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2025-26 Girls basketball (through Jan. 18)
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CLASS AAA 

 1. Msgr. Scanlan-CHSAA                  10-3
 2. Colonie-2                            12-0
 3. Christ the King-CHSAA                 7-4
 4. Albertus Magnus-1                    10-2
 5. South Shore-PSAL                     16-2
 6. Shaker-2                             12-1
 7. Manhasset St. Mary's-CHSAA            8-3
 8. Baldwin-8                             9-1
 9. Roy C. Ketcham-1                      8-1
10. Shenendehowa-2                        8-2
11. Lancaster St. Mary's-MMA             10-5
12. Nazareth-CHSAA                       10-4
13. Walt Whitman-11                      10-1
14. Fairport-5                           10-1
15. Bishop Ludden-Grimes-3               11-3
16. Freeport-8                           11-1
17. West Seneca-6                         9-1
18. Our Lady of Lourdes-9                 6-4
19. Massapequa-8                         12-1
20. Tottenville-PSAL                     16-2
21. Middletown-9                          9-2
22. Forest Hills-PSAL                    10-2
23. Cicero-North Syracuse-3               6-4
24. Xaverian-CHSAA                        7-6
25. Baldwinsville-3                       9-2

  Honorable mention: Arlington 8-2, Bay Shore 12-2, Copiague 9-2, Fort Hamilton 
14-4, Grand Street Campus 14-4, Kingston 9-4, Lancaster 8-2, Liverpool 5-3, 
Murry Bergtraum 14-5, Newburgh Free Academy 7-4, Pine Bush 6-2, Rome Free 
Academy 7-5, St. Joe by the Sea 8-5, Scarsdale 6-3, Thurgood Marshall 12-1, 
Ward Melville 10-2, William Floyd 10-3. 
 
CLASS AA

 1. Pittsford Sutherland-5               10-0
 2. Rye-1                                12-1
 3. Penfield-5                            9-1
 4. Horseheads-4                         10-1
 5. Westhampton-11                       11-2
 6. Orchard Park-6                       12-1
 7. Moore Catholic-CHSAA                 12-1
 8. MacArthur-8                          13-0
 9. Northport-11                         12-0
10. Nyack-1                               9-0
11. Msgr. McClancy-CHSAA                 12-5
12. Thomas Edison-PSAL                   14-0
13. St. Dominic-CHSAA                    11-0
14. Staten Island Academy-AIS            11-3
15. Webster Schroeder-5                   9-1
16. St. Anthony's-CHSAA                  10-2
17. Columbia-2                            7-2
18. Medgar Evers-PSAL                    15-0
19. Metropolitan Campus-PSAL             15-2
20. Mahopac-1                             8-3
21. Nottingham-3                          7-2
22. Ossining-1                            7-4
23. Archbishop Molloy-CHSAA               8-6
24. Fulton-3                              8-1
25. Hilton-5                              8-2
25. Warwick-9                             7-1

  Honorable mention: Amherst 9-4, Campus Magnet 9-2, Canandaigua 9-2, Cardinal 
O'Hara 4-9, Cornwall 7-1, East Harlem Pride 11-1, Half Hollow Hills West 8-4, 
Harborfields 11-2, Hauppauge 9-2, Holly Cross 8-7, Hyde Park FDR 5-2, Islip 
8-3, Longwood Prep 10-2, Louis Brandeis 11-3, McKee/Staten Island Tech 12-2, 
Mepham 9-5, North Tonawanda 7-2, Notre Dame Academy 9-5, Pittsford Mendon 8-2, 
Roslyn 10-4, South Bronx Prep 11-0, Troy 9-2, Williamsviile East 10-1.

  

	




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CLASS A 

 1. Utica Notre Dame-3                   14-0
 2. Albany Academy-2                     11-0
 3. Syracuse CBA-3                       10-1
 4. Tappan Zee-1                          7-3
 5. Pelham-1                              8-3
 6. Johnson City-4                        9-3
 7. Cardinal Spellman-CHSAA              10-1
 8. Newark-5                              9-0
 9. Stony Brook-AIS                       6-3
10. Kings Park-11                        10-3
11. Rye Country Day-AIS                   6-1
12. Depew-6                              10-2
13. Shoreham-Wading River-11             12-1
14. Floral Park-8                         9-4 
15. Wantagh-8                            12-2
16. Summit Academy-PSAL                  15-1
17. Peru-7                               11-2
18. Fieldston-AIS                        10-3
19. Norwich-4                             8-2
20. Hunter College-PSAL                  13-2
21. Maria Regina-CHSAA                   10-1
22. Maine-Endwell-4                      10-2
23. Our Lady of Mercy-5                   6-4
24. Mount Sinai-11                        9-3
25. Hendrick Hudson-1                     9-2
25. Fontbonne Hall-CHSAA                  8-2

  Honorable mention: Averill Park 6-5, Beacon 5-2, Dalton 11-3, Glens Falls 
10-2, Gouverneur 10-1, HS for Construction Trades 10-6,  Honeoye Falls-Lima 
9-2, Iroquois 10-3, Jamesville-DeWitt 6-3, Lake Shore 7-3, Lewiston-Porter 10-2, 
North Shore 8-4, Plainedge 9-4, Rochester East 7-3, Rocky Point 7-4, Seaford 
8-4, Scholars Academy 14-2, Thomas Jefferson 16-2.
 
CLASS B 
  
 1. Hornell-5                            10-2
 2. Marcellus-3                          13-1
 3. Yonkers Montessori-1                 11-0
 4. Susquehanna Valley-4                  9-1
 5. Alexander Hamilton-1                  8-2
 6. Hannibal-3                            8-1
 7. Cold Spring Harbor-8                  8-4
 8. Fannie Lou Hamer-PSAL                13-2
 9. Mechanicville-2                      10-2
10. Brooklyn Prospect Charter-PSAL       13-0
11. Saranac-7                             8-3
12. Waterloo-5                            7-3
13. Watkins Glen-4                        8-2
14. La Salle-2                            8-4
15. Corinth-2                             9-2
16. Coxsackie-Athens-2                   12-1
17. Penn Yan-5                            8-3
18. Monfort Academy-CHSAA                 9-1
19. Sullivan West-9                       6-2
20. Babylon-11                           10-3

  Honorable mention: Allegany-Limestone 7-3, Blind Brook 8-3, Brooklyn 
Community Arts & Media 11-1, Carle Place 10-4, Dansville 8-2, General Brown 
8-4, Marcus Whitman 7-3, Northeastern Clinton 9-3, Onteora 8-3, St. Saviour 
6-2, Salamanca 8-4, Sauquoit Valley 9-2, Skaneateles 8-4, Southwestern 8-4, 
Springville 8-2, Walton/Downsville 8-3, Watervliet/Heatley 7-3.
 
  

	




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CLASS C 
  
 1. Frewsburg-6                           8-1
 2. Greenwich-2                          13-0
 3. Canisteo-Greenwood-5                 11-1
 4. Tuckahoe-1                           11-2
 5. Keshequa-5                           10-0
 6. Bainbridge-Guilford-4                12-0
 7. Stillwater-2                          9-2
 8. Oakfield-Alabama-5                    8-0
 9. Lisbon-10                             7-3
10. Delhi-4                               9-2
11. Hamilton-3                           10-1
12. Moriah-7                              9-2
13. Frankfort-Schuyler-3                 11-0
14. West Canada Valley-3                 12-1
15. Union Springs-4                      10-2
16. Berne-Knox-Westerlo-2                 8-1
17. Letchworth-5                         11-1
18. Weedsport-3                           9-2
19. York-5                                8-3
20. Wilson-6                             10-1
20. Lake George-2                         9-2

  Honorable mention: Bloomfield 7-2, Brushton-Moira 7-4, Dolgeville 6-2, Fillmore 
6-2, Lyons 9-2, Madrid-Waddington 7-4, Mayfield 10-1, Pierson 8-4, Randolph 6-3, 
S.S. Seward 8-2, Thousand Islands  8-4, Tully 11-1, Westfield 10-0.
 
CLASS D 
 
 1. Chateaugay-10                        12-0
 2. Stamford/Jefferson-4                 12-1
 3. Bolton-7                             11-1
 4. Elba-5                                9-2
 5. LaFargeville-3                        9-2
 6. Avoca/Prattsburgh-5                   9-1
 7. Harrisville-10                       12-2
 8. Charlotte Valley/Schenevus-4         10-1
 9. C.G. Finney-5                         9-2
10. Smithtown Christian-11               11-4
11. Panama-6                              8-4
12. Cherry Valley-Springfield-4          10-2
13. Schroon Lake/Newcomb-7               10-2
14. Batavia Notre Dame-5                  6-3
15. Edmeston/Morris-4                     6-3
16. Laurens/Milford-4                     8-5
17. Northville-2                          8-5
18. Sharon Springs-4                      7-3
19. Andover/Whitesville-5                 8-3
20. Saratoga Catholic-2                   7-5

  Honorable mention: Boquet Valley 7-5, Chazy 6-4, Colton-Pierrepont 6-5, 
Copenhagen 7-5, Fabius-Pompey 5-6, Hammond 7-7, Hermon-DeKalb 5-3, Richfield 
Springs/Owen D. Young 5-5, Saratoga Catholic 7-5, .
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