Organizations
Media:
Handy links to
newspaper, television and cable TV sites across New York.
Sanctioning bodies
Official sites of NYSPHSAA member sections, PSAL and CHSAA.
N.Y. State Public Schools Athletic Association: The site for the largest sanctioning body for high school sports in New York contains tournament schedules (and contact info) as well as the all-important BEDS numbers, which are the enrollment numbers that determine classifications.
Others
New York State Athletic Administrators Association:
Forums and chat boards
SectionV.talksback.com: Launched in January 2007, this site is a combination of news and user opinion meshed into a forum format.
Syracuse.com forums: Take a little trash-talking, stir in a dash of gossip and add liberal doses of opinion and you have the sports
discussion groups on Syracuse.com, the web site of The Post-Standard. Though the newspaper is a Syracuse publication, topics and contributors are from across N.Y. The football board is always very active, even in the offseason.
Multi-sport, section-focused sites
FrontierLeagueSports.com: Covering a sliver of the north end of Section 3 since September 2006.
New York City Sports News: The site covers some college and professional teams, but much of its bandwidth is dedicated to CHSAA and PSAL sports.
SectionXSports.com: This is one-stop shopping for everything in Section 10, with the "S" staples of information -- schedules, statistics and stories.
National sites
Baseball
Baseball America maintains an extensive site dedicated to draft prospects and other topics related to the high school game.
Basketball
Links for basketball are now available at
RoadtoGlensFalls.com
Cross country, track and field
ArmoryTrack.com: Though primarily serving the metropolitan New York City area, ArmoryTrack.com compiles and posts considerable amounts of info on cross country and track from all over New York.
Dyestat.com: A fountain of information for cross country, indoor track and outdoor track. John Dye and crew set up shop at numerous major events across the country each school year, providing same-day coverage including stories, agate and photos.
LeoneTiming.com: This outfit does the automated results for a number of cross country and track meets throughout the year, paricularly in Central New York. It's a nice resource for digging up old agate.
TullyRunners.com: One-stop shopping for a ton of info related to scholastic cross country and track in New York. The speed ratings for cross country make it possible to compare performances and stimulate plenty of discussion in the running community.