Organization
Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Abbreviation MIAA Formation 1978 Purpose Athletic / Educational Location Region served
Massachusetts Membership
374 public and private high schools Website miaa .net
The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA ) is an organization that sponsors activities in thirty-three sports, comprising 374 public and private high schools in the U.S. state of Massachusetts .[ 1] The MIAA is a member of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), which writes the rules for most U.S. high school sports and activities. The MIAA was founded in 1978, and was preceded by both the Massachusetts Secondary School Principals Association (MSSPA) (1942–1978) and the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Council (MIAC) (1950–1978).
Fall Winter Spring Boys' Cross Country Boys' Basketball Baseball Girls' Cross Country Girls' Basketball Girls' Golf Field Hockey Girls' Gymnastics Boys' Lacrosse Football Boys' Ice Hockey Girls' Lacrosse Boys' Golf Girls' Ice Hockey Boys' Rugby Boys' Soccer Boys' Alpine Skiing Girls' Rugby Girls' Soccer Girls' Alpine Skiing Softball Girls' Swimming & Diving Boys' Nordic Skiing Boys' Tennis Girls' Volleyball Girls' Nordic Skiing Girls' Tennis Boys' Swimming & Diving Boys' Outdoor Track & Field Girls' Swimming & Diving Girls' Outdoor Track & Field Boys' Indoor Track & Field Boys' Volleyball Girls' Indoor Track & Field Boys' Wrestling Girls' Wrestling
Girls wrestling gained MIAA status in 2011.[ 2] Rugby became the MIAA's 35th sport in 2016, following a 2015 MIAC vote that passed by a wide majority.[ 3]
Districts & Leagues[ edit ] The leagues in the MIAA are separated into nine districts (numbered 1-9).[ 4]
Central Massachusetts Conference Colonial Athletic Conference Dual Valley Conference Inter High League South Worcester County League Midland Wachusett League Worcester County Athletic Conference Mayflower Athletic Conference South Coast Conference Southeast Conference Cape and Islands League Patriot League South Shore League Most State Championships [ edit ] Sport Season Most Championships Baseball Spring Somerville, Braintree & St. Mary's Lynn (5) Boys Basketball Winter Durfee (9) Girls' Basketball Winter Football Fall Longmeadow (13) Boys' Ice Hockey Winter Catholic Memorial (17) Girls' Ice Hockey Winter Boys' Lacrosse Spring Girls' Lacrosse Spring Girls' Rugby Spring Belmont (6) Boys' Soccer Fall Ludlow (6) Girls' Soccer Fall Boys' Swimming & Diving Winter Weston (27) Girls' Swimming & Diving Fall/Winter Andover (17) Girls' Volleyball Fall Barnstable (18) Boys' Volleyball Spring Boys' Rugby Spring BC High (4)
The MIAA Baseball State Champions are listed below.[ 5]
Most State Championships [ edit ] Rank School Number Years 1 Somerville 5 1935, 1941, 1951, 1954, 1965 2 Braintree 5 1972, 1984, 1989, 2015, 2016 3 St. Mary's Lynn 5 1987, 1988, 2017, 2019, 2021 4 Springfield Tech 4 1968, 1969, 1970, 1975 5 Holyoke 4 1950, 1953, 1978, 1985 6 Leominster 4 1986, 1988, 1996, 2014 7 Boston College High 4 2001, 2008, 2009, 2024
The state champions for basketball are listed below.[ 6]
Year Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4 Division 5 1972 Lexington Rockland Holy Family 1973 Holy Name Rindge Tech St. Mary’s (Worcester) 1974 Boston English North Andover Lenox 1975 Boston English (2) North Andover (2) Notre Dame (Fitchburg) 1976 Don Bosco Commerce Cathedral 1977 Durfee (6) Commerce (2) Notre Dame (Fitchburg) (2) 1978 Lexington (2) Commerce (3) Charlestown (2) 1979 Cambridge Rindge & Latin Hyde Park Bartlett 1980 Cambridge Rindge & Latin (2) Lynn Classical Cathedral (2) 1981 Cambridge Rindge & Latin (3) Wayland Dover-Sherborn 1982 No state tournament, (Proposition 2 1/2) 1983 Don Bosco (2) Wakefield