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Sun. 3/1/15

The Latest, As We See It

Around midnight, a very late score -- a Holderness 4-2 win over NYA – popped up on USHR’s results. This was a bolt out of left field. Virtually no one knew this game was scheduled. It certainly wasn’t on USHR’s composite. And it was definitely not something the NEPSIHA Committee, which had started its final calculations, knew about either. Everyone was blindsided.

At first glance, a Holderness game on the final day of the 2014-15 season might not strike one as particularly meaningful. However, Holderness had played eight teams under consideration. They had lost all eight of them, so the ripple effect was significant. To see exactly how significant, look at the RPI of St. Paul’s and Thayer – 0.5460 -- an apparent tie for 16^th place.

However, when you start running it out to additional decimal places, St. Paul’s, which had seemed out of the TUC, jumps back in at the #16 spot -- and Thayer is out.

That infinitesimal difference buttresses the words every coach tells his players about the value of every game, whether it’s in early December or on the final day of the regular season. They all count in the end, and the margin for error is small.

Earlier in the day, Choate, which led Kent 4-0 entering the third period but gave up four unanswered goals as Kent mounted a furious comeback, did eventually prevail in OT, but held the #8 spot briefly.

Brooks, which as late as Friday morning, looked to have a pretty good handle on the #8 spot, lost again that afternoon, to Belmont Hill, but bounced back to beat BB&N yesterday. Too little too late.

As of 1:00 pm today (Sunday), nothing is official, though it looks extremely likely Kimball Union has the #8 spot. But given all that has happened over the past couple of days, we wouldn’t bet the farm on it, though we might bet the silo and a few head of cattle. As we said last night in a tweet, unexpected things do pop up.

And the puff of smoke hasn’t appeared yet.

We will let you know when all this becomes official.

If KUA, a small school, does indeed hold onto the eight spot in the Elite 8, this is how the large and small school situation appears. We also feel that the three-way tie for third between Nobles, Loomis, and Salisbury, and the two-way tie for sixth between Gunnery and Dexter, will shake out the way we have it.

Large School:
1. Brunswick
2. Choate
3. Brooks
4. Belmont Hill
5. Berkshire
6. St. Seb’s
7. St. Paul’s
8. Thayer

Small School:
1. St. Mark’s
2. Westminster
3. Rivers
4. Proctor
5. Winchendon
6. Vermont Academy
7. Tilton
8. New Hampton

If by chance Brunswick, a large school, should get the final Elite 8 seed. The Large School Tournament seeding would drop down a slot from what’s above, and start with Choate as the #1 seed, and finish with Tabor as the #8 seed. As for the Small School Tournament, KUA would become the #1 seed and Tilton the #8.

Sun. 3/8/15

St. Paul's, Rivers are the 2015 Champs
Sunday March 8, 2015
At the Berkshire School; Sheffield, Mass.

Div. I
St. Paul's 6, Pomfret 2

Div. I Tournament MVP:
St. Paul's senior F Bridget Carey

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Div. II
Rivers 5, Southfield 1

Div. II Tournament MVP:
Rivers senior F Jordan Cross

Sat. 3/7/15

2015 Girls Prep Semifinals

Saturday March 7, 2015
at Campus Sites

DI
Pomfret 2 @ Kent 1 (2-OT)
St. Paul's 1 @ Williston 0

DII
@ Rivers 3, Berwick 2 
Southfield 6 @ Worcester 2 (Game was played at St. Mark's) 

Wed. 3/4/15

2015 Girls Prep Quarterfinals

Wed. March 4, 2015

DI
@ Kent 3, Loomis 1 (empty net goal)
@ Williston 3, Choate 1
St. Paul's 2 @ Nobles 0 (empty net goal)
Pomfret 3 @ Tabor 2 (2OT)

DII
@ Rivers 2, Gunnery 1
@ Berwick 3, Proctor 1
@ Worcester 3, St. George's 2 (OT)
@ Southfield 6, Canterbury 2

Sat. March 7, 2015 Semifinal Schedule

DI
Pomfret @ Kent, 3:00 pm
St. Paul's @ Williston, 3:00 pm

DII
Berwick @ Rivers, 2:00 pm
Southfield vs. Worcester, 11:30 am (at St. Mark's)

Tues. 3/3/15

2015 Girls Prep Playoff Schedule

Wednesday, March 4 -- Quarterfinals -- at Campus Sites

Div. I
#1 Kent vs. #8 Loomis, 5:00 pm -- @ Kent
#2 Williston vs. #7 Choate, 4:15 pm -- @ Williston
#3 Nobles vs. #6 St. Paul's, 3:00 pm -- @ Nobles
#4 Tabor vs. #5 Pomfret, 4:15 pm -- @ Tabor

Div. II
#1 Rivers vs. #8 Gunnery, 5:15 pm -- @ Rivers
#2 Worcester vs. #7 St. George's, 2:30 pm -- @ NESC, Marlborough, Mass.
#3 Southfield vs. #6 Canterbury, 3:00 pm -- @ Southfield
#4 Berwick vs. #5 Proctor, 4:00 pm -- @ Berwick

Saturday, March 7, 2015 -- Semifinals -- at Higher Seeds

Div. I
#1-8 winner vs. #4-5 winner
#2-7 winner vs. #3-6 winner

Div. II
#1-8 winner vs. #4-5 winner
#2-7 winner vs. #3-6 winner

Sunday, March 8, 2015 -- Championship Games -- at the Berkshire School

Div. II -- 12:30 pm
Div. I -- 3:00 pm

Sun. 3/1/15

2015 Girls Prep Tournament Seeding

Here is the seeding for the 2015 girls tournament:

D-I
1. Kent (Kent and Williston tied for first, Kent wins tiebreaker)
2. Williston
3. Nobles
4. Tabor
5. Pomfret
6. St. Paul's
7. Choate
8. Loomis

D-II
1. Rivers
2. Worcester
3. Southfield
4. Berwick
5. Proctor
6. Canterbury
7. St. George's
8. Gunnery