Playoffs! 2014: The States

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The state playoffs began in 1993. The Classes were A, B, C and D. Class AA was created in 1996. There are 11 sections in New York State and their general areas:

Section 1: Hudson River
Section 2: Capital District
Section 3: Central New York
Section 4: Southern Tier
Section 5: Genesee Valley
Section 6: Western NY
Section 7: Champlain Area
Section 8: Nassau (Long Island)
Section 9: Catskills
Section 10: St. Lawrence Area
Section 11: Suffolk (Long Island)

Sections 8 & 11 do not participate in the NYS playoffs. Sections 7 and 10 have so few schools that they have no schools in certain categories and have preliminary elimination games to get their schools into the playoffs. In some years in some categories, the entry is just listed as “7-10”, implying that the sections were considered together and the best school from either was issued an invitation. Here are the won-loss records of each section in each classification in state playoff games, with the number of titles in parenthesis.

SECTION 1 Total: 149-76(25) Class D: 28-17(4) Class C: 40-13(8) Class B: 38-14(7) Class A: 25-18(4) Class AA:18-15(3)

SECTION 2 Total: 114-93(9) D:22-20(1) C:23-19(2) B: 23-20(1) A: 33-17(4) AA: 14-17(1)

SECTION 3 Total: 77-90(10) D: 20-15(5) C: 13-18(2) B:11-21(0) A: 12-21(0) AA: 21-15(3)

SECTION 4 Total: 82-89(13) D: 12-20(1) C: 22-17(4) B:31-17(4) A: 20-17(4) AA: 4-18(0)

SECTION 5: Total: 114-79(23) D: 22-17(4) C: 21-18(3) B: 19-17(4) A: 25-15(6) AA: 27-12(6)

SECTION 6: Total: 94-82(19) D: 23-15(5) C: 15-19(2) B: 21-17(3) A: 20-17(4) AA: 15-14(4)

SECTION 7: Total: 29-55(1) D: 9-19(0) C: 6-17(0) B: 14-19(1) A: 0-0(0) AA: 0-0(0)

SECTION 9: Total: 33-95(2) D: 7-21(0) C: 3-19(0) B: 5-19(1) A: 8-20(0) AA: 10-16(1)

SECTION 10: Total: 7-40(0) D: 0-1(0) C: 1-5(0) B: 4-13(0) A: 1-19(0) AA: 1-2 (0)

Comments: The best high school football in New York State, (north of New York City), has historically been played in Sections 1 ,2 and 5, (the Hudson River area and the Rochester Area) but Section 6 has been coming on strong in recent years. Central New York has been slipping badly over that time, not winning a title at any level since 2007. The North Country just doesn’t have enough population to compete with the other sections and neither does Section 9, (basically the Adirondacks and the Catskills). The State Playoffs are set up on an East-West basis so Section 3 teams play Section 4 teams, against who they historically have been fairly well-matched and then play the winner of Section 5 vs. Section 6, which is tougher. Sections 1 & 2 get Section 7, 9 or 10 in the first round which is kind of a walk-over. Then they typically face each other in the semis. The teams in the “West” would seem to have a harder road than the teams in the “East”. They’ve won 65 state titles at all levels vs. 37 for the eastern sections. One wonders if, should sections 8&11 and New York City stop “playing with themselves”, there might be a “North-South” look to the playoffs and Section 3 might do better.

It’s interesting to see how some sections do in each class. Assuming that success rate is directly related to the number of schools in each class, Section 4, (the Southern Tier) has little to offer at the level of the smallest and the biggest schools but is pretty competitive in between. Section 3 for some reason, is the opposite, the second best in the state in Class D and better than you’d think in AA but mediocre in C and less than that in A-B, where we’ve never won. Section 7, (Lake Champlain) is pretty good in Class B but lousy elsewhere, indicating that most of their schools are at that level. Sections 5 and 6, (basically Western New York), are pretty good down the line, as are Sections 1 &2, from the capital district down the Hudson.

Here is a list of the most successful teams in the state, ranked by victories in the state tournament, regardless of class, (many of them have played in more than one class). They are listed in order of victories. If that’s a tie, the first tie-breaker is state titles, (including large or small school poll championships from 1969-92) and the second the number of losses. I’m lisitng al the teams with 10 or more state tournament victories.

1) Rochester Aquinas (5) 20-5 (6)
2) Chenango Forks (4) 20-9 (3)
3) Dobbs Ferry (1) 19-3 (7)
4) Caldonia-Mumford (Section 5) 18-4 (9 state titles)
5) Rye (1) 16-4 (2) (Rye and Rye Neck are two different schools)
6) New Rochelle (1) 15-7 (4)
7) Tuckahoe (1) 15-9 (2)
8) Cambridge (2) 14-11 (1)
9) Peru (7) 14-13 (1)
10) Maine-Endwell (4) 13-2 (4)
11) Hornell (5) 13-3 (3)
12) Randolph (6) 12-2 (4)
13) Harrison (1) 12-5 (2)
14) Jamestown (6) 11-2 (3)
15) Webster Schroeder (5) 11-3 (3)
(Webster High School split into Webster Schroeder and Webster Thomas in 2002. “Webster” had won the 2001 AA title and when Webster Schroeder win the 2002 AA title all references I could find were to their winning their “second straight state title”, so I added Webster Schroeder’s record to that of “Webster” and gave Webster Thomas their own record. Webster Thomas is 3-2 with no title so the overall “Webster” record would be 14-5 (3) if you added them all together.)
16) Lackawanna (6) 11-5 (3)
17) Amsterdam (2), Troy (2) and Walton (4) 11-5 (2)
20) Edgemont (1) 10-2 (3)
21) Onondaga (3) 10-3 (3)
22) Nyack (1) 10-4 (2)

The New York State Sportswriter’s Association has had rankings since 1969. They include sections * and 110. Originally they ranked all schools together. In 1970 they were divided, (as they should be) between “large” schools and “small” schools. In 1988 they went to Class A, B and “C-D”. Here are the teams, (with section numbers) that won in the polls for the years prior to the start of the state tournament in 1993, along with the highest ranked team in the sections that now play in the state tournament if the top team was from sections 8 or 11 and the top-rated Section III team when not #1:

