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Sunday, February 24, 2013

Region's Teams Ranked Among State's Best

In our weekly look at media outlets' Top 25 lists, there are several teams in the region making an appearance.

Editor's Note: The following story is published in Burlington, Woburn, Reading, North Reading, Wilmington, Tewksbury, Westford and Chelmsford as they are the towns currently included in Patch's region of sports coverage. It's one of the most wonderful times of the year. It's playoff time for high school teams across the region. While track, swimming, wrestling and cheerleading teams have already found success in their postseason competitions, area basketball and hockey teams are just about to begin their own playoffs this week. But before the brackets get underway, we look back at the most recent rankings that were compiled by various media outlets in the area. Boys Basketball In our last version of the rankings roundup, Division 3 North …

Sunday, February 17, 2013

Teams Throughout Region Crack Top 25 Lists

ESPN Boston and the Boston Globe's published rankings feature several local teams.

Editor's Note: The following story is published in Burlington, Woburn, Reading, North Reading, Wilmington, Tewksbury, Westford and Chelmsford as they are the towns currently included in Patch's region of sports coverage. The state tournament is made to determine how teams stack up against one another. But until that time comes in just over a week, there’s another way to figure that out. Several local media outlets compile weekly rankings for boys and girls teams in both hockey and basketball. And multiple Patch towns in the area are represented in the rankings posted in recent days by ESPNBoston.com and the Boston Globe. Putting together the most impressive showing of the region’s teams is Reading. The Rockets are the top-ranked girls …

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