List of Massachusetts state high school football champions

Below is a list of Massachusetts state and regional high school football champions sanctioned by the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association since the organization began holding state championship games in 1972.[1] From 1972 to 2012, only regional champions were crowned. Starting in 2013, a new format was implemented to crown a true state champion in six statewide divisions.[2] The number of divisions expanded to eight in 2016, which has remained in place since.[3]

Regional Champions

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Eastern Massachusetts Champions

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Year Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4 Division 5
1972 Brockton Swampscott      
1973 Brockton (2) Catholic Memorial North Attleborough Hanover
1974 Natick Andover North Attleborough (2) Hanover (2)
1975 Woburn Andover (2) Newburyport Hanover (3)
1976 Walpole Lynn Classical Newburyport (2) Hanover (4)
1977 Norwood Boston College High Ipswich Hull
1978 Medford Catholic Memorial (2) Concord-Carlisle Middleborough
1979 Woburn (2) Lynn Classical (2) Canton Middleborough (2)
1980 Norwood (2) Taunton Silver Lake Regional Millis Nantucket
1981 Walpole (2) Winthrop Canton (2) Holliston Manchester
1982 Natick (2) St. John's Prep Franklin Dom Savio Manchester (2)
1983 Natick (3) Winthrop (2) Dartmouth Middleborough (3) West Roxbury
1984 Brockton (3) Plymouth-Carver Regional Dartmouth (2) Westwood St. Clement
1985 Brockton (4) Tewksbury Lincoln-Sudbury Holliston (2) Norton
1986 Winchester Xaverian Brothers Lincoln-Sudbury (2) Archbishop Williams Greater Lowell
1987 Brockton (5) Chelmsford Foxborough Norwell West Roxbury (2)
1988 Brockton (6) Dracut Foxborough (2) Westwood (2) West Roxbury (3)
1989 Walpole (3) Plymouth (2) Lincoln-Sudbury (3) Whitman-Hanson Dorchester
1990 Peabody Winchester (2) Case East Bridgewater Greater Lowell (2)
Year Division 1A Division 1B Division 2A Division 2B Division 3A Division 3B Division 4A Division 4B Division 5A Division 5B Division 6A Division 6B
1991 Brockton (7) Waltham Chelmsford (2) Walpole (4) Gloucester Foxborough (3) Fairhaven Ipswich (2) Greater Lowell (3) Martha's Vineyard Regional Weston West Bridgewater
1992 Brockton (8) North Quincy Methuen Wellesley Rockland Mansfield Cardinal Spellman Ipswich (3) Greater Lowell (4) Martha's Vineyard Regional (2) Westwood (3) Marian
1993 New Bedford Peabody (2) Billerica Wellesley (2) North Attleborough (3) Westford (3) Old Rochester Regional Arlington Catholic West Roxbury (4) Boston English Bellingham Hopkinton
1994 New Bedford (2) Xaverian Brothers (2) Chelmsford (3) Acton-Boxborough Whitman-Hanson (2) Mansfield (2) North Andover Fairhaven (2) East Boston Tyngsborough Westwood (4) Millis (2)
1995 Barnstable Xaverian Brothers (3) Reading Walpole (5) Gloucester (2) Marshfield Wareham Newburyport (3) West Roxbury (5) Nantucket (2) Chelsea Ashland
