South Shore League
The South Shore League is an athletics conference that is part of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA). The League consists of 9 schools, ranging from as far north as Hull, Massachusetts, to as far south as Harwich, Massachusetts. The South Shore League participates in Division 3 & 4 competition in the state of Massachusetts. There are 18 sports affiliated with the South Shore League.
League Members
There are currently 9 schools that compose the South Shore League. The school names and demographics are listed below.
School |
Location |
Colors |
Type |
Enrollment |
Nickname |
Abington High School |
Abington, MA |
Green & White |
Public Secondary |
590 |
Green Wave |
Carver High School |
Carver, MA |
Maroon & Silver |
Public Secondary |
554 |
Crusaders |
Hull High School |
Hull, MA |
Royal Blue, Gold & Black |
Public Secondary |
491 |
Pirates |
Cohasset High School |
Cohasset, MA |
Navy Blue, White & Silver |
Public Secondary |
364 |
Skippers |
Mashpee High School |
Mashpee, MA |
Black, Royal Blue & White |
Public Secondary |
691 |
Falcons |
Norwell High School |
Norwell, MA |
Royal Blue, Gold & White |
Public Secondary |
643 |
Clippers |
East Bridgewater High School |
East Bridgewater, MA |
Navy Blue & Gold |
Public Secondary |
688 |
Vikings |
Harwich High School |
Harwich, MA |
Royal Blue, Gold & White |
Public Secondary |
396 |
Rough Riders |
Rockland High School |
Rockland, MA |
Navy Blue & White |
Public Secondary |
751 |
Bulldogs |
Although the league is composed of these 9 teams, some teams choose not to participate in league play in certain sports due to a non-existent team, co-op program in other league, or more competitive league.
- In May 2009, The MIAA granted the approval in favor to allow Rockland High School to become the newest member of the South Shore League. Rockland began play in the South Shore League during the 2010-2011 academic year.
- In recent months, there has also been a proposal between Harwich High School and Chatham High School to create a regional school district, combining the two towns into one joint regional high school. In November 2010, the school board elected to combine the Harwich and Chatham school districts. So far, they are preparing to continue to compete in the South Shore League pending full approval and also the construction of new and bigger high school to accommodate the larger school enrollment. As of April 2011, they plan to continue in the South Shore League as Monomoy Regional High School.
- Harwich will be fielding its first varsity football team in 2011 and will compete in the South Shore League beginning in 2011 or 2012.
- As of May 2011, The South Shore League is reviewing applications for two more schools requesting to join the league. Hanover and Whitman-Hanson have applied to join the South Shore League. Their applications are currently under review and a decision will be reached sometime in the near future.
Co-Op's and League Changes
Distinguished teams in each Sport
As is true with every other league in Massachusetts, each sport in the South Shore League has distinguished a top tier team in each sport as listed below.
- Football - Mashpee (League Champions: 2011) (State Champions: 2011)
- Field Hockey - Harwich
- Girl's Cross Country- Norwell
- Boy's Cross Country - East Bridgewater
- Boy's Soccer - Harwich
- Girl's Soccer - Norwell
- Boy's Golf - Cohasset/Mashpee
- Boy's Basketball - Cohasset & Mashpee (Cohasset: South Sectional Champions 2009) (Mashpee: D-IV State Finalists 2000 & 2001, SSL Champions 2010-2011)
- Girl's Basketball - Cohasset (Division IV State Champions: 2007 & 2009)
- Hockey - Norwell
- Ski Team - Norwell
- Winter Track - Mashpee
- Wrestling - Carver/Cohasset
- Baseball - Harwich (State Champions 1996, 2006 & 2007) / Abington (State Champions 2009)
- Softball - Harwich
