South Shore high school girls hockey top 10 rankings

The Duxbury High girls hockey team did that once, winning four straight MIAA crowns from 2011-14. Now the Dragons are halfway to duplicating that run after bagging a second straight Division 2 title with their recent 4-0 victory over Falmouth at TD Garden.

Notre Dame Academy almost joined them in celebration, but the Cougars lost to St. Mary’s-Lynn in triple-overtime in the Division 1 final that kicked off the slate of championship games.

All in all, another fine season for girls hockey programs on the South Shore with Archbishop Williams (Division 1) and Marshfield (Division 2) advancing to the semifinals, Hingham (Division 1), Canton (Division 2) and Milton (Division 2) making quarterfinal appearances, and Pembroke, Plymouth North/South and Braintree all winning first-round games.

An awful lot of the talent on display this winter will be back on the ice next winter as many of the top teams were fueled by freshmen, sophomores and juniors. As Falmouth coach Brian Ferreira noted in defeat, “You look through the entire MIAA, everybody’s young right now. There’s a huge lull in junior/senior players around the state. There are a ton of good teams with a lot of young players.”