Playoff & Championship Fever!
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Playoff & Championship Fever!
Nine Raider Athletics Teams are competing in the MIAA State Tournament and for postseason Championships!
Teams have already captured six MVC Championships and one State Championship (wrestling)!
MVC Champions
- Boys Basketball
- Cheerleading
- Boys Ice Hockey
- Boys Indoor Track & Field
- Girls Indoor Track & Field (State Runners-Up)
- Wrestling (State Champions)
Catch Playoff Fever this Week!
Updated 2/26
Good luck to our teams as they compete in the playoffs!
Be sure to catch some playoff competition either in person or online - we'll add ticket and livestream links as they become available.
- Girls Ice Hockey, MIAA State Tournament, Feb. 24
- Alpine Ski, MIAA State Meet, Feb. 25
- Girls Basketball, MIAA State Tournament, Feb. 27
- Boys Ice Hockey, MIAA State Tournament, Feb. 25
- Boys Indoor Track & Field, MIAA Pentathlon, Feb. 26
- Boys Basketball, MIAA State Tournament, Feb. 27
- Gymnastics, State Championship Meet, Feb. 28
- Cheerleading, Regional Championship Meet, March 1
- Wrestling, All State Meet, March 1 & 2
Girls Ice Hockey
MIAA Preliminary Round vs. Shawsheen Valley Technical HS
3:00 PM, Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Tsongas Center, Lowell, MA
Congratulations to the team on a successful season!
Alpine Ski (coed)
State Meet
9:30 AM, Wednesday, February 25, 2026
UPDATE: Wachusett Mountain, Westminster, MA
Congratulations to the team on a successful season!
Girls Basketball
MIAA Preliminary Round vs. Revere H.S.
6:00 PM, Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Memorial Gymnasium, Central Catholic High School, Lawrence, MA
Congratulations to the team on advancing to the round of 32!
MIAA Round of 32 vs. Wachusett Regional H.S.
6:00 PM, Friday, February 27, 2026
Wachusett Regional High School, Holden, MA
Boys Ice Hockey
MIAA Tournament vs. Archbishop Williams H.S.
7:10 PM, Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Canton Sportsplex, Canton, MA
Congratulations to the team on a successful season!
Boys Indoor Track & Field
MIAA Pentathlon
3:30 PM, Thursday, February 26, 2026
Reggie Lewis Track Center, Boston, MA
Boys Basketball
MIAA Round of 32, #1 Seed, vs. Natick HS
6:00 PM, Friday, February 27, 2026
Memorial Gymnasium, Central Catholic High School, Lawrence, MA
Gymnastics
State Championship Meet
2:00 PM, Saturday, February 28, 2026
Algonquin Regional H.S., Northborough, MA
Cheerleading
Regional Championship Meet
All Day, March 1, 2026
Billerica Memorial High School, Billerica, MA
Wrestling
All State Meet
March 1 & 2, 2026
MassMutual Center, Springfield, MA
Click here to read about the Raider Wrestling's Historic State Championship.
Additional Highlights
Girls Indoor Track & Field
- D1 State Runner Up
- MIAA Meet of Champions
- 1st place in the 4x400 - State Champs: Kyla Breslin '28, Emma Finch '26, Leighton Hickey '29, Avery Strickler '29
- Arianna DiPietro '26: 2nd place in the 55m Hurdles, 8th place in the Long Jump
- Avery Stickler '29: 6th place in the 300m, 6th place in the Long Jump
- Kyla Breslin '28: 8th place in the 1 Mile
Boys Indoor Track & Field
- 4th Place as a team at the D1 State Championship
- MIAA Meet of Champions
- Peter Thomas '27: 3rd place in the high jump
- Carlos Quintana '27: 4th place in the high jump
- Jeremiah Mateo Mora '27: 7th place in the 55m hurdles and 8th place in the long jump
Gymnastics
- 4th place at the North Sectional
- Placers
- Kallie McCarthy '26: 2nd in the all-around, 1st on vault, T4th on bars, 2nd place on beam, 5th place on floor
- Kaya Jackson ‘27: 7th in the all-around, 6th place on vault
- Kallie McCarthy '26: Senior Gymnast of the Year in the Merrimack Valley Conference
- Placers
Cheerleading
- 1st place at the MVC Championship
Wrestling
Click here to read about the Raider Wrestling's Historic State Championship.
About Raider Athletics
Raider Athletics represents a proud tradition of teamwork and excellence that enriches the Central Catholic experience for both participants and spectators.
We offer 30 Varsity Sports in competitions governed by the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA), the Merrimack Valley Conference (MVC), and the Massachusetts Secondary School Administrators Association (MSSAA).
Our student-athletes bring home State, Sectional, and Conference Championships on a regular basis while representing the school community with pride.
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