- Boy's Lacrosse - Cohasset (D-III State Champions - 2006, 2007, 2010)
- Girl's Lacrosse - Norwell
- Boy's Tennis - Norwell
- Girl's Tennis - Norwell
- Boy's Spring Track - East Bridgewater
- Girl's Spring Track - East Bridgewater
- 2011 - Mashpee (State Champions ~ W 34-8 vs. Cardinal Spellman)
- 2010 - Rockland (First Round ~ L 35-20 to Holliston)
- 2009 - Cohasset (First Round ~ L 14-6 to Holliston)
- 2008 - Abington (First Round ~ L 14-6 to Norton)
- 2007 - Abington (First Round ~ L 12-8 to Medfield)
- 2006 - Abington (First Round ~ L 35-26 to Medfield)
- 2005 - Abington (State Champions ~ W 21-20 vs. Archbishop Williams)
- 2004 - Cohasset (First Round ~ L 38-6 to Westwood)
- 2003 - Cohasset (First Round ~ L 32-8 to Westwood)
- 2002 - Abington (State Champions ~ W 25-0 vs. Tyngsboro)
- 2001 - Norwell (First Round ~ L 33-7 to Bellingham)
- 2000 - Carver (State Finalists ~ L 35-14 to Fairhaven)
- 1999 - Norwell (State Finalists ~ L 28-26 to Bishop Fenwick)
- 1998 - Norwell (State Champions ~ W 27-12 vs. Newburyport)
- 1997 - Norwell (State Champions ~ W 35-0 vs. Apponequet)
- 1996 - Hull (State Champions ~ W 20-15 vs. Bishop Fenwick)
- 1995 - East Bridgewater (State Finalists ~ L 27-12 to Newburyport)
- 1994 - East Bridgewater (State Finalists ~ L 28-13 to North Andover)
- 1993 - Norwell (First Round ~ L 26-17 to Old Rochester)
- 1992 - Hull (State Finalists ~ L 40-33 to Ipswich)
- 1991 - East Bridgewater (State Finalists ~ L 30-27 to Fairhaven)
- 1990 - East Bridgewater (State Champions ~ W 18-8 vs. Matignon)
- 1989 - East Bridgewater (First Round ~ L 35-7 to Whitman-Hanson)
- 1988 - Norwell (First Round ~ L 26-6 to Westwood)
- 1987 - Norwell (State Champions ~ W 18-7 vs. Whitman-Hanson)
- 1986 - Cohasset
- 1985 - Norwell
- 1984 - Norwell
- 1983 - Norwell
- 1982 - Rockland (State Finalists ~ L 14-12 to Dom Savio)
- 1981 - Abington
- 1977 - Hull (State Champions ~ W 21-9 vs. Ashland)
- 1972 - Norwell
- 1969 - Norwell
Past Championships
The South Shore League has produced many league and state champions. A select of them are listed below.
Abington
- Football League Champions (1981, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
- Football D-III State Champions (2002, 2005)
- Baseball D-III State Champions (2009)
- Boys Basketball D-III State Finalists (2009)
- Girls Basketball League Champions (1979, 1981)
- Girls Track League Champions (1977, 1978, 1980)
- Softball League Champions (1977)
- Girls Cross Country League Champions (1978)
Carver
- Baseball D-III State Finalists (1999)
- Football D-III Super Bowl Finalists (2000)
- Wrestling New England Champions (1994)
- Girl's Basketball (2005,2006,2007)
- Wrestling State Finalists (2005, 2006)
East Bridgewater (In Patriot League from 1997-2005, Re-Joined SSL in 2006)
- Girls Spring Track League Champions (2008, 2009)
- Girls Spring Track State Champions Heptathlon (1994, 1995, 1998, 1999)
- Boys Spring Track Class D State Champions (2002, 2003)
- Boys Spring Track Class D State Finalists (2001)
- Boys Spring Track League Champions (1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009)
- Track & Field South Shore Principals Champions (1993, 1995, 1998, 2002)
- Boys Cross Country State Champions (2001, 2002)
- Boys Cross Country State Finalists (2000)
- Boys Cross Country League Champions (1992, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002)
- Boys Soccer League Champions (2008)
- Field Hockey League Champions (2009)
- Cheerleading State Finalists (2003, 2006)
- Softball League Champions (1970, 1989, 2007)
- Baseball South Sectional Finalists (1984, 1986, 2007)
- Baseball D-II State Finalists (1993)
- Baseball League Champions (1984)
- Football D-II State Champions (1990)
- Football D-II State Finalists (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995)
Harwich (Football was a co-op team with Cape Cod Tech, until Harwich started it's own Football program in 2010)