1996 Brockton (9) Xaverian Brothers (4) Reading (2) Tewksbury (2) Marshfield (2) Mansfield (3) Dighton-Rehoboth Hull (2) Greater Lowell (5) Nantucket (3) Westwood (5) Weston (2)
1997 St. John's Prep (2) Everett Walpole (6) Central Catholic Bishop Feehan North Attleborough (4) Newburyport (4) Norwell (2) Boston English (2) Martha's Vineyard Regional (3) St. Bernard's North Shore Tech
Year Division 1A Division 1B Division 2A Division 2B Division 2C Division 3A Division 3B Division 4A Division 4B Division 5A Division 5B Division 6A Division 6B
1998 Xaverian Brothers (5) Bridgewater-Raynham Reading (3) Marshfield (3) Central Catholic (2) North Attleborough (5) Rockland (2) Dighton-Rehoboth (2) Norwell (3) Bellingham (2) Greater Lawrence Weston (3) Pope John Paul II
1999 Everett (2) Barnstable (2) Billerica (2) Wakefield Wellesley (3) North Attleborough (6) Salem Pentucket Regional Bishop Fenwick Martha's Vineyard Regional (4) Millis (3) Manchester / Rockport (3) Austin Prep
2000 Boston College High (2) Bridgewater-Raynham (2) Framingham Norwood (3) Reading (4) Gloucester (3) Rockland (3) Bishop Fenwick (2) Fairhaven (3) Bellingham (3) Greater Lowell (6) Georgetown Savio Prep (2)
Year Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4 Division 5 Division 6 Division 7
2001 Everett (3) Acton-Boxborough (2) Whitman-Hanson (3) Bishop Feehan (2) Bellingham (4) Marian (2) Charlestown
2002 Everett (4) Acton-Boxborough (3) North Attleborough (7) Bishop Feehan (3) Abington Marian (3) South Shore
2003 Everett (5) Acton-Boxborough (4) Mansfield (4) Bishop Feehan (4) Westwood (6) Martha's Vineyard Regional (5) South Shore (2)
Year Division 1 Division 1A Division 2 Division 2A Division 3 Division 3A Division 4
2004 Brockton (10) Acton-Boxborough (5) Mansfield (5) Bishop Feehan (5) Westwood (7) East Boston (2) Southeastern
2005 Brockton (11) Woburn (3) Natick (4) Duxbury Abington (2) St. Mary's Southeastern (2)
2006 Everett (6) Wayland Foxborough (4) Winthrop (3) Medfield Ipswich (4) West Bridgewater (2)
2007 Everett (7) Chelmsford (4) Bishop Feehan (6) Gloucester (4) Swampscott (2) Greater Lawrence (2) Brighton
2008 Boston College High (3) Dracut (2) Walpole (7) Duxbury (2) Arlington Catholic (2) Amesbury Manchester Essex (4)
Year Division 1 Division 1A Division 2 Division 2A Division 3 Division 3A Division 4 Division 4A Division 5
2009 Xaverian Brothers (6) Gloucester (5) Reading (5) Marshfield (4) Bishop Feehan (7) Austin Prep (2) Whittier Northeast Metro Tech  
2010 Everett (8) Gloucester (6) Mansfield (6) Duxbury (3) Beverly Holliston (3) Shawsheen Valley Northeast Metro Tech (2)
2011 Boston College High (4) Everett (9) Duxbury (4) Dennis-Yarmouth Regional Concord-Carlisle (2) Bourne Mashpee Blue Hills Nantucket (4)
2012 St. John's Prep (3) Everett (10) Reading (6) Beverly (2) Sharon Bishop Feehan (8) Abington (3) Boston Cathedral Upper Cape

