The NYSPHSAA is divided into eleven sections by geographical areas. The official membership list is at the NYSPHSAA site. Each section is further divided into classes, by school enrollment size. The classes are, from largest schools to smallest, AAA, AA, A, B, C, and D, though the classifications and enrollment numbers for each classification vary by sport. Schools will sometimes compete with other schools outside of the section in tournaments or invitationals. The section is further divided into leagues based on mostly location but also the size of the school. The schools in the section compete with each other over the course of three seasons, fall, winter, and spring. Typically, each section holds a sectional championship tournament in each sport and class. The sectional champions then meet first in regional competition, then in state competition, to determine the state champion in each class.
Section 1 Overview Location:
Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester Counties Section 1 offers "modified athletics" administration covering grades 7-9 middle school competition in area middle schools (grade 9 is officially part of the high school level).
Schools •
Albertus Magnus High School •
Alexander Hamilton •
Ardsley High School •
Arlington High School •
Barack Obama School for Social Justice •
Blind Brook High School •
Brewster High School •
Briarcliff High School •
Bronxville High School •
Byram Hills High School •
Carmel High School •
Clarkstown High School North (
New City, New York) •
Clarkstown High School South (
West Nyack, New York) •
Croton-Harmon High School •
Dobbs Ferry High School •
Eastchester High School •
Edgemont Junior – Senior High School •
Fox Lane High School •
Gorton •
Greenburgh-New Castle High School •
Haldane High School •
Harrison High School •
Hastings High School •
Hendrick Hudson High School •
Horace Greeley High School •
Irvington High School •
John Jay High School •
John Jay Senior High School •
Keio •
Lakeland High School •
Leffel •
Lincoln •
Mahopac High School •
Mamaroneck High School •
Mt Vernon High School •
Nanuet Senior High School •
New Rochelle High School •
North Rockland High School •
North Salem High School •
Nyack High School •
Ossining High School •
Pawling High School •
Pearl River High School •
Peekskill High School •
Pelham Memorial High School •
Pleasantville High School •
Port Chester High School •
Poughkeepsie High School •
Putnam Valley High School •
Ramapo High School •
Riverside •
Roosevelt •
Ketcham High School •
Rye High School •
Rye Neck High School •
Saunders •
Scarsdale High School •
Sleepy Hollow High School •
Somers High School •
Spring Valley High School •
Suffern High School •
Tappan Zee High School •
Tuckahoe High School •
Ursuline •
Valhalla High School •
Walter Panas High School •
Westlake High School •
White Plains High School •
Woodlands Senior High School •
Yonkers MS/HS •
Yonkers Montessori Academy •
Yorktown High School Section 2 Overview Location:
Capital District Section 2 is made up of high schools from around
New York's
Capital Region. •
Argyle High School •
Bolton High School •
Corinth High School •
Fort Ann High School •
Fort Edward High School •
Granville High School •
Hadley-Luzerne High School •
Hartford High School •
Johnsburg High School •
Lake George High School •
Minerva High School •
North Warren High School •
Salem High School •
Warrensburg High School •
Whitehall High School Colonial Council •
Academy of the Holy Names •
The Albany Academies •
Catholic Central School (Latham, New York) •
Cobleskill-Richmondville High School •
Cohoes High School •
Ichabod Crane High School •
Lansingburgh High School •
La Salle Institute •
Mohonasen High School •
Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk High School •
Schalmont High School •
Voorheesville High School Foothills Council •
Amsterdam High School •
Broadalbin/Perth High School •
Glens Falls High School •
Gloversville High School •
Hudson Falls High School •
Johnstown High School •
Queensbury High School •
Schuylerville High School •
Scotia-Glenville High School •
South Glens Falls Senior High School Patroon Conference •
Albany Leadership Charter High School for Girls •
Cairo-Durham High School •
Catskill High School •
Chatham High School •
Coxsackie-Athens High School •
Germantown High School •
Green Tech High School •
Greenville High School •
Hudson High School •
Maple Hill High School •
Rensselaer High School •
Taconic Hills High School •
Watervliet High School Suburban Council •
Albany High School •
Averill Park High School •
Ballston Spa High School •
Bethlehem High School •
Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School •
Christian Brothers Academy •
Colonie High School •
Columbia High School •
Guilderland High School •
Niskayuna High School •
Saratoga Springs High School •
Schenectady High School •
Shaker High School •
Shenendehowa High School •
Troy High School Wasaren •
Berlin High School •
Cambridge High School •
Emma Willard School •
Greenwich High School •
Hoosic Valley High School •
Hoosick Falls High School •
Mechanicville High School •
New Lebanon High School •
Saratoga Central Catholic High School •
Stillwater High School •
Tamarac High School •
Waterford High School Western Athletic Conference •
Berne-Knox High School •
Canajoharie High School •
Duanesburg High School •
Fonda-Fultonville High School •
Fort Plain High School •
Galway High School •
Mayfield High School •
Mekeel Christian Academy •
Middleburgh High School •
Northville High School •
Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons High School •
Oppenheim-Ephratah/St.Johnsville High School •
Schoharie High School Independents •
The Charlton School •
Darrow School •
Doane Stuart School •
Heatly High School •
Hawthorne Valley •
The Kings School •
Loudonville Christian School Section 3 Overview Location:
Central New York Section 3 comprises seven leagues, some of which are further broken down into smaller groups. The following is the list of leagues with their member schools in order of size, from largest to smallest, based on the number of schools in the league.
