2008-09 New York State girls high school basketball final polls

The Record's 2008-09 All-City and All-Area teams are all but finished and we'll have those coming up in the hard copy later this week. I will copy those here a few days after that.
In the meantime, here are the final girls basketball polls from the 2008-09 season.

NYSSCOGS/NYSSWA girls basketball
2008-09 state rankings
March 23-29 (week 15-final)

poll editor - Perry L. Novak
*** - state champ
** - runner-up
* - semi loser

Class AA
1: 25-3 St. Michael’s-CHSAA
2: 20-5 Copiague-11 ***
3: 24-2 Bergtraum-PSAL
4: 18-6 Bethlehem-2 **
5: 24-4 SI St. Peter’s-CHSAA
6: 23-1 Canandaigua-5 *
7: 23-2 Kingston-9 *
8: 18-8 Christ the King-CHSAA
9: 21-4 Mount Vernon-1
10: 22-1 Sachem East-11
11: 17-4 Shenendehowa-2
12: 20-3 Cicero-North Syracuse-3
13: 22-1 Penfield-5
14: 23-5 South Shore-PSAL
15: 21-6 LI St. John Baptist-CHSAA
16: 16-6 Horseheads-4
17: 19-2 North Babylon-11
18: 20-4 Lockport-6
19: 19-5 Fayetteville-Manlius-3
20: 15-5 Syosset-8
20: 16-6 Minisink Valley-9

Class A
1: 25-3 Newark-5 ***
2: 25-3 Albertus Magnus-1 **
3: 22-3 Mohonasen-2 *
4: 16-8 Floral Park-8 *
5: 21-7 Nichols-AIS
6: 24-2 Buffalo Sacred Heart-CHSAA
7: 19-3 Harborfields-11
8: 17-4 Lakeland-1
9: 18-5 Cornwall-9
10: 21-3 Pittsford Mendon-5
11: 19-4 Honeoye Falls-Lima-5
12: 20-4 Maine-Endwell-4
13: 18-7 Amherst-6
14: 15-8 Averill Park-2
15: 21-1 Holy Names-2
16: 19-6 Mexico-3
17: 14-8 Massena-10
18: 15-6 Waverly-4
19: 16-6 Wallkill-9
20: 18-5 Whitesboro-3
20: 14-6 Huntington-11

Class B
1: 22-6 Nanuet-1 ***
2: 25-1 Oneonta-4 **
3: 23-7 Buffalo Mt. Mercy-CHS
4: 21-6 Long Island Lutheran-AIS
5: 21-4 Cazenovia-3
6: 22-1 Lansing-4
7: 20-3 Highland-9
8: 20-4 Wyandanch-11
9: 19-3 Briarcliff-1
10: 19-4 Irvington-1
11: 22-4 Olean-6 *
12: 22-3 NCCS-7 *
13: 12-10 Malverne-8
14: 20-4 Wayland-Cohocton-5
15: 17-7 Watervliet-2
16: 18-3 South Jefferson-3
17: 19-5 Clinton-3
18: 22-1 Canastota-3
19: 15-3 Center Moriches-11
20: 20-4 Johnstown-2
20: 15-8 Potsdam-10
20: 20-4 Allegany-Limestone-6

Class C
1: 23-5 Nazareth-5 ***
2: 25-2 Hoosic Valley-2 **
3: 22-2 Maple Hill-2
4: 22-2 Bloomfield-5
5: 23-2 Greene-4 *
6: 16-4 Stony Brook-11 *
7: 19-5 Tuxedo-9
8: 19-3 Salamanca-6
9: 18-4 Oyster Bay-8
10: 21-2 Marion-5
11: 21-2 Gananda-5
12: 21-3 Bishop Grimes-3
13: 18-5 Madrid-Waddington-10
14: 14-9 Haldane-1
15: 17-6 Voorheesville-2
16: 21-2 Mohawk-3
17: 19-5 Odessa-Montour-4
18: 19-4 Harpursville-4
19: 14-8 Millbrook-9
20: 19-3 Avon-5
20: 13-8 Ticonderoga-7

Class D
1: 22-2 Coleman Catholic-9 ***
2: 22-2 Sherman-6 **
3: 22-4 Hammond-10 *
4: 21-2 South Kortright-4 *
5: 22-1 Clymer-6
6: 17-3 Chapel Field-9
7: 23-1 Germantown-2
8: 22-1 Jasper-Troupsburg-5
9: 19-4 Sackets Harbor-3
10: 19-5 Finney-5
11: 17-5 Westport-7
12: 20-2 Chateaugay-10
13: 20-3 Elba-5
14: 21-1 Hamilton-3
15: 21-1 Davenport-4
16: 18-4 Schenevus-4
17: 16-5 Edmeston-4
18: 18-2 Harrisville-10
19: 14-8 Argyle-2
20: 18-5 Batavia Notre Dame-5
20: 15-7 Oriskany-3