... courtesy Tom Cuffe 

New York State Sports Writers Association

Pre-Season Boys Team Selections and Rankings

(FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE)

09.05.11

             NYS TOP TEN PROJECTED TEAMS FOR 2011

1.      Shaker                                     Section 02- A              

2.      Rush-Henrietta                      Section 05-A   

3.      Arlington                                 Section 01-A               

4.      St. Anthony's                          Section CHSAA

5.      Fayetteville-Manlius              Section 03-A

6.      Walt Whitman                         Section 11-A                               

7.      East Aurora                             Section 06-B                

8.      Warwick Valley                       Section 09-A 

9.      Monsignor Farrell                  Section CHSAA              

10.  Saratoga Springs                    Section 02-A               

             Bubble Teams 

Maine-Endwell                          Section 04-B               

Burnt Hills                                  Section 02-B             

Brewster                                     Section 01-B               

Brighton                                      Section 05-B  

Ithaca                                           Section 04-A                           

Carmel                                         Section 01-A               

Pittsford Mendon                      Section 05-B                            

Harborfields                               Section 11-B 

Smithtown                                  Section 11-A                                         

Chaminade                                 Section CHSAA              

Port Washington                       Section 08-A

             Teams to watch - Alpha     

·         Barker                                       Section 06-D         

·         Bethlehem                               Section 02-A 

·         Bishop Gibbons                     Section 02-C 

·         Broadalbin-Perth                    Section 02-B

·         Bronxville                                 Section 01-C

·         Collegiate                                 Section AIS NYC  

·         Commack                                 Section 11-A 

·         Corning                                     Section 04-A 

·         Elmira Southside                    Section 04-A

·         Francis Lewis                          Section PSAL NYC 

·         Franklin Academy                  Section 10-B

·         Irondequoit                              Section 05-A

·         HFL                                            Section 05-B 

·         Marcellus                                  Section 03-B

·         MSIT                                           Section PSAL NYC

·         Niskayuna                                Section 02-A 

·         North Rockland                      Section 01-A 

·         Northport                                  Section 11-A

·         Pawling                                     Section 01-C 

·         Pearl River                               Section 01-B 

·         Pittsford Sutherland              Section 05-B 

·         Queensbury                            Section 02-B 

·         Regis                                         Section CHSAA

·         Sachem East                           Section 11-A

·         Shenendehowa                      Section 02-A 

·         Somers                                     Section 01-B 

·         St. John Baptist                      Section CHSAA

·         Stuyvesant                               Section PSAL NYC

·         Suffern                                      Section 01-A 

·         Washingtonville                      Section 09-A 

                 Xavier                                       Section CHSAA

51 TOTAL TEAMS LISTED

NEW YORK CITY CROSS-COUNTRY POWER RANKINGS

PRE-SEASON EDITION 09.04.11

(FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE)

1. Monsignor Farrell, Staten Island - CHSAA

2. Collegiate, Manhattan - AIS

3. Xavier, Manhattan - CHSAA

4. Stuyvesant, Manhattan - PSAL

5. Regis, Manhattan - CHSAA

6. MSIT, Staten Island - PSAL

7. Fordham Prep, The Bronx – CHSAA

8. Bishop Ford, Brooklyn - CHSAA

9. Midwood, Brooklyn - PSAL

10. Francis Lewis, Queens - PSAL

Watch list: St. Joseph by-the Sea, Bronx HS of Science, Curtis