Central/Western Massachusetts Champions

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Year Division 1 Division 2 Division 3
1972 Fitchburg East Longmeadow  
1973 Leominster Algonquin Regional Oakmont Regional
1974 Leominster (2) Taconic Northbridge
1975 Chicopee Milford Amherst Regional
1976 Westfield East Longmeadow (2) Mahar Regional
1977 St. John's Minnechaug Regional Oakmont Regional (2)
Year Division 1 Central Division 1 West Division 2 Central Division 2 West Division 3 West
1978 Leominster (3) Minnechaug Regional (2) Oakmont Regional (3) Athol
1979 Marlborough Holyoke Lunenburg Hoosac Valley
1980 Doherty Memorial Westfield (2) Ayer Hoosac Valley (2)
1981 Leominster (4) Westfield (3) Lunenburg (2) Ware
1982 Leominster (5) Holyoke (2) Ayer (2) Drury
1983 Milford (2) Minnechaug Regional (3) Lunenburg (3) Wahconah Regional Assabet Valley Regional
1984 Westborough Minnechaug Regional (4) Oakmont Regional (4) Athol (2) Grafton
1985 St. John's (2) Longmeadow Westford Palmer Grafton (2)
1986 Milford (3) Northampton Westford (2) Palmer (2) Grafton (3)
1987 Milford (4) Westfield (4) Worcester South Hoosac Valley (3) Northbridge (2)
1988 St. John's (3) Springfield Cathedral Worcester South (2) Drury (2) West Boylston
1989 Leominster (6) Springfield Cathedral (2) North Middlesex Regional Hoosac Valley (4) Northbridge (3)
1990 Leominster (7) Holyoke (3) North Middlesex Regional (2) Monument Mountain Regional Narragansett Regional
1991 Fitchburg (2) Springfield Central Hudson St. Joseph's Uxbridge
1992 North Middlesex Regional (3) Longmeadow (2) St. Peter-Marian Hoosac Valley (5) Uxbridge (2)
1993 North Middlesex Regional (4) Springfield Central (2) St. Peter-Marian (2) Lee Millbury
1994 North Middlesex Regional (5) Springfield Central (3) St. Peter-Marian (3) Lee (2) Clinton
1995 North Middlesex Regional (6) Holyoke (4) St. Peter-Marian (4) St. Joseph's (2) Clinton (2)
1996 Fitchburg (3) Springfield Central (4) St. Peter-Marian (5) Monument Mountain Regional (2) Narragansett Regional (2)
Year Division 1 Division 1A Division 2 Division 2A Division 3 Division 3A
1997 Springfield Central (5) Leominster (8) Longmeadow (3) Gardner Northbridge (4) Oxford
1998 Springfield Cathedral (3) Leominster (9) Longmeadow (4) Wahconah Regional (2) Northbridge (5) Lunenburg (4)
1999 Nashoba Regional Longmeadow (5) Amherst Regional (2) Mt. Greylock Clinton (3) Commerce
2000 Fitchburg (4) Shrewsbury Mt. Greylock (2) Leicester Clinton (4) Bay Path
2001 St. John's (4) Springfield Central (6) Northbridge (6) Commerce (2) Clinton (5) Bay Path (2)
2002 Leominster (10) Longmeadow (6) Northbridge (7) Commerce (3) Clinton (6) Worcester North
2003 Longmeadow (7) Wachusett Regional Wahconah Regional (3) Millbury (2) Mahar Regional (2) Belchertown
2004 St. John's (5) Wachusett Regional (2) Burncoat Leicester (2) Mahar Regional (3) Worcester North (2)
Year Division 1 Division 1AA Division 1A Division 2 Division 2A Division 3 Division 3A
2005 Longmeadow (8) St. John's (6) South Hadley Holy Name Auburn Narragansett Regional (3) Easthampton
2006 Longmeadow (9) St. John's (7) Milford (5) Holy Name (2) Chicopee Comp Oakmont Regional (5) Worcester South (3)
Year Division 1 Division 1A Division 2 Division 2A Division 3 Division 3A
2007 Longmeadow (10) Shrewsbury (2) Shepherd Hill Regional Northbridge (8) Putnam Blackstone Valley
2008 Longmeadow (11) Holy Name (3) Tantasqua Regional Auburn (2) Putnam (2) Assabet Valley Regional (2)
Year Division 1 Central Division 1 West Division 1A Central Division 2 Central Division 2 West Division 2A Central Division 3 Central Division 3 West Division 3A Central Division 4 West
2009 Wachusett Regional (3) West Springfield St. John's (8) Prouty Hoosac Valley (6) Auburn (3) Oakmont Regional (6) Mahar Regional (4) Clinton (7) Ware (2)
2010 St. John's (9) Wachusett Regional (4) Northbridge (9) Auburn (4) Narragansett Regional (4) Clinton (8) Longmeadow (12) South Hadley (2) Mt. Greylock (3) Easthampton (2)
Year Division 1 Central Division 1 West Division 2 Central Division 2 West Division 3 Central Division 3 West Division 4 Central Division 4 West Division 5 Central Division 6 Central
2011 Leominster (11) Longmeadow (13) Nashoba Regional (2) Putnam (3) Auburn (5) Mt. Greylock (4) Northbridge (10) Pioneer Valley Leicester (3) Bay Path (3)
2012 Leominster (12) Springfield Central (7) Nashoba Regional (3) Wahconah Regional (4) Auburn (6) Mt. Greylock (5) Grafton (4) Pathfinder West Boylston (2) Blackstone Valley (2)

