SOFTBALL

MIAA released its latest softball power rankings. See where Fall River area teams stand

Steven Sanchez
The Herald News

FALL RIVER — The MIAA released its latest softball power rankings of the season on Friday, with tournament seedings set to come out Tuesday.

The rankings only include scores entered into Arbiter, verified by MIAA and schools as of May 26 at 4 a.m. The top 32 teams qualify, while teams 33 and below qualify for a play-in game with a .500 or better record.

As of Friday morning, two area softball teams are on pace to qualify for the postseason.

Here's a look at the latest softball power rankings and where Greater Fall River area teams stand:

Case’s Olivia Silva gets a base hit during Wednesday’s game against Dighton Rehoboth.

Division I

1. Central Catholic

2. King Philip

3. Taunton

4. Wachusett

5. Peabody Veterans

6. Lincoln-Sudbury

7. Bishop Feehan

8. Methuen

9. Bridgewater-Raynham

10. Attleboro

11. Woburn Memorial

12. North Andover

13. Saint Paul Diocesan

14. Westford Academy

15. Chelmsford

16. Arlington

17. Hingham

18. Franklin

19. New Bedford

20. Marshfield

21. Reading Memorial

22. Andover

23. Doherty Memorial

24. Braintree

25. Natick

26. Newton South

27. Concord-Carlisle

28. Milford

29. Lexington

30. Shrewsbury

31. Needham

32. Acton-Boxborough

Outside: Durfee (40)

Division II

1. Westfield

2. Billerica Memorial

3. Tewksbury Memorial

4. North Attleboro

5. Burlington

6. Walpole

7. Silver Lake

8. Somerset Berkley

9. Grafton

10. Leominster

11. Nashoba

12. Bedford

13. Dartmouth

14. East Longmeadow

15. Agawam

16. Wilmington

17. Ludlow

18. Wakefield Memorial

19. Shepherd Hill Regional

20. Minnechaug

21. Danvers

22. Westborough

23. Masconomet

24. Milton

25. Oliver Ames

26. Westwood

27. Notre Dame (Hingham)

28. Norwood

29. Holliston

30. Dracut

31. Longmeadow

32. Plymouth North

Outside: None

Case's Brooke Orton slides into second base with a double as Somerset Berkley shortstop Julia Costa gets the throw late.

Division III

1. St. Mary's

2. Dighton-Rehoboth

3. Middleboro

4. Hudson

5. Norton

6. Pittsfield

7. Triton

8. North Reading

9. Greater New Bedford

10. Bishop Fenwick

11. Pentucket

12. Apponequet

13. East Bridgewater

14. Gloucester

15. Newburyport

16. Medway

17. Bishop Stang

18. Medfield

19. Foxboro

20. Montachusett

21. Dedham

22. Arlington Catholic

23. Essex North Shore

24. Tantasqua

25. Cardinal Spellman

26. Lowell Catholic

27. Oakmont

28. Hanover

29. Fitchburg

30. Norwell

31. Southeastern

32. Auburn

Outside: Diman (38)

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Division IV

1. Case

2. Hampshire

3. Clinton

4. Archbishop Williams

5. Tyngsborough

6. Easthampton

7. Amesbury

8. Uxbridge

9. Notre Dame (Worcester)

10. Millbury

11. Abington

12. Tri-County

13. Nipmuc

14. Wahconah

15. Seekonk

16. Whittier

17. Advanced Math & Science

18. Blackstone Valley

19. Bay Path

20. Northbridge

21. Littleton

22. South Hadley

23. Malden Catholic

24. Lynnfield

25. Lunenburg

26. Monument Mountain

27. Monomoy

28. Manchester Essex

29. Blackstone-Millville

30. Cohasset

31. Ipswich

32. Quabbin

Outside: Bishop Connolly (45)

Division V

1. Greenfield

2. Turners Falls

3. Mount Greylock

4. Taconic

5. Hopkins Academy

6. Tahanto

7. West Boylston

8. Franklin County Tech

9. Drury

10. Maynard

11. Westfield Technical Academy

12. Millis

13. Hopedale

14. Mount Everett

15. Frontier

16. Georgetown 

17. Lenox Memorial

18. McCann Tech

19. Lee

20. Monson

21. Bourne

22. Narragansett

23. Mohawk Trail

24. St. Mary Parish (Westfield)

25. Academy of Notre Dame

26. Oxford

27. Bristol Aggie

28. Carver

29. Hoosac Valley

30. Holbrook

31. Minuteman

32. Ayer Shirley

Outside: Westport (40), Atlantis Charter (68)

Herald News and Taunton Daily Gazette sports editor Steven Sanchez can be reached at ssanchez@heraldnews.com. You can follow him on Twitter @Chezsports. Support local journalism by purchasing a digital or print subscription to The Herald News today.