Swampscott 1984 Durfee (7) West Roxbury Cardinal Spellman 1985 Brockton East Boston Cohasset 1986 Cambridge Rindge & Latin (4) East Boston (2) Cohasset (2) 1987 Springfield Central (2) Wahconah Frontier Regional 1988 Durfee (8) Milton St. Joseph 1989 Durfee (9) Duxbury Matignon 1990 Cambridge Rindge & Latin (5) Salem Smith Academy 1991 Springfield Central (3) Sharon Wayland (2) 1992 South Boston East Boston (3) Smith Academy (2) 1993 New Bedford Belmont Lynn Classical (2) 1994 New Bedford (2) Duxbury (2) Lynn Classical (3) Trinity Catholic 1995 South Boston (2) Salem (2) Winthrop Avon 1996 South Boston (3) Milton (2) Pioneer Valley Arlington Catholic 1997 Taunton Wakefield (2) Pioneer Valley Avon (2) 1998 Attleboro St. Bernard’s Weston Avon (3) 1999 Central Catholic East Boston (4) North Cambridge Catholic Avon (4) 2000 St. John’s Charlestown (3) Newburyport Lynnfield 2001 Cambridge Rindge & Latin (6) Charlestown (4) St. Joseph (2) St. Mary’s Lynn 2002 Pope Francis Charlestown (5) Lynn Tech St. Mary’s Lynn (2) 2003 Amherst-Pelham Charlestown (6) Bellingham Matignon (2) 2004 Commerce (4) Walpole Rockland (2) Minuteman Regional 2005 Newton North Charlestown (7) Whitinsville Christian Ipswich 2006 Newton North (2) Duxbury High (3) SABIS Cathedral (3) 2007 Boston College High Tantasqua Regional Watertown Cathedral (4) 2008 Central Catholic (2) Catholic Memorial Frontier (2) North Cambridge Catholic (2) 2009 St. John's (2) Milton Watertown (2) Cathedral (5) 2010 Central Catholic (3) Sabis (2) Wareham New Mission 2011 St. John's Prep New Mission (2) Whitinsville Christian School Winthrop (2) 2012 Springfield Central (3) Mahar Regional Danvers St. Mary's Lynn (3) 2013 Putnam Vo-Tech Brighton Danvers (2) Bishop Connolly 2014 Putnam Vo-Tech (2) New Mission (3) Cardinal Spellman (2) St. Clement 2015 Catholic Memorial (2) Danvers (3) Old Rochester Hamilton-Wenham 2016 Cambridge Rindge & Latin (7) New Mission (4) Bishop Stang St. Mary's Lynn (4) 2017 Cambridge Rindge & Latin (8) Brighton (2) Hanover Maynard 2018 Mansfield Tech Boston Watertown (3) Pope John XXIII 2019 Lynn English Tech Boston (2) Dover-Sherborn (2) Worcester Tech 2020 Lynn English (2) & Springfield Central (4) Whitman Hanson & Taconic Burke & Sutton Abington & Hopedale 2020 State tournament cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic leading to Co-champions 2021 No state tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2022 Boston College High (2) Malden Catholic St. Mary's Lynn (5) Randolph Maynard (2) 2023 Worcester North Malden Catholic (2) Archbishop Williams Wareham (2) Taconic (2) 2024 Worcester North (2) Malden Catholic (3) Charlestown (8) Wareham (3) New Mission (5)
Most State Championships [ edit ] Rank School Number Years 1 Durfee 9 1947, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1984, 1988, 1989 2 Cambridge Rindge & Latin 8 1979, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1990, 2001, 2016, 2017 2 Charlestown 8 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2024 4 Somerville 7
The state champions for ice hockey are listed below.[ 7]
Most State Championships [ edit ] Rank School Number Years 1 Catholic Memorial 17 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009 2 Matignon 10 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1993 3 Malden Catholic 8 1948, 1960, 1974, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 4 Arlington 8 1947, 1949, 1959, 1964, 1967, 1971, 2017, 2020 5 Boston College High 7 1994, 1996, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2018, 2019
Boys' Swimming & Diving[ edit ] Boys' Swimming & Diving has been an MIAA sport since 1947, competing in the winter season. Division 2 was added in 1987. The MIAA Boys' Swimming & Diving State Champions are listed below.
