Midland Wachusett League
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The Midland Wachusett League (Mid-Wach) is a high school athletic conference located in District 3 of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association. The Mid-Wach was formed in 1989 as a merger between the Midland and Wachusett leagues.[1] The league consists of twenty-six public high schools in the Worcester County and Middlesex County of Massachusetts.
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| Conference | Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association |
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| Founded | 1989 |
| No. of teams | 26 |
| Official website | https://www.mwlma.org/g5-bin/client.cgi?G5genie=382 |
The league is separated into four divisions (A, B, C, and D) by size of school. Shrewsbury High School is currently the largest with 1,879 students,[2] while Murdock High School is the smallest with 252 students.[3]
The Mid-Wach sponsors eighteen different sports across all divisions in the MIAA, and is the main league in central Massachusetts.
Midland-Wachusett League
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8.1miles
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Shrewsbury
West Boylston
Tahanto
Narragansett
Murdock
Maynard
Bromfield
Tyngsborough
Quabbin
Lunenburg
Littleton
Gardner
Clinton
Ayer-Shirley
Oakmont
North Middlesex
Nashoba
Marlborough
Hudson
Groton-Dunstable
Fitchburg
Westborough
Wachusett
Shepherd Hill
Leominster
Algonquin
Locations of the schools within the Mid-Wach league. Division A schools in gold, B in red, C in black, and D in blue.
In 1992, three years after the Mid-Wach was formed, Westford Academy left for the Dual County League for more recognition and a chance to fit in better with the other schools.[4] In 1995 Murdock High School joined bringing the number of schools in the Mid-Wach back to twenty-two members. A year later, The Mid-Wach admitted Bromfield, Tahanto, and West Boylston all from the Dual Valley League, which brought the total membership up to an even twenty-five.[5] It wasn't until 2011 where the league changed again, this time admitting Tyngsborough from the Dual County, who was outclassed in most sports in the DCL.[6] A year later, longtime member Milford elected to leave for the Hockomock League, citing travel expenses as one of the main reasons for the move.[7] Finally, in 2013 Shepherd Hill joined looking for better competition than what they had in the Southern Worcester County League.[8]
Member Schools[9]
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*Unofficial Mascot
Former Members
| School | Location | Mascot | Colors | Joined | Left | Current League |
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| Milford High School | Milford, Massachusetts | Scarlet Hawks | Red & White | 1989 | 2012[7] | Hockomock League |
| Westford Academy | Westford, Massachusetts | Ghosts | Maroon & Gray | 1989 | 1992[4] | Dual County League |
State Championships
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This is a list of MIAA State championships won by schools while a part of the Mid-Wach league
Football[23]
Note: From 1972 to 2012, football state championships were separated by region, so there would be multiple champions from each division. From 1972 to 1977 and from 1997 to 2008, it was split between Eastern Mass and Central/Western Mass and there would be two champions in each division. From 1978 to 1996 and from 2009 to 2012 Central and Western Mass split so there would be three champions in each division. In 2013 everything was combined and therefore only allowed one state champion per division.
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Cross Country[24]
Girls
- Fitchburg - 1989 D1
- Nashoba - 1992 D1
- Bromfield - 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007 D2; 2023 D3
- Littleton - 2018 D2
Field Hockey[25]
- Quabbin - 1991 D2
Volleyball[26]
- Marlborough - 2003, 2011 D2
- Westborough - 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024 D2
- Groton-Dunstable - 2018 D2
Soccer
Boys[27]
- Nashoba - 1990 D2
- Bromfield - 1996, 2005, 2007, 2008 D3; 2017, 2018, 2019 D4; 2021, 2022 D5
- Groton-Dunstable - 2001, 2011, 2012 D2; 1999 D3
- Westborough - 2003 D2
- Algonquin - 2004 (co-champs with Boston College High School), 2005 D1
Girls[28]
- Marlborough - 1985, 1988, 1991 D1
- Wachusett - 2001, 2002, 2017, 2018 D1
- Nashoba - 2004 D1
- West Boylston 2006 D3
- Algonquin - 2009 D1
Fall Golf[29]
- West Boylston - 2001 D3
- Shrewsbury - 2009 D1
Basketball[30]
Boys
- Maynard - 2017 D4; 2022 D5
Girls
- Maynard - 2020 D4 (Co-champs with Cathedral High School)
Winter Swim & Dive[31]
Girls
- Gardner - 1994–2008, 2010 D1
Gymnastics[32]
Algonquin - 2011, 2012
Ice Hockey[33]
Boys
- Gardner - 1994 D3
- North Middlesex - 1995, 1998, 2014 D3
- Shrewsbury - 1999, 2014, 2017, 2018 D3
- Marlborough - 2005 D3
- Oakmont - 2010 - D3A
- Hudson - 2012 D3
- Groton-Dunstable - 2012 D3A
- Nashoba - 2015, 2016 D3A; 2023 D3
- Lunenburg - 2018 D3A (Co-champs with Ayer Shirley)
- Ayer-Shirley - 2018 D3A (Co-champs with Lunenburg)
- Wachusett - 2019 D3
Girls
- Algonquin - 2022 D2
- Shrewsbury - 2023 D1
Alpine Ski[34]
- Shrewsbury - 2005, 2006 D2
Indoor Track & Field[24]
Boys
- Wachusett - 1994, 1995 D1
- Hudson - 2008 D4
- Nashoba - 2008, 2009, 2022 D3
- Ayer-Shirley - 2018 D4
- Littleton - 2022, 2023, 2024 D4
Girls
- Shrewsbury - 1991, 1992 D2
- Wachusett - 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002 D1
- Bromfield - 2001, 2006-2010 D4
- Littleton - 2017, 2018 D5
Baseball[35]
- Milford - 1990 D1
- Westborough - 1991 D2
- Narragansett - 1991 D3
- Clinton - 1993 D2
- Leominster - 1996 D1
- Hudson - 1999, 2002 D2
- Groton-Dunstable - 2016 D3
- Oakmont - 2023 D3
Softball[36]
- Oakmont - 1989 D2
- Shrewbury - 2006 D1
- Hudson - 2007, 2010, 2019 - D2
- Wachusett - 2019 D1
Outdoor Track & Field[24]
Boys
- Littleton - 2022 D6
- Westborough - 2023 D3
Girls
- Shrewsbury - 1989, 1991
Tennis[37]
Boys
- Westborough - 1991 D2; 2016 D1
Girls
- Algonquin - 2009 D1
External links
School Websites
- Algonquin Regional High School
- Leominster High School
- Shepherd Hill Regional High School
- Shrewsbury High School
- Wachusett Regional High School
- Westborough High School
- Fitchburg High School
- Groton-Dunstable Regional High School
- Hudson High School
- Marlborough HIgh School
- Nashoba Regional High School
- North Middlesex Regional High School
- Oakmont Regional High School
- Ayer-Shirley Regional High School
- Clinton High School
- Gardner High School
- Littleton High School
- Lunenburg High School
- Quabbin Regional High School
- Tyngsborough High School
- The Bromfield School
- Maynard High School
- Murdock High School
- Narragansett Regional High School
- Tahanto Regional High School
- West Boylston Middle/High School
References
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