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Sectional Alignment for 2003

With the addition of several new teams in Section Five and with new student population numbers there are changes for the 2003 Sectional groupings.

According to the NYSPHSAA, the following cutoffs will be in effect for 2003:

CLASSIFICATION   STUDENTS
Class A Teams   1000 or more
Class B Teams   650 to 999
Class C Teams   0-649

Given these cutoffs, the following team classes will be in effect for 2003:

Team
Students
Class
League
Aquinas
680
B
Independent
Haverling-Haverling
499
C
Independent
Brighton
902
B
Monroe County
Canandaigua
1,049
A
Finger Lakes
Eastridge
797
B
Monroe County
Fairport
1,654
A
Monroe County
Geneva
611
B *
Finger Lakes
Greece Odyssey
297
C
Independent
Hilton
1,113
A
Monroe County
Irondequoit
1,101
A
Monroe County
Livonia
547
C
Independent
McQuaid Jesuit
992 **
B
Independent
Mynderse
396
C
Finger Lakes
Newark
688
B
Finger Lakes
Penfield
1,251
A
Monroe County
Penn Yan
468
C
Finger Lakes
Pittsford
1,391 ***
A
Monroe County
Rush-Henrietta
1,389
A
Monroe County
Victor
704
B
Finger Lakes
Waterloo
468
C
Finger Lakes
Web-Schroeder
1,341
A
Monroe County
Web-Thomas
670
B
Monroe County
 
*Geneva moved up from Class C to Class B last year
** McQuaid Jesuit is a single-sex school so population is doubled (496 x 2)
*** Pittsford is a combined team (734 Mendon + 657 Sutherland)

If each team stays in the expected class, the following breakdown would occur for the end of the year tournaments:

Team
Students
Class
League
Canandaigua
1,049
A
Finger Lakes
Fairport
1,654
A
Monroe County
Hilton
1,113
A
Monroe County
Irondequoit
1,101
A
Monroe County
Penfield
1,251
A
Monroe County
Pittsford
1,391 ***
A
Monroe County
Rush-Henrietta
1,389
A
Monroe County
Web-Schroeder
1,341
A
Monroe County
A probable 8 team sectional with all teams making the tournament.

 

Team
Students
Class
League
Aquinas
680
B
Independent
Brighton
902
B
Monroe County
Eastridge
797
B
Monroe County
Geneva
611*
B
Finger Lakes
McQuaid Jesuit
992 **
B
Independent
Newark
688
B
Finger Lakes
Victor
704
B
Finger Lakes
Web-Thomas
670
B
Monroe County
A probable 8 team sectional with all teams making the tournament.

 

Team
Students
Class
League
Haverling-Haverling
499
C
Independent
Geneva
611
C
Finger Lakes
Greece Odyssey
297
C
Independent
Livonia
547
C
Independent
Mynderse
396
C
Finger Lakes
Penn Yan
468
C
Finger Lakes
Waterloo
468
C
Finger Lakes
A probable 6 team sectional would result with the lowest seeded team not making the tournament.
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