Saranac Lake (Red Storm)
Section 7
States Teams: 1981
(C-3rd), 1986 (C-14th), 1987 (C-12th), 1988 (C-11th), 1994 (C-4th),
1995 (C-1st), 1999 (C-6th), 2000 (C-6th), 2001 (C-7th), 2003 (C-10th),
2005 (B-9th), 2006 (C-8th), 2007 (C-11th), 2008 (C-11th), 2010 (C-10h),
2016 (C-8th), 2017 (C-5th), 2018 (C-1st)
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Andy Hastings (1980, C-4th), Zach Handler (1995, C-3rd), Matt Dougherty (1995, C-9th), Adam VanNortwick (2001, C-5th), James Catania (2018, C-9th)
Last Year's Summary: 1st in States C, 1st in Sectionals
Roster| James Catania | 11 | 1 | 9 | 168 |
| Peter Fogarty | 11 | 3 | 14 | 164 |
| Micah McCulley | 11 | 4 | 19 | 157 |
| Andrew Fogarty | 11 | 5 | 28 | 155 |
| Tucker Jakobe | 11 | 6 | 68 | 145 |
| Justin Duprey | 11 | 16 |
| 129 |
Outlook: Reigning champ Saranac Lake has to love its position this year with a clean sweep of juniors back for a title defense in their home section at Plattsburgh. James Catania, Peter Fogarty, Micah McCulley, Andrew Fogarty, and Tucker Jakobe should keep pushing up the level of the top 5. A small school rivalry with an also fairly young Class D champ Beaver River could be brewing.
Irvington (Bulldogs)
Section 1
States Teams: 1973 (C-3rd), 1981 (C-7th), 1996 (C-10th), 1997 (C-8th), 1998 (C-8th), 2007 (C-5th), 2008 (C-3rd), 2016 (C-6th), 2018 (C-3rd)
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Steve Getz (1964, C-8th) (1965, C-6th), Jack Ford (1972, C-10th), Julian Saliani (2008, C-7th) (2009, C-4th), Scottie Mitchell (2016, C-4t), Luke Carmosino (2017, C-3rd)
Last Year's Summary: 3rd in States C, , 1st in Sectionals C
Roster| Ryan Flanagan | 12 | 7 | 26 | 158 |
| Alex Bjorgvinsson | 11 | 8 | 27 | 156 |
| Aidan McClure | 11 | 18 | 74 | 141 |
| Ronan Cypher | 12 | 22 | 104 | 137 |
| Henry Demarest | 11 | 30 | 80 | 132 |
| Lucas Turano | 10 | 31 |
| 130 |
Outlook: The Bulldogs tied their best ever finish at States last year and return four of their top 6 for 2019. Some work needs to be done at the back to move Irvington up at States, but Ryan Flangan and Alex Bjorgvinsson are back from top-30 States finishes and will be a strong base to build around.
Newfane (Panthers)
Section 6
States Teams: 1972 (C-8th), 2017 (C-3rd), 2018 (C-5th)
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Jeff Murrell (1977, B-9th), Samuel Auernhamer (2017, C-4th)
Last Year's Summary: 5th in States C, 1st in Sectionals
Roster| Austin Burkard | 10 | 1 | 21 | 160 |
| Nick Baes | 11 | 12 | 49 | 147 |
| Alex Lingle | 12 | 19 | 50 | 146 |
| Nathan Moran | 12 | 20 | 103 | 135 |
| Connor Cuzzacrea | 10 | 25 | 89 | 134 |
| Andrew Cuzzacrea | 10 | 26 | 106 | 132 |
Outlook: The Panthers have been hanging around near the top at States the last couple years, and they may have the depth to get up for the silver this year. Sophomore Austin Burkard leads a Newfane team that has six of the top 7 back but will need to replace last year's #2 guy, Robert Stevenson.
Port Jefferson (Royals)
Section 11
States Teams: 1952
(B-1st), 1953 (B-1st), 1958 (A-2nd), 1964 (A-2nd), 1965 (A-2nd), 1974
(C-1st), 1975 (B-2nd), 1976 (B-1st), 1977 (B-2nd), 1978 (B-5th), 1979
(B-4th), 1980 (B-7th), 1982 (B-4th),1983 (B-4th), 2000 (D-8th), 2001
(D-4th), 2002 (D-7th), 2003 (D-10th), 2004 (D-7th), 2005 (D-5th), 2006
(C-9th), 2007 (C-7th), 2009 (D-5th), 2010 (C-6th), 2011 (C-5th), 2013
(D-5th), 2017 (C-9th), 2018 (C-4th)
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Mike Caraftis (1952, B-1st) (1953, B-1st), Melvin Solomon (1953,
B-10th), Fred Zittel (1961, A-1st), Lee Jordan (1964, A-3rd), Brian
Tolvanen (1970, B-9th) (1971, C-2nd), Joel Carpenter (1976, B-6th),
Steve Breit (1987, A-4th) (1989, A-6th), Matt Vanlierop (1990, A-7th),
Eric Fleckenstein (1999, D-3rd), Brendan Sullivan (1999, D-4th) (2000,
D-3rd) (2001, D-2nd), Sean Sullivan (2002, D-4th), James Burke (2013,
C-3rd) (2014, C-6th)
Last Year's Summary: 4th in States C, 1st in Sectionals
Roster| Brian Veit | 11 | 1 | 34 | 154 |
| Grant Samara | 11 | 4 | 23 | 154 |
| Cooper Schoch | 12 | 2 | 38 | 149 |
| Owen Okst | 11 | 8 | 71 | 135 |
| Gray Joyner | 10 | 10 | 82 | 129 |
| Ryan Perera | 11 | 18 | 111 | 108 |
Outlook: The Royals won a tiebreaker for 4th place at States last year, their best finish in 17 years. With juniors Grant Samara and Brian Veit back at the top, Port Jeff could be looking to tie their best finish since they won the last of their four state championships in 1976.
