The Catholic High School Athletic Association or CHSAA is a high school athletic association made up of Catholic high schools based in New York City, Long Island, Westchester and Buffalo. It is the largest Catholic high school athletic league in the United States. For schools with football programs the 3 downstate sections compete in the Catholic High School Football League. Their champion plays the MMAA (Buffalo) champion for the Catholic State Championship.
History The organization was formed in March 1927 with the name New York State Catholic Schools League. The Catholic schools in New York City from approximately 1908 to 1922 competed along with their grammar school counterparts in baseball and track, but no larger organization arose from the competition. The Catholic secondary schools of the city remained largely unorganized, while their counterparts in such cities as Chicago and Philadelphia had been organized into leagues for years. Finally, in 1927, the Southern Branch of the New York Catholic High Schools’ Athletic Association organized league competition with an outdoor track meet held at Fordham University on May 26, 1927. The charter members of the league were Fordham Prep, All Hallows, LaSalle Academy, Regis, St. Ann's, and Xavier High, all in Manhattan; and Brooklyn Prep, Bishop Loughlin, Brooklyn Cathedral, St. John's Prep, and St. Francis Prep; all in Brooklyn.
In 1928, the CHSAA introduced indoor track, basketball, and baseball to the program, and in 1929 added cross country and ice hockey. In 1930, swimming was added to the program. The basketball winner would compete with the three other sectional winners in the state for the right to compete in the Loyola National Catholic Basketball tournament in Chicago. A.G. Spalding & Co. contributed two silver loving cups for the baseball and football competition. The first team winning the league title in baseball or football three times would receive permanent possession of the cup.
Members The New York CHSAA is divided into four sections according to diocese: New York, Brooklyn-Queens, Nassau-Suffolk (Long Island) and Buffalo.
Catholic schools outside the CHSAA's territory compete in their local sections of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association. This includes Hudson Valley schools beyond Westchester County (although those are within the Archdiocese), as well as the state's other four dioceses (Albany, Ogdensburg, Rochester, and Syracuse).
New York Section The New York Section consists of schools in Westchester, the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island, corresponding to the Archdiocese of New York. SchoolColorsTeam nameLocationFoundedAll Hallows High SchoolGaelsBronx1909Cardinal Hayes High SchoolCardinalsBronx1941Cardinal Spellman High SchoolPilotsBronx1959Fordham Preparatory SchoolRamsBronx1841Iona Preparatory SchoolGaelsNew Rochelle1916Kennedy Catholic High SchoolGaelsSomers1966La Salle AcademyCardinalsManhattan1848Maria Regina High SchoolTigersHartsdale1957Monsignor Farrell High SchoolLionsStaten Island1961Monsignor Scanlan High SchoolCrusadersBronx1949Moore Catholic High SchoolMavericksStaten Island1962Mount Saint Michael AcademyMountaineersBronx1926Notre Dame AcademyGatorsStaten Island1903Regis High SchoolRaidersManhattan1914Sacred Heart High SchoolIrishYonkers1923Salesian High SchoolEaglesNew Rochelle1920Archbishop Stepinac High SchoolCrusadersWhite Plains1948St. Joseph Hill AcademyHilltoppersStaten Island1919St. Joseph by-the-Sea High SchoolVikingsStaten Island1963St. Peter's Boys High SchoolEaglesStaten Island1917St. Raymond High School for BoysRavensBronx1960The Ursuline SchoolKoalasNew Rochelle1897Xavier High SchoolKnightsManhattan1847
Brooklyn-Queens Section The Brooklyn-Queens Section consists of schools in Brooklyn and Queens, corresponding to the Diocese of Brooklyn. SchoolColorsTeam nameLocationFoundedArchbishop Molloy High SchoolStannersQueens1957Bishop Kearney High SchoolTigersBrooklyn1961Bishop Loughlin Memorial High SchoolLionsBrooklyn1851Cathedral Preparatory School and SeminaryCrusadersQueens1914Christ the King Regional High SchoolRoyalsQueens1963Cristo Rey Brooklyn High SchoolPanthers Brooklyn2008Fontbonne Hall AcademyBonniesBrooklyn1937Holy Cross High SchoolKnightsQueens1955The Mary Louis AcademyHilltoppersQueens1936Monsignor McClancy Memorial High SchoolCrusadersQueens1956Nazareth Regional High SchoolKingsmenBrooklyn1962St. Edmund Preparatory High SchoolEaglesBrooklyn1932St. Francis Preparatory SchoolTerriersQueens1858St. John's Preparatory SchoolRed StormQueens1980St. Saviour High SchoolPandasBrooklyn1917Xaverian High SchoolClippersBrooklyn1957
Nassau-Suffolk (Long Island) Section The Nassau-Suffolk Section, also known as the Long Island section, consists of schools in Nassau and Suffolk counties, corresponding to the Diocese of Rockville Centre. SchoolColorsTeam nameLocationFoundedChaminade High SchoolFlyersMineola1930Holy Trinity High SchoolTitansHicksville1966Kellenberg Memorial High SchoolFirebirdsUniondale1987Our Lady of Mercy AcademyLady MustangsSyosset1928Sacred Heart AcademyLady SpartansHempstead1949St. Anthony's High SchoolFriarsSouth Huntington1933St. Dominic High SchoolBayhawksOyster Bay1928St. John the Baptist Diocesan High SchoolCougarsWest Islip1966St. Mary's High SchoolGaelsManhasset1949
Buffalo Section The Buffalo Section consists of schools in Buffalo area corresponding to the Diocese of Buffalo, and is also referred to as the Monsignor Martin Athletic Association. Unlike the other sections, membership is open to non-Catholic schools. +SchoolColorsTeam nameLocationFoundedBishop Timon - St. Jude High SchoolTigersBuffalo1946Canisius High SchoolCrusadersBuffalo1870Cardinal O'Hara High SchoolHawksTonawanda1961Christian Central AcademyCrusadersWilliamsville1949Nichols SchoolVikingsNorth Buffalo1892St. Francis High SchoolRed RaidersAthol Springs1927St. Joseph's Collegiate InstituteMaraudersKenmore1861St. Mary’s High SchoolLancersLancaster1904
Former members SchoolColorsTeam nameLocationFoundedClosedAcademy of Saint JosephDragonsBrentwood18562009Bishop Dubois High SchoolLionsManhattan19461976Bishop Ford Central Catholic High SchoolFalconsBrooklyn19622014Blessed Sacrament-St. Gabriel High SchoolCardinalsNew Rochelle19852013Brooklyn Preparatory SchoolEaglesBrooklyn19081972Catherine McAuley High SchoolPanthersBrooklyn19422013De La Salle InstituteManhattanLate 1800s1960Holy Family High SchoolChargersSouth Huntington19661984Manhattan College High SchoolJaspersManhattan18541971Power Memorial AcademyPanthersManhattan19311984Rice High SchoolRaidersManhattan19382011Seton Hall High SchoolEaglesPatchogue19371974St. Agnes Boys High SchoolStagsManhattan19142013St. John Villa AcademyBearsStaten Island19222018St. Nicholas of Tolentine High SchoolWildcatsBronx19271991St. Peter's High School for GirlsEaglesStaten Island19262011St. Pius X Preparatory SeminaryDeaconsUniondale19611984
See also New York state high school boys basketball championships List of New York state high school league conferences
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