1969 Kenmore West-6 (Utica Notre Dame was #3)
1970 Large: Ithaca-4 (Auburn was #3) Small: Albany Academy-2 (Lafayette was #7)
1971 Large: Farmingdale-8 (White Plains-1 was #2, Corcoran was #11) Small: Pleasantville-1 (Cazenovia was #4)
1972 Large: Farmingdale-8 (Kenmore West- 6 was #2, Auburn was #6) Small: Pleasantville-1 (Solvay was #13)
1973 Large: Vestal-4 (Utica Notre Dame was #7) Small: Pleasantville-1 (Westhill was #12)
1974 Large: Syosset-8 (Buffalo-Canisius-6 was #2 Auburn was #5) Small: Monroe-Woodbury-9 (Oneida was #7)
1975 Large: Vestal-4 (Auburn was #3) Small: Croton-Harmon-1 (Ilion was #14)
1976 Large: Rush-Henrietta- 5 (Jamesville-Dewitt was #12) Small: Penn Yan-5 (Cazenovia was #9)
1977: Large: New Rochelle-1 (Nottingham was #9) Small: Caledonia-Mumford- 5 (Mt. Markham was #12)
1978: Large: East Rochester-5 (Rome Free Academy was #6) Small: Caledonia-Mumford-5 (Oneida was #5)
1979: Large: Union-Endicott-4 (Liverpool was #2) Small: Caledonia-Mumford-5 (Solvay was #3)
1980: Large: New Rochelle-1 (Rome Free Academy was #5) Small: Caledonia-Mumford-5 (Ilion was #7)
1981: Large: Tie between Rome Free Academy-3 and West Islip St. John the Baptist-11 Small: Olean-6 (Solvay was #9)
1982: Large: A four-way tie between Shenendehowa-2, Liverpool-3, Bellport-11 and East Islip-11 Small: Penn Yan-5 (Herkimer was #10)
1983: Large: Tie between St. Francis Prep-NYC and Shenedehowa-2 Small- Tie between Dobbs Ferry-1, Albion-6 and Riverdale-NYC (Holland Patent was #12)
1984: Large: Tie between Shenendehowa-2, Williamsville South-6 and Bronx JFK-NYC (Rome Free Academy was #4) Small: Dobbs Ferrry-1 (Bishop Grimes was #17)
1985: Large: Binghamton-4 (Rome Free Academy was #8) Small: Tie between Dobbs Ferry-1 and Canandaigua-5 (Homer was #3)
1986: Large: Hempstead-8 (Jamestown-6 was #2, Baldwinsville was #13) Small: Homer-3
1987: Large: Liverpool-3 Small: Albion-6 (Indian River was #10)
1988: Class A: Hempstead-8 (New Hartford was #2) Class B: Plainedge-8 (Binghampton-Seton-4 was #2, Nottingham was #8) Class C-D: Taconic Hills-2 (Westmoreland was #5)
1989: Class A: Union-Endicott-4 (Henninger was #22) Class B: Johnstown-2 (New Hartford was #3) Class C-D: Nanuet-1 (Dolgeville was #8)
1990: Class A: Henninger-3 Class B: Garden City-8 (Canadaigua-5 was #2, New Hartford was #4) Class C-D: Watervliet-2 (Ilion was #3)
1991: Class A: Fairport-5 (Rome Free Academy was #2) Class B: Tie between Ossining-1, Batavia-5 and Garden City-8 (Fowler was #10) Class C-D: Watervliet-2 (Dolgeville was #3)
1992: Class A: Susan Wagner-NYC (North Rockland-5 was #2, Rome Free Academy was #5) Class B: Lynbrook-8 (Garden City-8 was #2, VVS was #3) Class C-D: Caledonia-Mumford-5 (Dolgeville was #4)

The following teams have won state titles, (I am including poll champions from 1969-92- if a poll champion was from section 8 or 11, I treated the highest rated team from sections 1-7 and 9-10 as the “poll champion“- if there had been a tournament in those years, they‘d have been in it and winning the poll was the equivalent of winning the tournament in those days):

Section 1 (Hudson River):
Bronxville C-2010 (1)
Croton-Harmon Poll-1975 (small) (1)
Dobbs Ferry Poll- 1983, 1984, 1985 (small) D-2002 C-2004, 2006, 2011 (7)
Dover C-1997 (1)
Edgemont C-1998, 1999, 2000 (3)
Harrison B-1999, 2002 (2)
Nanuet Poll- 1989 (C-D) (1)
New Rochelle Poll- 1977, 1980 (large) AA-2003, 2012 (4)
North Rockland Poll- 1992 (A), A-1993 (2)
Nyack A-2000, 2003 (2)
Ossining Poll- 1991(B) (1)
Pleasantville Poll-1971, 1972, 1973 (small) (3)
Rye B-2005, 2006, 2008 (3)
Tuckahoe D-2006, 2010 (2)
Valhalla D-1996 (1)
White Plains Poll-1971 (large) (1)
Yonkers-Roosevelt AA-1996 (1)
Yorktown B-1993, 1994 (2)
(That’s 18 schools that have won 38 state titles)

Section 2 (Capital District):
Albany Academy Poll- 1970 (small) (1)
Amsterdam B-1995 A-2005 (2)
Burnt Hills-Balston Lake- A-2012 (1)
Cambridge D-1999 (1)
Hoosick Falls C- 2012 (1)
Johnstown Poll-1989 (B) (1)
Queensbury A-2013 (1)
Shenendehowa Poll- 1982, 1983, 1984 (large) (3)
Taconic Hills Poll- 1988 (C-D) (1)
Troy A-1996 AA- 1998 (2)
Watervliet Poll- 1990, 1991 (C-D), C- 1996 (3)
(That’s 11 schools that have won 17 state titles)

