The Heal point standings may not always make sense (see: the undefeated Camden Hills girls’ soccer team ranked below one-loss Bangor in Class A North), but that no longer matters at this point of the year. The standings are finalized and the seeds are set. It’s playoff time.
For one Midcoast team, the playoffs starts on Saturday. For the others, the journey begins next week. Lower seeds will host regional preliminary, quarterfinal and semifinal matchups, before the regional and class finals move to neutral site locations.
But just because a team has home-field advantage and the “luck of the draw,” doesn’t mean they are shoo-ins for the next round. As Morse boys’ soccer head coach Chuck Reece predicts, there will be upsets on the first day of Class B South postseason competition. That prediction likely applies to the other classes, regions and sports as well.
Here’s what the 2024 fall sports playoff picture looks like: Freeport’s Lilliana Larochelle, left, chases down a loose ball with Madelyn Sweet of Mt. Ararat. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer FIELD HOCKEY In Class A North, the last two meetings between No.
4 Mt. Ararat (10-4) and No. 5 Mt.
Blue (10-4) have been decided in a 1-0 fashion. Both held in Topsham, the Eagles took the most recent match on Sept. 21.
The Cougars prevailed in a 2023 regional quarterfinal. For Krista Chase’s young Mt. Ararat team (eight starters are underclassmen), acclimating to the intense postseason environment and exec.
