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2025-26 Girls basketball (through Feb. 8)
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CLASS AAA 

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

  Honorable mention: Albany 11-6, Aquinas 7-8, Bay Shore 16-4, Cicero-North 
Syracuse 10-6, Copiague 15-3, East Meadow 10-5, Fort Hamilton 18-4, Grand 
Street Campus 15-5, John Jay East Fishkill 12-7, Lancaster 12-5, Liverpool 
10-5, Mamaroneck 10-7, Newburgh Free Academy 11-6, Niagara Falls 12-3, Rome 
Free Academy 13-5, Roy C. Ketcham 12-5, Scarsdale 12-6, Syosset 9-6, 
Thurgood Marshall 16-4, Tottenville 18-5, Ursuline 10-7, Ward Melville 16-3, 
William Floyd 16-4. 
 
CLASS AA

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

  Honorable mention: Amherst 14-5, Brewster 12-6, Campus Magnet 11-3, 
Canandaigua 13-4, Cardinal O'Hara 6-14, East Harlem Pride 15-3, Fulton 14-2, 
Garden City 13-4, Half Hollow Hills West 13-7, Harborfields 16-4, Hilton 13-4, 
Holy Cross 12-10, Hyde Park FDR 10-5, Jericho 14-5, Longwood Prep 15-3, 
Mahopac 11-7, Manhasset 13-5, Mepham 12-6, New Hyde Park 12-6, Notre Dame 
Academy 10-7, Ossining 11-6, Pittsford Mendon 15-2, Rockville Centre South 
Side 13-6, Roslyn 13-5, Smithtown West 15-5, South Bronx Prep 19-3, Suffern 
10-6, Warwick 10-2, Williamsviile East 15-2.

  

	




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CLASS A 

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

  Honorable mention: Averill Park 7-10, Beacon 9-7, Glens Falls 14-3, 
Gouverneur 15-2, Hendrick Hudson 13-5, HS for Construction Trades 18-5, Holy 
Names 12-6, Honeoye Falls-Lima 11-6, Iroquois 13-4, Kenmore East 11-6, Lake 
Shore 11-5, Lewiston-Porter 14-3, Malone 10-6, New Hartford 11-6, North Shore 
14-5, Notre Dame School 15-8, Pearl River 12-5, Plainedge 14-5, Pleasantville 
12-5, Rochester East 13-4, Saugerties 10-4, Seaford 13-5, Scholars Academy 
21-3, Thomas Jefferson 20-3, Young Women's Leadership (Bronx) 15-1.
 
CLASS B 
  
 1. Marcellus-3                          16-2
 2. Susquehanna Valley-4                 16-1
 3. Hornell-5                            12-5
 4. Alexander Hamilton-1                 15-2
 5. Cold Spring Harbor-8                 15-4
 6. Yonkers Montessori-1                 14-2
 7. Fannie Lou Hamer-PSAL                14-2
 8. Mechanicville-2                      16-2
 9. Chenango Forks-4                     10-6
10. Monfort Academy-CHSAA                12-1
11. Sullivan West-9                      12-2
12. Waterloo-5                           11-5
13. Brooklyn Prospect Charter-PSAL       15-1
14. Saranac-7                             9-6
15. Babylon-11                           17-3
16. Coxsackie-Athens-2                   16-1
17. Southwestern-6                       13-5
18. Newark Valley-4                      15-2
19. Corinth-2                            14-4
20. Northeastern Clinton-7               10-3
21. Dansville-5                          13-2
22. Carle Place-8                        13-5
23. Brooklyn Comm. Arts and Media-PSAL   14-3
24. Penn Yan-5                           11-6
22. Blind Brook-1                        12-6

  Honorable mention: All City Leadership 13-2, Allegany-Limestone 12-5, Bolivar-
Richburg/Cuba-Rushford 11-5, Catskill 10-5, Columbia Secondary School 13-2, 
General Brown 12-5, Hannibal 10-5, HS of American Studies 14-1, La Salle 10-7, 
Marcus Whitman 10-6, Mt. St. Ursula 8-3, Onteora 13-3, Salamanca 13-4, School of 
the Future 14-2, Sauquoit Valley 13-3, Skaneateles 11-8, Springville 11-3, 
Walton/Downsville 11-4, Watervliet/Heatley 10-6, Watkins Glen 13-2, Williamson/
Marion 12-6.
 
  

	




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

  Honorable mention: Bloomfield 10-4, Brushton-Moira 11-6, Chautauqua Lake 
10-6, Dolgeville 12-4, Fillmore 12-3, Lake George 15-3, Madrid-Waddington 
10-5, Mayfield 14-4, Moravia 12-4, North Salem 9-7, Perry 12-5, Pierson 12-6, 
Randolph 11-5, S.S. Seward 13-3, Thousand Islands  12-5, Tully 17-1, Westfield 
12-5, Wilson 14-4.
 
CLASS D 
 
 1. Chateaugay-10                        18-0
 2. Stamford/Jefferson-4                 15-2
 3. Bolton-7                             16-2
 4. LaFargeville-3                       14-3
 5. Avoca/Prattsburgh-5                  15-2
 6. Elba-5                               12-4
 7. Harrisville-10                       15-3
 8. C.G. Finney-5                        13-3
 9. Smithtown Christian-11               13-5
10. Panama-6                             11-4
11. Batavia Notre Dame-5                 13-4
12. Schroon Lake/Newcomb-7               14-4
13. Northville-2                         12-5
14. Cherry Valley-Springfield-4          14-4
15. Jasper-Troupsburg-5                  15-3
16. Richfield Springs/Owen D. Young-4    11-6
17. Charlotte Valley/Schenevus-4         14-4
18. Chazy-7                              13-5    
19. Sherman-6                             8-8
20. Batavia Notre Dame-5                 12-4

  Honorable mention: Boquet Valley 12-7, Colton-Pierrepont 12-6,  Copenhagen 9-8, 
Edmeston/Morris 12-6, Fabius-Pompey 8-9, Forestville 9-4, Franklinville 9-8, 
Hammond 8-9, Sackets Harbor 10-8, Saratoga Catholic 9-8, Sharon Springs 12-6.
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