Section 3 (Central New York):
Auburn AA-2006 (1)
Bishop Ludden C-2007 (1)
CBA AA-2004 (1)
Dolgeville D-2000 (1)
Henninger- Poll- 1990 (large) (1)
Homer- Poll- 1986 (small) (1)
Liverpool Poll- 1982, 1987 (large) (2)
New Hartford Poll- 1988 (large) (1)
Onondaga D-2001 C-2002 D-2003 (3)
Rome Free Academy Poll- 1981 (large) (1)
VVS- Poll- 1992 (B) (1)
Weedsport D-2004 (1)
West Canada D-1997 (1)
West Genesee AA-2007 (1)
(That’s 14 schools that have won 17 state titles)

Section 4 (Southern Tier):
Binghamton Poll- 1985 (large) (1)
Binghamton Seton Poll- 1988 (B) (1)
Chenango Forks B-2003, 2004, C-2013 (3)
Corning East A-2006 (1)
Delhi C-2001 (1)
Ithaca Poll- 1970 (large) (1)
Maine-Endwell A-2004, 2011, B- 2012, 2013 (4)
Sidney C-2005 (1)
Union-Endicott Poll- 1979 (large) 1989 (A) (2)
Vestal Poll- 1973, 1975 (large) A- 1997 (3)
Walton C-1994 D-2007 (2)
(That’s 11 schools that have won 20 state titles)

Section 5 (Rochester area):
Aquinas A-1998, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2010, AA-2013 (6)
Batavia Poll- 1991 B (1)
Caledonia-Mumford Poll- 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 (small) 1992 (C-D), C-1993 D-1994, 1995 C-2003 (9)
Canandaigua Poll- 1985 (small) 1990 (B), A-1999 (3)
Clyde-Savannah D-1993 (1)
East Rochester Poll- 1978 (large) (1)
Fairport Poll- 1991 (A) AA-1997 (2)
Geneva B-2006 (1)
Hornell B-2009, 2010, 2011 (3)
Letchworth D-2011 (1)
Leroy C-1995 (1)
Penn Yan Poll- 1976, 1982 (small) (2)
Rush-Henrietta Poll- 1976 (large) AA-2010 (2)
Webster (Schroeder) AA-1999, 2001, 2002 (3)
(That’s 14 schools that have won 36 state titles)

Section 6 (Buffalo area):
Albion Poll- 1983, 1987 (small) (2)
Buffalo Canisius Poll- 1974 (large) (1)
Jamestown A-1994, 1995 AA-2000 (3)
Lackawanna B-1997, 1998 (2)
Maple Grove D-1998, 2008 (2)
North Tonawanada AA-2009 (1)
Olean Poll- 1981 (large) (1)
Orchard Park AA-2008, 2011 (2)
Randolph D-2005, 2009, 2012, 2013 (4)
Southwestern C-2008, 2009 (2)
Springville B- 1996 (1)
Sweet Home A-2008, 2009 (2)
Williamsville South Poll- 1984 (large) (1)
(That’s 13 schools that have won 24 state titles)

Section 7 (Champlain area):
Peru B-2001 (1)
(That’s one school that’s won 1 state title)

Section 9 (Catskills):
Monroe-Woodbury Poll- 1974 (small) AA-2005 (2)
Roundout Valley B-2000 (1)
(That’s 2 schools that have won 3 state titles)

Section 10 (St. Lawrence area):
None

Section Three always starts out by playing Section 4 in the first round We are 14-4 against them in Class AA, 10-10 in Class A, 9-12 in Class B, (thank you, Chenango Forks, who beat our teams seven times in a row), 8-12 in Class C and 10-11 in Class D, (Section coaches in Classes C and D voted not to send a team to the state playoffs in the first year, 1993). Over all Section 3 is 51-49 vs. Section 4. But we are only 9-21 since we last won a state title in 2007 and have lost 13 of 15 in the last three years.

