Section 3 (NYSPHSAA) explained

Section 1
Type:	NPO
Status:	Association
Purpose:	Athletic/Educational
Leader Title:	Commissioner
Parent Organization:	NYSPHSAA

Section 3 is one of the eleven sections of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA). The section covers Central New York and, like the other sections of the NYSPHSAA, is further divided into leagues. Each school is also given a class (i.e. AA, A, B...) based on the size of the school. Schools compete with their leagues mostly, but also compete with other schools throughout the season, especially towards the end of a season during championship time.

Leagues

Section 3 comprises seven leagues, some of which are even further broken down into smaller groups. The following is the list of leagues with their member schools in order of size, from largest to smallest, based on the number of schools in the league.^{[1] [2]}

Onondaga High School League

The OHSL divides itself into three conferences based mostly on the size of the school. It is not exact however because of reclassifications. The Freedom Conference comprises Class A Schools, the Liberty Conference comprises Class B Schools, and the Patriot Conference comprises Class C and D Schools.^[3]

Freedom Conference

• Chittenango High School
• Cortland High School
• East Syracuse-Minoa High School
• George Fowler High School
• Fulton High School
• Jamesville-Dewitt High School
• Mexico High School
• Phoenix High School

Liberty Conference

• Cazenovia High School
• Christian Brothers Academy
• Hannibal High School
• Homer High School
• Jordan-Elbridge High School
• Marcellus High School
• Skaneateles High School
• Solvay High School
• Westhill High School

Patriot Conference

• Bishop Grimes High School
• Bishop Ludden High School
• Cato-Meridian High School
• Fabius-Pompey High School
• Faith Heritage School
• Lafayette High School
• Manlius Pebble Hill School
• Onondaga High School
• Port Byron High School
• Pulaski High School
• Syracuse Academy of Science
• Institute of Technology
• Tully High School
• Weedsport High School

Center State Conference

The Center State Conference is broken up into four divisions.^[4]

Division I

• Adirondack Central High School
• Canastota High School
• Central Valley High School
• Clinton High School
• Holland Patent Central High School
• Mount Markham High School
• Sherburne-Earlville High School

Division II

• Dolgeville Central High School
• Frankfort-Schuyler High School
• Herkimer High School
• Little Falls High School
• West Canada Valley Central High School

Division III

• Cooperstown Central High School
• Hamilton Central School
• Morrisville-Eaton High School
• Sauquoit Valley Central School
• Waterville Central School
• Westmoreland High School

Division IV

• New York Mills High School
• Oriskany High School
• Owen D Young High School
• Poland Central High School
• Remsen Central School
• Rome Catholic
• Town Of Webb School District

Frontier

Frontier is divided into four divisions.

A Division

• Carthage High School
• Immaculate Heart Central
• Indian River High School
• Watertown High School

B Division

• Altmar-Parish-Williamstown
• General Brown
• Lowville High School
• South Jefferson High School

C Division

• Beaver River High School
• Sandy Creek High School
• South Lewis High School
• Thousand Islands High School

D Division

• Alexandria High School
• Belleville-Henderson High School
• Copenhagen High School
• Lafargeville High School
• Lyme High School
• Sackets Harbor High School

CNYCL

The CNYCL is broken into five sections.

National

• Baldswinville High School
• Cicero-North Syracuse High School
• Henninger High School
• Liverpool High School
• West Genesee High School

American

• Auburn High School
• Central Square High School
• Corcoran High School
• Fayetteville-Manlius High School
• Nottingham High School
• Oswego High School

Tri-Valley

• New Hartford High School
• Notre Dame High School
• Oneida High School
• Rome Free Academy
• Utica Proctor
• Whitesboro High School

Central Counties

• Brookfield High School
• Cincinnatus High School
• DeRuyter High School
• Madison High School
• McGraw High School
• Otselic Valley High School
• Stockbridge Valley High School

Independents

• Blessed Virgin Mary High School
• Camden High School
• Living Word Academy
• Tyburn Academy
• Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School

Notes and References

1. http://www.section3athletics.org/files/ad%20handbook%20110713.pdf{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
2. http://www.section3athletics.org/files/leagues%20and%20schools2013-14%20rev%20090913.pdf{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
3. Web site: League Alignment - Onondaga High School League . 2014-07-21 . 2014-08-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140819163333/https://sites.google.com/a/caz.cnyric.org/ohsl/alignment . dead .
4. Web site: Home . 79080.digitalsports.com.