Pleasantville (Panthers)
Section 1
States Teams: 1966 (C-1st), 1967 (C-2nd), 2013 (C-3rd), 2014 (C-3rd), 2015 (C-4th), 2017 (C-6th)
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Pete Freyburg (1966, C-5th), Jerry. Mimnaugh (1967, C-7th), Aidan McDermott (2015, C-8th)
Last Year's Summary: 4th in Sectionals
Roster| Aidan Lynch | 12 | 4 | 17 | 162 |
| Drew Dipietro | 12 |
|
| 152 |
| Ryan Dirgins | 12 | 21 |
| 144 |
| Nevan Lewis | 12 | 19 |
| 137 |
| Jack Minelli | 11 | 45 |
| 126 |
Outlook:
The Panthers were not at full strength when they finished 4th in S1-C last year. With States medalist Aidan Lynch and the top 4 runners back from last year, Pleasantville should be in the hunt for its fifth Sectionals title in eight years.
Springville (Griffins)
Section 6
States Teams:
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Dave Carlstrom (1954, B-10th, Chad Maloy (2010, B-1st)
Last Year's Summary: 6th in Sectionals
Roster| Brett Russell | 12 | 7 |
| 161 |
| Jared Hecht | 12 | 15 |
| 151 |
| Mikey Evans | 11 |
|
| 139 |
| Zackary Peterman | 12 | 48 |
| 134 |
| Nathan Myers | 12 | 65 |
| 121 |
Outlook: The Griffins were ranked among the top teams early last season but then had injuries and fell back to 6th in S6-C. If the team is healthy in 2019 behind frontrunners Brett Russell and Jared Hecht, Springville should contend with Newfane for its first ever Sectional title.
Pawling (Tigers)
Section 1
States Teams: 2004 (C-5th), 2005 (C-3rd), 2006 (C-2nd), 2009 (C-2nd), 2010 (C-3rd), 2011 (C-2nd), 2012 (C-1st)
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Colby Delbene (2005, C-5th) (2006, C-2nd) (2007, C-1st), Brandon Freyer (2009, C-1st), Matt Jorgensen (2012, C-3rd)
Last Year's Summary: 5th in Sectionals
Roster| Noah Brightman | 10 | 12 |
| 158 |
| Alex Petruso | 12 | 14 |
| 152 |
| Caleb Brightman | 9 | 23 |
| 139 |
| Jack Hickey | 12 | 47 |
| 128 |
| Travis Geocas | 11 | 38 |
| 128 |
Outlook:
The Tigers have not won a Sectionals title in seven years but may be building a team that can contend in S1-C. Brothers Noah and Caleb Brightman will be joining senior Alex Petruso in Pawling's bid for their first win since the States championship season in 2012..
Watkins Glen (Senecas)
Section 4
States Teams: 2011 (C-4th), 2015 (C-2nd) 2016 (C-1st), 2017 (C-2nd)
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Keith
Callanan (1975, C-3rd), Matt Gill (2012, C-4th) (2013, D-2nd), Patrick
Hazlitt (2016, C-3rd), Shawn Rutledge (2016, C-6th), Gabe Planty (2016,
C-8th) (2018, C-3rd)
Last Year's Summary: 5th in Sectionals
Roster| Gabe Planty | 12 | 1 | 3 | 174 |
| Max Evans | 11 | 10 |
| 144 |
| Sam Thorslund | 12 |
|
| 140 (2017) |
| Steven Gublo | 12 | 28 |
| 128 |
| Lawrence Majors | 8 | 39 |
| 117 |
| Ben Swinnerton | 10 |
|
| 108 |
Outlook: There are a lot of questions about what could be happening for Watkins Glen this year, but one thing for sure is that Gabe Planty will be the favorite for the individual States title in his senior year. We'll just have to see who will be filling out the Senecas' lineup this year.
