# New York State Public High School Athletic Association

The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) is the governing body of interscholastic sports for most public schools in New York outside New York City. The organization was created in 1923, after a predecessor organization called the New York State Public High School Association of Basketball Leagues began in 1921 to bring consistency to eligibility rules and to conduct state tournaments. It consists of 768 member high schools from the state divided into 11 geographic sections. While as its name suggests the vast majority of its members are public, it does include a number of private and Catholic high schools. Most of these are located in Central New York and the Capital District, where parallel sanctioning bodies for private schools (like the MMAA in Western New York, the CHSAA in Metropolitan New York, or various leagues in and around New York City) do not exist. It is a member of the National Federation of State High School Associations as well as the New York State Federation of Secondary School Athletic Associations.

## NYSPHSAA sports

The NYSPHSAA acknowledges 23 sports and holds over 30 championship events throughout 3 seasons: Fall, Winter and Spring.
Fall Sports
* Boys Cross Country
* Girls Cross Country
* Field Hockey
* Football
* Boys Gymnastics (Regional)
* Girls Gymnastics
* Boys Soccer
* Girls Soccer
* Game Day Cheer
* Girls Swimming and Diving
* Girls Tennis
* Boys Volleyball
* Girls Volleyball
Winter Sports
* Boys Basketball
* Girls Basketball
* Boys Bowling
* Girls Bowling
* Competitive Cheer
* Boys Ice hockey
* Boys Indoor Track and Field
* Girls Indoor Track and Field
* Rifle
* Boys Nordic Skiing
* Girls Nordic Skiing
* Boys Alpine Skiing
* Girls Alpine Skiing
* Boys Swimming and Diving
* Boys Volleyball (Regional)
* Girls Volleyball (Regional)
* Wrestling
Spring Sports
* Baseball
* Boys Golf
* Girls Golf
* Boys Lacrosse
* Girls Lacrosse
* Softball
* Boys Tennis
* Boys Outdoor Track and Field
* Girls Outdoor Track and Field

## Sections

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).

#### Leagues

Class AAA
* New Rochelle High School
* North Rockland High School
* Arlington High School
* White Plains High School
* Mt Vernon High School
* Port Chester High School
* Ramapo High School
* John Jay Senior High School
Class AA-1
* New Rochelle High School
* Mt Vernon High School
* White Plains High School
* Port Chester High School
* Mamaroneck High School
* Ossining High School
* Scarsdale High School
* Yonkers, Saunders Trade/Lincoln/Riverside/Palisade prep
* Yonkers, Gorton/Roosevelt/Montessori Academy/Yonkers
Class AA-2
* North Rockland High School
* Arlington High School
* Ramapo High School
* John Jay Senior High School
* Ketcham High School
* Spring Valley High School
* Suffern High School
* Carmel High School
Class A
* Clarkstown High School South (West Nyack, New York)
* Fox Lane High School
* Clarkstown High School North (New City, New York)
* Mahopac High School
* Horace Greeley High School
* Poughkeepsie High School
* Brewster High School
* Yorktown High School
* Harrison High School
* Peekskill High School
* Tappan Zee High School
* John Jay High School
* Somers High School
* Nyack High School
* Eastchester High School
* Walter Panas High School
* Beacon High School
Class B
* Lakeland High School
* Rye High School
* Pelham Memorial High School
* Sleepy Hollow High School
* Byram Hills High School
* Nanuet Senior High School
* Ardsley High School
* Pearl River High School
* Hendrick Hudson High School
* Edgemont Junior – Senior High School
* Pleasantville High School
* Westlake High School
* Irvington High School
* Bronxville High School
* Croton-Harmon High School
* Rye Neck High School
Class C
* Putnam Valley High School
* Hastings High School
* Dobbs Ferry High School
* Woodlands Senior High School
* Briarcliff High School
* Valhalla High School
* Albertus Magnus High School
* Blind Brook High School
Class D
* Haldane High School
* Tuckahoe High School
* Alexander Hamilton Jr./Sr. High School
* Birchwood School
* Carol And Frank Biondi Educational Center
* Blythedale School
* Clark Academy
* Dover High School
* Early College High School
* Eastchester Middle School
* Edenwald School
* Edgemont Junior – Senior High School
* E F International Academy
* Franklin D Roosevelt Senior High School
* Geller House School
* Gorton High School
* Greenburgh Academy
* Greenburgh Eleven High School
* Greenburgh Eleven Middle School
* Hastings High School
* Hawthorne Cedar Knolls Sr/Jr Hs
* Horace Greeley High School
* Ives School
* Kaplan Career Academy
* Keio Academy Of New York
* Lincoln High School
* Linden Hill School
* Longfellow Middle School
* Martin Luther King Jr High School
* Millbrook High School
* Mt Pleasant-Cottage School
* Saunders Trades & Tech Sr High School
* School Of The Holy Child
* Solomon Schechter Of Westchester-Upper School
* Spackenkill High School
* Stissing Mountain High School
* Thornton High School
* Ursuline School
* Westlake Middle School
* White Plains Middle School
* Yonkers High School

### Section 2
#### Overview

Location: Capital District Section 2 is made up of high schools from around New York's Capital Region. The section is made up of 9 leagues mostly based on location but also based on size to ensure fair competition. Schools mostly compete with the other schools in their league but will sometimes compete with schools outside of it. This usually happens during the championship season when teams are competing for the section or state title.

#### Leagues

Adirondack League
* 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
* Baldswinville 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 6
#### Overview

Location: Western New York

#### Leagues
### Section 7
#### Overview

Location: Champlain Area

#### Leagues
### 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