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Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Schuylerville boys hoops ranked No. 16, Greenwich No. 17

The last NYSSWA boys basketball rankings of 2014 were released Tuesday and both the Schuylerville and Greenwich cracked the top 20 of their respective classes.

Here's a link to the girls rankings.
Here's a link to the boys rankings.

No.  16 Schuylerville (5-1) dropped its first game of the season to Broadalbin-Perth before picking up its first Foothills Council win over Hudson Falls the Friday before break.

Class B 

1. Westhill, Section III (4-1)
2. Southamton, Section XI (5-0)
3. Norwich, Section IV (5-1)
4. Rochester Leadershipo Academy, Section V (7-0)
5. Woodlands, Section I (5-1)
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10. Hoosick Falls, Section II (4-0)
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13. Cohoes, Section II (5-2)
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16. Schuylerville, Section II (5-1)
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19. Mekeel Christian, Section II (2-0)

In Class C, 2012 sectional champion Lake George is undefeated and the team to beat, but a veteran Greenwich (5-1) squad has played well in every game except a loss to Schuylerville. Fellow Section II teams Hoosic Valley, Rensselaer and Stillwater are among the honorable mentions.

Class C

1. Waterville, Section III (8-0)
2. Lake George, Section II (8-0)
3. Haldane, Section I (6-1)
4. Caledonia-Mumford, Section V (5-0)
5. Buffalo Middle College, Section VI (4-1)
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17. Greenwich, Section II (5-1)

Honorable mention: Stillwater (5-2), Hoosic Valley (4-2), Rensselaer (6-2)

In Class AA Guilderland is the only Suburban Council team to crack the top 25 of the Class AA standings despite several quality out-of-section wins from undefeated Shenendehowa (8-0) over the break.  League rivals Bethlehem (5-2) were also listed as honorable mentions.

Class AA

1. Long Island Lutheran, AIS (7-0)
2. Christ the King, CHSAA (7-0)
3. Wings Academy, PSAL (7-0)
4. Brentwood, Section XI (4-0)
5. Green Tech, Section II (7-0)
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19. Troy Catholic Central, Section II (5-1)
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21. Guilderland, Section II (6-0)
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23. Schenectady, Section II (4-1)

Honorable mention: Bethlhem (5-2), Shenendehowa (8-0)

Undefeated Shen girls hoops ranked 5th in state, Greenwich 4th

The last NYSSWA boys and girls basketball rankings of 2014 were released Tuesday and there are several Saratogian-area teams represented.

Here's a link to the girls rankings.
Here's a link to the boys rankings.

The undefeated Shenendehowa girls (9-0) were the fifth ranked team in Class AA ahead of Section II rivals Shaker (6-0) and Albany (6-1).

Class AA
1. Archbishop Molloy, CHSAA (7-0)
2. Ossing (5-2), Section I (5-2)
3. Francis Lewis, PSAL (5-0)
4. Murry Bergtraum, PSAL (8-1)
5. Shenendehowa, Section II (9-0)
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12. Shaker, Section II (6-0)
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 25. Albany, Section II (6-1)

In Class C, the undefeated Greenwich girls (6-0) were placed at the No. 4 spot ahead of Wasaren League rival Hoosic Valley.

Class C
1. Chautauqua Lake, Section VI (6-0)
2. Cooperstown, Section III (9-0)
3. Weedsport, Section III (8-0)
4. Greenwich, Section II (6-0)
5. Hoosic Valley, Section II (5-1)
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9. Greenville, Section II (8-0)
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13. Maple Hill, Section II (4-1)