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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 1959834, member: 289"] [B]Semi-Final Match-Ups[/B] CLASS AA Section1 - New Rochelle 10-0 (340-62) NYSSWA #2 MaxPreps 5/608 States: 17-8 with 4titles Vs. Section 2- Troy 11-0 (418-119) NYSSWA #5 MaxPreps 3/449 States: 15-5 with 2 titles Section 3- Christian Brothers Academy 10-0 (383-89) NYSSWA #4 MaxPreps 2/328 States: 11-9 with 1 title Vs. Section 5- Victor 11-0 (337-100) NYSSWA #1 MaxPreps 4/470 States: 3-3 with 0 titles Comment: The NYS sportswriters have Victor as their #1 team but Max Preps rates CBA ahead of everybody except Chenango Forks, who is in Class B. So the Brothers would seem to have a legitimate shot at their second state championship. But the competition in this class will be the greatest of any: the four teams are a combined 43-0. Something’s gotta give. CLASS A Section 1- Somers 10-1 (402-157) NYSSWA #6 MaxPreps 9/1008 States: 1-3 with 0 titles Vs. Section 2- Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake 10-1 (462-177) NYSSWA #7 MaxPreps 50/1968 States: 11-5 with 1 title Section 3- Whitesboro 11-0 (363-108) NYSSWA #3 MaxPreps 11/1081 States: 5-6 with 0 titles Vs. Section 5- Greece Athena 11-0 (396-140) NYSSWA #4 MaxPreps7/887 States: 1-0 with 0 titles Comment: The top two teams in the NYS sportswriter’s poll are in sections 8 and 11, who don’t participate in the tournament. That leaves Whitesboro as the defacto #1 team, although MaxPreps obviously doesn’t quite agree. Still, Tom Schoen’s perennial powerhouse as a real shot at winning their first ever state championship. CLASS B Section 1- Pleasantville 11-0 (325-89) NYSSWA #5 MaxPreps 21/1522 States: 1-1 with 3 titles Vs. Section 2- Glens Falls 11-0 (497-133) NYSSWA #4 MaxPreps 8/887 States: 4-2 with 0 titles Section 4- Chenango Forks 11-0 (423-91) NYSSWA #1 MaxPreps 1/276 States: 27-9 with 5 titles Vs. Section 6- Dunkirk 9-2 (418-156) NYSSWA #6 MaxPreps 22/1526 States : 1-0 with 0 titles Comments: Max Preps ahs Forks, going for a foruth straight state ttile, (the three presious in Calss C), ranked as the #1 team in the state- overall. They would favor them over the Class A and AA teams above. And they looked it, rolling to a 35-0 lead against defending Class B champion Cazenovia before coasting to a 35-13 win. Whoever wins the east will be a formidable team. But if the Blue Devils don’t win, it will be the upset of the year in NYS. CLASS C Section 9- Burke Catholic 8-3 (311-186) NYSSWA #7 MaxPreps 241/7793 States: 1-2 with 0 titles Vs. Section 10-Ogdensburg Free Academy 9-2 (469-176) NYSSWA #4 MaxPreps 93/4172 States: 1-4 with 0 titles Section 4- Newark Valley 11-0 (484-83) NYSSWA #1 MaxPreps 20/1519 States: 1-0 with 0 title Vs. Section 5- Bishop Kearney 11-0 (409-228) NYSSWA #2 MaxPreps 72/3716 States: 2-1 with 0 titles Comments: Thanks to upsets, the western semi-final seems like the real championship but that can be deceiving, especially fi the players come to see it that way. Still, Newark Valley seems to be clearly the bets team and Section 4 has won the last titles in this class, thanks to Chenango Forks. CLASS D Section 1- Haldane 3-6 (133-226) NYSSWA NR MaxPreps 564/13589 States: 3-3 with 0 titles Vs. Section 2- Cambridge 11-0 (601-81) NYSSWA #2 MaxPreps 48/2892 States: 16-12 with 1 title Section 4- Sydney 8-3 (429-291) NYSSWA #3 MaxPreps 53/3095 States: 4-1 with 1 title Vs. Section 6- Maple Grove 11-0 (453-66) NYSSWA #1 MaxPreps 25/1798 States: 8-5 with 2 titles Comments: Cambridge should have a walk-over against Haldane, a product of the screwy 5 class system, which leaves some sections almost without teams in certain classes. Sydney’s luck should run out against #1 ranked Maple Grove, a perennial power who has been down this road before and has the best defense in the state. [/QUOTE]

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