Midland Wachusett League

The Midland Wachusett League (Mid-Wach) is a high school athletic conference located in District 3 of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association. The Mid-Wach was formed in 1989 as a merger between the Midland and Wachusett leagues.^[1] The league consists of twenty-seven public high schools in the Worcester County and Middlesex County of Massachusetts.

Midland Wachusett League

Conference	Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association
Founded	1989
No. of teams	27

The league is separated into four divisions (A, B, C, and D) by size of school. Shrewsbury High School is currently the largest with 1,879 students,^[2] while Murdock High School is the smallest with 252 students.^[3]

The Mid-Wach sponsors eighteen different sports across all divisions in the MIAA, and is the main league in central Massachusetts.

History

Midland-Wachusett League

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Shrewsbury

Grafton

West Boylston

Tahanto

Narragansett

Murdock

Maynard

Bromfield

Tyngsborough

Quabbin

Lunenburg

Littleton

Gardner

Clinton

Ayer-Shirley

Oakmont

North Middlesex

Nashoba

Marlborough

Hudson

Groton-Dunstable

Fitchburg

Westborough

Wachusett

Shepherd Hill

Leominster

Algonquin

   

Locations of the schools within the Mid-Wach league. Division A schools in gold, B in red, C in black, and D in blue.

The Midland and Wachusett leagues were two of the oldest leagues in the state, but as both had been growing over the same area over the better half of the century, they decided to merge in 1989. Three years later in 1992, Westford Academy who had been in the Wachusett League for many years left for the Dual County League for more recognition and a chance to fit in better with the other schools.^[4] In 1995 Murdock High School joined bringing the number of schools in the Mid-Wach back to twenty-two members. A year later, The Mid-Wach admitted Bromfield, Tahanto, and West Boylston all from the Dual Valley League, which brought the total membership up to an even twenty-five.^[5] It wasn't until 2011 where the league changed again, this time admitting Tyngsborough from the Dual County, who was outclassed in most sports in the DCL.^[6] A year later, longtime member Milford elected to leave for the Hockomock League, citing travel expenses as one of the main reasons for the move.^[7] In 2013, Shepherd Hill joined looking for better competition than what they had in the Southern Worcester County League.^[8] After also outgrowing the SWCL, Grafton High School joined the Mid-Wach in 2025 as part of the A division^[9].

Member Schools[10]

School	Location	Mascot	Colors	Joined League	Year Founded	Enrollment
Division A
Algonquin Regional High School	Northborough, Massachusetts	Titans*	Maroon & Gold	1989	1959	1,194
Grafton High School	Grafton, Massachusetts	Gators	Green & White	2025	1838	891
Leominster High School	Leominster, Massachusetts	Blue Devil	Blue & White	1989	1963	1,073
Shrewsbury High School	Shrewsbury, Massachusetts	Colonials	Navy Blue & Vegas Gold	1989	1957	1,879
Wachusett Regional High School	Holden, Massachusetts	Mountaineer	Green & White	1989	1955	1,861
Westborough High School	Westborough, Massachusetts	The Ranger	Cardinal & Navy Blue	1989	1968	1,202
Division B
Fitchburg High School	Fitchburg, Massachusetts	Red Raiders	Red & Gray	1989	1849	1,180
Groton-Dunstable Regional High School	Groton, Massachusetts	Crusader	Maroon, White & Black	1989	1967[11]	689
Hudson High School	Hudson, Massachusetts	Hawk	Red & White	1989	1867	809
Marlborough High School	Marlborough, Massachusetts	Panthers[12]	Orange & Black    [12]	1989	1851[13]	1,013[14]
Nashoba Regional High School	Bolton, Massachusetts	Wolves	Green & Gold	1989	1961	841
North Middlesex Regional High School	Townsend, Massachusetts	Patriots	Red, White, & Blue	1989	1959	757
Oakmont Regional High School	Ashburnham, Massachusetts	Spartans	Green & White	1989	1960	634
Shepherd Hill Regional High School	Dudley, Massachusetts	Fighting Ram	Maroon & Gold	2013[8]	1973	937
Division C
Ayer Shirley Regional High School	Ayer, Massachusetts	Panther	Maroon & White	1989	1964[15]	412
Clinton High School	Clinton, Massachusetts	Gael	Green & Gold	1989		581
Gardner High School	Gardner, Massachusetts	Wildcats	Orange & Black	1989	1872	809
Littleton High School	Littleton, Massachusetts	Tigers	Blue & Gold	1989	1922[16]	487
Lunenburg High School	Lunenburg, Massachusetts	Blue Knight	Blue & White	1989	1895[17]	449
Quabbin Regional High School	Barre, Massachusetts	Panther	Blue & Gold	1989	1966[18]	567
Tyngsborough High School	Tyngsborough, Massachusetts	Tigers	Red, Black, & White	2011[6]	1892[19]	420
Division D
Bromfield School	Harvard, Massachusetts	Trojan	Blue & White	1996[5]	1878	325
Maynard High School	Maynard, Massachusetts	Tigers	Orange & Black	1989	1871	297
Murdock High School	Winchendon, Massachusetts	Blue Devils	Blue & White	1995	1887[20]	252
Narragansett Regional High School	Templeton, Massachusetts	'Gansett Warriors	Royal Blue, White & Silver	1989	1955	475
Tahanto Regional High School	Boylston, Massachusetts	Stag	Green & White	1996[5]	1962[21]	554
West Boylston Middle/High School	West Boylston, Massachusetts	Lions[22]	Blue & White	1996[5]	1957[23]	448

