A select few teams are still playing, but the majority of the country has already wrapped up girls soccer postseason action. Which means state titles galore for favorites and upstarts alike. A star-studded Class AA final four in New York headlined another great week as we wind down to the end of the fall season.

Here's a look at the stakes as we come dangerously close to the end of the year.

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Region I

A week after taking the top spot from Exeter, Newton North consolidated its position by eking out a 1-0 win over Minnechaug in the Massachusetts Division 1 state title game. Newton North ended it in the most dramatic fashion possible, winning in the sixth round of penalty kicks to extend its unbeaten run to 21 games. Notre Dame Academy rocketed up the poll to No. 6 this week on the heels of its Massachusetts Division 2 title over then-No. 12 Wilmington. Like the state’s Division 1 finale, Notre Dame (21-2-0) won the title in a thrilling penalty shootout.

1. Newton North (Newton, Mass.)

2. Bow (Bow, N.H.)

3. Champlain Valley Union (Hinesburg, Vt.)

4. Windham (Windham, Maine)

5. Newburyport (Newburyport, Mass.)

6. Notre Dame Academy (Hingham, Mass.)

7. St. Joseph (Trumbull, Conn.)

8. LaSalle Academy (Providence, R.I.)

9. Peoples Academy (Morrisville, Vt.)

10. Exeter (Exeter, N.H.)

11. Acton-Boxborough Regional (Acton, Mass.)

12. Sutton (Sutton, Mass.)

13. Guildford (Guildford, Conn.)

14. Bedford (Bedford, N.H.)

15. Cape Elizabeth (Cape Elizabeth, Maine)

Region II

New York girls soccer thundered to a thrilling conclusion in the high places last week. Then-No. 1 North Rockland navigated past No. 5 Webster Thomas in the Class AA semifinals only to lose to Massapequa 2-1 in the title game on an Alyssa Iannuzzi goal with eight minutes left. As a result, Massapequa is your new year-end No. 1. Elsewhere, then-No. 4 Garden City trumped No. 2 Honeoye Falls 1-0 to capture the Class A title game to take over the No. 2 spot.

1. Massapequa (Massapequa, N.Y.)

2. Garden City (Garden City, N.Y.)

3. St. John the Baptist (Islip, N.Y.)

4. North Rockland (Theills, N.Y.)

5. Honeoye Falls Lima (Honeoye Falls, N.Y.)

6. Oneonta (Oneonta, N.Y.)

7. Northport (Northport, N.Y.)

8. Webster Thomas (Webster, N.Y.)

9. Holland (Holland, N.Y.)

10. Goshen (Goshen, N.Y.)

11. Marcellus (Marcellus, N.Y.)

12. Cicero-North Syracuse (Cicero, N.Y.)

13. Monroe-Woodbury (Woodbury, N.Y.)

14. Byram Hills (Armonk, N.Y.)

15. Jasper-Troupsburg Senior (Jasper, N.Y.)

Region III

There’s still soccer to be played in Region III, which not much of the country can say at this late point in November. All eyes will inevitably fall to New Jersey’s Northern Highlands this week, as the Highlanders chase a Group 3 title against Toms River South and to extend their unbeaten run to 72 games. Montclair dropped from the poll this week, allowing Spring-Ford to hop to No. 6 despite a loss to Neshaminy in the Pennsylvania Class AAA title game in overtime.

1. Northern Highlands (Allendale, N.J.)

2. Neshaminy (Langhorne, Pa.)

3. Lenape (Medford, N.J.)

4. Eastern (Voorhees, N.J.)

5. Immaculate Heart Academy (Township of Washington, N.J.)

6. Spring-Ford (Royersford, Pa.)

7. Central Valley (Monaca, Pa.)

8. Seneca Valley (Harmony, Pa.)

9. Cumberland Valley (Mechanicsburg, Pa.)

10. Montgomery (Skillman, N.J.)

11. Central Bucks East (Doylestown, Pa.)

12. Hunterdon Central (Flemington, N.J.)

13. Trinity (Camp Hill, Pa.)

14. Ridge (Basking Ridge, Pa.)

15. Villa Joseph Marie (Southampton, Pa.)

Region IV 

This region finished up play over a week ago, and Houston, which won the Tennessee AAA title, is the handy pick to finish the season as the IV title holder.

1. Houston (Germantown, Tenn.)

2. McDonogh School (Owings Mills, Md.)

3. Notre Dame Academy (Park Hills, Ky.)

4. Winfield (Winfield, W.Va.)

5. Sacred Heart Academy (Louisville, Ky.)

6. Sissonville (Charleston, W.Va.)

7. Tates Creek (Lexington, Ky.)

8. Our Lady of Good Counsel (Olney, Md.)

9. Bishop O'Connell (Arlington, Va.)

10. Oldham County (Buckner, Ky.)

11. Ravenwood (Brentwood, Tenn.)

12. Franklin (Franklin, Tenn.)

13. Father Ryan (Nashville, Tenn.)

14. Morgantown (Morgantown, W.Va.)

15. Farragut (Knoxville, Tenn.)

Region V

Region V has already put the cherry on its state title games this season. Rocky River, Ohio’s Division 2 title-winner for the first time, will finish the year as its No. 1.

1. Rocky River (Rocky River, Ohio)

2. Avon (Avon, Ind.)

3. Walsh Jesuit (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio)

4. Minnetonka (Minnetonka, Minn.)

5. Fishers (Fishers, Ind.)

6. Lakeville North (Lakeville, Minn.)

7. Mason (Mason, Ohio) 

8. Center Grove (Center Grove, Ind.)

9. Pickerington North (Pickerington, Ohio)

10. Burnsville (Burnsville, Minn.)

11. Reitz Memorial (Evansville, Ind.)

12. Magnificat (Rocky River, Ohio)

13. Belied St. Margaret's (St. Louis Park, Minn.)

14. Zionsville (Zionsville, Ind.)

15. West Lafayette (West Lafayette, Ind.)

Region VI

Maria Carrillo got a pleasant shock this week when it discovered its third straight North Coast Section Division 1 title over then-No. 5 Montgomery was enough to move it up to No. 1 in the final national poll for the second straight season. Big doings for a program that finished 20-0-1, undefeated for a second consecutive season. Central Valley has pieced together its best postseason run in history and gets a bump up to No. 2 this week on the back of a 16-1-0 mark.

1. Maria Carrillo (Santa Rosa, Calif.)

2. Central Valley (Spokane Valley, Wash.)

3. Brighton (Cottonwood Heights, Utah)

4. Tualatin (Tualatin, Ore.)

5. Arbor View (Las Vegas, Nev.)

6. Eldorado (Albuquerque, N.M.)

7. Montgomery (Santa Rosa, Calif.)

8. Issaquah (Issaquah, Wash.)

9. Summit (Bend, Ore.)

10. Timpanogos (Orem, Utah)

11. St. Pius (Albuquerque, N.M.)

12. Jesuit (Portland, Ore.)

13. Boise (Boise, Idaho)

14. Olympia (Olympia, Wash.)

t15. Alta (Sandy, Utah)

t15. South Lake Tahoe (South Lake Tahoe, Wash.)

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