, Wellesley, 10 a.m.
How did they get here: Wayland defeated No. 31 Whitman-Hanson, 18-6 (Round of 32); No. 15 Billerica, 15-2 (Round of 16), No. 7 Scituate, 12-8 (quarterfinals); No. 3 Duxbury, 13-7 (semifinals)
NDA Hingham defeated No. 32 Silver Lake, 17-1 (Round of 32); No. 16 Melrose, 18-4 (Round of 16); No. 9 Burlington, 19-5 (quarterfinals); No. 4 East Longmeadow, 22-6 (semifinals)
Division 1 girls lacrosse
No. 3 Westwood (22-3) vs. No. 1 Lincoln-Sudbury (20-2), Babson College, Wellesley, 12 p.m.
How did they get here: Westwood defeated No. 30 Beverly, 20-6 (Round of 32); No. 19 Shrewsbury, 12-4 (Round of 16); No. 6 Longmeadow, 11-10 (OT) (quarterfinals); No. 7 Franklin, 10-9 (semifinals)
L-S defeated No. 32 Hopkinton, 19-4 (Round of 32); No. 16 Hingham, 7-4 (Round of 16); No. 8 Central Catholic, 11-8 (quarterfinals); No. 5 Reading, 7-3 (semifinals)
Division 4 girls lacrosse
No. 3 Dover-Sherborn (18-6) vs. No. 1 Ipswich (19-1), Babson College, Wellesley, 2 p.m.
How did they get here: D-S defeated No. 30 triton, 19-1 (Round of 32); No. 14 St. John Paul II, 18-5 (Round of 16); No. 6 Sandwich, 15-4 (quarterfinals); No. 2 Weston, 20-12 (semifinals
Ipswich defeated No. 32 Belchertown, 17-2 (Round of 32); No. 17 Monomoy, 17-5 (Round of 16); No. 8 Mount Greylock, 9-8 (quarterfinals); No. 5 Manchester Essex, 8-6 (semifinals)
Division 2 boys tennis
No. 2 Westborough (16-5) vs. No. 1 Duxbury (22-1), MIT’s duPont Tennis Courts, Cambridge, 2 p.m.
How did they get here: Westborough defeated No. 31 Shepherd Hill, 5-0 (Round of 32); No. 18 Dartmouth, 5-0 (Round of 16); No. 7 Burlington, 5-0 (quarterfinals); No. 3 Concord-Carlisle, 3-2 (semifinals)
Duxbury defeated No. 33 Masconomet, 5-0 (Round of 32); No. 16 Melrose, 5-0 (Round of 16); No. 8 Belmont, 5-0 (quarterfinals); No. 5 Hopkinton, 4-1 (semifinals)
Division 2 girls tennis
No. 4 Masconomet (19-0) vs. No. 3 Westborough (18-2), MIT’s duPont Tennis Courts, Cambridge, 2 p.m.
How did they get here: Masconomet defeated No. 36 Nashoba, 5-0 (Round of 32); No. 20 Marblehead, 5-0 (Round of 16); No. 5 Minnechaug, 4-1 (quarterfinals); No. 1 Bishop Stang, 5-0 (semifinals)
Westborough defeated No. 30 Holliston, 5-0 (Round of 32); No. 19 Hopkinton, 5-0 (Round of 16); No. 6 Sharon, 5-0 (quarterfinals); No. 10 Notre Dame (Hingham), 4-1 (semifinals)
Division 2 boys rugby
No. 3 Weymouth vs. No. 1 Algonquin, Curry College, Milton, 2 p.m.
How did they get here: Weymouth defeated No. 6 Braintree, 28-17 (quarterfinals); No. 2 Hanover, 19-17 (semifinals)
Algonquin had a bye, then defeated No. 4 Catholic Memorial, 28-26 (semifinals)
Division 1 girls tennis
No. 5 Lexington (23-1) vs. No. 3 Lincoln-Sudbury (16-3), MIT’s duPont Tennis Courts, Cambridge, 4:30 p.m.
How did they get here: Lexington defeated No. 28 Braintree, 5-0 (Round of 32); No. 21 Newton North, 5-0 (Round of 16); No. 4 Wellesley, 5-0 (quarterfinals); No. 1 Boston Latin, 3-2 (semifinals)
L-S defeated No. 30 Algonquin, 5-0 (Round of 32); No. 14 Arlington, 5-0 (Round of 16); No. 11 Bishop Feehan, 5-0 (quarterfinals); No. 2 Acton-Boxborough, 4-1 (semifinals)
Division 1 baseball
No. 2 Taunton (20-4) vs. No. 1 Franklin (23-3), Polar Park, Worcester, 6 p.m.
How did they get here: Taunton defeated No. 31 Durfee, 9-4 (Round of 32); No. 18 Springfield Central, 8-0 (Round of 16); No. 7 BC High, 3-2 (quarterfinals); No. 6 St. John’s (Shrewsbury), 10-5 (semifinals)
Franklin defeated No. 32 Lexington, 5-1 (Round of 32); No. 17 Walpole, 5-2 (Round of 16); No. 9 Bridgewater-Raynham, 2-1 (quarterfinals); No. 21 Methuen, 4-0 (semifinals)
Division 3 boys tennis
No. 3 Dover-Sherborn (19-3) vs. No. 1 Wayland (12-6), MIT’s duPont Tennis Courts, Cambridge, 7 p.m. (moved from 9 a.m.)
How did they get here: D-S defeated No. 30 Norton, 5-0 (Round of 32); No. 14 Foxborough, 5-0 (Round of 16); No. 6 Apponequet, 4-1 (quarterfinals); No. 2 Martha’s Vineyard, 3-2 (semifinals)
Wayland defeated No. 33 Pioneer Valley, 5-0 (Round of 32); No. 16 Swampscott, 5-0 (Round of 16); No. 8 Cape Cod Academy, 5-0 (quarterfinals); No. 4 Bedford, 4-1 (semifinals)
Tim Whelan Jr. is the regional sports director for the MetroWest and Milford Daily News and Wicked Local. Follow him on Twitter @thattimwhelan.
