AROUND THE STATE . . .

The 14th Annual BCANY Summer Hoops Festival at Monroe-Woodbury high school, featuring All-Star teams from almost every NYSPHSAA section throughout the state, has concluded with Section 3 winning the boys' championship and Section 5 repeating as the girls' title holder. RECAP

An NYSPHSAA appeals panel overturned Section 1's measure that prevented private schools from competing in postseason competition. STORY

Here are the LARGE SCHOOL (Class AAA, AA, & A) and SMALL SCHOOL (Class B, C, & D) All-State basketball teams, selected by the New York State Sportswriters Association, for the 2025-26 season.

Final rankings for the season are up.

THE YEAR IN REVIEW . . .

With the 2025-26 season in the books, there were a lot of memorable moments. Let’s take a look at some of them.

• Three teams, Albany CBA, Westhill, and Cooperstown, finished with unbeaten records. The last time three teams went undefeated in a full season was 1991.
• Marcellus repeated as the NYSPHSAA Class B champion.
• Section 3 won three of the six NYSPHSAA titles while Section 2 once again showed their might, sending 5 of their 6 representatives to the final four.
• Westhill won their seventh NYSPHSAA crown while Penfield and Bolton won their first.
• Ron Naclerio of Cardozo became the all-time winningest coach in NY history, eclipsing the mark set by Jack Curran of Archbishop Molloy.
• Junior Ian VanWagner of Potsdam scored his 3,000^th career point, putting him in second place on the all-time list behind Joe Girard III.
• Jimmy Kelly, from Goshen, set a Section 9 record for most points in game with 65.
• New York’s #1 team, Archbishop Stepinac, won an unprecedented 4^th consecutive CHSAA title and their 3^rd straight PSAL/CHSAA championship.
• The Eagle Academy’s ruled Class AAAA in the PSAL as Eagle-Bronx defeated Eagle-Brooklyn 59-57 in OT for the title while Eagle-Queens finished with an 18-5 record.
• In the NYSAIS, Stony Brook won their first championship in Class B while Fieldston took their second Class C title in the past three years.
• Mekeel Christian and Albany Academy moved from Section 2 to the NEPSAC with some interesting results. Mekeel (16-3, 26-4) won the Power 5 AA title while Albany Academy finished 12-14 as an independent.