Figuring out playoff scenarios with the NHIAA's tie-breaking procedures can be tricky at times. One scenario we left out of the previous post is not good for Nashua South, should it lose its final two games and finish 5-3.

Under those circumstances, if Salem loses to Manchester Central this week, then beats Manchester West next week, it would create a three-way tie for third among Central, South and Salem.

It would come down to the fourth tiebreaker: rating (winning percentage) against division opponents on the road. Salem and Central would finish 3-1 on the road, South 1-2.

To solve the Central-Salem tie, you revert to head-to-head and Central takes third. Then you use head-to-head to solve the Salem-South tie and Salem gets in by virtue of its 55-20 win over South last Friday night.