If they survive Section 4, the Section 3 champs play the winner of the Section 5 and 6, (basically the Rochester and Buffalo areas) first round game. We’ve done well in Class D, 6-4 (3-2 vs. each), and held our own, 4-4, (3-3 vs. Section 5, 1-1 vs. Section 6), in Class C but been dominated in Class B, 2-7, (1-5 vs. Section 6, 1-2 vs. Section 5), Class A, 2-8, (2-5 vs. Section 5, 0-3 vs. Section 6) and Class AA, 4-10, (3-7 vs. Section 5, 1-3 vs. Section 6). Overall vs. Section 5 they are 12-18 vs. Section 5 and 6-14 vs. Section 6.

The following Section III teams have cleared the quarterfinal hurdle vs. Section 4 and survived the semifinal carnage vs. Sections 5 and 6 to play for the state championship:

1993 Class B Chittenango lost to Section 1 Yorktown 13-23
1996 Class A Whitesboro lost to Section 2 Troy 13-27
1997 Class C CBA lost to Section1 Dover 26-32 (2OT)
1997 Class D West Canada beat Section 1 Bronxville 22-14
2000 Class A Fulton lost to Section 1 Nyack 20-34
2000 Class D Dolgeville beat Section 2 Fort Edward 55-3
2001 Class D Onondaga beat Section 1 Dobbs Ferry 35-7
2002 Class C Onondaga beat Section 1 Briarcliffe 35-6
2002 Class D Dolgeville lost to Section 1 Dobbs Ferry 35-38
2003 Class D Onondaga beat Section 2 Cambridge 41-21
2004 Class AA CBA beat Section 1 New Rochelle 41-35
2004 Class D Weedsport beat Section 1 Tuckahoe 22-11
2006 Class AA Auburn beat Section 9 Monroe-Woodbury 27-26 (1OT)
2007 Class AA West Genesee beat Section 9 Monroe-Woodbury 42-21
2007 Class C Bishop Ludden beat Section 1 Dobbs Ferry 21-16
2008 Class B Oneida lost to Section 1 Rye 12-16
2010 Class C General Brown lost to Section 1 Bronxville 14-34

Section 3 is 10-7 in state championship games. They lost their first three, then had an incredible 10-2 streak before losing the last two. They are 6-5 vs. Section 1, 2-1 vs. Section 2 and 2-0 vs. Section 9. So if we can survive the semi-finals our chances of winning a state title are pretty good.

 

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Here are the first round match-ups in the 2014 State tournament:

CLASS AA

Section 1 - JOHN JAY EAST FISHKILL 9-1 (305-126, #8 NYSSWA #22/1271 MaxPreps, 0 titles) vs.
Section 2 – SHENENDEHOWA 10-0 (422-81, #4 NYSSWA, #2/379 MaxPreps , 3 titles)

Section 9- NEWBURGH FREE ACADEMY 8-2 (394-187, #13 NYSSWA ##13/979 MaxPreps, 0 titles) vs.
BYE

Section 3- HENNINGER 10-0 ((376-105, #5 NYSSWA, #5/418 MaxPreps, 1 title)
Section 4- CORNING PAINTED POST 9-1 (377-174, unranked by NYSSWA, #39/2195 MaxPreps 1 title)

Section 5- VICTOR 9-1 (246-118, #9 NYSSWA, #23/1322 MaxPreps , 0 titles)
Section 6- JAMESTOWN 9-1 (364-111, #3 NYSSWA #6/506 MaPreps, 3 titles)

Comment: I don’t see anybody scary out there. Shenendehowa’s titles were in the 80’s and Jamestown’s last was in 2000. Three teams have never won a state title. NYSSWA. Defenidng champion Acquinas had to forfeit a game in the sectional playoffs because of an ineligible player. #1 ranked Canisius High School of Buffalo doesn’t participate in the state playoffs. Neither does #2 Archbishop Stepinac of White Plains so Jamestown at #3 is the highest ranked team in the tournament but MaxPreps thinks Henninger is better, although they have them ranked behinds the sportswriter’s #4, Shenendehowa. But the Black Knights could certainly do some business here, if they can get by the jinx Section 4 has had over even our best teams in recent years.

