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Notes on the 2010 NYSSWA All-Sport Championship process
   (1) The data was compiled by the New York State Sportswriters Association. The NYSSWA All-Sport Championship is not affiliated with or sanctioned by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association.

   (2) Only NYSPHSAA schools were eligible for consideration. The CHSAA, PSAL and AIS schools do not participate in statewide championships in a system that makes integrating their results with the state's largest organization feasible.

   (3) Schools were assigned to classes AA through D based on BEDS numbers. (Single-sex schools BEDS numbers were doubled.) Schools that play up or are assigned to a higher class in one or more sports were assigned to the class that reflects actual BEDS data.

   We used the enrollment cutoffs that correspond with the NYSPHSAA basketball tournament: Class AA, 950-up; Class A, 550-949; Class B, 325-549; Class C, 193-324; Class D, 192-under.

   (4) Points were assigned based upon results from New York State Public High School Athletic Association championship tournaments and meets, with scoring based on the first eight places. Losing tournament semifinalists were ranked as being tied for third; losing quarterfinalists were ranked as tied for fifth. Sports for which team championships were officially awarded were scored on a 15-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis.

   Sports in which team championships were not awarded but meaningful team scoring could be compiled (for example, wrestling) were assigned one-third the points value. The rationale behind this included a determination that in most cases coaches would have substantially changed strategy had true team championships been at stake. In track, for instance, many athletes would have been entered in multiple individual events rather than the pentathlon in order to maximize their results.

   Tennis, golf and gymnastics, where the fortunes of a school typically rise and fall with a single state-meet entrant, were not included in the process.

   Outdoor track was the sole exception to the use of NYSPHSAA results. Because of the complex nature of that meet, we began with final Federation results, moving NYSPHSAA members up as necessary to replace non-NYSPHSAA schools.

   (5) Sports in which the championships only reach the level of a regional championship per NYSPHSAA stan-

  

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dards (for example, rifle) were not scored. Volleyball will become the 15th boys sport to be scored when the NYSPHSAA holds its first state championship in November 2010.

   Once again, there has been much discussion regarding what to do with Long Island's football playoffs -- and once again we have disregarded those results in their entirety. The decision made no difference in 2009, but did prevent Garden City from finishing higher in this year's Class A combined scoring.

   In light of the fact we now have two years of actual experience (plus a dry run in 2008) to judge how Long Island football should be handled, we plan on assigning points to the champions of the Section 8 vs. 11 bowl games beginning next fall to reflect that those schools and athletes play what nearly amounts to a NYSPHSAA quarterfinal each November without being rewarded.

   Going forward, the four bowl winners will receive 7 points (the same as a losing NYSPHSAA semifinalist). However, L.I. classes do not conform to the NYSPHSAA tournament, which means Garden City and Seaford would have split the 7 points for Class A this year, while Half Hollow Hills West and Freeport would have split the Class AA points.

   (6) Consolidated district teams (for example, Pittsford Sutheland and Mendon in girls lacrosse) had their points divided equally among participating schools.



  
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