MIAA Baseball: Super Eight Watch List

By Matt Feld (@Mattyfeld612)

The MIAA Division 1A Super Eight baseball committee released its initial Super 8 watch-list and so far 30 teams have caught the committee members attention.

There are a handful of lower division teams on the list including Northeastern Conference powers Beverly and Danvers as well as Div. 3 favorite Austin Prep. 

The committee is always careful to point out that this list is not final and that teams can play their way onto the list at any point in time during the season. Over the years the committee has always prioritized record, strength of schedule, and performance down the stretch.

Seven of the eight teams to appear in the field last year make the watch list. Heading into this season, Newton North, Braintree, St. John’s Prep, St. John’s Shrewsbury, BC High, and Xaverian were the six teams to make the tournament in at least three of the tournament’s four years. 

Here is the current watch-list in alphabetical order:

Andover

Austin Prep

Belmont

Beverly 

Boston College High School

Burlington

Braintree 

Brockton

Brookline

Catholic Memorial 

Central Catholic

Danvers 

Duxbury

Franklin

Lexington

Lowell

Mansfield

Masconomet

Medford

Minnechaug

Newton North

North Andover

North Attleboro 

Oliver Ames

Plymouth North 

Reading 

St. John’s Prep

St. John’s Shrewsbury  

Wachusett

Wellesley