Although Rye Country Day lost to Hamden Hall Saturday night in the Fairchester Athletic Association championship, it has one more tournament ahead. The Wildcats were awarded the No. 1 seed in the NYSAIS Class C state tournament and will host a quarterfinal game on Thursday night at 7.
Rye Country Day will play the winner of York Prep and Staten Island Academy, which play on Wednesday night on Staten Island. If the Wildcats win, they will advance to Friday night’s semifinals, followed, if necessary, by Sunday morning’s 11 a.m. championship at the Fieldston School in the Bronx.
Here’s a look at the seedings and tournament bracket:
NYSAIS Class C state tournament seeds
1. Rye Country Day
2. Packer Collegiate
3. St. Ann’s
4. Horace Mann
5. Lawrence Woodmere
6. Trinity
7. Trevor Day/Portledge winner
8. Staten Island Academy/York Prep winner
NYSAIS Class C state tournament schedule
Wednesday, Feb. 29
Outbracket round:
Portledge at Trevor Day, 5 p.m.
York Prep at Staten Island Academy, 7 p.m.
Thursday, March 1
Quarterfinals:
No. 7 Trevor Day/Portledge at No. 2 Packer Collegiate, 5 p.m.
No. 5 Lawrence Woodmere at No. 4 Horace Mann, 5 p.m.
No. 8 Staten Island Academy/York Prep winner at No. 1 Rye Country Day, 7 p.m.
No. 6 Trinity vs. No. 3 St. Ann’s at Packer Collegiate, 7 p.m.
Friday, March 2
Semifinals:
Matchups and times TBD
Sunday, March 4
Championship game:
At Fieldston School, 11 a.m.
5 Comments
Best of luck to rye country day!
rye country day should definitely be in the b bracket as theyve already beaten the 4,5, and 6 seeds in b and played fieldston tough in only their second game of the year. they should win this bracket easily
They may have beaten the 4, 5, and 6 but they wouldn’t beat the 1….Ray Voelkel and Collegiate are going for their 5th Straight Federation Championship and 6th NYSAIS Class B Championship in the last 7 Years!
bballfan,
Ray Voelkel and Larry Byrnes run a class program over there. Good to see someone else on this blog take notice.
Voelkel runs an excellent program but I think RCD could possibly beat them. RCD beat Hamden Hall during the regular season and lost by 1 in the finals of the FAA. Hamden Hall has 5 seniors (2 of them 6’7+) who will all play in college next year with 2 or 3 on the division 1 level. RCD is small but talented , they have 4 players who can really play. Its easy to penalize them for their size but sometimes skill and intensity can override a height disadvantage. Also RCD beat green farm academy twice who has a 6”9 kid who is being recruited by some high majors. Collegiate while well coached has 2 or 3 players and I feel the game would be close with RCD possibly winning