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    Football
    NYSSWA rankings, 1969-80

    1969 final football polls

    All schools

    1. Kenmore West (8-0)

    2. Ithaca (8-0)

    3. Utica Notre Dame (8-0)

    4. Scarsdale (8-0)

    5. Olean Walsh (8-0)

    6. Brighton (8-0)

    7. Hudson Falls (7-0)

    8. Massena (7-0)

    9. Vestal (7-1)

    10. Levittown Division (8-0)

     

    1970

    Large schools

    1. Ithaca (8-0)

    2. Newburgh Free Academy (7-0)

    3. Auburn (8-0)

    4. Vestal (7-1)

    5. Rush-Henrietta (8-0)

    6. Kenmore East (8-0)

    7. Brentwood (8-0)

    8. Niskayuna (7-0-1)

    9. Patchogue Seton Hall (8-0)

    10. Syosset (7-1)

    11. West Genesee (7-1)

    12. Rochester Aquinas (7-1)

    Small schools

    1. Albany Academy (7-0)

    2. Pleasantville (8-0)

    3. Chenango Forks (8-0)

    4. Pine Plains (8-0)

    5. Olean Walsh (8-0)

    6. South Seneca (7-1)

    7. LaFayette (7-1)

    8. Cooperstown (8-0)

    9. Canastota (7-1)

    10. Avon (7-1)

    11. Troy Tamarac (8-0)

    12. Dundee (7-1)

     

    1971

    Large schools

    1. Farmingdale (9-0)

    2. White Plains (9-0)

    3. Rochester Madison (7-0)

    4. Ithaca (8-0-1)

    5. North Rockland (9-0)

    6. Vestal (8-1)

    7. Buffalo Sweet Home (8-1)

    8. West Seneca East (8-0)

    9. Lewiston-Porter (8-0)

    10. Massapequa Berner (7-2)

    11. Syracuse Corcoran (7-1)

    12. Brentwood (8-0-1)

    13. Rochester Aquinas (7-1)

    14. Massapequa (7-1)

    15. Huntington (8-1)

    16. Jamesville-DeWitt (7-1)

    17. Elmira Southside (8-0)

    18. Buffalo Timon (8-1)

    19. Rome Free Academy (7-1-1)

    20. Guilderland (7-1)

    Small schools

    1. Pleasantville (8-0)

    2. Salamanca (8-0)

    3. Clyde-Savannah (8-0)

    4. Cazenovia (8-0)

    5. John Jay, Cross River (9-0)

    6. Highland (9-0)

    7. Ravena (7-1)

    8. Central Square (8-0)

    9. Lockport DeSales (7-1)

    10. Utica JFK (7-1)

    11. Groton (8-0)

    12. Tully (7-1)

    13. Attica (8-0)

    14. Solvay (6-1-1)

    15. Plattsburgh St. John's (9-0)

    16. Le Roy (7-1)

    17. Geneseo (6-1)

    18. Cuba  (8-0)

    19. Westfield (8-0)

    20. Dryden (7-1)

     

    1972

    Large schools

    1. Farmingdale (9-0)

    2. Kenmore East (8-0)

    3. Ithaca (9-0)

    4. Shenendehowa (9-0)

    5. Buffalo Canisius (8-0)

    6. Auburn (9-0)

    7. Vestal (8-1)

    8. Maine-Endwell (9-0)

    9. North Rockland (9-0)

    10. East Meadow (8-1)

    11. Lindenhurst (6-1-1)

    12. Scarsdale (8-1)

    13. Brentwood (8-1)

    14. Lewiston-Porter (7-1)

    15. Syosset (8-1)

    16. East Syracuse-Minoa (9-0)

    17. Sayville (9-0)

    18. Rochester Cardinal Mooney (7-1)

    19. Susquehanna Valley (8-1)

    20. (tie) Sleepy Hollow (9-0)

    20. (tie) Syracuse CBA (7-1)

    20. (tie) New Hartford (7-1)

