The brackets for this fall’s MIAA boys and girls soccer state tournaments were unveiled on Saturday and a plethora of Hampshire County teams will have a chance to bring home the ultimate prize: a state championship.
The Granby girls team received the highest seed of all area squads to qualify for the postseason as the No. 1 overall seed in the Division 5 tournament. Fresh off their second straight Western Mass. Class D championship, the Rams earned a bye into the Round of 32 and will face the winner of No. 32 Mahar and No. 32 Prospect Hill Academy Charter at home.
Dates and times of games have not been posted, as of Saturday afternoon.
On the boys side, the Northampton Blue Devils earned the best seed of the local programs to advance as the second seed in the Division 2 bracket. Northampton lost its last game, a 5-4 defeat to Longmeadow in the Western Mass. Class B title game, but are well-positioned to make a run in the MIAA tourney.
The Blue Devils will host the winner of No. 31 Newburyport and No. 34 North High in the Round of 32.
Higher seeds will host until the Round of 8. State championships will be played Nov. 21-22 at Doyle Field in Leominster and at Curry College in Milton.
Here’s a look at how the seeds and matchups shook out for the Hampshire County teams that made it through:
Girls
Division 2
Northampton (No. 14) will host Somerset Berkley Regional (No. 19) in the Round of 32.
Division 3
Belchertown (No. 8) will host the winner of Tewksbury (No. 25) and Chicopee (No. 40) in the Round of 32.
Division 4
South Hadley (No. 3) will host the winner of Maynard (No. 30) and Tri-County RVT (No. 35) in the Round of 32.
Hampshire Regional (No. 7) will host the winner of West Bridgewater (No. 26) and O’Bryant (No. 39) in the Round of 32.
Frontier Regional (No. 22) will host Lynn Vocational Tech (No. 43) in the preliminary round.
Easthampton (No. 36) will travel to Clinton (No. 29) in the preliminary round.
Division 5
Hopkins (No. 6) will host the winner of Bristol County Agricultural (No. 27) and Boston International (No. 38) in the Round of 32.
Smith Voc (No. 12) will host McCann Tech (No. 21) in the Round of 32.
Smith Academy (No. 30) will host Tech Boston Academy (No. 35) in the preliminary round.
Gateway Regional (No. 37) will travel to Old Colony Regional Voc/Tech (No. 28) in the preliminary round.
Boys
Division 3
Belchertown (No. 18) will travel to Pope Francis (No. 15) in the Round of 32.
Holyoke (No. 40) will travel to Weston (No. 25) in the preliminary round.
Division 4
Frontier (No. 10) will host the winner of South Hadley (No. 23) and Blue Hills Regional Tech (No. 42) in the Round of 32.
South Hadley will host Blue Hills in the preliminary round.
Hampshire Regional (No. 36) will travel to Excel Academy Charter (No. 29) in the preliminary round.
Division 5
Gateway Regional (No. 25) will host MATCH Charter (No. 40) in the preliminary round.
