Maple Grove among NYSSWA's All-Sport champions

The New York State Sportswriters Association has come up with a great idea -- and some Section VI schools like Maple Grove are getting some all-around recognition because of it.

The NYSSWA today announced its inaugural All-Sport Championships, which measure New York State Public High School Athletic Association schools (that means no Catholic schools) by their across-the-board performances in state championships in all sports (boys and girls).

Maple Grove, which won the state football championship this year and advanced to the final four in boys basketball, shared the top spot in Class D with South Kortright. 

The only other two Section VI schools to make it into the top five were both in Class B: second-place East Aurora was just .33 behind Bronxville (37 points); Fredonia was fourth with 22 points.

Check out the NYSSWA's All-Sport Championships page, where it crowns Burnt Hills (which Sweet Home beat in the Class A football championship game) as its overall winner for amassing the most points. East Aurora's total was the fourth-highest overall.

There are breakdowns by boys and girls. For the boys, Orchard Park tied for first in Class AA, East Aurora was first and Southwestern tied for third in Class B and Maple Grove was first in Class D.

On the girls side, Class B East Aurora was second and Fredonia was fifth. Salamanca was fourth in Class C and Sherman was fifth in Class D.
 
---Keith McShea

Comments

[Keith McShea]

Orchard Park's accomplishments speak for themselves, as do Maple Grove's. Outstanding seasons for both.

But to answer the question: No. Especially because the OP post came on the heels of the boys lacrosse team making only the third-ever championship game appearance by a Section VI team in the sport, regardless of class.

It should be noted that boys volleyball wasn't included in this study because it is a regional title (and OP's boys still finished first in AA), and OP, oh by the way, had a player drafted by a Major League Baseball team.

Let's all stay away from the school-on-school crime and have a happy summer. :-)

[Milt Latimer]

East Aurora's ranking has to be the most impressive, finishing 1st amonst boys, and 2nd amonst girls in their Class.

Section VI did lose points, most noticeably, within the girls side. Not one local school was noted in the AA or A Class. Either we have alot of parity locally, or no one school has developed a program to excel in multiple sports.

Congrats to all schools mentioned. Continued success. For those not on the list, you've got 2 months to train in the summer to make a mark in the 2009-10 rankings.

[So/Tier/athletics]

Mr.McShea,Well then why did you have a blog titled "How great was Orchard Parks Year?" Shouldn't it have been titled "How good was Maple Groves year?"