*Unofficial Mascot

Former Members

School	Location	Mascot	Colors	Joined	Left	Current League
Milford High School	Milford, Massachusetts	Scarlet Hawks	Red & White	1989	2012[7]	Hockomock League
Westford Academy	Westford, Massachusetts	Ghosts	Maroon & Gray	1989	1992[4]	Dual County League

State Championships

This is a list of MIAA State championships won by schools while a part of the Mid-Wach league

Football^[24]

Note: From 1972 to 2012, football state championships were separated by region, so there would be multiple champions from each division. From 1972 to 1977 and from 1997 to 2008, it was split between Eastern Mass and Central/Western Mass and there would be two champions in each division. From 1978 to 1996 and from 2009 to 2012 Central and Western Mass split so there would be three champions in each division. In 2013 everything was combined and therefore only allowed one state champion per division.

1989 Leominster - D1 Central North Middlesex - D2 Central 1990 Leominster - D1 Central North Middlesex - D2 Central Narragansett - D3 Central 1991 Hudson - D2 Central 1992 North Middlesex D1 Central 1993 North Middlesex - D1 Central 1994 North Middlesex - D1 Central Clinton - D3 Central 1995 North Middlesex - D1 Central Clinton - D3 Central 1996 Fitchburg - D1 Central Narragansett - D3 Central

1997 Leominster - D1A Central/Western Gardner - D2A Central/Western 1998 Leominster - D1A Central/Western Lunenburg - D3A Central/Western 1999 Nashoba - D1 Central/Western Clinton - D3 Central/Western 2000 Fitchburg - D1 Central/Western Shrewsbury - D1A Central/Western Clinton - D3 Central/Western 2001 Clinton - D3 Central/Western 2002 Leominster - D1 Central/Western Clinton - D3 Central/Western 2003 Wachusett - D1A Central/Western 2004 Wachusett - D1A Central/Western 2005 Narragansett - D3 Central/Western 2006 Milford - D1A Central/Western Oakmont - D3 Central/Western 2007 Shrewsbury - D1A Central/Western

2009 Wachusett - D1 Central Oakmont - D3 Central 2010 Wachusett - D1A Central Clinton - D3A Central 2011 Leominster - D1 Central Nashoba - D2 Central 2012 Leominster - D1 Central Nashoba - D2 Central West Boylston - D5 Central 2013 Littleton - D6 2015 Nashoba - D2 2018 Nashoba - D4 2022 West Boylston - D7 2023 West Boylston - D8 2024 Hudson - D6 West Boylston - D8

Cross Country^[25]

Girls

• Fitchburg - 1989 D1
• Nashoba - 1992 D1
• Bromfield - 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007 D2; 2023 D3
• Littleton - 2018 D2

Field Hockey^[26]

• Quabbin - 1991 D2

Volleyball^[27]

