KOT845 Basketball Archive • 2023–24
2024 Section IX Boys Basketball Season
The 2024 season record preserves the six Section IX champions and their NYSPHSAA paths. Kingston and Our Lady of Lourdes produced the deepest Section IX runs, each reaching a state semifinal.
State result: Kingston and Lourdes reached the state semifinals; Saugerties reached a regional final. Burke Catholic, Millbrook and Chapel Field were eliminated in their opening state games.
Section IX Championship Results
| Class | Champion | Sectional Final | State Path |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAA | Kingston | Kingston 55, Monroe-Woodbury 51 (OT) | After a first-round bye, beat Mount Vernon 81–78, then lost to Green Tech 52–45 in the state semifinal. |
| AA | Our Lady of Lourdes | Lourdes 42, Warwick 40 | Beat Peekskill 48–47, then lost to West Genesee 79–61 in the state semifinal. |
| A | Saugerties | Saugerties 54, Beacon 38 | Beat Byram Hills 46–45, then lost to Maine-Endwell 59–47 in the regional final. |
| B | Burke Catholic | Burke Catholic 55, Ellenville 49 | Lost to Woodlands 38–36 in the regional semifinal. |
| C | Millbrook | Millbrook 60, S.S. Seward 39 | Lost to Haldane 60–41 in the regional semifinal. |
| D | Chapel Field | Chapel Field defeated Mount Academy; contemporary sources list the final as 54–41 and 54–42. | Lost to Smithtown Christian 56–27 in the regional semifinal. |
History Notes
| Kingston returns | The Tigers won their first Section IX boys basketball championship since 2019, then advanced to the state semifinals. |
| Saugerties breakthrough | Saugerties captured its first Section IX boys basketball championship since 2015. |
| Two semifinalists | Kingston and Lourdes both reached the NYSPHSAA final four, the strongest Section IX state showing in the current 2020–26 archive window. |