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Playoff Picture: Field hockey

Joe Marchilena

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Playoff Picture: Field hockey

The final week of the high school field hockey regular season is underway, and here is what the playoff field in each division currently looks like.

Note: With the NHIAA's new 70-percent rule in place for the postseason, Division I and II will have 11 playoff teams and Division III will have 14. Standings based off results reported to NHIAA.org.

Division I

Playoff field

  • Winnacunnet (12-0), 4.0000 rating
  • Manchester Central (10-1-1), 3.5000
  • Concord (9-3), 3.0000
  • Londonderry (9-3-1), 2.9231
  • Pinkerton (8-4), 2.6667
  • Timberlane (8-4-1), 2.6154
  • Bishop Guertin (7-4-1), 2.5000
  • Bedford (7-5-1), 2.3077
  • Nashua North (6-7), 1.8462
  • Exeter (5-7-1), 1.6423
  • Dover (3-8-1), 1.1667

Out: Merrimack (3-9, 1.0000), Salem (3-9, 1.0000), Manchester Memorial (3-10, 0.9231), Nashua South (2-10, 0.6667), Keene (0-11-1), 0.1667.

First-round matchups

  • No. 11 Dover at No. 6 Timberlane
  • No. 10 Exeter at No. 7 Bishop Guertin
  • No. 9 Nashua North at No. 8 Bedford

First-round byes

  1. Winnacunnet
  2. Manchester Central
  3. Concord
  4. Londonderry
  5. Pinkerton

Tuesday's key games: Concord at Pinkerton; Nashua South at Dover; Merrimack at Keene.

Division II

Playoff field

  • Derryfield (12-0), 4.0000
  • Windham (11-1), 3.6667
  • Souhegan (10-2), 3.3333
  • Portsmouth (10-2), 3.3333
  • Lebanon (8-3-1), 2.8333
  • Sanborn (8-4), 2.6667
  • Kingswood (7-4-1), 2.5000
  • Kennett (8-5), 2.4615
  • Hollis Brookline (6-6), 2.0000
  • Hanover (5-7), 1.6667
  • Milford (4-8), 1.3333

Out: ConVal (3-8-1, 1.1667), Merrimack Valley (3-8-1, 1.1667), Plymouth (2-8-1, 0.9091), Goffstown (1-9-2, 0.6667), St. Thomas (0-10-2, 0.3333), Oyster River (0-11-1, 0.1667).

First-round matchups

  • No. 11 Milford at No. 6 Sanborn
  • No. 10 Hanover at No. 7 Kingswood
  • No. 9 Hollis Brookline at No. 8 Kennett

First-round byes

  1. Derryfield
  2. Windham
  3. Souhegan
  4. Portsmouth
  5. Lebanon

Tuesday's key games: Derryfield at Kennett; Hollis Brookline at Windham; Souhegan at Sanborn; Kingswood at Portsmouth.

Division III

Playoff field

  • Monadnock (11-0-2), 3.6923
  • Pelham (11-1), 3.6667
  • Gilford (11-1-1), 3.5385
  • Newfound (10-1-1), 3.5000
  • Stevens (9-4), 2.7692
  • Berlin (8-4-1), 2.6923
  • Franklin (8-4), 2.6667
  • Mascenic (7-4-1), 2.5000
  • Hopkinton (7-5), 2.3333
  • Mascoma Valley (6-5-1), 2.1667
  • Winnisquam (6-5-1), 2.1667
  • Bow (6-6), 2.0000
  • Bishop Brady (4-8), 1.3333
  • Laconia (3-9-1), 1.0769

Out: White Mountains (3-9, 1.0000), Keasarge (2-10, 0.6667), John Stark (2-11, 0.6154), Pembroke (1-10-1, 0.5000), Newport (1-11, 0.3333), Conant (0-11, 0.000).

First-round matchups

  • No. 14 Laconia at No. 3 Gilford
  • No. 13 Bishop Brady at No. 4 Newfound
  • No. 12 Bow at No. 5 Stevens
  • No. 11 Winnisquam at No. 6 Berlin
  • No. 10 Mascoma Valley at No. 7 Franklin
  • No. 9 Hopkinton at No. 8 Mascenic

First-round byes

  1. Monadnock
  2. Pelham

Tuesday's key game: Winnisquam at Newfound.

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