Suffolk is deeper and has been for years ,the top B,C,D teams all play one another . A in Suffolk is weak , just look at West Islip who would have been ranked 1 in A but are ranked I think 6 in the BCD division .
Past 3 years, Nassau 4 state titles and Suffolk 3, Past 5 years Nassau 5 and Suffolk 6, past 10 years, Nassau 12 and Suffolk 11, past 15 years Nassau 15 and Suffolk 13. Looks even to me... (nysphsaa.org).
Agree it is an even split of who wins LI championships each year. Nassau and Suffolk each have several top teams that are about equal and flip flop wins. Difference is Suffolk always has more quality teams that eliminate each other in playoffs just to get to LI championship. So it is true that Suffolk has more quality teams or more depth or whatever all the earlier posts mentioned.
This is state titles, not LI championships. Without data, just a bunch of opinions. Depth would mean different representation each year in Long Island championship. Nassau in the last 5 years has had more teams reach the Long Island Championship than Suffolk. Class A- Pequa, Syosset and Farmingdale vs. WI and MC, Class B- Set, GC and Wantagh vs. ESM and Sayville, Class C- Cold Spring Harbor and Wantagh vs. Mount Sinai and BBP and Class D- Carle Place vs. Mattituck. Nassau had 9 and Suffolk 7.
This "Depth would mean different representation each year in Long Island championship" is a solid and concrete observation! no objections on my end. But seriously, can we just get a Nassau fsuffolk tourney.
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