MIAA posted the power rankings for Basketball and Hockey on Friday. They showed one Algonquin team on solid footing for making playoffs later this winter, two with fairly good chances, and one on very shaky ground.
ARHS Boys Basketball ranked #33 for Division 1 — the last spot that can qualify to make playoffs this winter. The ranking was based on their record as of their latest win, 62-46 over Hudson last Tuesday. That was followed by a 54-46 loss to Leominster on Friday night. Their current record is 6-3.
Girls Basketball‘s record is also 6-3 after a win and loss last week. The Titans beat Wayland 54-26 but lost to Leominster 41-36 in their Friday night game. In the initial power rankings they were #26, six ranks above their qualifying cutoff.
Boys Ice Hockey is ranked #25, seven spots above their Division 2 playoff cutoff. The rankings were posted after their 4-1 loss to Hopedale last week but before their 5-5 tie with North Middlesex on Saturday. Their record is currently 4-3-1.
Girls Ice Hockey is ranked #13 for D2 with a 3-1-1 record. Last week, they beat Westford 3-2. Their schedule is finally starting to heat up. They’ll play three times this week, starting with a home game vs Shrewsbury tonight.
One of the strongest ARHS teams this winter is Girls Swimming. The Titans are at 7-1 after beating both Tantasqua (120-60) and Wachusett (93-76) in meets last week. Boys Swimming also beat Wachusett (78-45) but lost to Tantasqua (90-87). They stand at 5-3.
Both Boys and Girls Indoor Track teams competed in the three day New England Challenge in Boston last week. Algonquin’s Jonah Gould came in 2nd place for the Men’s 1 Mile and Gonk Girls came in 4th place for the 1600 meter Sprint Medley Relay. You can find the full, detailed results here.
This weekend, the track teams will head back to Boston for the MIAA Division 2 State Relays. Prior to that, they’ll compete again in the 3rd of 5 multi-school “Central Mass Meets” on Wednesday’s this winter leading up to the CMass District competition on February 9th. But it looks like the schools don’t post results from those meets.
(No results were posted for Wrestling or Ski competitions last week, and Gymnastics didn’t have a competition.)
Now, here are the ARHS varsity games on tap for this week:
Note: Tickets for any Home Games which require them are sold here. (Some away game tickets may be found here.)
Monday, January 13, 2025
- 6:00 pm – Girls Ice Hockey vs. Shrewsbury High School @ New England Sports Center
- 7:30 pm – Girls Swimming vs. Tyngsborough @ Clark University
- 7:30 pm – Boys Swimming vs. Tyngsborough @ Clark University
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
- 5:45 pm – Gymnastics vs. Marlborough & Westborough @ Algonquin
- 6:00 pm – Girls Basketball vs. Wachusett Regional @ Algonquin
- 7:00 pm – Boys Basketball vs. Wachusett Regional @ Wachusett Reg. High School
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
- 5:00 pm – Girls Indoor Track vs. Wachusett, Ayer Shirley, Leominster, Littleton, Lunenburg, & North Middlesex @ Wachusett Regional
- 5:00 pm – Boys Indoor Track vs. Wachusett, Ayer Shirley, Leominster, Littleton, Lunenburg, & North Middlesex @ Wachusett Regional
- 6:15 pm – Boys Ice Hockey Borough`s Cup vs. Wachusett Regional @ North Star Ice Sports
- 7:00 pm – Wrestling vs. North Middlesex @ North Middlesex Regional
- 8:00 pm – Girls Ice Hockey vs. Dover-Sherborn @ New England Sports Center
Thursday, January 16, 2025
- 7:00 pm – Girls Ski Slalom Race @ Ski Ward
- 7:00 pm – Boys Ski Slalom Race @ Ski Ward
- 7:00 pm – Girls Swimming vs. Advanced Math & Science Acad. Charter @ Holy Cross College
- 7:00 pm – Boys Swimming vs. Advanced Math & Science Acad. Charter @ Holy Cross College
Friday, January 17, 2025
- 5:00 pm – Girls Basketball vs. Nashoba l@ Nashoba Regional
- 7:00 pm – Boys Basketball vs. Fitchburg @ Algonquin
- 7:00 pm – Girls Ice Hockey vs. Pope Francis @ Smead Arena
(To check for changes or find a complete schedule of Algonquin sports, including JV, freshmen, and unified match ups, click here. Follow these links for the Assabet sports schedule and the St. Mark’s sports schedule.)
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Above: (images cropped from pics courtesy of Owen Jones Photo or tweet by @ARHSAthletics)
