Section 1 is a high school athletic organization that is one of the eleven sections of the

New York State Public High School Athletic Association The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) is the governing body of interscholastic sports for most public schools in New York outside New York City.http://www.nysphsaa.org/ ''nysphsaa.org'', accessed 15-JAN-2008. The ...

(NYSPHSAA). It is made up of high schools from around the southern portion of the

Hudson Valley The Hudson Valley (also known as the Hudson River Valley) comprises the valley of the Hudson River and its adjacent communities in the U.S. state of New York. The region stretches from the Capital District including Albany and Troy south to ...

. The section offers "modified athletics" administration covering grades 7-9 middle school competition in area middle schools (grade 9 is officially part of the high school level). Schools will sometimes compete with other schools outside of the section in tournaments or invitationals. The section is further divided into leagues based on mostly location but also the size of the school. The schools in the section compete with each other over the course of three seasons, fall, winter, and spring.

Sports

The sports administered by all sections of NYSPHSAA are: Fall Sports *Boys

Cross Country Cross country or cross-country may refer to: Places * Cross Country, Baltimore, a neighborhood in northwest Baltimore, Maryland * Cross County Parkway, an east–west parkway in Westchester County, NY * Cross County Shopping Center, a mall in Yo ...

*Girls Cross Country *

Field Hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shootin ...

* Football *Boys

Gymnastics Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, s ...

(Regional) *Girls Gymnastics *Boys Soccer *Girls Soccer *Girls

Swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

and Diving *Girls

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball c ...

*Boys

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

*Girls Volleyball Winter Sports *Boys

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

*Girls Basketball *Boys

Bowling Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term ''bowling'' usually refers to pin bowling (most commonly ten-pin bowling), thoug ...

*Girls Bowling * Cheer *Boys

Ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two o ...

*Boys

Indoor Track and Field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

*Girls Indoor Track and Field * Rifle *Boys

Skiing Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow. Variations of purpose include basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee ...

*Girls Skiing *Boys Swimming and Diving *Boys Volleyball (Regional) *Girls Volleyball (Regional) *

Wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

Spring Sports *

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding ...

*Boys

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...

*Girls Golf *Boys

Lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensi ...

*Girls Lacrosse *

Softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

*Boys Tennis *Boys

Outdoor Track and Field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

*Girls Outdoor Track and Field

Leagues

On July 27, 2022. The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) approved the creation of Class AAA after a two-decade hiatus. Roll out of the new classification will begin for the 2023-2024 school year for certain sports. Football leagues for 2022 season.

Class AAA

New Rochelle High School New Rochelle High School (NRHS) is a public high school in New Rochelle, New York. It is part of the City School District of New Rochelle and is the city's sole public high school. Its student body represents 60 countries from around the world. I ...

* Arlington High School *

White Plains High School White Plains Senior High School is a high school in the White Plains Public Schools system of White Plains, New York, United States. It was selected by the U.S. Department of Education as a School of Excellence in 1986–1987. The school's code ...

North Rockland High School North Rockland High School (NRHS) is public, co-educational high school located in Thiells, New York, serving 9th to 12th grade students from the northern section of Rockland County, in southern New York. The building was formerly used as an ...

* Port Chester High School/ Blind Brook High School * John Jay Senior High School

Class AA-1

* Mt Vernon High School * Port Chester High School * Mamaroneck High School * Scarsdale High School *

Ossining High School Ossining High School (OHS) is a comprehensive public high school located in Ossining, New York, United States, along the Hudson River in northern Westchester County, New York. Serving grades 9 through 12, it is the sole high school within th ...

* Yonkers, Saunders Trade/Lincoln/Riverside/Palisade prep * Yonkers, Gorton/Roosevelt/Montessori Academy/Yonkers

Class AA-2

* Arlington High School *

* John Jay Senior High School * Ketcham High School * Ramapo High School * Suffern High School * Carmel High School

Class A

* Fox Lane High School * Poughkeepsie High School * Spring Valley High School * Clarkstown High School South (

West Nyack, New York West Nyack is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Clarkstown, Rockland County, New York, United States. It is located north of Blauvelt, east of Nanuet, southwest of Valley Cottage, southeast of Bardonia, and west of Central Nyac ...