    Small schools

    1. Pleasantville (8-0)

    2. John Jay, Cross River (8-1)

    3. Lackawanna Baker (9-0)

    4. Springville (8-0)

    5. Goshen (8-0-1)

    6. Depew (8-0)

    7. Albany Academy (7-0)

    8. Windsor (7-1-1)

    9. St. Lawrence (8-0)

    10. Irvington (7-1)

    11. Johnstown (7-1)

    12. Minisink Valley (8-0-1)

    13. Solvay (7-1)

    14. Le Roy (8-1)

    15. Watertown Immaculate Heart (8-0)

    16. Medina (7-1)

    17. Mount Markham (8-0)

    18. Plattsburgh St. John's (8-0)

    19. Tully (8-1)

    20. (tie) Victor (8-1)

    20. (tie) Dryden (9-0)

     

    1973

    Large schools

    1. Vestal (9-0)

    2. Buffalo Canisius (8-0)

    3. Lancaster (8-0)

    4. East Rochester (9-0)

    5. Syosset (8-1)

    6. West Hempstead (8-1)

    7. Utica Notre Dame (8-0)

    8. Kenmore East (7-1)

    9. Harrison (9-0)

    10. Maine-Endwell (8-1)

    11. Farmingdale (7-1)

    12. Amherst Sweet Home (8-1)

    13. Noth Babylon (8-0)

    14. Bellmore JFK (8-1)

    15. Webster (9-0)

    16. Syracuse Henninger (8-1)

    17. Albany CBA (7-2)

    18. Guilderland (7-2)

    19. Ketcham (8-1)

    20. Massapequa (7-1)

    21. Levittown Division (8-1)

    22. Grand Island (8-0)

    23. Clarkstown North (9-0)

    24. Shenendehowa (8-1)

    25. White Plains Stepinac (7-2)

    Small schools

    1. Pleasantville (8-0)

    2. Springville (8-0)

    3. Chenango Forks (9-0)

    4. Clyde-Savannah (9-0)

    5. John Jay (8-1)

    6. Port Jervis (8-1)

    7. Saratoga St. Peter's (9-0)

    8. Caledonia-Mumford (8-0)

    9. Tuckahoe (8-0)

    10. Plattsburgh St. John's (8-0)

    11. Johnstown (7-1)

    12. Syracuse Westhill (8-1)

    13. Batavia Notre Dame (7-2)

    14. Pawling (8-1)

    15. Lockport DeSales (8-1)

    16. Medina (7-1)

    17. Waterloo (8-1)

    18. Goshen (8-1)

    19. Fredonia (7-0-1)

    20. Coxsackie-Athens (8-0)

     

    1974

    Large schools

    1. Syosset-8 (9-0)

    2. S. Huntington Holy Family-11 (9-0)

    3. Buffalo Canisius-6 (9-0)

    4. Vestal-4 (8-0-1)

    5. Auburn-3 (9-0)

    6. Shenendehowa-2 (9-0)

    7. Union-Endicott-4 (7-0-1)

    8. Carey-8 (9-0)

    9. Rome Free Academy-3 (8-0)

    10. Lewiston-Porter-6 (8-0)

    11. Hamburg-6 (8-0)

    12. Buffalo Sweet Home-6 (8-1)

    13. Kenmore East-6 (7-1)

    14. McQuaid-5 (8-1)

    15. Webster Thomas-5 (8-1)

    16. Albany CBA-2 (8-0)

    17. Amsterdam-2 (7-1)

    18. North Syracuse-3 (7-2)

    19. Clarkstown Soth-9 (9-0)

    20. Newburgh Free Academy-9 (4-2)

    21. Hyde Park Roosevelt-1 (8-1)

    22. Walt Whitman-11 (8-1)

    23. White Plains-1 (6-2)

    24. North Tonawanda-6 (6-2)

    25. (tie) Horace Greeley-1 (8-0)

    25. (tie) North Babylon-11 (8-1)

    Small schools

    1. (tie) Monroe-Woodbury-9 (9-0)

    1. (tie) Lockport DeSales-6 (8-0)

