State champion Chester finished as the top-ranked Class B baseball team in the final New York State Sportswriters Association rankings.
Section 9 champs Monroe-Woodbury and Cornwall each finished No. 2 in their respective classes and Chapel Field finished fourth.
Chester claimed the title with three victories in the state tournament — at the Final Four, the Hambletonians beat Center Moriches 5-2 and Medina 3-0.
Cornwall beat Kennedy 5-3 in the state semifinals and was one win from a perfect season before the Dragons fell to West Genesee 4-0 in the Class AA championship.
Monroe-Woodbury beat Mamaroneck 8-5 in the Class AAA quarterfinals but fell to Massapequa 5-3 in the semifinals.
Chapel Field lost to Saratoga Catholic 7-0 in the Class C quarterfinals.
In all, Section 9 schools earned 16 spots in the polls, from the top-25 to honorable mention nods.
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State Class AAA
Rankings: 1. Massapequa-8 (25-3-); 2. Monroe-Woodbury-9 (19-4); 3. McQuaid-5 (22-4); 4. Connetquot-11 (22-4); 5. Liverpool-3 (14-13); 6. Niagara Falls-6 (14-6); 7. Saratoga Springs-2 (20-6); 8. Fairport-5 (20-2); 9. Mamaroneck-1 (17-9); 10. Christian Brothers Academy Syracuse-3 (17-8)
11. Elmira-4 (15-6); 12. Longwood-11 (21-2); 13. Roy C. Ketcham-1 (21-5); 14. Colonie-2 (18-8); 15. Lancaster-6 (13-9); 16. Commack-11 (14-9); 17. Baldwinsville-3 (17-3); 18. Christian Brothers Academy Albany-2 (17-4); 19. Scarsdale-1 (15-8); 20. Farmingdale-8 (15-7-1); 21. Cicero-North Syracuse-3 (14-5); 22. Kingston-9 (14-7); 23. Arlington-1 (11-8); 24. Freeport-8 (18-5); 25. Pine Bush-9 (11-10); HM. John Jay-East Fishkill-1 (11-9)
State Class AA
Rankings: 1. West Genesee-3 (22-4); 2. Cornwall-9 (24-1); 3. Bellmore J.F. Kennedy-8 (22-6); 4. Horseheads-4 (19-8); 5. Hamburg-6 (21-3); 6. Happauge-11 (20-9); 7. Rye-1 (19-7); 8. Mohanasen-2 (19-3); 9. Eastport-South Manor-11 (21-3); 10. Garden City-8 (23-8)
11. Williamsville East-6 (17-4); 12. West Islip-11 (19-5); 13. Smithtown East-11 (20-3); 14. Bethlehem-2 (13-12-1); 15. Mahopac-1 (18-8); 16. W.T. Clarke-8 (20-5); 17. Webster Schroeder-5 (12-13); 18. Canandaigua-5 (19-6); 19. Webster Thomas-5 (16-7); 20. Vestal-4 (17-7); 21. Mepham-8 (16-7); 22. Irondequoit-5 (15-9); 23. Pittsford Mendon-5 (17-4); 24. Minisink Valley-9 (14-5); T25. Hilton-5 (13-9); T-25. Yorktown-1 (15-9).
State Class A
Rankings: 1. Averill Park-2 (22-5); 2. Plainedge-8 (28-1); 3. Kings Park-11 (21-3); 4. Grand Island-6 (20-5); 5. Waverly-4 (22-5); 6. New Hartford-3 (17-6); 7. Pittsford Sutherland-5 (20-6); 8. Marlboro-9 (10-12); 9. Byram Hills-1 (20-6); 10. Scotia-Glenville-2 (15-10)
11. Sayville-11 (18-6); 12. Peru-7 (16-2); 13. Pleasantville-1 (18-7); 14. Massena-10 (9-6); 15. Cortland-3 (19-3); 16. Pelham-1 (18-5); 17. Maryvale-6 (17-5); 18. Plattsburgh-7 (18-3); 19. Wantagh-8 (19-8-1); 20. Tappan Zee-1 (20-2); 21. Beacon-9 (17-3); 22. Geneva-5 (15-5); 23. Olean-6 (18-2); 24. Our Lady of Lourdes-9 (14-5); 25. Shoreham-Wading River-11 (16-9); HM. Highland-9 (13-7); New Paltz-9 (13-7); Saugerties-9 (15-6)
State Class B
Rankings: 1. Chester-9 (21-5); 2. Medina-6 (21-2); 3. Center Moriches-11 (20-4); 4. Taconic Hills/Hawthorne Valley-2 (20-3); 5. Oyster Bay-8 (20-6); 6. Putnam Valley-1 (17-7); 7. Oneonta-4 (19-6); 8. Utica Notre Dame-3 (13-13); 9. Bath-5 (21-4); 10. Cheektowaga J.F. Kennedy-6 (16-3)
11. Northeastern Clinton-7 (16-8); 12. Cairo-Durham-2 (15-6); 13. Lansing-4 (16-5); 14. Canton-10 (10-5); 15. Briarcliff-1 (15-8-1); 16. Bishop Ludden-Grimes (3) 13-11; 17. Susquehanna Valley-4 (14-8); 18. Windsor-4 (13-8); 19. Royalton-Hartland-6 (14-4); 20. Cold Spring Harbor-8 (15-11); 21. Wellsville-5 (14-7); 22. Wayland-Cohocton-5 (13-8); 23. Cobleskills-Richmondville-2 (16-5); 24. Pawling-1 (15-8); 25. South Lewis-3 (17-2). HM. Burke Catholic-9 (13-7)
State Class C
Rankings: 1. Saratoga Catholic-2 (23-3); 2. Kendall-5 (23-3); 3. Gowanda-6 (20-4); 4. Chapel Field-9 (18-2); 5. Ticonderoga-7 (14-7); 6. Tuckahoe-1 (14-13); 7. Port Jefferson-11 (15-7); 8. Maple Hill-2 (19-3); 9. Beaver River-3 (15-8); 10. Trumansburg-4 (18-6)
11. Gananda-5 (19-3); 12. Unatego-Franklin-4 (17-3); 13. Batavia Notre Dame-5 (20-2); 14. Genesee Valley-Belfast-5 (19-3); 15. Deposit/Hancock-4 (18-4); 16. Union Springs-4 (19-5); 17. Pine Plains-9 (15-5); 18. Pierson-11 (15-7); 19. Tupper Lake-10 (9-8); 20. S.S. Seward-9 (9-6); 21. Pembroke-5 (13-6); 22. Frankfort-Schuyler-3 (16-3); 23. Randolph-6 (13-6); 24. Greenwich-2 (14-7); 25. Falconer-6 (14-5)
State Class D
Rankings: 1. Duanesburg-2 (16-4); 2. Fillmore-5 (18-3); 3. Oriskany-3 (19-1); 4. Bolton-7 (15-4); 5. Schenevus-Charlotte Valley-4 (16-4); 6. Heuvelton-10 (18-1); 7. McGraw-3 (16-3); 8. Johnsburg/Minerva-7 (17-2); 9. Ellicottville-6 (13-6); 10. Gilboa-Conesville/Roxbury-4 (10-5)
11. Arkport/Canaseraga-5 (20-2); 12. Hartford/Fort Edward-2 (18-3); 13. Fabius-Pompey-3 (12-2); 14. South Kortright/Margaretville-4 (11-4); 15. Parishville-Hopkinton-10 (11-3); 16. Keshequa-5 (12-8); 17. Lyme-3 (15-5); 18. Elba-5 (14-7); 19. Northstar Christian-5 (13-8); 20. Schroon Lake-7 (12-7).
Mid-Hudson recent finishes
2025: Class AAA – 2. Roy C. Ketcham-1 (21-4); 4. Pine Bush (17-3); 17. Newburgh (15-6-1); 19. Monroe-Woodbury (14-7); 22. Arlington-1 (12-8); 23. John Jay-East Fishkill-1 (17-3); Class AA – 14. Wallkill (12-10); HM. Cornwall (13-7); F.D. Roosevelt (13-6); Class A – 8. Marlboro (12-7); Class B – 19. Chester (10-9); 22. Highland (16-3); Class C – 3. Burke Catholic (15-3); Class D – none
2020-2024: None selected
This article originally appeared on Times Herald-Record: Baseball – Check out the final 2026 New York sportswriters’ rankings
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