Winchester Earns Rematch With Andover In MIAA Tourney

The Winchester High field hockey team gets another shot at Andover after earning the No. 9 seed in the MIAA Division 1 North tournament. The tournament pairings were released Monday.

The Sachems lost to Andover, 1-0, in overtime in the sectional final last fall and the Golden Warriors went on to win the Division 1 state title. This season Winchester finished 12-4-2 while Andover earned the No. 8 seed at 11-2-5. Andover will host the first-round game Wednesday at 6 p.m. Winchester is one of four teams from the Middlesex League in the 16-team Division 1 North field.

The complete Division 1 North pairings with seeds and w-l records.

1. Acton-Boxboro (17-1-0); 2. Masconomet (15-1-2); 3. Lexington (15-1-2); 4. Natick (12-2-2); 5. Beverly (14-3-1); 6. Central Catholic (13-2-3); 7. Belmont (12-4-0); 8. Andover (11-2-5); 9. Winchester (12-4-2); 10. Concord-Carlisle (12-4-2); 11. Chelmsford (12-5-1); 12. Lincoln-Sudbury (10-5-1); 13. Framingham (10-6-0); 14. Methuen (10-7-2); 15. Reading (9-7-2); 16. North Andover (8-7-3).