• Marlborough - 2003, 2011 D2
• Westborough - 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024 D2
• Groton-Dunstable - 2018 D2

Soccer

Boys^[28]

• Nashoba - 1990 D2
• Littleton -D3- 2001,2002,2003,2004
• Bromfield - 1996, 2005, 2007, 2008 D3; 2017, 2018, 2019 D4; 2021, 2022 D5
• Groton-Dunstable - 2001, 2011, 2012 D2; 1999 D3
• Westborough - 2003 D2
• Algonquin - 2004 (co-champs with Boston College High School), 2005 D1

Girls^[29]

• Marlborough - 1985, 1988, 1991 D1
• Wachusett - 2001, 2002, 2017, 2018 D1
• Nashoba - 2004 D1
• West Boylston 2006 D3
• Algonquin - 2009 D1

Fall Golf^[30]

• West Boylston - 2001 D3
• Shrewsbury - 2009 D1
• Ayer-Shirley - 2024 D3

Basketball^[31]

Boys

• Maynard - 2017 D4; 2022 D5

Girls

• Maynard - 2020 D4 (Co-champs with Cathedral High School)
• Wachusett - 2025 D1

Winter Swim & Dive^[32]

Girls

• Gardner - 1994–2008, 2010 D1

Gymnastics^[33]

Algonquin - 2011, 2012

Ice Hockey^[34]

Boys

• Gardner - 1994 D3
• North Middlesex - 1995, 1998, 2014 D3
• Shrewsbury - 1999, 2014, 2017, 2018 D3
• Marlborough - 2005 D3
• Oakmont - 2010 - D3A
• Hudson - 2012 D3
• Groton-Dunstable - 2012 D3A
• Nashoba - 2015, 2016 D3A; 2023 D3
• Lunenburg - 2018 D3A (Co-champs with Ayer Shirley)
• Ayer-Shirley - 2018 D3A (Co-champs with Lunenburg)
• Wachusett - 2019 D3

Girls

• Algonquin - 2022 D2
• Shrewsbury - 2023 D1

Alpine Ski^[35]

• Shrewsbury - 2005, 2006 D2

Indoor Track & Field^[25]

Boys

• Wachusett - 1994, 1995 D1
• Hudson - 2008 D4
• Nashoba - 2008, 2009, 2022 D3
• Ayer-Shirley - 2018 D4
• Littleton - 2022, 2023, 2024 D4
• Algonquin - 2025 D2

Girls

• Shrewsbury - 1991, 1992 D2
• Wachusett - 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002 D1
• Bromfield - 2001, 2006-2010 D4
• Littleton - 2017, 2018 D5

Baseball^[36]

• Milford - 1990 D1
• Westborough - 1991 D2
• Narragansett - 1991 D3
• Clinton - 1993 D2
• Leominster - 1996 D1
• Hudson - 1999, 2002 D2
• Groton-Dunstable - 2016 D3
• Oakmont - 2023 D3

Softball^[37]

• Oakmont - 1989 D2
• Shrewbury - 2006 D1
• Hudson - 2007, 2010, 2019 - D2
• Wachusett - 2019 D1

Outdoor Track & Field^[25]

Boys

• Littleton - 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2022 D6
• Westborough - 2023 D3
• Ayer-Shirley - 2025 D6

Girls

• Shrewsbury - 1989, 1991

Tennis^[38]

Boys

• Westborough - 1991 D2; 2016 D1

Girls

• Algonquin - 2009 D1

Spring golf

Girls

• Wachusett - 2024 D1

External links

School Websites

• Algonquin Regional High School
• Leominster High School
• Shepherd Hill Regional High School
• Shrewsbury High School
• Wachusett Regional High School
• Westborough High School
• Fitchburg High School
• Groton-Dunstable Regional High School
• Hudson High School
• Marlborough HIgh School
• Nashoba Regional High School
• North Middlesex Regional High School
• Oakmont Regional High School
• Ayer-Shirley Regional High School
• Clinton High School
• Gardner High School
• Littleton High School
• Lunenburg High School
• Quabbin Regional High School
• Tyngsborough High School
• The Bromfield School
• Maynard High School
• Murdock High School
• Narragansett Regional High School
• Tahanto Regional High School
• West Boylston Middle/High School