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By Tyler Amaral
NEFJ Correspondent

The MIAA regular season has concluded and with that, we now focus our attention to the playoff brackets.

The Top 8 remains unchanged, despite Catholic Memorial falling to St. John’s Prep in a back-and-forth affair. Mansfield leapfrogged Shawsheen after a big win over King Philip. Andover and Barnstable have dropped out of this week’s Top 25 after losses to Tewksbury and Bridgewater-Raynham, respectively. They are replaced by Norwell and Melrose.

1. St. John’s Prep (8-0): The Eagles will host Weymouth in the first round of the playoffs.

2. Springfield Central (7-1): The Golden Eagles will host New Bedford in the first round of the playoffs.

3. St. John’s (Shrewsbury) (7-1): The Pioneers will host Brockton in the first round of the playoffs.

4. Catholic Memorial (6-2): The Knights will host Cambridge in the first round of the playoffs.

5. Scituate (8-0): The Sailors will host Ashland in the first round of the playoffs.

6. Marshfield (6-1): The Rams will host Silver Lake in the first round of the playoffs.

7. Wachusett (8-0): The Mountaineers will host Shrewsbury in the first round of the playoffs.

8. Tewksbury (7-1): The Redmen will host Wakefield in the first round of the playoffs.

9. Mansfield (7-1): The Hornets will host Malden Catholic in the first round of the playoffs.

10. Shawsheen (7-0): The Rams will host Oakmont in the first round of the playoffs.

11. Milford (7-1): The Scarlet Hawks will host Masconomet in the first round of the playoffs.

12. North Attleborough (5-2): The Red Rocketeers will host Plymouth South in the first round of the
playoffs.

13. Walpole (6-2): The Timberwolves will host Westfield in the first round of the playoffs.

14. Danvers (8-0): The Falcons will host Bedford in the first round of the playoffs.

15. Duxbury (6-1): The Dragons will host Nashoba in the first round of the playoffs.

16. Central Catholic (5-3): The Raiders will host Everett in the first round of the playoffs.

17. King Philip (5-3): The Warriors will host Reading in the first round of the playoffs.

18. Watertown (8-0): The Raiders will host North Reading in the first round of the playoffs.

19. Milton (6-2): The Wildcats will host Hingham in the first round of the playoffs.

20. Bridgewater-Raynham (5-2): The Trojans will host Waltham in the first round of the playoffs.

21. Franklin (6-2): The Panthers will host Andover in the first round of the playoffs.

22. Billerica (7-1): The Indians will host Woburn in the first round of the playoffs.

23. Westford Academy (7-1): The Ghosts will host Quincy in the first round of the playoffs.

24. Norwell (7-1): The Clippers will host Belchertown in the first round of the playoffs.

25. Melrose (6-2): The Redhawks will host Doherty in the first round of the playoffs.

Best of the rest (alphabetical order)
Andover
Barnstable
Bellingham
Chelmsford
Everett
Fairhaven
Gloucester
Hudson
Lynnfield
Nashoba
New Bedford
Peabody
Reading
Westfield
Xaverian