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Playoff Picture: Boys Lacrosse

Joe Marchilena

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Playoff Picture: Boys Lacrosse

Here's how the boys lacrosse divisions stack up going into the final week of the regular season, and what the seedings would look like if the postseason started Monday.

Division I

Ten teams make the playoffs, with the top six receiving a bye into the quarterfinals.

  1. Pinkerton (17-0)
  2. Bishop Guertin (15-1)
  3. Bedford (13-3)
  4. Exeter (13-4)
  5. Souhegan (11-6)
  6. Londonderry (9-7)
  7. Nashua South (8-8)
  8. Dover (7-7)
  9. Concord (6-7)
  10. Hanover/Nashua North (6-9) - play each other on May 23 at Hanover

Outside: Salem (6-9), Merrimack (3-13), Manchester Central (1-14), Manchester Memorial (0-13).

First-round matchups

  • No. 9 Concord at No. 8 Dover
  • No. 10 Hanover/North at No. 7 Nashua South

Quarterfinal matchups

  • Concord-Dover winner at No. 1 Pinkerton
  • No. 5 Souhegan at No. 4 Exeter
  • Hanover/North-South winner at No. 2 Bishop Guertin
  • No. 6 Londonderry at No. 3 Bedford

Division II

Twelve teams make the playoffs, with the top four getting byes into the quarterfinals.

  1. Derryfield (14-1)
  2. Portsmouth (13-2)
  3. Goffstown (11-2)
  4. Hollis Brookline (12-3)
  5. Winnacunnet (11-4)
  6. Windham (10-5)
  7. St. Thomas (7-7)
  8. John Stark (6-6)
  9. Merrimack Valley (6-6)
  10. Bow (6-7)
  11. Pembroke (4-7)
  12. Oyster River (4-7)

Outside: Timberlane (4-11), Kennett (3-9), Kingswood (3-9), Spaulding (1-11), Keene (1-14), Milford (0-11).

First-round matchups

  • No. 9 Merrimack Valley at No. 8 John Stark
  • No. 12 Oyster River at No. 5 Winnacunnet
  • No. 10 Bow at No. 7 St. Thomas
  • No. 11 Pembroke at No. 6 Windham

Quarterfinal matchups

  • MV-JS winner at No. 1 Derryfield
  • OR-Winnacunnet- winner at No. 4 Hollis Brookline
  • Bow-St. Thomas winner at No. 2 Portsmouth
  • Pembroke-Windham winner at No. 3 Goffstown

Division III

The top eight teams qualify for the tournament, which begins with the quarterfinals

  1. Laconia (12-0)
  2. Trinity (10-1)
  3. Kearsarge (10-2)
  4. Pelham (9-2)
  5. Monadnock (9-3)
  6. Plymouth (8-4)
  7. Hopkinton (8-4)
  8. ConVal (7-4)

Outside: Bishop Brady (6-6), Campbell (4-7), Lebanon (4-7), Gilford (3-13), Coe-Brown (2-11), Belmont (1-10), Stevens (1-10), Manchester West (0-11).

Quarterfinal matchups

  • No. 8 ConVal at No. 1 Laconia
  • No. 5 Monadnock at No. 4 Pelham
  • No. 7 Hopkinton at No. 2 Trinity
  • No. 6 Plymouth at No. 3 Kearsarge

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