Year Division 1 Division 2 1947 Gardner 1948 Gardner (2) 1949 Gardner (3) 1950 Springfield Tech 1951 Springfield Tech (2) 1952 Gardner (4) 1953 Gardner (5) 1954 Gardner (6) 1955 Gardner (7) 1956 Gardner (8) 1957 Gardner (9) 1958 Gardner (10) 1959 Gardner (11) 1960 Gardner (12) 1961 Gardner (13) 1962 Holyoke 1963 Minnechaug 1964 Boston English 1965 Holyoke (2) 1966 Gardner (14) 1967 Chicopee 1968 Holyoke (3) 1969 Holyoke (4) 1970 Minnechaug (2) 1971 Seekonk 1972 Seekonk (2) 1973 Seekonk (3) 1974 Longmeadow 1975 Springfield Cathedral 1976 East Longmeadow 1977 Springfield Cathedral (2) 1978 Haverhill 1979 Longmeadow (2) 1980 Gardner (15) 1981 Springfield Cathedral (3) 1982 No State Championship due to Prop. 2 1/2 1983 Weston 1984 Longmeadow (3) and Westfield 1985 Brookline 1986 Minnechaug (3) 1987 Lincoln-Sudbury Weston (2) 1988 Acton-Boxborough Weston (3) 1989 Acton-Boxborough (2) Weston (4) 1990 Acton-Boxborough (3) Weston (5) 1991 Acton-Boxborough (4) - 1992 Acton-Boxborough (5) - 1993 Acton-Boxborough (6) Weston (6) 1994 Acton-Boxborough (7) Weston (7) 1995 Acton-Boxborough (8) Weston (8) 1996 Xaverian Brothers Seekonk (4) 1997 Boston College High Weston (9) 1998 Boston College High (2) Lincoln-Sudbury (2) 1999 Boston College High (3) Weston (10) 2000 Acton-Boxborough (9) Weston (11) 2001 St. John's Prep Weston (12) 2002 Chelmsford Weston (13) 2003 Chelmsford (2) Weston (14) 2004 Chelmsford (3) Weston (15) 2005 Boston College High (4) Weston (16) 2006 St. John's Prep (2) Weston (17) 2007 St. John's Prep (3) Weston (18) 2008 St. John's Prep (4) Weston (19) 2009 St. John's Prep (5) Wayland 2010 St. John's Prep (6) Wayland (2) 2011 St. John's Prep (7) King Philip 2012 St. John's Prep (8) Weston (20) 2013 St. John's Prep (9) Weston (21) 2014 St. John's Prep (10) Weston (22) 2015 Westford Academy Weston (23) 2016 St. John's Prep (11) Weston (24) 2017 St. John's Prep (12) Wayland (3) 2018 St. John's Prep (13) Wayland (4) 2019 St. John's Prep (14) Wayland (5) 2020 St. John's Prep (15) Wayland (6) 2021 No State Championships due to COVID-19 pandemic 2022 St. John's Prep (16) Weston (25) 2023 Westford Academy (2) Weston (26) 2024 St. John's Prep (17) Weston (27)
Most State Championships [ edit ] Rank School Number Years 1 Weston 27 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2022, 2023, 2024 2 St. John's Prep 17 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024 3 Gardner 15 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1980 4 Acton-Boxborough 9 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000 5 Wayland 6 2009, 2010, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Girls' Swimming & Diving[ edit ] Girls' Swimming & Diving has been an MIAA sport since 1972, beginning solely as a fall season sport. Girls' swimming & diving then expanded to become both a fall and winter season sport beginning in 1991. Division 2 was added in 2004 for the fall season and 2006 for the winter season. The MIAA Girls' Swimming & Diving State Champions are listed below.
