| Section | Top Teams | Notes | | 1 | Arlington, Carmel, Suffern, Scarsdale, North Rockland, Fox Lane | Arlington aims for its fifth straight S1-A title and begins the year with a big gap over Carmel. | | 2 | Saratoga, Shenendehowa, Guilderland, Niskayuna, Shaker, Ballston Spa, Bethlehem | Saratoga
returns its top 5 and has the lead in the battle with Shen and
Guilderland to replace a depleted Niskayuna as S2-A champ. | | 3 | Fayetteville-Manlius, Baldwinsville, Liverpool, Cicero-North Syracuse, Rome Free Academy, Central Square, West Genesee | FM
is top ranked among the A teams and should repeat as S3-A champ.
Baldwinsville has a bit of an edge over Liverpool for the 2nd spot. | | 4 | Corning, Ithaca, Horseheads | Corning is looking for a third straight state championship and will be the top team in S4-A. | | 5 | Irondequoit, Penfield, Churchville-Chili, McQuaid, Fairport,, Brighton | Irondequoit returns five of top 6 and has a small edge over a pack of rivals in S5-A. | | 6 | Clarence, Frontier, Lancaster, Williamsville North, Lockport | Reigning champ Clarence has a slight edge over Frontier. | | 7 | No representatives |
| | 8 | East Meadow, Syosset, Port Washington | Reigning S8-A champ Manhasset is back down in Class B, and East Meadow and Syosset start the year pretty even. | | 9 | Washingtonville, Monroe-Woodbury, Warwick Valley, Minisink Valley, Pine Bush, FD Roosevelt | S9-A
should be the closest sectional battle in Class A, and Washingtonville
appears to have a little more depth than reigning champ Monroe-Woodbury. | | 10 | No representatives |
| | 11 | Smithtown, Northport, Ward Melville, Sachem North, Commack
| Reigning champ Smithtown has some top level returners and good depth and should be the story in S11-A. |
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