The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) is the governing body of interscholastic sports for most public schools in the U.S. state of New York, outside of 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 Flag Football

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).

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. 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 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 Troy 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 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 Charter 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

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-Halfmoon High School

Western Athletic Conference Berne-Knox-Westerlo High School Canajoharie High School Duanesburg High School Fonda-Fultonville High School Fort Plain High School Galway High School Mayfield High School Johnstown 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 Doane Stuart School Heatly High School Hawthorne Valley KIPP Capital Region Charter 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