Leagues Onondaga High School League The OHSL divides itself into three conferences based mostly on the size of the school. It is not exact, however, because of reclassifications. The Freedom Conference comprises Class A schools, the Liberty Conference comprises Class B schools, and the Patriot Conference comprises Class C and D schools.
Freedom Conference •
Chittenango High School •
Cortland High School •
East Syracuse-Minoa High School •
George Fowler High School •
Fulton High School •
Jamesville-Dewitt High School •
Mexico High School •
Phoenix High School Liberty Conference •
Cazenovia High School •
Christian Brothers Academy •
Hannibal High School •
Homer High School •
Jordan-Elbridge High School •
Marcellus High School •
Skaneateles High School •
Solvay High School •
Westhill High School Patriot Conference •
Bishop Grimes High School •
Bishop Ludden High School •
Cato-Meridian High School •
Fabius-Pompey High School •
Faith Heritage School •
Institute of Technology •
Lafayette High School •
Manlius Pebble Hill School •
Onondaga High School •
Port Byron High School •
Pulaski High School •
Syracuse Academy of Science •
Tully High School •
Weedsport High School Center State Conference The Center State Conference is broken up into four divisions.
Division I •
Adirondack Central High School •
Canastota High School •
Central Valley High School •
Clinton High School •
Holland Patent Central High School •
Mount Markham High School •
Sherburne-Earlville High School Division II •
Dolgeville Central High School •
Frankfort-Schuyler High School •
Herkimer High School •
Little Falls High School •
West Canada Valley Central High School Division III •
Cooperstown Central High School •
Hamilton Central School •
Morrisville-Eaton High School •
Sauquoit Valley Central School •
Waterville Central School •
Westmoreland High School Division IV •
New York Mills High School •
Oriskany High School •
Owen D Young High School •
Poland Central High School •
Remsen Central School •
Rome Catholic •
Town of Webb School District Frontier Frontier is divided into four divisions.
A Division •
Carthage High School •
Immaculate Heart Central •
Indian River High School •
Watertown High School B Division •
Altmar-Parish-Williamstown •
General Brown •
Lowville High School •
South Jefferson High School C Division •
Beaver River High School •
Sandy Creek High School •
South Lewis High School •
Thousand Islands High School D Division •
Alexandria High School •
Belleville-Henderson High School •
Copenhagen High School •
Lafargeville High School •
Lyme High School •
Sackets Harbor High School CNYCL The CNYCL is broken into five sections.
National •
Charles W. Baker High School •
Cicero-North Syracuse High School •
Henninger High School •
Liverpool High School •
West Genesee High School American •
Auburn High School •
Central Square High School •
Corcoran High School •
Fayetteville-Manlius High School •
Nottingham High School •
Oswego High School Tri-Valley •
New Hartford High School •
Notre Dame High School •
Oneida High School •
Rome Free Academy •
Utica Proctor •
Whitesboro High School Central Counties •
Brookfield High School •
Cincinnatus High School •
DeRuyter High School •
Madison High School •
McGraw High School •
Otselic Valley High School •
Stockbridge Valley High School Independents •
Blessed Virgin Mary High School •
Camden High School • Living Word Academy •
Tyburn Academy •
Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School Section 4 Overview Location:
Southern Tier Leagues Section 5 Overview Location: Allegany, Cayuga, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates counties;
Genesee Valley Leagues Section V is composed of 5 Athletics Leagues. schools were distributed among leagues in the following ways with two schools participating as independents.
