Summary:  Arlington has won the last three S1-A titles and again will be favored as it has its usual Admiral depth. Suffern and North Rockland are coming off a big battle at Rockland County and are closer than usual to Arlington this year, so the action rates that hot pepper. Patrick Tuohy has picked up a lot of wins this year including the Rockland County title, while Colin Waters did the same for Arlington at Northern Counties. Waters and Tuohy were 10th and 12th last year behind a totally senior group of leaders.

Summary: Last year was a battle of two teams, with Somers taking the title over Pearl River by 63-73. Six teams have at least a faint hope of taking the 2017 S1-B crown, but Pearl River appears to have the most depth along with the highest ratings following a win at Rockland County. But John Jay CR has a lot of momentum going for it after a win at Westchester County, and Tappan Zee is also very close behind. The Pirates' Matt Politis won last year's race, and he and Matt and Greg Fusco of Somers and Ryan Guerci of Nanuet should all be battling to the wire this year.