The Peabody High boys’ basketball squad embarks on its tournament journey Monday night in Medford, still hot off a four-game winning streak, last beating Somerville on Thursday night, 68-65, in overtime.
The Tanners (No. 17) are pitted against the No. 16 seeded Mustangs in a preliminary round contest — both teams finished the season 10-10. Medford plays in the Greater Boston League.
The MIAA released the basketball north and south sectional brackets on Friday.
If the Peabody boys do advance Monday night, they’ll be going up against powerhouse Central Catholic on Thursday. The Raiders, ranked one of the top high school teams this year, as in many a year past, suffered defeat just once this season at the hands of Lowell High. Central Catholic plays in the Merrimack Valley Conference.
This is the Tanners’ first postseason appearance since 2007 and Thad Broughton’s first year as varsity head coach.