The MIAA Division 5 football state tournament bracket has been released — and the Gloucester Fishermen are in as the No. 2 seed! What a season for the Fishermen, and what a matchup to kick off the playoffs at home.
Gloucester (7–1) opens in the Round of 16 at home against No. 15 Blackstone Valley RVT (6–2). The Fishermen host Blackstone Valley RVT on Friday, November 6 at 6:30 PM at Newell Stadium, Gloucester High School.
The winner of that game faces the winner of No. 7 Foxborough (4–4) vs. No. 10 Apponequet Regional (8–0) in the quarterfinals.
The rest of the top seeds: No. 1 Shawsheen Valley Tech (7–0), No. 3 Watertown (8–0), No. 4 Swampscott (6–2), No. 5 Northeast Metro RVT (7–1), and No. 6 Norton (7–1). The full bracket is in the graphic below.
Let’s go, Fishermen — see you at Newell Stadium on Friday night!
