Class alignments
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- January
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A couple coaches, obviously confused by the new league alignments, have asked me what the playoffs will look like, i.e. who will play in the Class AA, who will play in Class A, etc.
Here’s the answer â€â€
Class AA: Every team in Conference 1 plus Poughkeepsie, Ossining, Greeley, Fox Lane, John Jay, and Yorktown from Conference 2.
Class A: Every team in Conference 2 not mentioned above, plus Panas, Byram Hills, Pelham, Eastchester, Ardsley, Sleepy Hollow and Pearl River from Conference 3.
Class B: Every team in Conference 3 not mentioned above, plus Dover, Pawling, Croton-Harmon, Westlake, Rye Neck, Valhalla, and Bronxville.
Class C: North Salem, Haldane, Blind Brook, Keio, Tuckahoe, Dobbs Ferry, Hamilton, Martin Luther King, and Leake & Watts.
Class D: Hawthrone Cedar Knolls and Solomon Schechter.
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I’ve been asked whether or not Martin Luther King is still playing. As far as I’ve been told, the answer is yes. If anyone has any light to shed on the matter please let me know.
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on Friday, January 26th, 2007 at 7:45 pm by Josh Thomson. 
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Josh or Dan,
As far as seeding goes with the new alignment – will a team that stayed in class for the season be seeded higher than a team that dropped in class if win/loss is similar ?
FYI – teams do not have a choice what conference they are in. Conferences were set up strictly by beds numbers. Then the leagues within the conferences were made up geographically. So the answer to your question is no. seeding us done using the Harbin point system and it takes into account only section one opponents.
III-C Fan…Just to clarify in case you or anyone else didn’t understand Ricci’s lingo, “beds” is another term for enrollment. That means smaller AA schools (Ossining, Greeley, etc.) play in Conference II, smaller A’s (Pearl River, Sleepy Hollow, Ardsley, etc.) in Conference III, and smaller B’s (Dover, Pawling, etc.) in Conference IV.
Also, the point system he refers to gives more points to teams which beat larger schools and fewer points to teams which beat smaller schools. For instance, an Albertus win over Pearl River is weighted heavier than a Dover win over North Salem when it comes time to seed for the Class B playoffs.
Thanks Coach,Josh – Is there a site to find the beds and Harbin system ? Not only would we be better able to understand seeding but i’d personaly like to see the games that matter most at season’s end.
I’ve found a site that explains the Harbin Rating System and if Section 1 uses it as explained then it follows a computer program. This would lead me to believe it would shake out similar to the Maxpreps rankings.
Also found a site for Section 1 enrollment which makes it easier to see the reasoning behind the realignment.
III-C Fan and others…
I have posted the enrollment numbers. Also, the point system is used to give teams credit for beating larger schools.
Josh, that’s correct but the Harbin System also has a Level 2 point credit which accounts for win/loss of all schools beaten. So a team which beats a 2 and 16 team in a division above would not be rewarded as much as a team which beats a team in their own division thats 12 and 8.
I don’t know if this Level 2 scoring is being used but it does make an attempt to level the playing field.