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| Section | Top Teams | Notes | | 1 | North Rockland, Arlington, Suffern, Carmel, Ursuline, Scarsdale
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Rockland may have enough depth to contend for a state title, but Arlington and Suffern could make things interesting here.
| | 2 | Shenendehowa, Saratoga, Shaker, Niskayuna, Bethlehem, Colonie, Columbia, Guilderland, Colonie, Shaker, Rome Free Academy, Ballston Spa | Five of the top 10 teams in the state preseason speed ratings for Class A are packed into S2-A within 13 TR points of each other, but Shen with its top 4 back plus a transfer pickup from Saratoga has the good compression balance at this point.
| | 3 | Fayetteville-Manlius, Liverpool, Cicero-North Syracuse, West Genesee, Baldwinsville, West Genesee, Rome Free Academy
| FM is a decided favorite this year in S3-A and rated #2 in the nation, but Liverpool is close enough and with its tradition of strong season development could make another run for NXN.
| | 4 | Ithaca, Corning, Elmira Express, Horseheads | Not much to separate Corning and Ithaca in the preseason, but the Little Red have better depth and compression.
| | 5 | Brighton, Fairport, Webster Thomas, Irondequoit, Hilton, Canandaigua, Rush-Henrietta
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S5-A has four teams within 3 points of each other in the preseason ratings plus a handful of other teams that are not too far back. We'll just have to see who and what develops.
| | 6 | West Seneca West, Clarence, Lancaster | Despite losing its top 3, West Seneca West may still be the best team out in S6-A.
| | 7 | No representatives |
| | 8 | Syosset, Garden City
| Syosset should have enough returning talent to once again win S8-A. | | 9 | Cornwall, Warwick Valley, Washingtonville, FDR, Monroe-Woodbury
| Monroe-Woodbury was slammed silly by graduation while Cornwall moves up from a States B title with a largely intact squad and Warwick Valley has enough depth to cause some trouble.. | | 10 | No representatives |
| | 11 | Ward Melville, Riverhead, Sachem East, Bay Shore
| Ward Melville finished 4th in the S11-A last year but was the only one of the top 5 teams that was not hit hard by graduation.
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