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. The MIAA is a member of the

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(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).

Sports

Men's team sports

* Baseball * Basketball * Field Hockey * Football * Golf * Gymnastics * Ice Hockey * Lacrosse * Rugby * Ski * Soccer * Softball * Swimming & Diving * Tennis * Track & Cross Country * Volleyball * Wrestling Girls wrestling gained MIAA status in 2011. Rugby became the MIAA's 35th sport in 2016, following a 2015 MIAC vote that passed by a wide majority.

Districts & Leagues

The leagues in the MIAA are separated into nine districts (Numbered 1-9).

District 1

* Berkshire County League * Pioneer Valley Interscholastic Athletic Conference (PVIAC)

District 2

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(CMC) * Colonial Athletic Conference (CAC) *

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(DVC) *

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(IHL) *

South Worcester County League South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Pro ...

(SWCL)

District 3

* Midland Wachusett League (MWL) * Worcester County Athletic Conference (WCAC)

District 4

* Dual County League (DCL) * Merrimack Valley Conference (MVC) *

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(ML)

District 5

Cape Ann League The Cape Ann League (CAL) is a high school athletic conference in District A of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association. The league is based mainly on or around Cape Ann, a small cape on the North Shore of Massachusetts Member s ...

(CAL) *

Commonwealth Athletic Conference The Commonwealth Athletic Conference (CAC) is a high school athletic conference in District A of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) is an organization that sponso ...

(CAC) *

Greater Boston League The Greater Boston League (GBL) is a high school athletic conference in District B of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association. The league originally included teams from the cities and towns of Medford, Malden, Somerville, Everett ...

(GBL) *

Northeastern Conference The Northeastern Conference (NEC) is a high school athletic conference in District A of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association. Schools In 2019, teams from Everett, Malden, Medford, Revere, and Somerville, left the NEC to r ...

(NEC)

District 6

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(BCL) *

Catholic Central League The Catholic Central League (CCL) is a high school athletic conference in district H of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association. Most league members are schools with Catholic affiliations. The league is based mostly in the eastern pa ...

(CCL) * Catholic Conference

District 7

Bay State Conference The Bay State Conference, is an interscholastic high school athletic league located in the Metro Boston, Metrowest, and Southeastern Massachusetts ( South Shore) regions of the United States. The Bay State Conference is named after the nickname of ...

(BSC) * Hockomock League * Tri-Valley League (TVL)

District 8

Mayflower Athletic Conference ''Mayflower'' was an English ship that transported a group of English families, known today as the Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony), Pilgrims, from England to the New World in 1620. After a grueling 10 weeks at sea, ''Mayflower'', with 102 passenger ...

(MAC) * South Coast Conference (SCC) *

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(SEC)

District 9

* Cape and Islands League (CAL) *

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(PL) * South Shore League (SSL)

State Champions

Baseball

The MIAA Baseball State Champions are listed below.

Most State Championships

Football

Ice hockey

The state champions for ice hockey are listed below.

Boys' ice hockey

= Most State Championships

Soccer

Boys Soccer

The MIAA Boys Soccer State Champions are listed below.

Girls Soccer

The MIAA Girls Soccer State Champions are listed below.

References

External links

* {{Portal bar, Sports 1978 establishments in Massachusetts 1978 in sports in Massachusetts High school sports associations in the United States Massachusetts high school sports associations Sports in Norfolk County, Massachusetts Sports organizations established in 1978