| Section | Top Teams | Notes | | 1 | Arlington, Fox lane, North Rockland, Suffern, Mamaroneck | Reigning
champ Arlington lost half of its top 6 while 2nd-place Fox Lane returns
its top 3, so the Admirals and Foxes start the season even. North
Rockland and Suffern could also be in contention with strong development
work. | | 2 | Saratoga, Guilderland, Shenendehowa, Queensbury, Niskayuna, Colonie, Bethlehem | Saratoga
is the reigning S2-A champ, but the Blue Streaks start the season with
Guilderland, Shenendehowa, and Queensbury stacked right on their heels
in the state ratings. | | 3 | Fayetteville-Manlius, Liverpool, Baldwinsville, West Genesee, Cicero-North Syracuse, | FM
has more balance at the 1-5 positions to start the season, but if
reigning champ Liverpool can develop a strong team behind its top 2,
this will be another huge match in S3-A. Baldwinsville and West Genesee
also sit within striking range this year. | | 4 | Ithaca, Corning, Horseheads | Ithaca has its top 5 back and has a bit of an edge over last year's 2nd place States A team Corning. | | 5 | Penfield, Fairport, McQuaid, Irondequoit, Churchville-Chili, Hilton, Rush-Henrietta | Penfield
may be a little ahead of Fairport and reigning champ McQuaid, but any
of the top five teams could win a very competitive S5-A. | | 6 | Orchard Park, Lockport, Frontier, Hamburg, Williamsville North, Clarence | Orchard
Park rode a youth movement to last year's S6-A title, and it starts the
season with a small edge over Lockport and Frontier. | | 7 | No representatives |
| | 8 | Port Washington, Syosset, Mepham, Calhoun, East Meadow | Port Washington starts the year with a slight edge over Syosset after reigning champ Calhoun graduated its top 4 . | | 9 | Warwick Valley, Kingston, Monroe-Woodbury, FD Roosevelt, Washingtonville | Warwick Valley will be shooting for a 19th consecutive sectional crown and appears to be very likely to dominate the S9-A. | | 10 | No representatives |
| | 11 | Sachem North, Northport, Commack, Ward Melville,, Sachem East | Reigning
champ Sachem East lost 6 of its top 7, and now Sachem North with a
tremendous top 2 looks to be starting the year maybe a little ahead of a
Northport pack. |
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