CLASS A

Section 1- RYE 9-1 (340-235, #8 NYSSWA, #31/1842 NaxPreps, 3 titles)
Section 9- CORNWALL 10-0 (434-51, #2 NYSSWA, #21/1269 Max Preps , no titles)

Section 2- QUEENSBURY 10-0 (430-76 #1 NYSSWA, #11/826 MaxPreps 1 title)
Section 10- MASSENA 5-4 (234-201 unranked by NYSSWA, #391/10,610, no titles)

Section 3- INDIAN RIVER 10-0 (407-142, #5 NYSSWA, #26/1605 MaxPreps 2 titles in this section plus 6 in Secition 10)
Section 4- UNION ENDICOTT 3-6 (157-204, unranked by NYSSWA, #170/6225, 2 titles)

Section 5- iRONDEQUIOT 7-3 (270-174 #6 NYSSWA, #76/3617, no titles)
Section 6- SWEET HOME 9-1 (391-146 #3 NYSSWA, #17/1148, 2 titles)

Comments: Queensbury won its first state title last year but will be the odd-on favorite to repeat with an even stronger team. Their closest game was a 15 point win. Cornwall was similarly dominant in their section- their closest game was a 13 point win over Class B’s Marlboro. But section 9 has only won three state titles overall, only two in tournament play and never in this class. Sweet Home lost its opener to Class AA Jamestown 28-35 and has won every game since. They’ve one tow tiles and not that long ago (2008-09). #4 is Sayville of Long Island so they’re out. Then comes Indian River. I think they can handle Union-Endicott but getting by Sweet Home and Queensbury would be an uphill climb.

CLASS B

Section 1- OUR LADY OF LOURDES 8-1 (238-80, #4 NYSSWA #71/3296 MaxPreps, no titles)
Section 9- MARLBORO 8-2 (339-146, #5 NYSSWA #63/2956 MaxPreps, no titles)

Section 2- SCHALMONT 10-0 (599-55, #2 NYSSWA, #8/635 MaxPreps, 9 titles)
Section 7- PERU 10-0 (398-99, #7 NYSSWA, #98/4347 MaxPreps, 1 title)

Section 3- HOMER 10-0 (531-116, #3 NYSSWA, #14/1017 MaxPreps 1 titles)
Section 4- MAINE-ENDWELL 10-0 (345-76, #1 NYSSWA, #4/412 MaxPreps 1 title)

Section 5- BATAVIA 9-1 (351-153, #6 NYSSWA #29/1783 MaxPreps 1 title)
Section 6- CHEEKTOWAGA 8-2 (328-206 #10 NYSSWA #64/2979 MaxPreps no titles)

Comments: Let me correct information about Maine Endwell from a previous post. They have out-scored their opponents 345-76 and have won 48 games in a row and three straight state titles. They are not as dominant as last year when MaxPreps ranked them the #1 team in the state, even though they had a Class B enrollment while out-scoring 13 opponents by 581-156. They actually might be a little better on defense but are not as explosive on offense. Homer is and Cazenovia almost beat the Spartans last year, losing on a disputed goal-line call. So this should be a very interesting game. On the other side, watch out for Schalmont, who wiped out two teams by a combined 126-6, (the Marlboro game was 60-0 at halftime) before throwing a 21-22 scare into Maine-Endwell in the final. This year they’ve annihilated their opponents by an average of 60-6. They had one close game: 34-28 over Class A Burnet Hills-Ballston Lake. Their other scores have been 61-0, 69-7, 55-0, 59-0, 76-6, 88-0, (over Ichabod Crane - I kid you not!), 68-14, 49-0 and 40-0. Expect the same vs. Peru, (although they are probably better than last year’s Section 7 representative, Beekmantown), and maybe in the next round, as well. They will be a most formidable opponent for anyone in the final.