State Champions

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Year Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4 Division 5 Division 6
2013 Central Catholic (3) Mansfield (7) Tewksbury (3) Doherty Memorial (2) Bishop Fenwick (3) Littleton
2014 Xaverian Brothers (7) Marshfield (5) Dartmouth (3) Holliston (4) Abington (4) Cohasset
2015 Xaverian Brothers (8) Nashoba Regional (4) Dartmouth (4) Holliston (5) Northbridge (11) Mashpee (2)
Year Division 1 Division 1A Division 2 Division 2A Division 3 Division 3A Division 4 Division 4A
2016 Everett (11) King Philip Regional Duxbury (5) Falmouth Hanover (5) East Bridgewater (2) Mashpee (3) Millis-Hopedale (4)
Year Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4 Division 5 Division 6 Division 7 Division 8
2017 Everett (12) King Philip Regional (2) St. John's (10) Melrose Dennis-Yarmouth Regional (2) Middleborough (4) Mashpee (4) Millis (5)
2018 St. John's Prep (4) North Andover (2) Springfield Central (8) Nashoba Regional (5) Scituate Stoneham Blackstone Valley (3) St. Bernard's (2)
2019 St. John's Prep (5) Mansfield (8) Springfield Central (9) Melrose (2) Swampscott (3) Ashland (2) Abington (5) St. Bernard's (3)
2020 No state tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Springfield Central (10) Catholic Memorial (3) Marblehead Scituate (2) Swampscott (4) Rockland (4) Cohasset (2) Randolph
2022 St. Johns Prep (6) Catholic Memorial (4) Wakefield (2) Duxbury (6) North Reading St. Mary's (2) West Boylston (3) Hull (3)
2023 Xaverian Brothers (9) King Philip Regional (3) Milton Duxbury (7) Foxboro (5) Fairhaven (4) Uxbridge West Boylston (4)

Most Championships

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Rank School Number Years
1 Longmeadow 13 1985, 1992, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011
2 Leominster 12 1973, 1974, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2011, 2012
3 Everett 12 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017
4 Brockton 11 1972, 1973, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2005
5 Northbridge 11 1974, 1987, 1989, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2015
6 St. John's 10 1977, 1985, 1988, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2017
7 Springfield Central 10 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2012, 2018, 2019, 2021
8 Xaverian Brothers 9 1986, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2023
9 Clinton 8 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010
10 Bishop Feehan 8 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2012
11 Mansfield 8 1992, 1994, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2013, 2019

Vocational Champions

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In addition, the Massachusetts Vocational Athletic Directors Association (MVADA) holds a tournament for vocational schools that do not qualify for the MIAA tournament. However, these championships are not recognized by the MIAA. The vocational champions are listed below:[4][5]

Year Large Small
2004 Bay Path South Shore
2005 Whittier Dean Tech
2006 Shawsheen Assabet Valley
2007 Shawsheen (2) South Shore (2)
2008 Bay Path (2) South Shore (3)
2009 Lynn Tech Blackstone Valley
2010 Greater New Bedford North Shore Tech
2011 Greater New Bedford (2) Lynn Tech
2012 Greater New Bedford (3) Blue Hills
2013 Blackstone Valley Blue Hills (2)
2014 Whittier Tech (2) Essex Tech (2)
2015 Monty Tech Essex Tech (3)
2016 Northeast Metro Upper Cape
2017 Assabet Lynn Tech (2)
2018 Greater Lawrence Nashoba Valley Tech
2019 Greater Lawrence South Shore
2020 No vocational tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Northeast Metro (2) Blue Hills (4)
2022 Bay Path (3) South Shore (4)
2023 Bay Path (4) Blue Hills (5)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Football". miaa.net. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  2. ^ Barboza, Scott (October 26, 2012). "MIAA adopts new football playoff format". ESPN. Marlborough, Massachusetts. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  3. ^ Garven, Rich (April 8, 2016). "High school football playoff system remains after decisive vote". Telegram & Gazette. Milford, Massachusetts. Retrieved August 14, 2021. The number of divisions is expanded from six to eight.
  4. ^ "Past Vocational Football Champions" (PDF). MVADA. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Fall Champions". MVADA. December 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
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