Sports Roundup: November 8, 2024

Corrected and updated November 7, 2024
 

And then there were four.

After edging its way into the playoffs as the the number 32 seed Division 4 team, Bromfield’s field hockey players were paired with the No. 1 seed Uxbridge Spartans in the first round of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association state championship, losing the Nov. 1 away match 12-0 and bringing their season to an end.

Meanwhile, the boys and girls soccer teams each began their pursuit of a state championship on Tuesday, Nov. 5, playing first round games simultaneously on adjacent turf fields of the Massachusetts Youth Soccer Association in Lancaster. The girls shut out 24th-seeded Palmer 7-0 and advanced to the round of 16 where they were scheduled to play eighth-seeded Hopedale on Friday. The boys beat the Georgetown Royal Lancers 6-0 and were set to face No. 19 seed University Park Campus of Worcester on Friday, Nov. 8.

Finally, the top-ranked boys and girls cross-country teams were preparing for the MIAA Division 2 sectional meets scheduled to be held at at the Wrentham Development Center in Wrentham starting at 2 p.m. Saturday.

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Boys cross-country (league 5-0, all 5-0)

• 11/9 MIAA Division 2 Wave C state qualifier (at Wrentham Development Center, Wrentham), 2:45 p.m.

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Girls cross-country (5-0, 5-0)

• 11/9 MIAA Division 2 Wave C state qualifier (at at Wrentham Development Center, Wrentham), 2 p.m.

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Field hockey (3-5-2, 5-8-4)

• 11/1 MIAA Division 4 state tournament, round of 32, @Uxbridge, 12-0 loss

End of season

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Boys soccer (8-2-3, 11-2-4)

• 11/5 MIAA Division 5 state tournament, round of 32 vs. Georgetown, 6-0 win.
• 11/8 MIAA Division 5 state tournament, round of 16 vs. University Park Campus of Worcester (19) at Ayer Shirley Regional High School, 3:45 p.m. 

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Girls soccer (1-9-2, 4-11-2)

• 11/5 MIAA Division 5 state tournament, round of 32 vs. Palmer, 7-0 win. See photos below.
• 11/8 MIAA Division 5 state tournament, round of 16 @Hopedale (8), at Milford High School, 7 p.m.

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Rowing

Fall season has ended.

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Scheduled games and meets are shown from Friday, Nov. 8, through Thursday, Nov. 14. The @ symbol designates an away contest (though sometimes field conditions require these to be held at home). A number in parentheses is a team’s MIAA power rank within its division.

—Compiled by John Osborn

Editor's note: This article has been corrected and updated. The boys and girls MIAA Division 3C cross country sectionals are not in Devens. They are in Wrentham at the Wrentham Development Center.