Which New York high school baseball sections are the best?

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The Hudson Valley is highly regarded for its growing number of top-notch boys lacrosse programs, but before you get the idea that lacrosse is the king of spring throughout the Hudson Valley, consider this: Nine of the top 25 teams in the MaxPreps New York Baseball Computer Rankings presented by the Army National Guard are from the Hudson Valley as well.

Two are from Section 9, which is made up of Orange, Sullivan and Ulster counties, No. 1 Monroe-Woodbury as well as No. 6 Kingston.

The other seven are Section 1 squads: No. 2 Roy C. Ketcham, No. 8 Arlington, No. 12 Mamaroneck, No. 15 White Plains, No. 16 North Rockland, No. 19 John Jay-Cross River and No. 24 Mahopac.



See the top 25 teams in the rankings - current as of Tuesday - and which sections they represent:

1. Monroe-Woodbury (Central Valley) - Section 9
12-1 record, 22.2 ranking

2. Ketcham (Wappingers Falls) - Section 1
13-1, 21.3

3. Lancaster - Section 6
13-2, 20.5

4. Olean - Section 6
11-1, 19.5

5. Wantagh - Section 8
13-1, 19.5



6. Kingston - Section 9
9-3, 18.2

7. Kellenberg Memorial (Uniondale) - CHSAA
11-2, 17.2

8. Arlington (LaGrangeville) - Section 1
14-3, 17.2

9. Livonia - Section 5
15-1, 17.0

10. Division (Levittown) - Section 8
12-2, 16.9

11. Corning-Painted Post (Corning) - Section 4
10-2, 16.6



12. Mamaroneck - Section 1
15-2, 16.5

13. Fort Ann - Section 2
11-0, 16.3

14. Bay Shore - Section 8
15-1, 16.0

15. White Plains - Section 1
10-3-1, 15.8

16. North Rockland (Thiells) - Section 1
10-4-1, 15.4

17. Orchard Park - Section 6
11-4, 15.1



18. Hamburg - Section 6
12-5, 15.0

19. John Jay (Cross River) - Section 1
10-4, 14.8

20. Oceanside - Section 8
12-2, 14.4

21. Massapequa - Section 8
8-2, 14.2

22. East Meadow - Section 8
11-3, 13.9

23. Gowanda - Section 6
13-3, 13.9



24. Mahopac - Section 1
10-5-1, 13.8

25. Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK (Plainview) - Section 8
9-4, 13.7

Multimedia news and sports editor and producer Joe Lombardi is director of media initiatives and managing editor of the DailyVoice.com, as well as the primary author of the most recent edition of "Lacrosse for Dummies." Follow Joe on Twitter @Joe_Lombardi.