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2025-26 Girls basketball (through March 16)
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CLASS AAA 

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

  Honorable mention: Albany 14-8, Bay Shore 16-5, Cicero-North Syracuse 13-9, 
Copiague 16-4, Corning 8-11, Curtis 15-9, East Meadow 11-5, Elmira 9-11, 
Forest Hills 21-5, Freeport 17-4, John Jay East Fishkill 13-8, Lancaster 14-8, 
Mamaroneck 15-7, Middletown 14-5, Niagara Falls 14-4, Roy C. Ketcham 14-7, 
Scarsdale 14-7, Syosset 14-7, Thurgood Marshall 19-6, Ursuline 13-9, Ward 
Melville 17-4. 
 
CLASS AA

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

  Honorable mention: Amherst 16-6, Beacon-PSAL 21-6, Brewster 15-7, Burnt 
Hills-Ballston Lake 13-8, Cardinal O'Hara 9-17, Columbia 17-5, East Harlem 
Pride 17-5, Fulton 15-5, Hauppauge 16-5, Hilton 15-7, Holy Cross 15-12, Hyde 
Park FDR 13-6, Jericho 15-7, Mahopac 15-8, Manhasset 15-7, Metropolitan 
Campus 24-7, New Hyde Park 14-8, Notre Dame Academy 13-10, Nottingham 15-8, 
Orchard Park 17-4, Oswego 14-9, Rockville Centre South Side 16-6, Roslyn 16-6, 
Smithtown West 15-6, Thomas Edison-PSAL 19-3.

  

	




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CLASS A 

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

  Honorable mention: Adams Street Campus 18-9, Averill Park 9-13, Fieldston 
16-7, Glens Falls 18-4, Gouverneur 15-5, Hendrick Hudson 16-7, Highland 12-11, 
Holy Names 17-7, Hunter College 17-5, Iroquois 15-6, Kings Park 16-5, Lewiston-
Porter 17-5, Malone 13-9, Mt. St. Mary's 11-9, North Shore 14-7, Notre Dame 
School 15-11, Pearl River 13-7, Pleasantville 17-7, Rye Country Day 11-6, 
Seaford 16-6.
 
CLASS B 
  
 1. Marcellus-3                          22-2
 2. Yonkers Montessori-1                 22-3
 3. Mechanicville-2                      21-3
 4. Chenango Forks-4                     18-7
 5. Cold Spring Harbor-8                 19-5
 6. Waterloo-5                           20-6
 7. Alexander Hamilton-1                 19-3
 8. Susquehanna Valley-4                 20-2
 9. Montfort Academy-CHSAA               13-1
10. Watkins Glen-4                       18-3
11. Hornell-5                            16-7
12. Corinth-2                            16-6
13. Success Academy-PSAL                 19-9
14. Southwestern-6                       17-8
15. Babylon-11                           17-4
16. Saranac-7                            12-8
17. James I. O'Neill-9                   16-7
18. Newark Valley-4                      16-4
19. Coxsackie-Athens-2                   20-2
20. Dansville-5                          20-4
21. Frederick Douglass Academy III-PSAL  15-4
22. Carle Place-8                        15-7
23. Blind Brook-1                        14-8
24. Salamanca-6                          17-6
25. Fannie Lou Hamer-PSAL                18-4
26. Onteora-9                            15-7
27. Northeastern Clinton-7               13-5
28. Brooklyn Prospect Charter-PSAL       14-3
29. LeRoy-5                             14-11
30. Sullivan West-9                      15-5

  Honorable mention: Akron 15-7, All City Leadership 15-2, Allegany-Limestone 
15-7, Baruch College 16-3, Bolivar-Richburg/Cuba-Rushford 16-7, Brooklyn 
Community Arts and Media 15-3, Columbia Secondary School 14-3, Eden 16-7, 
General Brown 15-7, HS of American Studies 16-2, Mt. St. Ursula 9-4, NEST+M 
14-3, Ogdensburg 11-11, School of the Future 15-3, Skaneateles 13-10, 
Springville 15-5,  Walton/Downsville 14-7, Williamson/Marion 15-7.
 
  

	




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

  Honorable mention: Brushton-Moira 13-8, Burke Catholic 12-9, Dolgeville 
15-7, Lake George 16-6, Mayfield 17-6, Moravia 16-5, Randolph 15-6, Tully 
19-3, Westfield 16-6, Whitehall 18-4, York 18-5.
 
CLASS D 
 
 1. Chateaugay-10                        26-0
 2. Stamford/Jefferson-4                 22-2
 4. Smithtown Christian-11               14-5
 5. Batavia Notre Dame-5                 19-5
 3. LaFargeville-3                       21-4
 6. Schroon Lake/Newcomb-7               18-6
 7. Elba-5                               17-7
 8. Sherman-6                           14-10
 9. Avoca/Prattsburgh-5                  18-4
10. Panama-6                             16-5
11. Harrisville-10                       18-4
12. C.G. Finney-5                        16-6
13. Saratoga Catholic-2                 11-12
14. Northville-2                         16-6
15. Bolton-7                             19-3
16. Cherry Valley-Springfield-4          17-5
17. Richfield Springs/Owen D. Young-4    13-7
18. Laurens/Milford-4                    13-9  
19. Copenhagen-3                        12-11
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 8-10, Forestville 14-6, Franklinville 11-10, 
Hammond 11-10, Sackets Harbor 12-10, Sharon Springs 12-8, South Kortright/
Andes 12-9.
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