CLASS C

Section 1- WOODLANDS 4-4 (182-199, #12 NYSSSWA, #183/6412 MaxPreps, no titles)
Section 9- MILLBROOK 7-2 (389-127, #9 NYSSWA, #110/4840 MaxPreps, no titles)

Section 2- HOOSICK FALLS 10-0 (417-93, #4 NYSSWA #32/1843 MaxPreps, 1 title)
Section 7- SARANAC LAKE 9-1 (297-130, #6 NYSSWA #165/6211 MaxPreps, no titles)

Section 3- UTICA NOTRE DAME 9-1 (378-161, #5 NYSSWA, #52/2667 MaxPreps, no titles)
Section 4- CHENANGO FORKS 9-1 (363-96, #1 NYSSWA, #19/1213 MaxPreps, 3 titles)

Section 5- Le ROY 10-0 (478-104, #2 NYSSWA, #18/1204 MaxPreps, 1 title)
Section 6- MAPLEGROVE/ CHAUTAUQUA LAKE 10-0 (407-37, #3 NYSSWA #8/2155 MaxPreps 2 titles)

Comment: Chenango Forks, the defending champ, lost to Maine-Endwell, the three time defending champ in Class B, 7-20, so they are undefeated in this class. Obviously, they will be a formidable opponent for the Jugglers but so will the Le Roy-Maple Grove winner. Both are former state title winners who had dominant seasons in strong sections. On the other side, it was Hoosick Falls that ended Hornell’s 51 game winning streak in the finals two years ago, so watch out for them.

CLASS D

Section 1-TUCKAHOE 6-3 (248-122, #10 NYSSWA, #244/7740 MaxPreps, 2 titles0
Section 9- CHESTER 8-2 (453-126, #6 NYSSSWA, #167/6214 MaxPreps, no titles)

Section 2- CAMBRIDGE SALEM 9-1 (470-77, #4 NYSSWA, #156/5889 MaxPreps, 1 title)
Section 7- TICONDEROGA 7-3 (272-85, #11 NYSSWA, #233/1763 MaxPreps, no titles)

Section 3- DOLGEVILLE 9-1 (391-131, #5 NYSSWA, #65/3055 MaxPreps, 1 title)
Section 4- TIOGA 9-1 (448-107, #3 NYSSWA, #42/2338 MaxPreps, no title)

Section 5- RED JACKET 10-0 (506-72, #2 NYSSWA #15/1027 MaxPreps no titles)
Section 6- RANDOLPH 9-1 (372-56, #1 NYSSWA, #40/2220 MaxPreps, 4 titles)

Comment: Randolph is a real powerhouse. They are going for their third straight state title and fourth in a decade. Just ask Tioga, who, after dominating Section 3 foes, lost to Randolph each of the last two years by a combined 12-42. The Cardinals lost their opener, 12-24 to Maple Grove, the section’s Class C champion. Randolph beat Red Jacket 49-0 last year but the Indians seem much stronger this year. They beat everybody they played by at least 35 points! Cambridge High, which was already pretty good, merged with Same High so they should have plenty of depth. Chester lost their first two games but are 8-0, 411-73, since. They beat Tuckahoe 26-21 last year and will be favored to do it again.

 

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I tho9ught maybe Dolgeville, who has won more Seciton 3 titles than any other team and won the 1999 state title could compete with Tioga, who in the las three eyars has blasted Westmoreland, 55-34, Sandy Creek 54-13, and Herkimer 43-13.

Nope At halftime, it's Tioga 43 Dolgeville 6. This will be our 14th defeat overall to Section 4 vs. 2 wins since 2011.