    3. Caledonia-Mumford-5 (8-0)

    4. Waterloo-5 (9-0)

    5. Valhalla-1 (7-2)

    6. Springville-6 (7-0-1)

    7. Oneida-3 (8-0)

    8. Eden-6 (7-0-1)

    9. Mohawk-3 (8-0-1)

    10. Croton-1 (7-1-1)

    11. Mechanicville-2 (8-0-1)

    12. Mynderse-5 (8-1)

    13. Falconer-6 (9-0)

    14. Dunkirk-6 (8-1)

    15. Tioga-4 (8-0-1)

    16. Syracuse Westhill-3 (8-1)

    17. Lackawanna Baker-6 (7-2)

    18. Red Hook-9 (8-1)

    19. Beekmantown-7 (8-1)

    20. Windsor-4 (7-1-1)

    21. New York Mills-3 (8-0)

    22. Goshen-9 (7-2)

    23. Pleasantville-1 (6-2)

    24. Pavilion-5 (8-0)

    25. (tie) LaFayette-3 (8-1)

    25. (tie) Skaneateles-3 (8-1)

     

    1975

    Large schools

    1. Vestal-4 (9-0)

    2. Farmingdale-8 (9-0)

    3. Auburn-3 (9-0)

    4. Shenendehowa-2 (9-0)

    5. Buffalo Canisius-6 (8-0)

    6. Rome Free Academy-3 (9-0)

    7. East Islip-11 (9-0)

    8. Rochester Aquinas-5 (8-1)

    9. Buffalo grover Cleveland-6 (8-0)

    10. Oyster Bay St. Dominic's-8 (9-0)

    11. McQuaid-5 (8-0)

    12. Yonkers Roosevelt-1 (9-0)

    13. Amherst-6 (7-0)

    14. Williamsville North-6 (8-0-1)

    15. Rush-Henrietta-5 (7-1-1)

    16. Union-Endicott-4 (7-2)

    17. East Rochester-5 (8-1)

    18. Johnson City-4 (8-1)

    19. Syracuse Henninger-3 (7-2)

    20. Horseheads-4 (8-1)

    21. Great Neck North-8 (8-0-1)

    22. Cicero-3 (7-2)

    23. Port Washington-8 (9-0)

    24. Rye-1 (8-1)

    25. (tie) Ward Melville-11 (6-0-3)

    25. (tie) White Plains-1 (7-1)

    Small schools

    1. Croton-Harmon-1 (9-0)

    2. Cheektowaga JFK-6 (8-0)

    3. Livonia-5 (8-0)

    4. Johnstown-2 (7-1)

    5. Albany Academy-2 (8-0)

    6. Penn Yan-5 (8-1)

    7. John Jay, Cross River-1 (8-1)

    8. Port Jervis-9 (8-0-1)

    9. Waterloo-5 (8-1)

    10. Springville-6 (7-1)

    11. Chenango Forks-4 (7-2)

    12. Caledonia-Mumford-5 (8-1)

    13. Pleasantville-1 (6-2)

    14. Ilion-3 (8-1)

    15. Central Square-3 (8-1)

    16. Windsor-4 (7-2)

    17. Dryden-4 (9-0)

    18. New York Mills-3 (9-0)

    19. Portville-6 (9-0)

    20. Fonda-Fultonville-2 (8-1)

    21. Canisteo-5 (7-1)

    22. Dundee-5 (9-0)

    23. Vernon-Verona-Sherrill-3 (6-1-1)

    24. Falconer-6 (8-0)

    25. Seneca Falls Mynderse-5 (7-2)

     