Year Division 1 Fall Division 2 Fall Division 1 Winter Division 2 Winter 1971 Wellesley 1972 Wellesley (2) 1973 Wayland 1974 Bedford 1975 Bedford (2) 1976 Minnechaug 1977 East Longmeadow 1978 Durfee 1979 Northampton 1980 Northampton (2) 1981 No State Championship due to Prop. 2 1/2 1982 Acton-Boxborough 1983 Acton-Boxborough (2) 1984 Acton-Boxborough (3) 1985 Acton-Boxborough (4) 1986 Acton-Boxborough (5) 1987 Acton-Boxborough (6) 1988 Wellesley (3) 1989 Wellesley (4) 1990 Wellesley (5) 1991 Acton-Boxborough (7) Lynn English 1992 Acton-Boxborough (8) Minnechaug (2) 1993 Acton-Boxborough (9) St. Joseph 1994 Acton-Boxborough (10) Gardner 1995 Acton-Boxborough (11) Gardner (2) 1996 Acton-Boxborough (12) Gardner (3) 1997 Acton-Boxborough (13) Gardner (4) 1998 Acton-Boxborough (14) Gardner (5) 1999 Andover Gardner (6) 2000 Andover* [Vacated] Gardner (7) 2001 Andover (2) Gardner (8) 2002 Andover (3) Gardner (9) 2003 Andover* [Vacated] Gardner (10) 2004 Andover (4) Central Catholic Gardner (11) 2005 Andover (5) Notre Dame Academy Gardner (12) 2006 Andover (6) Notre Dame Academy (2) Gardner (13) Wayland (2) 2007 Andover (7) Notre Dame Academy (3) Gardner (14) Wayland (3) 2008 Chelmsford Notre Dame Academy (4) Gardner (15) Wayland (4) 2009 Andover (8) Bishop Feehan Lincoln-Sudbury Wayland (5) 2010 Andover (9) Reading Gardner (16) Wayland (6) 2011 Andover (10) Bishop Feehan (2) Lincoln-Sudbury (2) Marblehead 2012 Andover (11) Bishop Feehan (3) Westford Academy Wayland (7) 2013 Chelmsford (2) Bishop Feehan (4) Westford Academy (2) Wayland (8) 2014 Andover (12) Bishop Feehan (5) Westford Academy (3) Wayland (9) 2015 Andover (13) Bishop Feehan (6) Lincoln-Sudbury (3) Weston 2016 Andover (14) Reading (2) Westford Academy (4) Marblehead (2) 2017 Andover (15) Reading (3) Westford Academy (5) Duxbury 2018 Andover (16) Reading (4) Westford Academy (6) Duxbury (2) 2019 Andover (17) Wellesley (6) Westford Academy (7) Wayland (10) 2020 No State Championships due to COVID-19 pandemic Westford Academy (8) Duxbury (3) 2021 Acton-Boxborough (15) Wellesley (7) No State Championships due to COVID-19 pandemic 2022 Acton-Boxborough (16) Wellesley (8) Westford Academy (9) Amherst-Pelham 2023 Needham Wellesley (9) Lincoln-Sudbury (4) Marblehead (3) 2024 TBD TBD Concord-Carlisle Weston (2)
Most State Championships [ edit ] Rank School Number Years 1 Andover 17 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 2 Acton-Boxborough 16 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2021, 2022 2 Gardner 16 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 3 Wayland 10 1973, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019 4 Wellesley 9 1971, 1972, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 4 Westford Academy 9 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
The MIAA Boys Soccer State Champions are listed below.[ 8]
The MIAA Girls Soccer State Champions are listed below.[ 9]
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