(1) The data was compiled by the New York State Sportswriters Association. The NYSSWA All-Sport Championship is not affiliated with or sanctioned by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association.

   (2) Only NYSPHSAA schools were eligible for consideration. The CHSAA, PSAL and AIS schools do not participate in statewide championships in a system that makes integrating their results with the state's largest organization feasible.

   (3) Schools were assigned to classes AA through D based on BEDS numbers. (Single-sex schools had their BEDS number doubled.) Schools that either play up or are assigned to a higher class in one or more sports have been assigned to the class that reflects actual BEDS data.

   We used the enrollment cutoffs that correspond with the NYSPHSAA basketball tournament: Class AA, 950-up; Class A, 550-949; Class B, 325-549; Class C, 193-324; Class D, 192-under.

   (4) Points were assigned based upon results from New York State Public High School Athletic Association championship tournaments and meets, with scoring based on the first eight places. Losing tournament semifinalists were ranked as being tied for third; losing quarterfinalists were ranked as tied for fifth. Sports for which team championships were officially awarded were scored on a 15-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis.

   Sports in which team championships were not awarded but meaningful team scoring could be compiled (for example, wrestling) were assigned one-third the points value. The rationale behind this included a determination that in most cases coaches would have substantially changed strategy had true team championships been at stake. In track, for instance, many athletes would have been entered in multiple individual events rather than the pentathlon in order to maximize their results.

   Tennis, golf and gymnastics, where the fortunes of a school typically rise and fall with a single state-meet entrant, were not included in the process.

   Outdoor track was the sole exception to the use of

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NYSPHSAA results. Because of the complex nature of that meet, we began with final Federation results, moving NYSPHSAA members up as necessary to replace non-NYSPHSAA scorers.

   (5) Sports in which the championships only reach the level of a regional championship per NYSPHSAA standards (for example, rifle and boys volleyball) were not scored.

   There was much discussion early in the process regarding what to do with Long Island's football playoffs; we ended up disregarding those results in their entirety once it was determined that there would have been no material effect on the boys or overall top fives even if we had awarded disproportionately high credit to the Section 8 and 11 champions.

   It's likely the issue will be revisited at length in the future.

   (6) Consolidated district teams (for example, Greece Athena and Greece Odyssey in ice hockey) had their points divided equally among participating schools.