(Jan. 7, 2025) -- When we last compiled results for the Kerr Cup All-Sport Championship in 2019, Section 5 powerhouse Fairport snared the overall championship behind a strong showing by its boys programs against Class AA competition.
Much has changed in New York scholastic sports since that 2019 competition, not the least of which is the structure of New York State Public High School Athletic Association sports. For the first time since we began working backwards to compile results from the missing years, we are crowning champions in six classes instead of five.
However, this much hasn't changed: Fairport stands atop the field, this time by dominating Class AAA. With its boys and girls teams each registering repeated successes at the state level, the Red Raiders rolled up 91 points to easily outdistance Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake (60), Scarsdale (59.67), and Bronxville (58.83) for the overall Kerr Cup honor.
The NYSSWA Kerr Cup honors Neil Kerr, the former Syracuse Post-Standard sportswriter who was the driving force behind the New York State Sportswriters Association for more than half a century. The competition for NYSPHSAA member schools covers the 2023-24 school year.
The NYSSWA put the Kerr Cup on hiatus when the COVID-19 pandemic derailed scholastic sports in early 2020 and recently began reconstructing the results for the years that have passed since the resumption of full schedules in the 2021-22 school year; as we continue to work backward, the 2022 and '23 Kerr Cup results will be released at a future date.
Fairport scored NYSPHSAA championships in baseball, boys volleyball, and girls volleyball. Additionally, the Red Raiders played in state finals in softball and girls lacrosse. Five other squads made it into the elite eight in state competitions.
Aside from Fairport, the overall class champions were:
• Class AA: Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake.
• Class A: Sayville.
• Class B: Bronxville.
• Class C: Moravia.
• Class D: Mount Academy.
