Sandwich leads Cape ad Islands teams in MIAA girls lacrosse playoffs

The wait is over. The road to a state championship starts now as the MIAA girls lacrosse state tournament brackets were released on Friday. There will be 12 Cape and Islands teams that will extend their seasons.

Sandwich is the highest ranked team as they sit atop of Division 4, while Nantucket is the only other teams ranked in the top 10 at eighth in Div. 4. Nine teams will host their first playoff game, while three will hit the road.

Division 1 The Field Notre Dame-Hingham (17-1) Chelmsford (14-4) Concord-Carlisle (15-3) Westford Academy (14-4) Bishop Feehan (15-3) Lexington (17-1) Wellesley (12-6) North Andover (13-5) Lincoln-Sudbury (10-8) Acton-Boxborough (11-7) Newton North (14-3) Franklin (17-1) Central Catholic (8-10) Belmont (13-5) Beverly (17-1) Natick (9-9) Winchester (12-6) Brookline (9-8) Waltham (11-7) Hopkinton (14-4) Andover (2-13) Braintree (8-10) Shrewsbury (7-11) Needham (6-12) Bridgewater-Raynham (13-5) Boston Latin (6-10) Newton South (6-12) Attleboro (9-9) Framingham (6-12) North Quincy (9-8) Malden Catholic (12-5) Arlington (4-13) Haverhill (10-4) Medford (11-8) Lowell (9-9) Springfield Central (7-6) Division 2 The Field Walpole (16-2) Reading Memorial (18-0) Hingham (17-2) Duxbury (13-5) Longmeadow (11-7) Bedford (9-8) Westborough (16-1) Grafton (14-4) Westwood (12-6) Dartmouth (14-2) Billerica Memorial (8-10) Milton (10-7) King Philip Regional (11-7) East Longmeadow (13-4) Minnechaug (12-7) Woburn Memorial (10-7) Marshfield (9-7) Plymouth North (11-7) Melrose (8-8) West Springfield (10-7) Canton (10-7) Algonquin (9-9) Archbishop Williams (11-7) Oliver Ames (10-8) Barnstable (10-8) Burlington (6-12) Masconomet Regional (12-6) Whitman-Hanson Reg. (8-10) North Attleborough (9–8) Northampton (8-10) Methuen (10-8) Tantasqua Regional (13-5) Marblehead (9-9) Plymouth South (9-9) Ashland (9-9) Peabody Veterans (11-7) Shepherd Hill Regional (11-5) Somerville (11-6) Doherty Memorial (11-7) Bay Path RVT (9-7) Who do the Cape and Islands locals play? No.

40 Bay Path RVT at No. 25 Barnstable Division 3 The Field Cohasset (18-2) Norwell (14-4) Nashoba Regional (15-3) Newburyport (13-5) Wayland (9-9) St. Mary's (14-2) Scituate (11-7) Foxborough (13-5) Dover-Sherborn (14-4) Medfield (12-7) Weston (8-10) Falmouth (12-6) Ursuline Academy (11-6) North Reading (11-7) Wakefield Memorial (8-10) Nauset (13-5) Hanover (6-12) Old Rochester Regional (9-8) Swampscott (13-4) Bishop Stang (6-9) North Middlesex Reg.