Long Island football seedings for 2013
Babylon's Jake Carlock scores on a 53-yard touchdown run at the beginning of the third quarter against Mt. Sinai in the Suffolk Division IV football final at LaValle Stadium. (Nov. 26, 2012) Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
All four reigning Long Island football champions are preseason No. 1 seeds in their respective leagues, as voted by the coaches.
Floyd (Suffolk I), Babylon (Suffolk IV), Garden City (Nassau II) and Lawrence (Nassau III) won the LIC in 2012 and hold four of the eight top seeds among Long Island public schools for the 2013 season, which opens on Sept. 7 in Suffolk and Sept. 12 in Nassau. The other No. 1s are East Islip (Suffolk II), Miller Place (Suffolk III), Massapequa (Nassau I) and Roosevelt (Nassau IV).
In the CHSFL, St. Anthony's is the No. 1 seed, followed by Iona Prep and 2012 champion Chaminade. The Catholic league begins play on Sept. 6. Below are the seedings for each league.
1. Floyd
2. Sachem North
3. Connetquot
4. Northport
5. Patchogue-Medford
6. Longwood
7. Lindenhurst
8. Sachem East
9. Ward Melville
10. Commack
11. Brentwood
12. Half Hollow Hills East
1. East Islip
2. Bay Shore
3. Riverhead
4. West Islip
5. Smithtown West
6. North Babylon
7. Walt Whitman
8. Smithtown East
9. Newfield
10. Half Hollow Hills West
11. Central Islip
12. West Babylon
13. Centereach
14. Copiague
1. Miller Place
2. Huntington
3. Sayville
4. Comsewogue
5. Bellport
6. Westhampton
7. Islip
8. Harborfields
9. Kings Park
10. Amityville
11. Eastport-South Manor
12. Hauppauge
13. Deer Park
14. Rocky Point
1. Babylon
2. Mt. Sinai
3. Shoreham-Wading River
4. Glenn
5. Hampton Bays
6. Mercy
7. Bayport
8. East Hampton
9. Port Jefferson
10. Center Moriches
11. Stony Brook
12. Southampton
13. Greenport
14. Wyandanch
1. Massapequa
2. Farmingdale
3. Oceanside
4. East Meadow
5. Baldwin
6. Syosset
7. Uniondale
8. Plainview JFK
9. Freeport
10. Valley Stream Central
11. Hempstead
12. Hicksville
1. Garden City
2. Carey
3. Wantagh
4. MacArthur
5. Elmont
6. Long Beach
7. Mepham
8. South Side
9. Calhoun
10. Herricks
11. Bellmore JFK
12. Westbury
1. Lawrence
2. Plainedge
3. Lynbrook
4. Glen Cove
5. Bethpage
6. Hewlett
7. Sewanhaka
8. Floral Park
9. Manhasset
10. Valley Stream South
11. Division
12. New Hyde Park
1. Roosevelt
2. West Hempstead
3. Seaford
4. Mineola
5. North Shore
6. Locust Valley
7. Island Trees
8. Clarke
9. Valley Stream North
10. Cold Spring Harbor
11. Malverne
12. Carle Place/Wheatley
13. East Rockaway
14. Oyster Bay
1. St. Anthony's
2. Iona Prep
3. Chaminade
4. Holy Trinity
5. Holy Cross
6. Stepinac
7. St. Joseph Sea
8. Farrell
9. Fordham Prep
10. Mt. St. Michael
11. Xavier
12. Kellenberg
13. St. John the Baptist
14. St. Francis Prep
15. Xaverian
16. Cardinal Hayes
17. Bishop Ford
18. St. Peter's
19. Christ the King
20. Spellman
21. Kennedy Catholic
22. Nazareth