    1976

    Large schools

    1. Rush-Henrietta-5 (9-0)

    2. Albany CBA-2 (9-0)

    3. McQuaid-5 (8-0)

    4. Buffalo Canisius-6 (7-0-1)

    5. Union-Endicott-4 (8-1)

    6. Farmingdale-8 (7-1)

    7. Horace Greeley-1 (8-1)

    8. Yonkers Roosevelt-1 (8-1)

    9. Copiague-11 (8-0-1)

    10. Central Islip-11 (8-0-1)

    11. Scarsdale-1 (7-2)

    12. Jamesville-DeWitt-3 (7-1)

    13. Cicero-3 (8-1)

    14. Corning East-5 (9-0)

    15. Cortland-4 (8-0)

    16. West Genesee-3 (8-1)

    17. East Rochester-5 (8-1)

    18. Massapequa Berner-8 (7-1-1)

    19. Rome Free Academy-3 (8-1)

    20. Niagara LaSalle-6 (7-0-1)

    21. Syracuse Henninger-3 (8-1)

    22. Shenendehowa-2 (7-2)

    23. Binghamton Central-4 (7-1)

    24. Comsewogue-11 (7-1)

    25. (tie) Kingston-1 (7-2)

    25. (tie) Hamburg-6 (8-1)

    25. (tie) Lewiston-Porter-6 (7-1-1)

    Small schools

    1. Penn Yan-5 (9-0)

    2. Pleasantville-1 (8-1)

    3. Chenango Forks-4 (8-1)

    4. Albany Academy-2 (9-0)

    5. Lockport DeSales-6 (7-1)

    6. Port Jervis-9 (8-1)

    7. Monroe-Woodbury-9 (8-1)

    8. Rye Neck-1 (8-1)

    9. Cazenovia-3 (7-1)

    10. Windsor-4 (7-2)

    11. Caledonia-Mumford-5 (7-1)

    12. Livonia-5 (7-1)

    13. Valhalla-1 (7-1)

    14. Falconer-6 (8-0)

    15. Wallkill-9 (8-0-1)

    16. Oakfield-Alabama-5 (8-0)

    17. Somers JFK-1 (6-2)

    18. Lake Shore-6 (7-1)

    19. Lyons-5 (8-1)

    20. Watervliet-2 (7-1)

    21. Royalton-Hartland-6 (7-1)

    22. Salamanca-6 (7-2)

    23. Dolgeville-3 (8-0)

    24. Massena-10 (6-0-2)

    25. (tie) Saranac Lake-10 (7-0-1)

    25. (tie) Groton-4 (8-1)

     

    1977

    Large schools

    1. New Rochelle-1 (9-0)

    2. Fairport-5 (9-0)

    3. Chaminade-8 (8-0)

    4. New Hyde Park-8 (9-0)

    5. Shenendehowa-2 (8-0)

    6. Kingston-1 (9-0)

    7. Horace Greeley-1 (9-0)

    8. Rochester Aquinas-5 (8-1)

    9. Syracuse Nottingham-3 (9-0)

    10. Buffalo Canisius-6 (7-1)

    11. Johnson City-4 (8-1)

    12. Oceanside-8 (8-1)

    13. Sweet Home-6 (7-1)

    14. Buffalo St. Joe's-6 (7-1)

    15. East Syracuse-Minoa-3 (8-1)

    16. Sachem-11 (8-1)

    17. Webster Schroeder-5 (8-1)

    18. Patchogue-11 (8-1)

    19. Cold Spring Harbor-8 (9-0)

    20. North Rockland-9 (8-1)

    21. White Plains-1 (7-2)

    22. Syracuse Henninger-3 (7-1)

    23. Holy Family-11 (8-1)

    24. Albany CBA-2 (7-2)

    25. (tie) East Rochester-5 (7-2)

    25. (tie) Fayetteville-Manlius-3 (8-1)

    Small schools

    1. (tie) Caledonia-Mumford-5 (8-0)

    1. (tie) Olean-6 (8-0)

    3. Harrison-1 (8-1)

    4. Saranac Lake-10 (8-0)

    5. Buffalo Lafayette-6 (7-0)

    6. Goshen-9 (8-1)

    7. Seneca Falls Mynderse-5 (8-0-1)

    8. Lyons-5 (9-0)

    9. Whitehall-2 (8-0)

    10. John Jay, Cross River-1 (7-1)

    11. Dryden-4 (9-0)

    12. Mt. Markham-3 (8-0)

    13. Medina-6 (7-0-1)

    14. Croton-Harmon-1 (7-1)

    15. Chenango Forks-4 (7-2)

    16. Perth-2 (8-0)

    17. Pleasantville-1 (7-1-1)

    18. Port Jervis-9 (7-1-1)

    19. Vernon-Verona-Sherrill-3 (7-1)

    20. New Paltz-9 (9-0)

    21. Depew-6 (8-1)

    22. Plattsburgh-7 (8-0)

    23. Le Roy-5 (7-2)

    24. Maple Grove-6 (8-1)

    25. Syracuse Bishop Grimes-3 (7-2)

     

