TEAM (last week’s rank)
1. GILFORD BOYS’ TENNIS (1) dispatched No. 8 Sanborn and No. 4 Kearsarge in the first two rounds of the tournament, and is headed to its ninth title match in the last 10 years.
2. HOPKINTON BOYS’ LAX (2) outscored Brady and Milford, 35-1, and will be the top seed in D-III after a 14-0 season.
3 LACONIA GIRLS’ LAX (3) scored 55 goals in its final three games and will begin its title defense in the D-III tournament this week.
4. KEARSARGE BOYS’ LAX (5) finished the season 14-2, with its only two losses coming against unbeaten Hopkinton.
5. BELMONT BASEBALL (8) enters the D-III tournament as the No. 2 seed riding a 15-game winning streak.
6. BOW GIRLS’ LAX (7) fell to Derryfield in the season finale, but finished in second place in D-III and ahead of Laconia in the loss column.
7. BOW GIRLS’ TENNIS (10) handled No. 7 Sanborn and No. 3 Pelham and will face top-seeded Berlin in Wednesday’s state title match.
8. COE-BROWN BOYS’ TRACK (9) placed second with a score of 89 behind first-place Trinity in the Division II Track and Field Championships on Saturday.
9. BISHOP BRADY SOFTBALL (6) ended the season on a three-game slide with losses to Franklin and Belmont, but remain in the top tier of a crowded D-III.
10. BOW BOYS’ TENNIS (NR) battled its way past No. 6 Littleton and No. 2 Portsmouth Christian to set up a showdown with No. 1 Gilford in Tuesday’s championship.
Others receiving votes: Concord baseball, Belmont boys’ track, Coe-Brown softball