) *

Mahopac High School Mahopac Central School District is a school district headquartered in Mahopac, New York. History Circa 2014 superintendent Thomas J. Manko left his position. The Mahopac school board selected Forest City Regional School District superintendent ...

* Clarkstown High School North (

New City, New York New City is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Clarkstown, Rockland County, New York, United States, part of the New York Metropolitan Area. An affluent suburb of New York City, the hamlet is located north of the city at its c ...

) * Horace Greeley High School * Harrison High School * Yorktown High School * Brewster High School * Peekskill High School * Somers High School *

Eastchester High School Eastchester High School is located in Westchester County, New York in the town of Eastchester. A part of the Eastchester Union Free School District, it is a former U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon school with approximately 1009 student ...

* Pelham Memorial High School * Rye High School *

Tappan Zee High School Tappan Zee High School is a public high school located in Orangeburg, New York in Rockland County. The school serves students in grades 9-12 and is part of the South Orangetown Central School District. The school derives its name from the nea ...

Walter Panas High School Walter Panas High School is a comprehensive, four-year public high school serving students in grades 9–12 in Cortlandt Manor, New York, USA. It was opened in 1972, becoming the second high school to serve the Lakeland Central School District. ...

* John Jay High School * Lakeland High School * Beacon High School * Nyack High School * Sleepy Hollow High School * Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic High

Class B

* Pearl River High School * Hendrick Hudson High School *

Nanuet Senior High School Nanuet Senior High School is a public high school located in Nanuet, New York. It is formally known as "Nanuet Senior High School: The John P. Burke Building," named after the school's long-time principal. The Nanuet Senior High School houses ...

Byram Hills High School Byram Hills High School (BHHS) is a four-year co-educational public secondary school located in Armonk, New York, United States. It is the only secondary school in the Byram Hills Central School District, and serves students from the towns of ...

* Ardsley High School * Edgemont Junior – Senior High School * Briarcliff High School * Pleasantville High School * Bronxville High School

Class C

* Putnam Valley High School * Westlake High School *

Albertus Magnus High School Albertus Magnus High School, also known as AMHS, Albertus, and Magnus, is an American Catholic, co-educational high school located in Bardonia, New York, named after the German philosopher and theologian of the same name. It is the only Cathol ...

* Irvington High School *

Croton-Harmon High School Croton-Harmon High School is a secondary school located in Croton-on-Hudson, New York. It is administered by the Croton-Harmon Union Free School District, and serves 9th-12th grade students. There were 542 students enrolled in the 2006–2007 sch ...

* Hastings High School * Rye Neck High School * Blind Brook High School * Valhalla High School * Dobbs Ferry High School *

Woodlands Senior High School Woodlands may back refer to: * Woodland, a low-density forest Geography Australia * Woodlands, New South Wales * Woodlands, Ashgrove, Queensland, a heritage-listed house associated with John Henry Pepper * Woodlands, Marburg, Queensland, a herit ...

Pawling High School Pawling may refer to: * Pawling (town), New York, in Dutchess County **Pawling (village), New York, in the town of Pawling ***Pawling (Metro-North station), train station for the village **Pawling Nature Reserve, in the northern section of the t ...

Class D

Haldane High School Haldane is a surname and a given name which may refer to: People * Clan Haldane, a Lowland Scottish clan Surname * A. R. B. Haldane (1900–1982), Scottish social historian and author * Andrew "Ack-Ack" Haldane (1917–1944), U.S. Marine, World ...

* Tuckahoe High School

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.nysphsaa.org/Sections/Section1.aspx Organizations based in New York (state) High school sports associations in the United States Sports governing bodies in the United States New York State Public High School Athletic Association sections