    1978

    Large schools

    1. (tie) East Rochester-5 (10-0)

    1. (tie) Farmingdale-8 (9-0)

    3. Vestal-4 (9-0)

    4. Kingston-1 (10-0)

    5. Albany Maginn-2 (10-0)

    6. Rome Free Academy-3 (9-0)

    7. Chaminade-8 (10-0)

    8. Bethpage-8 (9-0)

    9. Clarkstown South-9 (8-1)

    10. Cold Spring Harbor-8 (9-0)

    11. Union-Endicott-4 (6-2)

    12. East Islip-11 (8-1)

    13. Syracuse Henninger-3 (8-1)

    14. Bethlehem-2 (9-1)

    15. Buffalo Canisius-6 (7-1)

    16. Mamaroneck-1 (8-1)

    17. Fairport-5 (7-1-1)

    18. Buffalo Timon-6 (7-1)

    19. Sachem-11 (7-2)

    20. West Islip-11 (8-1)

    21. White Plains-1 (7-1)

    22. Liverpool-3 (8-1)

    23. Ithaca-4 (7-2)

    24. Rush-Henrietta Sperry-5 (7-2)

    25. (tie) McQuaid-5 (8-1)

    25. (tie) Amherst-6 (7-1)

    25. (tie) Arlington-1 (7-1)

    Small schools

    1. Caledonia-Mumford-5 (9-0)

    2. Springville-6 (9-0)

    3. Chenango Forks-4 (8-1)

    4. Harrison-1 (8-1)

    5. Oneida-3 (8-0)

    6. Johnstown-2 (9-0-1)

    7. Irvington-1 (10-0)

    8. Cornwall-9 (9-0)

    9. Penn Yan-5 (8-1)

    10. Solvay-3 (8-0)

    11. Pleasantville-1 (8-2)

    12. Walton-4 (7-1)

    13. Peru-7 (9-0)

    14. Tupper Lake-10 (7-1)

    15. Niagara Catholic-6 (6-2)

    16. Wellsville-5 (7-2)

    17. Ballston Spa-2 (9-1)

    18. Livonia-5 (7-1-1)

    19. Salamanca-6 (7-2)

    20. Washingtonville-9 (8-2)

    21. Massena-10 (7-1)

    22. Riverhead Mercy-11 (7-0-1)

    23. Albany Academy-2 (7-1)

    24. Deposit-4 (9-0)

    25. (tie) Sleepy Hollow-1 (7-2)

    25. (tie) Groton-4 (7-1)

    25. (tie) Lowville-3 (8-1)

     

    1979

    Large schools

    1. Union-Endicott-4 (9-0)

    2. Liverpool-3 (10-0)

    3. Sewanhaka-8 (9-0)

    4. White Plains-1 (10-0)

    5. Farmingdale-8 (8-1)

    6. Sachem-11 (8-1)

    7. Syracuse Henninger-3 (8-1)

    8. Suffern-9 (9-0)

    9. North Tonawanda-6 (9-0-1)

    10. Jamestown-6 (8-1)

    11. West Islip-11 (8-1)

    12. Deer Park-11 (7-1)

    13. West Hempstead-8 (9-0)

    14. Rochester Aquinas-5 (9-1)

    15. Shenendehowa-2 (9-1)

    16. Bishop Timon-6 (8-1)

    17. Yonkers Gorton-1 (9-0)

    18. Ramapo-9 (9-1)

    19. Eastridge-5 (8-1-1)

    20. Greece Athena-5 (8-1)

    21. Corning West-5 (9-1)

    22. Ketcham-1 (9-1)

    23. Elmira Free-4 (8-1)

    24. Amsterdam-2 (8-2)

    25. (tie) Orchard Park-6 (7-2)

