Catholic High School Athletic Association


The Catholic High School Athletic Association or CHSAA is a high school athletic association made up of Catholic high schools based in New York City, Long Island, Westchester and Buffalo. It is the largest Catholic high school athletic league in the United States.

Members

The NYCHSAA is divided into four sections.

New York Section

Brooklyn-Queens Section

Nassau-Suffolk Section

Buffalo Section

Former members

History

New York's Catholic High School Athletic Association was formed in March 1927. The Catholic schools in the city from approximately 1908 to 1922 competed along with their grammar school counterparts in baseball and track, but no larger organization arose from the competition. The Catholic secondary schools of the city remained largely unorganized, while their counterparts in such cities as Chicago and Philadelphia had been organized into leagues for years. Finally, in 1927, the Southern Branch of the New York Catholic High Schools’ Athletic Association organized league competition with an outdoor track meet held at Fordham University on May 26, 1927. The charter members of the league were Fordham Prep, All Hallows, LaSalle Academy, Regis, St. Ann's, and Xavier High, all in Manhattan; and Brooklyn Prep, Bishop Loughlin, Brooklyn Cathedral, St. John's Prep, and St. Francis Prep; all in Brooklyn.
In 1928, the CHSAA introduced indoor track, basketball, and baseball to the program, and in 1929 added cross country and ice hockey. In 1930, swimming was added to the program. The basketball winner would compete with the three other sectional winners in the state for the right to compete in the Loyola National Catholic Basketball tournament in Chicago. A.G. Spalding & Co. contributed two silver loving cups for the baseball and football competition. The first team winning the league title in baseball or football three times would receive permanent possession of the cup.

Notable NYCHSAA alumni

Listed below are former CHSAA students who are/were involved in professional or college athletics.
All Hallows Gaels
Archbishop Molloy Stanners:
Archbishop Stepinac Crusaders:
Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School Falcons
Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School Lions:
Cardinal Hayes Cardinals:
Brooklyn Preparatory School Eagles:
Chaminade Flyers:
Christ the King Royals:
, on offense
Fordham Prep Rams:
Holy Cross High School Knights:
Holy Trinity Diocesan High School:
Iona Prep Gaels:
Kellenberg Memorial High School
La Salle Academy Cardinals:
Nazareth Regional High School Kingsmen:
Power Memorial Academy Panthers:
Rice Raiders:
Salesian Eagles:
St. Francis Prep Terriers:
St. Raymond's Ravens:
Xaverian Clippers:
Xavier Knights/Cadets: