Section 9 champion Pine Bush finished runner-up in the state Class AAA softball rankings for the 2026 season.
The rankings were conducted by the New York State Sportswriter and Coaches Organization for Girls Sports (NYSSCOGS).
Pine Bush (20-4) lost to No. 1 ranked Lancaster (19-5) 4-3 in 12 innings in the AAA championship on June 13. Newburgh Free Academy ( 12-11) finished No. 19 and Section 1’s Roy C. Ketcham (13-6) was tied for No. 25.
In Class AA, Section 9 champ Minisink Valley (19-5) was picked No. 9 – the Warriors bowed in the state semifinals on June 12. Section runner-up Valley Central (17-4) was picked No. 17 and Goshen (16-5) tied for No. 25.
In Class A, sectional champ Marlboro (16-5) was picked No. 10 and sectional semifinalist Port Jervis (14-5) was No. 18.
In Class B, sectional champ Spackenkill (12-7) was picked No. 16 and Section 1’s Haldane (17-6) was picked No. 23.
In Class C, state semifinalist Pine Plains (19-3) was picked No. 3 and sectional runner-up John S. Burke Catholic (14-4) was picked No. 17.
In Class D, sectional champ Chapel Field (8-8) was chosen No. 13 and runner-up Eldred (12-5) was No. 19.
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State Class AAA
Rankings: 1. Lancaster-6 (19-5); 2. Pine Bush-9 (20-4); 3. Corning-4 (18-1); 4. Saint Anthony’s-CHSAA (25-5); 5. Massapequa-8 (20-9); 6. Sachem North-11 (22-3); 7. Clarkstown South-1 (17-7); 8. Oceanside-8 (22-5); 9. Moore Catholic-CHSAA (21-6); 10. Molloy-CHSAA (23-4)
11. Saratoga-2 (11-13); 12. Commack-11 (20-5); 13. Xaverian-CHSAA (14-4); 14. North Rockland-1 (1-4); 15. Cicero-North Syracuse-3 (16-6); 16. Shenendehowa-2 (12-7); 17. White Plains-1 (17-4); 18. Kellenberg-CHSAA (17-10); 19. Newburgh Free Academy-9 (12-11); 20. Rush-Henrietta-5 (14-9); 21. Colonie-2 (13-7); 22. Patchogue-Medford-11 (20-6); 23. Sachem East-11 (15-5); 24. Saint Joseph by the Sea-CHSAA (11-6); T25. Roy C. Ketcham-1 (13-6); T25. Syosset-8 (10-14)
State Class AA
Rankings: 1. Fayetteville-Manlius-3 (22-3); 2. Columbia-2 (16-3); 3. Calhoun-8 (15-13); 4. Orchard Park-6 (15-5); 5. North Tonawanda-6 (19-1); 6. Vestal-4 (18-4); 7. Penfield-5 (20-3); 8. Williamsville North-6 (17-3); 9. Minisink Valley-9 (19-5); 10. Eastchester-1 (21-3)
11. East Islip-11 (16-6); 12. Pittsford Sutherland-5 (20-3); 13. Ursuline-1 (17-6); 14. Westhampton-11 (17-7); 15. Yorktown-1 (17-7); 16. Macarthur-8 (12-14); 17. Valley Central-9 (17-4); 18. Queensbury-2 (18-4); 19. Mepham-8 (10-11); 20. West Genesee-3 (15-6); 21. Harrison-1 (16-7); 22. East Hampton-11 (15-8); 23. Bethlehem-2 (12-6); 24. Sweet Home-6 (13-4); T25. Frontier-6 (10-9); T25. Goshen-9 (16-5)
State Class A
Rankings: 1. Averill Park-2 (22-4); 2. Pearl River-1 (23-4); 3. Wantagh-8 (16-6); 4. Maine-Endwell-4 (17-6); 5. Miller Place-11 (20-5); 6. New Hartford-3 (19-3); 7. Kings Park-11 (18-5); 8. Mercy-5 (13-6); 9. Depew-6 (16-7); 10. Marlboro-9 (16-5)
11. Ichabod Crane-2 (17-3); 12. Iroquois-6 (15-2); 13. Seaford-8 (13-8); 14. Somers-1 (18-2); 15. Tappan Zee-1 (17-6); 16. Chittenango-3 (17-5); 17. Grand Island-6 (13-8); 18. Port Jervis-9 (14-5); 19. Oneonta-4 (15-6); 20. Schalmont-2 (16-5); 21. Plainedge-8 (17-8); 22. Waverly-4 (14-5); 23. Peru-7 (15-3); 24. Central Valley Academy-3 (12-5); T25. Islip-11 (14-11); T25. Batavia-5 (10-8)
State Class B
Rankings: 1. Chatham-2 (24-2); 2. Susquehanna Valley-4 (20-4); 3. Tamarac-2 (20-2); 4. Dobbs Ferry-1 (20-4); 5. Lancaster Saint Mary’s-CHSAA (15-8); 6. Babylon-11 (12-7); 7. Alden-6 (17-2); 8. Avon-5 (13-6); 9. Hoosick Falls-2 (17-4); 10. Canton-10 (20-2)
11. Saranac-7 (13-7); 12. Watkins Glen/Odessa-Montour-4 (18-5); 13. Marcellus-3 (11-9); 14. Carle Place-8 (7-13); 15. Wayland-Cohocton-5 (20-1); 16. Spackenkill-9 (12-7); 17. Waterloo-5 (20-3); 18. Utica Notre Dame-3 (13-5); 19. Wellsville-5 (16-3); 20. Elmira Heights-4 (14-6); 21. Center Moriches-11 (11-11); 22. Fredonia-6 (17-4); 23. Haldane-1 (17-6); 24. Rye Neck-1 (11-6); T25. Allegany-Limestone-6 (14-4); T25. LaSalle-2 (17-3)
State Class C
Rankings: 1. Deposit-Hancock-4 (23-2); 2. Galway-2 (22-4); 3. Pine Plains-9 (19-3); 4. Greenwich-2 (15-4); 5. Union Springs-4 (17-2); 6. Falconer-6 (19-4); 7. Caledonia-Mumford-5 (17-3); 8. Tuckahoe-1 (17-5); 9. Saint Lawrence-10 (17-5); 10. Ticonderoga-7 (18-2)
11. McGraw-3 (18-4); 12. Barker-6 (14-6); 13. Sandy Creek-3 (18-2); 14. Berne-Knox-Westerlo-2 (17-5); 15. Southern Cayuga-4 (14-4); 16. Dundee-Bradford-5 (17-1); 17. Burke Catholic-9 (14-4); 18. Saratoga Catholic-2 (11-9); 19. Wilson-6 (12-6); 20. Tioga-4 (13-7); 21. Port Byron-3 (11-10); 22. Kendall-5 (15-7); 23. Clymer-6 (11-2); 24. Bolivar-Richburg-5 (17-2); T25. Hamilton-3 (12-3); T25. Sauquoit Valley-3 (14-3)
State Class D
Rankings: 1. Oakfield-Alabama-5 (21-1); 2. Windham-Ashland-Jewett-4 (21-1); 3. Fort Ann-2 (18-3); 4. Avoca-Prattsburgh-5 (19-4); 5. Cincinnatus-3 (17-1); 6. Forestville-6 (12-4); 7. Argyle-2 (15-2); 8. Hermon-DeKalb-10 (13-5); 9. Lyndonville-5 (18-2); 10. Fillmore-5 (13-5)
11. Afton-4 (15-5); 12. Fabius-Pompey-3 (12-5); 13. Chapel Field-9 (8-8); 14. Harrisville-10 (17-5); 15. Crown Point-7 (12-2); 16. Duanesburg-2 (11-7); 17. Charlotte Valley-Schenevus-4 (15-4); 18. Stockbridge Valley-3 (8-7); 19. Eldred-9 (12-5); 20. Morrisville-Eaton-3 (10-8); 21. LaFargeville-3 (17-4); 22. Morristown-10 (10-6); 23. Edmeston-Morris-4 (9-4); 24. Roxbury/Gilboa-Conesville-4 (9-7); T25. Heuvelton-10 (11-7); T25. Elba-5 (14-6)
Mid-Hudson recent finishes
2025: Class AAA – 12. Middletown (11-9); 13. Roy C. Ketcham-1 (17-4); 23. Pine Bush (11-6); Class AA – 8. Goshen (15-6); 16. Minisink Valley (16-3); Class A – 5. Marlboro (19-1); 24. Port Jervis (13-3); Class B – 4. Highland (16-6); 23. Sullivan West (11-2); Class C – 7. Pine Plains (11-8); Class D – 10. Eldred (6-8)
2024: Class AAA – 20. Pine Bush (13-10); 22. John Jay-East Fishkill-1 (15-4); Class AA – 6. Minisink Valley (17-6); Class A – 1. Marlboro (16-3); Class B – 16. Highland (13-4); 24. Pawling-1 (14-5); Class C – 4. Pine Plains (14-8); 20. Tri-Valley (11-4); Class D – 15. Chapel Field (6-6)
2023: Class AA – 8. Monroe-Woodbury (20-4); 26. Warwick (15-4); 27. Roy C. Ketcham-1 (17-3); Class A – 4. F.D. Roosevelt (15-3); 15. Minisink Valley (20-3); Class B – 2. Marlboro (17-3); 28. Ellenville (15-5); Class C – 3. S.S. Seward (14-5); 9. Pine Plains (13-7); Class D – 14. Eldred (8-5).
2022: Class AA – 1. Monroe-Woodbury (26-0); 30. Roy C. Ketcham-1 (13-7); Class A – 12. Rondout Valley/Onteora (9-5); 18. Minisink Valley (18-3); Class B – 4. Marlboro (14-3); 26. Pawling-1 (14-4); Class C – 4. S.S. Seward (18-2); 13. Pine Plains (14-7); Class D – 6. Eldred (12-3).
2021: Class AA – 1. Monroe-Woodbury (18-0); 24. Middletown (13-3); 26. Arlington-1 (15-5); Class A – 15. F.D. Roosevelt (13-1); T30. Minisink Valley (11-7); Class B – 8. Marlboro (13-3); 22. Pawling-1 (15-3); Class C – 4. Pine Plains (14-2); Class D – 3. Eldred (10-1).
This article originally appeared on Times Herald-Record: Softball – Check out the final 2026 New York sportswriters’ rankings
Reporting by Ken McMillan, Middletown Times Herald- Record / Times Herald-Record
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