Allegany County •
Andover Central School • Bolivar-Richburg High Schoo •
Cuba-Rushford High School •
Fillmore Central School • Genesee Valley Central School/Belfast Central School Unified Athletics •
Hinsdale High School • Scio Central School/Friendship Central School Unified Athletics
Finger Lakes •
Bloomfield High School •
Midlakes High School •
Mynderse Academy •
Newark Valley High School •
Palmyra-Macedon High School •
Penn Yan Academy •
Waterloo High School •
Wayne Senior High School •
Geneva High School • Dundee Senior High School/Bradford Central School Unified Athletics •
The Harley School/
Allendale Columbia School Unified Athletics •
Honeoye High School •
Marcus Whitman High School •
Naples High School •
Red Jacket High School • Romulus Senior High School/South Seneca Senior High School Unified Athletics
Genesee Region •
Alexander High School •
Attica High School •
Byron–Bergen High School •
Elba Senior High School •
Holley Senior High School • Lyndonville •
Notre Dame High School • Oakfield-Alabama High School • Pembroke Senior High School •
Wheatland-Chili High School Livingston County •
Avon High School • Caledonia-Mumford High School • Dansville 7-12 School •
Geneso High School • Haverling High School • Hornell High School • Keshequa Secondary School • Le Roy Senior High School •
Letchworth High School • Livonia High School • Mount Morris Central School • Pavilion High School • Perry High School • Warsaw Senior High School • Wayland-Cohocton High School •
York High School Monroe County •
Batavia High School •
Brighton High School •
Brockport High School •
Canandaigua Academy •
Churchville-Chili High School •
Eastridge High School •
Fairport High School •
Gates Chili High School •
Greece Athena/
Greece Olympia Combined Team •
Hilton High School •
Honeoye Falls–Lima High School •
Irondequoit High School •
Penfield High School •
Pittsford Mendon High School •
Pittsford Sutherland High School •
Rush–Henrietta Senior High School •
Spencerport High School •
Victor Senior High School •
Webster Schroeder High School •
Webster Thomas High School Private Parochial •
The Aquinas Institute of Rochester •
Bishop Kearney High School •
The Charles Finney School • Eugenio Maria DeHostos Charter School •
Lima Christian School •
Our Lady of Mercy School for Young Women • Northstar Christian Academy • Young Women's College Prep Charter School
Rochester City Athletic Conference •
James Monroe High School/
School Without Walls/
East High School Combined Team • Padilla High School/World of Inquiry School/Northeast College Preparatory High School Combined Team •
School of the Arts •
Wilson Magnet High School/Rochester Early College International High School Combined Team • Edison Campus Combined Team
Steuben County • Addison High School •
Alfred-Almond Senior High School • Arkport Canaseraga High School • Avoca Central School/
Prattsburgh Central School Combined Team • Dundee High School/Bradford Central School Combined Team • Campbell-Savona Central School • Canisteo-Greenwood High School •
Hammondsport Senior High School • Jasper-Troupsburg Senior High School
Wayne County •
Clyde-Savannah High School •
East Rochester Senior High School • Marion Senior High School/
Ruben A. Cirillo High School • Lyons High School •
North Rose-Wolcott High School • Red Creek High School •
Sodus High School •
Williamson Senior High School Independents •
Wellsville High School •
McQuaid Jesuit High School Section 6 Overview Location:
Western New York Leagues Section 7 Overview Location:
Champlain Area Leagues •
AuSable Valley High School •
Beekmantown High School •
Crown Point Central School •
Elizabethtown-Lewis Central School •
Indian Lake Central School •
Keene Central School •
Lake Placid Middle/High School •
Indian Lake Central School •
Lake Pleasant Central School •
Long Lake Central School •
Minerva Central School •
Moriah Junior/Senior High School •
Newcomb Central School •
Northeastern Clinton High School •
Northern Adirondack Middle/High School •
Peru High School •
Plattsburgh High School •
Saranac High School •
Schroon Lake Central School •
Seton Catholic Central High School •
Ticonderoga High School •
Wells School •
Willsboro Central School Section 8 Overview Location:
Nassau County Section 8 is also known as the Nassau County Public High School Athletic Association. It is divided into eight leagues.
Leagues A A •
Farmingdale High School •
Freeport High School •
Hempstead High School •
Massapequa High School •
Oceanside High School •
Syosset High School •
Uniondale High School A •
Baldwin Senior High School •
East Meadow High School •
General Douglas Macarthur High School •
Herricks High School •
Hicksville High School •
John F Kennedy High School,
Plainview •
Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School B A •
Calhoun High School •
Great Neck South High School •
H. Frank Carey Junior-Senior High School •
John F Kennedy High School,
Bellmore •
Long Beach High School •
Valley Stream Central High School •
WC Mepham High School B •
Division Avenue High School •
Elmont Memorial High School •
Garden City High School •
George W. Hewlett High School •
Jericho High School •
New Hyde Park Memorial High School •
Roslyn High School C A •
Lawrence High School •
Plainedge High School •
Sewanhaka High School •
South Side High School •
Wantagh High School •
West Hempstead High School •
Westbury High School C •
Bethpage High School •
Floral Park Memorial High School •
Glen Cove High School •
Great Neck North High School •
Island Trees High School •
Lynbrook Senior High School •
Valley Stream South High School D A •
Locust Valley High School •
Manhasset High School •
Mineola High School •
North Shore High School •
Roosevelt High School •
Seaford High School •
Valley Stream North High School •
W T Clarke High School D •
Carle Place High School •
Cold Spring Harbor High School •
East Rockaway High School •
Friends Academy •
Malverne High School •
Oyster Bay-East Norwich High School •
The Wheatley School Section 9 Overview Location:
Orange, Sullivan, Ulster Counties Leagues Section 10 Overview Location:
St. Lawrence and Franklin Counties Leagues Section 11 Overview Location:
Suffolk County Leagues ==See also==