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March 7, 2025: N.Y. boys basketball playoff finals pairings

   Leading off today: We're down to just a handful of boys basketball teams still alive in the various sections and organizations across New York.

   Steve Grandin has assembled the schedule of finals. (Please note that the PSAL is only up to their semifinals this weekend.)


NYSPHSAA

Section 1
AAA -- New Rochelle vs. North Rockland (3/9)
AA -- Tappan Zee vs. Rye (3/8)
A -- Byram Hills vs. Pearl River (3/7)
B -- Woodlands vs. Blind Book (3/9)
C -- Tuckahoe vs. North Salem (3/8)
D -- Greenburgh-North Castle

Section 2
AAA -- Green Tech vs. Shaker (3/9)
AA -- Niskayuna vs. Troy (3/9)
A -- Glens Falls vs. Catholic Central (3/8)
B -- Greenville vs. Mechanicville (3/8)
C -- Berne-Knox-Westerlo vs. Duanesburg (3/9)
D -- Loudonville Christian vs. Germantown (3/9)

Section 3
AAA -- Liverpool vs. Bishop Ludden (3/8)
AA -- West Genesee vs. Nottingham (3/8)
A -- Westhill vs. Jamesville-DeWitt (3/7)
B -- Marcellus vs. Skaneateles (3/8)
C -- Cooperstown vs. Waterville (3/8)
D -- Sackets Harbor vs. Madison (3/8)

Section 4
AAA -- Corning vs. Elmira (3/8)
AA -- Binghamton vs. Union-Endicott (3/9)
A -- Seton Catholic vs. Maine-Endwell (3/9)
B -- Dryden vs. Waverly (3/9)
C -- Moravia vs. Delhi (3/8)
D -- Morris vs. Worcester (3/8)

Section 5
AAA -- Rush-Henrietta vs. Fairport (3/8)
AA1 -- Penfield vs. Webster Thomas (3/8)
AA2 -- Greece Athena vs. Canandaigua (3/8)
A -- East vs. Wayne (3/8)
B1 -- World of Inquiry vs. Waterloo (3/8)
B2 -- Avon vs. East Rochester (3/8)
C1 -- Geneseo vs. Alexander (3/7)
C2 -- Bolivar-Richburg vs. York (3/7)
C3 -- Honeoye vs. South Seneca (3/7)
D -- Fillmore vs. Jasper-Troupsburg (3/8)

Section 6
AAA -- Jamestown vs. Niagara Falls (3/8)
AA1 -- Orchard Park vs. Lockport (3/8)
AA2 -- Health Science vs. Williamsville East (3/8)
A1 -- Grand Island vs. Williamsville South (3/7)
A2 -- Buffalo Science vs. Lackawanna (3/7)
B1 -- Akron vs. Olmsted (3/8)
B2 -- Wilson vs. Allegany-Limestone (3/8)
C -- Westfield vs. Holland (3/7)
D -- Panama vs. Forestville (3/7)

Section 7
A -- Beekmantown 52, Plattsburgh 46
B -- Saranac Lake 41, Northeastern Clinton 37
C -- Moriah 68, Ticonderoga 38
D -- Bolton 60, Schroon Lake/Newcomb 27

Section 8
AAA -- Port Washington vs. East Meadow (3/8)
AA -- Elmont vs. Baldwin (3/8)
A -- Floral Park vs. West Hempstead (3/8)
B -- Cold Spring Harbor vs. Carle Place (3/7)

Section 9
AAA -- Monroe-Woodbury vs. Newburgh FA (3/8)
AA -- Washingtonville vs. Our Lady of Lourdes (3/8)
A -- New Paltz vs. Saugerties (3/7)
B -- Burke Catholic 56, James O'Neill 44
C -- Mount Academy 65, Millbrook 32
D -- Eldred 52, Livingston Manor/Roscoe 42

Section 10
A -- Malone 63, Massena 59
B -- Potsdam 60, Canton 52
C -- Lisbon 61, Brushton-Moira 39
D -- Harrisville 47, Hermon-DeKalb 31

Section 11
AAA -- William Floyd vs. Half Hollow Hills East (3/9)
AA -- Smithtown West vs. Amityville (3/7)
A -- Southampton vs. Mount Sinai (3/9)
B -- Mattituck 58, Port Jefferson 50
C -- Greenport
D -- Bridgehampton 53, St. Pius V 42

NYSCHSAA

AA -- Archbishop Stepinac vs. St. Raymond (3/9)
A - St. John's Prep vs. Canisius/St. Anthony's winner (3/8)
B - Sacred Heart vs. Park (3/8)

PSAL (semifinals)

AAAA -- Thomas Jefferson vs. Thurgood Marshall; Canarsie vs. Eagle Academy (3/8)
AAA -- Epic South vs. Graphics Campus; Evander Childs vs. Achievement First (3/9)
AA -- Seward Park vs. Brooklyn College Academy; Adams Street vs. Benjamin Banneker (3/8)
A -- Summit Academy vs. Baruch College; Gregorio Luperon vs. Bronx Leadership (3/9)

NYSAIS

B -- Albany Academy 71, Dalton 31
C -- Collegiate 56, Friends Seminary 53

          

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