For our seventh consecutive year, BOTN is pleased to present our exclusive Boys Varsity Scholastic soccer thread, this year covering the Fall 2011 action. High school training camps are set to break ground during the next two weeks across New York and the extended region.

Discussions about conferences, alignments, teams, matchups, playoffs, and player achievements are all welcomed! Let the Fall 2011 Boys High School Varsity Soccer matches being! Good luck to all of the teams in the race for the State Tournament!

2011 Suffolk Classifications
There will be 59 schools playing soccer this year.

• 33 Class-AA teams
• 12 Class-A teams
• 7 Class-B teams
• 5 Class-C teams
• 2 Class-D teams

2011 Suffolk League Structure
The 59 High Schools will be placed into eight leagues.

• League-1... 8 Class-AA teams
  Brentwood, Wm. Floyd, Longwood, Patchogue/Medford, Commack, Ward Melville, Sachem North & Sachem East
• League-2... 8 Class-AA teams
  Lindenhurst, Connetquot, Northport, Bay Shore, Central Islip, West Islip, Walt Whitman & Half Hollow Hills East
• League-3... 7 Class-AA teams
  Smithtown West, Smithtown East, Centereach, Newfield, East Islip, North Babylon & Riverhead
• League-4... 8 Class-AA teams
  West Babylon, Copiague, Half Hollow Hills West, Hauppaugue, Deer Park, Bellport, Comsewogue & Huntington
• League-5... 2 Class-AA teams & 5 Class 'A' teams
  Eastport/South Manor, Kings Park, Islip, Harborfields, Sayville, Rocky Point & Miller Place
• League-6... 7 Class-A teams
  Westhampton Beach, East Hampton, Amityville, John Glenn, Shoreham/Wading River, Mt. Sinai & Bayport/Blue Point
• League-7... 7 Class-B teams
  Hampton Bays, Southampton, Wyandanch, Babylon, Mattituck, Center Moriches & McGann-Mercy
• League-8... 5 Class-C teams & 2 Class 'D' teams
  Port Jefferson, Pierson/Bridgehampton, Greenport/Shelter Island, Southold, Stony Brook School, Ross School & Smithtown Christian

(Please be advised that Section-XI does not allow a league of less than 7 teams)

Suffolk County Soccer Playoffs
Suffolk County will crown eight League Champions. Those teams, plus any team that completes at least a .500% league season will enter the Suffolk County playoffs. If a team plays in a mixed classification league and doesn't get a .500% league season they can "petition" Section-XI to get into the playoffs if their losses were to the higher classification teams. A Section-XI committee would make that decidion. Once the playoff teams are determined... each team competes within their classification.

Suffolk County Class Championships
As the playoffs conclude, 5 Suffolk County Champions will be crowned.
One Class 'AA' Champion, one Class 'A' Champion, one Class 'B' Champion, one Class 'C' Champion and one Class 'D' Champion. Within each Classification, there must be at least 2 teams qualify for the
playoffs before a Suffolk County Class Championship would be played. If only one team qualifies, that team would represent Suffolk County in the New York State soccer tournament as a "qualifier". That team would not be considered a Suffolk County Class Champion because there was no championship game played.

New York State Soccer Playoffs
The 5 Class Champions will then represent Suffolk County in the New York State Boys' Soccer Championships. That playoff system ends when 5 New York State Class Champions are crowned. In January, the NYS classification numbers may be re-adjusted for the 2011 fall soccer season.

2011 NYS Classification Numbers
Class-AA = 925 or more students
Class-A = 525 and 924 students
Class-B = 305 and 524 students
Class-C = 175 and 304 students
Class-D = 174 or less students

2011 Nassau County Referee Fee Schedule

Fee / Level of game
$108.00 / Varsity Game with partner
$162.00 / Varsity Game without partner
$82.00 / Jr. Varsity Game with partner
$123.00 / Jr. Varsity Game without partner
$72.00 / Middle School game with partner
$87.50 / Middle School game with partner* (5-quarters or 4 x 18 quarters)
$108.00 / Middle School game without partner
$135 / Middle School game without partner* (5-quarters or 4 x 18 quarters)
Late Fee / Is 1/4 of the Regular Game Fee (all levels)
$37.00 / Travel Fee** (for all levels)

what about the Catholic League teams?

2011 Nassau League Structure

The 56 Nassau County High Schools will be placed into eight leagues for the upcoming Boys High School Varsity Season.

There will be 23 Class AA teams in Divisions 1 through 3; 27 Class A teams will play in Divisions 4 through 7; 6 Class B and Class C teams will play in Division 8.

• Division 1AA : Freeport, Massapequa, Syosset, Farmingdale, Uniondale, Oceanside, Hempstead
• Division 2AA : Baldwin, East Meadow, Port Washington, Plainview JFK, Valley Stream Central, Hicksville, MacArthur, Calhoun
• Division 3AA : Carey, Herricks, Bellmore-Kennedy, Elmont, Mepham, Long Beach, Great Neck South, Westbury
• Division 4A : Jericho, New Hyde Park, Southside, Garden City, Wantagh, Roslyn
• Division 5A : Lawrence, Glen Cove, Hewlett, Sewanhaka, Plainedge, Levittown-Division, Bethpage
• Division 6A : Lynbrook, Great Neck North, Valley Stream South, Floral Park, Malverne/East Rockaway, West Hempstead, Manhasset
• Division 7A : Clarke, Island Trees, Seaford, Mineola, Valley Stream North, North Shore, Roosevelt
• Division 8B/C : Wheatley, Cold Spring Harbor, Carle Place, Oyster Bay, Friends Academy, Locust Valley

Not exactly sure what the surprise will be as CHSAA will be composed of the usual suspects : Kellenberg, Holy Trinity, Chaminade, St. Mary's, St. John the Baptist, St. Dominic, and St. Anthony's.

I am new to this, how is it decided which schools go to each division? Is it based on size of the school?

when do schedules come out?

Class is based on school district size at the high school level. Divisional placement is based on the expected and past performance levels of that High School's Varsity program.

2011 NYS Classification Numbers
Class-AA = 925 or more students
Class-A = 525 and 924 students
Class-B = 305 and 524 students
Class-C = 175 and 304 students
Class-D = 174 or less students