- Football State Finalists (2000, 2006) (w/ Cape Cod Tech)
- Football League Champions (2000, 2006) (w/ Cape Cod Tech)
- Baseball Division III State Champions (1996, 2006, 2007)
- Girl's Basketball D-IV State Champions (2003, 2004)
- Field Hockey League Champions (1993, 1994, 1996, 1997–2009)
- Field Hockey Sectional Champions (1994 & 2002)
- Field Hockey State Finalists (1994 & 2002)
- Boys Soccer League Champions (2005, 2008, 2009)
- Boy's Hockey Sectional Finalists (2003)
Cohasset
- Football League Champions (1985, 1986, 2003, 2004, 2009)
- Boys Lacrosse State Champions (2006, 2007, 2010)
- Girls Basketball D-IV State Champions (2008 & 2010)
- Girls Basketball Sectional Finalists (2009)
- Girls Basketball League Champions (2008, 2009, 2010)
- Boys Basketball League Champions (2011)
- Boys Basketball D-IV State Finalists (2011)
- Baseball D-IV State Champions (2010)
- Girls Tennis State Champions (2004)
- Girls Tennis South Sectional Champions (2005, 2008)
- Girls Tennis League Champions (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
- Girls Soccer South Sectional Champions (2008)
Rockland (Previously in Patriot League, Joined SSL in 2010)
- Football League Champions (1982, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2009, 2010)
- Football State Champions (1992, 1998, 2000)
- Football State Finalists (1982, 1999)
- Girls Soccer League Champions (2005)
- Boys Soccer League Champions (2005)
- Gymnastics League Champions (2005)
- Girls Winter Track Champions (2005)
- Boys Spring Track Champions (1986)
- Girls Spring Track Champions (2002,2005)
- Boys Cross Country League Champions (2003)
- Girls Cross Country League Champions (2003,2004,2005)
- Softball League Champions (2003)
- Boys State Basketball Champions (1972,2004)
- Grls State Basketball Champions (2000)
Hull
- Boys Basketball League Champions (2005)
- Girls Basketball State Champions (1997, 2011)
- Football State Champions (1977, 1996)
- Football State Finalists (1992)
- Baseball South Sectional Champions (2004)
Mashpee
- Football State Champions (2011)
- Football League Champions (2011)
- Football League Championship Game (1999, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011)
- Football Undefeated Season (2011)
- Spring Track Class D State Champions (2001)
- Boy's Basketball D-IV State Finalists (2000, 2001)
- Boy's Basketball Sectional Semi-Finalists (2008, 2010)
- Boy's Basketball League Champions (2001, 2010)
- Field Hockey State Semi-Finalists (2004)
- Cheerleading New England Regional Finalists (2003)
- Cheerleading State Finalists (2001)
- Cheerleading South Sectional Finalists (2010)
- Cheerleading Florida NCAA Citrus Bowl Participants (2000, 2001, 2003)
- Girls Soccer Sectional Finalists (2007)
- Boy's Golf League Champions (2005, 2010)
- Boys Spring Track League Champions (2003, 2004)
- Girls Spring Track League Champions (2003)
- Boys Cross Country League Champions (2002, 2008)
- Boys Cross Country D-IV Individual State Champions (2007) - Max Darrah
- Boys Cross Country Individual League Champions (2008) - Devin Cannon
- Girls Cross Country League Champions (2000)
Norwell
- Football State Champions (1987, 1997, 1998)
- Football State Finalists (1999)
- Football League Champions (1969, 1972, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999)
- Girls Indoor Track League Champions (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994)
- Girls Lacrosse D-II State Champions (2005, 2006, 2009)
- Girls Lacrosse D-II State Finalist (2008)
- Girls Lacrosse D-II South Sectional Finalist (2007)
- Girls Tennis D-III South Sectional Finalists (2011)
- Wrestling League Champions (1982)
- Boys Ice Hockey D-III South Sectional Champions (2009)
- Boys Ice Hockey D-III South Sectional Finalists (2007)
- Boys Ice Hockey D-III State Finalists (2009)
- Boys Soccer D-III South Sectional Champions (2003)