The New York State Sportswriters Association released their season-opening weekly high school basketball polls earlier this week.

GIRLS
NYSSCOGS/NYSSWA girls basketball
2008-09 state rankings
Dec. 1-17 (week 1)
editor - Perry L. Novak

Class AA
1: 5-0 Kingston-9
2: 5-0 Lourdes-1
3: 2-0 Athena-5
4: 5-0 C-NS-3
5: 2-0 North Babylon-11
6: 4-1 Jamestown-6
7: 8-0 Schenectady-2
8: 5-0 Copiague-11
9: 4-1 Corcoran-3
10: 4-0 Sachem East-11
11: 4-0 Mount Vernon-1
12: 4-0 Bethlehem-2
13: 2-0 Warwick-9
14: 7-1 Oswego-3
15: 6-1 Orchard Park-6

Class A
1: 5-0 Newark-5
2: 5-0 Garden City-8
3: 4-0 Albertus Magnus-1
4: 3-1 Cornwall-9
5: 3-0 Rockville Ctr South Side-8
6: 4-0 Harborfield-11
7: 3-1 Mendon-5
8: 3-0 Mexico-3
9: 4-1 Pioneer-6
10: 4-0 Averill Park-2
11: 4-1 Honeoya Falls-Lima-5
12: 4-0 Holy Names-2
13: 2-1 Pearl River-1
14: 2-0 Red Hook-9
15: 3-2 Malone-10
15: 3-1 Elwood John Glenn-11

Class B
1: 5-0 Briarcliff-1
2: 3-0 Wyandanch-11
3: 3-0 South Jefferson-3
4: 6-0 Wayland-Cohocton-5
5: 5-0 Oneonta-4
6: 3-0 Olean-6
7: 3-0 Westhill-3
8: 7-1 Dansville-5
9: 3-0 Irvington-1
10: 6-0 Clinton-3
11: 6-1 Mattituck-11
12: 2-0 Highland-9
13: 5-1 Binghamton Seton-4
14: 4-0 Cazenovia-3
15: 5-0 Onteora-9
15: 3-1 Allegany-Limestone-6

Class C
1: 5-0 Nazareth-5
2: 3-0 Hoosic Valley-2
3: 2-0 Haldane-1
4: 7-0 Gananda-5
5: 4-0 Greene-4
6: 4-0 Little Falls-3
7: 4-0 Madrid-Waddington-10
8: 4-1 Stony Brook-11
9: 6-1 Marion-5
10: 4-0 Maple Hill-2
11: 3-1 Franklinville-6
12: 4-0 Silver Creek-6
13: 2-0 Millbrook-9
14: 3-0 Avon-5
15: 3-1 Harpursville-4
15: 5-1 Valhalla-1
15: 4-1 Bishop Grimes-3

Class D
1: 4-1 Hammond-10
2: 5-0 Sackets Harbor-3
3: 3-0 Davenport-4
4: 3-0 Romulus-5
5: 5-0 Sherman-6
6: 4-0 Westport-7
7: 3-0 Coleman Catholic-9
8: 6-0 Jasper-Troupsburg-5
9: 4-0 Chateaugay-10
10: 5-0 South Kortright-4
11: 6-0 Hamilton-3
12: 4-0 Clymer-6
13: 4-0 Richfield Springs-3
14: 1-1 Cherry Valley-Springfield-4
15: 5-0 Edmeston-4
15: 4-0 Finney-5



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Boys basketball
2008-09 NYSSWA rankings (through Dec. 14)
Rank Class AA Record Prev
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1. Abraham Lincoln-PSAL 3-1
2. Bishop Maginn-2 3-0
3. Thomas Jefferson-PSAL 4-0
4. Rice-CHSAA 1-0
5. Bronx JFL-PSAL 8-0
6. Mount Vernon-1 0-0
7. Niagara Falls-6 4-0
8. Uniondale-8 2-0
9. Rochester Wilson-5 4-0
10. Wings-PSAL 6-1
11. Bay Shore-11 2-0
12. New Rochelle-1 2-1
13. Albany Academy-2 6-0
14. White Plains-1 4-0
15. Jamestown-6 3-0
16. Syracuse CBA-3 4-0
17. Vestal-4 5-0
18. Rush-Henrietta-5 2-2
19. Boys & Girls-PSAL 4-2
20. Fairport-5 3-0
21. Christ The King-CHSAA 3-1
22. St. Raymond-CHSAA 4-0
23. Newburgh Free Academy-9 1-0
24. Greece Athena-5 4-0
25. Syracuse Henninger-3 3-1


Rank Class A Record Prev
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1. Jamesville-DeWitt-3 3-0
2. Lutheran-AIS 1-1
3. Buffalo Nichols-CHSAA 3-1
4. Chaminade-CHSAA 5-0
5. Bishop Ford-CHSAA 3-0
6. Iona Prep-CHSAA 6-0
7. Buffale East-6 2-0
8. Newark-5 4-0
9. Peekskill-1 3-0
10. East Hampton-11 3-0
11. Mount St. Michael-CHSAA 4-0
12. Scotia-Glenville-2 4-0
13. Pittsford Sutherland-5 3-0
14. Bishop Gibbons-2 3-1
15. Pearl River-1 3-0
16. Elmira Free Academy-4 3-0
17. Indian River-3 4-0
18. Lakeland-1 4-0
19. Batavia-5 4-0
20. Bishop Ludden-3 3-0
21. Norwich-4 3-0
22. McKee/Staten Is. Tech-PSAL 7-1
23. Whitesboro-3 4-0
24. Depew-6 3-1
25. Amityville-11 1-1


Rank Class B Record Prev
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1. Collegiate-AIS 2-0
2. Bishop Kearney-5 4-0
3. Malverne-8 1-1
4. Binghamton Seton-4 4-0
5. Poly Prep-AIS 1-1
6. Lawrence-Woodmere-AIS 5-0
7. Penn Yan-5 5-0
8. Dobbs Ferry-1 4-0
9. Wilson-6 3-0
10. Marcellus-3 6-0
11. Pleasantville-1 3-1
12. Hastings-1 4-0
13. Tamarac-2 3-0
14. Livonia-5 5-1
15. St. Agnes-CHSAA 5-1
16. Hannibal-3 4-1
17. Lancaster St. Mary-CHSAA 4-1
18. Croton-Harmon-1 2-0
19. Broadalbin-Perth-2 3-0
20. Potsdam-10 7-0


Rank Class C Record Prev
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1. Avon-5 3-0
2. Candor-4 4-0
3. West Canada-3 3-0
4. Oakfield-Alabama-5 4-0
5. Cassadaga Valley-6 3-0
6. Voorheesville-2 4-0
7. Valhalla-1 4-1
8. Schenectady Christian-2 1-0
9. Walton-4 4-0
10. Lake George-2 4-0
11. LaFayette-3 5-0
12. Letchworth-5 4-1
13. Elmira Notre Dame-4 3-0
14. Cato-Meridian-3 4-0
15. Dundee-5 4-1


Rank Class D Record Prev
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1. Maple Grove-6 3-1
2. Greenport-11 1-1
3. C.G. Finney-5 7-0
4. Batavia Notre Dame-5 2-0
5. South Kortright-4 5-0
6. Alfred-Almond-5 7-0
7. Sherman-6 3-1
8. Roxbury-4 4-1
9. Belleville-Henderson-3 6-0
10. Harrisville-10 4-1
11. Richfield Springs-3 3-1
12. Jasper-Troupsburg-5 4-1
13. Hamilton-3 2-0
14. Westport-7 4-0
15. Fort Ann-2 4-1