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2025-26 Girls basketball (through March 1)
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CLASS AAA 

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

  Honorable mention: Albany 14-7, Bay Shore 16-5, Cicero-North Syracuse 13-8, 
Copiague 16-4, East Meadow 11-5, Elmira 9-10, Fort Hamilton 18-4, Freeport 
17-4, Grand Street Campus 18-6, John Jay East Fishkill 13-8, Lancaster 14-7, 
Mamaroneck 15-6, Niagara Falls 14-4, Roy C. Ketcham 14-7, Scarsdale 14-7, 
Syosset 14-7, Thurgood Marshall 18-5, Ursuline 13-9, Ward Melville 17-4. 
 
CLASS AA

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

  Honorable mention: Amherst 16-6, Beacon-PSAL 20-5, Brewster 15-7, Burnt 
Hills-Ballston Lake 13-8, Canandaigua 16-5, Cardinal O'Hara 9-17, East Harlem 
Pride 16-4, Fulton 15-5, Hauppauge 16-5, Hilton 15-6, Holy Cross 15-12, Hyde 
Park FDR 13-6, Jericho 15-7, Law & Technology 16-8, Mahopac 15-7, Manhasset 
15-6, New Hyde Park 14-8, Notre Dame Academy 13-10, Rockville Centre South 
Side 16-5, Roslyn 16-6, Smithtown West 15-6, Warwick 16-4.

  

	




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CLASS A 

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

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

  Honorable mention: Akron 15-7, Allegany-Limestone 15-7, Baruch College 14-2, 
Columbia Secondary School 14-2, Eden 16-7, General Brown 15-7, LeRoy 13-10, 
Mt. St. Ursula 9-4, Ogdensburg 11-9, School of the Future 15-2, Skaneateles 
13-9, Springville 15-5, Success Academy 15-9, Sullivan West 15-4, Walton/
Downsville 14-7, Williamson/Marion 15-7.
 
  

	




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

  Honorable mention: Brushton-Moira 13-8, Burke Catrholic 12-8, Dolgeville 
15-7, Lake George 16-6, Mayfield 17-5, Moravia 16-4, Randolph 15-5, Tully 
19-3, Westfield 16-6, Whitehall 18-4.
 
CLASS D 
 
 1. Chateaugay-10                        22-0
 2. Stamford/Jefferson-4                 19-2
 3. LaFargeville-3                       19-3
 4. Panama-6                             16-4
 5. Avoca/Prattsburgh-5                  18-3
 6. Smithtown Christian-11               13-5
 7. Batavia Notre Dame-5                 16-5
 8. Elba-5                               16-6
 9. Harrisville-10                       18-4
10. C.G. Finney-5                        16-5
11. Schroon Lake/Newcomb-7               18-5
12. Northville-2                         16-5
13. Bolton-7                             19-3
14. Cherry Valley-Springfield-4          16-4
15. Richfield Springs/Owen D. Young-4    13-6
16. Sherman-6                            12-9
17. Laurens/Milford-4                    13-8  
18. Sackets Harbor-3                     12-9
19. Saratoga Catholic-2                  9-11
20. Jasper-Troupsburg-5                  16-5

  Honorable mention: Boquet Valley 14-8, Charlotte Valley/Schenevus 15-5, 
Chazy 15-7, Colton-Pierrepont 13-8, Copenhagen 11-9, Edmeston/Morris 13-8, 
Edwards-Knox 12-11, Eldred 8-9, Forestville 13-5, Franklinville 11-9, Hammond 
11-10, Sharon Springs 12-8, South Kortright/Andes 12-9.
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