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2025-26 Girls basketball (through Feb. 15)
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CLASS AAA 

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

  Honorable mention: Albany 12-7, Bay Shore 16-4, Cicero-North Syracuse 11-7, 
Copiague 15-3, East Meadow 11-5, Fort Hamilton 18-4, Grand Street Campus 18-6, 
John Jay East Fishkill 13-7, Lancaster 13-6, Liverpool 10-6, Mamaroneck 13-6, 
Niagara Falls 14-3, Rome Free Academy 15-5, Roy C. Ketcham 13-7, Scarsdale 
14-6, Syosset 10-6, Thurgood Marshall 18-5, Ursuline 12-8, Ward Melville 16-3. 
 
CLASS AA

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

  Honorable mention: Amherst 15-5, Brewster 14-6, Campus Magnet 11-3, 
Canandaigua 15-4, Cardinal O'Hara 6-15, East Harlem Pride 15-4, Fulton 15-3, 
Half Hollow Hills West 12-8, Harborfields 16-4, Hilton 13-6, Holy Cross 13-11, 
Hyde Park FDR 12-5, Jericho 14-6, Law & Technology 16-8, Mahopac 13-7, 
Manhasset 14-6, Mepham 13-7, New Hyde Park 12-7, Notre Dame Academy 10-8, 
Rockville Centre South Side 15-5, Roslyn 13-5, Smithtown West 15-5, Warwick 
12-3, Williamsviile East 17-2.

  

	




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CLASS A 

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

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

  Honorable mention: Akron 13-6, All City Leadership 13-2, Allegany-Limestone 
14-6, Baruch College 14-2, Catskill 12-6, Columbia Secondary School 13-2, 
General Brown 14-5, HS of American Studies 14-1, James I. O'Neill 11-5, Marcus 
Whitman 13-6, Mt. St. Ursula 9-3, Olmstead 15-1, Onteora 13-4, School of the 
Future 14-2, Sauquoit Valley 16-3, Skaneateles 11-9, Walton/Downsville 14-5, 
Williamson/Marion 14-6.
 
  

	




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

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

  Honorable mention: Chazy 14-6, Copenhagen 9-9, Edmeston/Morris 12-7, 
Forestville 12-4, Franklinville 11-8, Hammond 10-9, Laurens/Milford 12-7, 
Sackets Harbor 11-9, Saratoga Catholic 9-9, Sharon Springs 12-6, South 
Kortright/Andes 12-7.
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