    25. (tie) Horace Greeley-1 (7-1)

    Small schools

    1. Caledonia-Mumford-5 (9-0)

    2. John Jay, Cross River-1 (9-0)

    3. Solvay-3 (8-0-1)

    4. Port Jervis-9 (9-1)

    5. Nanuet-9 (9-0)

    6. Albion-6 (9-0)

    7. Scotia-2 (8-2)

    8. Windsor-4 (8-1)

    9. Beekmantown-7 (8-0-1)

    10. Alden-6 (7-1-1)

    11. Chenango Forks-4 (7-2)

    12. Irvington-1 (9-1)

    13. Clyde-Savannah-5 (7-2-1)

    14. Johnstown-2 (9-1)

    15. Westhampton-11 (7-1)

    16. Queensbury-2 (6-1-1)

    17. Springville-6 (7-2)

    18. Dansville-5 (8-1)

    19. Watervliet-2 (8-0-1)

    20. Carthage-3 (8-2)

    21. Massena-10 (8-1)

    22. Oxford-4 (9-0)

    23. Elmira Heights Edison-4 (9-0-1)

    24. Croton-Harmon-1 (8-1-1)

    25. (tie) Hudson-2 (8-1)

    25. (tie) Depew-6 (7-1-1)

     

    1980

    Large schools

    1. New Rochelle-1 (10-0)

    2. East Islip-11 (9-0-1)

    3. Massapequa-8 (9-0)

    4. West Islip-11 (7-0-1)

    5. Rome Free Academy-3 (9-1)

    6. West Islip St. John Baptist-11 (9-0-1)

    7. Fairport-5 (9-0-1)

    8. Syracuse Henninger-3 (8-1)

    9. Hamburg Frontier-6 (7-2)

    10. Bethpage-8 (9-0)

    11. Elmira Free Academy-4 (8-1)

    12. Sewanhaka-8 (8-1)

    13. Johnson City-4 (9-1)

    14. Clarence-6 (8-1)

    15. Kingston-1 (8-2)

    16. Farmingdale-8 (7-1)

    17. Amherst Sweet Home-6 (7-2)

    18. Liverpool-3 (8-2)

    19. Amherst-6 (7-2)

    20. Gates Chili-5 (8-2)

    21. Plainedge-8 (8-1)

    22. Poughkeepsie Arlington-1 (7-2)

    23. Shenendehowa-2 (9-1)

    24. Clarkstown South-9 (9-1)

    25. (tie) Pittsford Mendon-5 (9-1)

    25. (tie) Vestal-4 (6-2)

    25. (tie) Yorktown-1 (8-1)

    Small schools

    1. Caledonia-Mumford-5 (10-0)

    2. Springville-6 (9-0)

    3. Port Jervis-9 (10-0)

    4. Peru-7 (9-0-1)

    5. Windsor-4 (9-1)

    6. Tonawanda Cardinal O’Hara-6 (9-0)

    7. Ilion-3 (9-1)

    8. Herkimer-3 (9-1)

    9. Nanuet-1 (8-1)

    10. Medina-6 (8-0-1)

    11. Depew-6 (9-1)

    12. Tioga-4 (10-0)

    13. New Rochelle Blessed Sacrament-1 (8-1)

    14. New Paltz-9 (10-0)

    15. Newark Valley-4 (9-1)

    16. Massena-10 (9-1)

    17. Glens Falls-2 (9-1)

    18. Canandaigua-5 (7-1-1)

    19. Dunkirk-6 (7-1)

    20. Dobbs Ferry-1 (9-1)

    21. Gloversville-2 (7-2)

    22. Rome Catholic-3 (9-1)

    23. Albany Academy-2 (8-0-1)

    24. Fonda-Fultonville-2 (9-1)

    25. (tie) Plattsburgh-7 (7-1)

    25. (tie) Westhampton-11 (7-2)

    25. (tie) Minisink Valley-9 (8-2)

     



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