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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 404220, member: 289"] This year’s field: CLASS AA Section 3 CBA 10-0 (330-125) NYSSWA ranking, (within the division) #3 Max Preps State ranking (overall) #13 Max Preps national ranking #1081. 9-7 record in state playoffs. Won 2004 AA tournament championship. Section 4 Binghamton 8-2 (417-134) Honorable Mention (HM), MP 12/1041, 2-4, Large school poll championship 1985 Section 5 Rochester Aquinas 7-3 (227-167) #12, MP 7/702, 17-4, A-1998, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2010 Section 6 Orchard Park 9-1 (391-194) #8, MP 17/1202, 7-8, AA-2008, 2011 Section 1 New Rochelle 8-1 (165-34) #7 MP 10/933, 12-7, AA- 2003 Section 9 Pine Bush 9-1 (350-85) #17, MP 5/567, 0-1 Section 2 Shaker 10-0 (342-123) #1, MP 9/7848, 0-0 BYE Comments: CBA looks to be a better team than Binghamton but so did West Genesee last year and they lost after bolting to an early 21-0 lead. And Max Preps thinks the Patriots are a bit better than the Brothers. Aquinas is one of the great programs in the state but their first year in AA has been a bumpy ride. Orchard Park is the defending state champs. But again, Max Preps likes Aquinas better, (they tend to play more out-of state teams). New Rochelle doesn’t have a Ray Rice to fuel their offense but they have a great defense. Pine Bush has put up big numbers and Max Preps likes that but they don’t have much of a history in this event and neither does Section 9, except for Monroe-Woodbury. Shaker has no history at all in the event but they are ranked #1 in the state by NYSSWA. They and CBA are the only unbeaten teams in this classification, which therefore seems to be wide open. CLASS A Section 3 Nottingham 8-2 (280-169) #12, MP 23//1537, 0-0 Section 4 Union Endicott 8-1 (320-136) #8, MP 8/756, 1-8 Polls: Large 1979, Class A 1989 Section 5 East Ridge 10-0 (381-150) #4, MP 15/1154, 0-1 Section 6 Sweet Home 10-0 (371-110) #2 MP 31/1894, 6-4, AA- 2008, 2009 Section 1 Somers 10-0 (345-124) #11, MP 26/1618, 0-1 Section 9 Cornwall 10-0 (447-98) #6, MP 37/2056, 4-7 Section 2 Burnt Hills 9-1 (455-100) #5, MP 14/1131, 7-3 Section 10 Potsdam 9-1 (405-146) #26, MP 175/6159, 0-2 Comment: There’s alack of prior state champions in this field. Sweet Home won back to back titles in 2008-2009, during Section 6’s big power play. Burnt Hills has been knocking on the door in recent years, finishing second three times in the last four years. U-E has won a couple of titles decades back and are the highest rated team by Max Preps. The three bottom teams, Cornwall, Burnt Hills and Potsdam have run up some impressive victory margins but none of them has ever won a state title. Nottingham avenged one of their defeats in beating J-D and their other loss was to AA’s champion, CBA, so their 8-2 recovered probably under-rates them. But this is one of two divisions Section III has ever won, (the next one is the other). Note: Lawrence High School of Long Island is the #1 ranked team in the state in this classification. Long Island has it’s own playoffs. CLASS B Section 3 Cazenovia 9-1 (381-111) #5, MP 20/1266, 1-5 Section 4 Maine-Endwell 10-0 (528-95) #1, 1/302, 7-2, A- 2004, 2011 Section 5 East Rochester Gananda 8-1 (351-139) #6, MP 38/2061, 0-0, Poll- 1978 Large Section 6 Alden 10-0 (366-132) #2, MP 21/1433, 0-2 Section 1 Our Lady of Lourdes 9-0 (303-93) #3, MP 41/2259, 0-0 Section 9 Marlboro 10-0 (306-94) #4, MP 73/3441, 0-1 Section 2 Glens Falls 9-1 (310-160) #8, MP 42/2271, 1-1 Section 7 Peru 9-1 (414-74) #7, MP 50/2750, 6-11, B- 2001 Comment: Again, there not a lot of history here with 5 of the eight teams never having won a state title. But the big story is the season Maine-Endwell had. They won the Class A title last year, returned 21 of 22 starters and dropped down to Class B due to a drop in overall enrollment in the school. Class B never had a chance. The Spartans, who beat what appeared to be a dominant ESM team last year 21-7, crushed ten opponents by an average of 43 points per game. No one came within three touchdowns of them all year. Max preps has them rated the #1 team in New York State, even over all the Class AA and Class A teams. They rank them #301 nationally, 266 spots better than any other New York team. They would have be favored to win the Class AA or A titles, much less Class B. So much for enrollment determining how good your football team is. All does not end well when you have to play Maine-Endwell. CLASS C Section 3 Skaneateles 10-0 (455-167) #7, MP 29/1855, 0-0 Section 4 Chenango Forks 10-0 (344-117) #3, MP #24/1564, 16-8, B-2003, 2004 Section 5 Hornell 10-0 (390-109) #1, 11/1029, 11-2, A- 2009, 2010, 2011 Section 6 Cleveland Hill 8-2 (300-161) #10, MP 55/2928, 0-2 Section 1 Woodlands 9-0 (353-93) #8, MP 25/1612, 0-0 Section 9 O’Neill 8-2 (394-124) #9, MP 88/4066, 0-4 Section 2 Hoosick Falls 10-0 (462-44) #2, MP 33/1945, 4-5 Section 7 Saranac Lake 10-0 (409-97) #6, MP 47/2487, 5-7 Comment: Be careful what you wish for. Skaneateles wanted to be allowed to compete for the sectionals and then the state title. They got their wish. Their first opponent is Chenago Forks, who has beaten Section opponents eight times in the state playoffs, (seven in Class B where they beat those other Lakers, the ones from Cazenovia, three times). If the Skaneateles Lakers can get by the Blue Devils, here comes the windshield. The Hornell Red Raiders are the reigning dynasty of New York State football, with three straight state titles and 48 wins in a row, (second best in the country). And those three titles were in Class B. Like Maine-Endwell, they were dropped down a classification due to a change in school enrollment and are a load and a half at this level. It’s always fun to see which team did the best job in the state of blowing it’s opponent’s doors off. Maine-Endwell outscored it’s opponents by the greatest margin but I think Hoosick falls takes the cake. They not only rolled over their ten opponents by 462-44 but nobody got within 31 points of them all year. The thing is, sometimes a team that has never been challenged all year doesn’t respond well to a close game and Saranac Lake could certainly give them one. CLASS D Section 3 Sandy Creek 10-0 (267-109) #3, MP 87/3942, 0-0 Section 4 Tioga 9-1 (388-97), #1, MP 70/3378, 1-1 Section 5 Avon 9-1 (390-108) #2, MP 19/1254, 0-0 Section 6 Randolph 8-2 (309-120) #4, MP 32/1907, 6-2, D- 2005, 2009 Section 1 Tuckahoe 6-2-1 (236-108) #7, MP 162/5843, 13-7, D- 2006, 2010 Section 9 Chester 7-3 (398-176) #20, MP 328/9408, 1-6 Section 2 Rensselaer 9-1 (345-147) #5, MP 176/6171, 5-5 Section 7 Moriah 5-5 (185-235) NR, MP 287/8576, 5-10 Comment: Last year Westmoreland sailed into the State Class D plays carrying a sterling 10-0 (370-118) record and lost to Tioga 34-55 in the first round. The amazing thing was that Tioga scored 55 points against a team that had been giving up only 12 points per game without even attempting a pass. The Tigers look at least as tough this year and I don’t think newbie Sandy Creek is as good as Westmoreland was last year. 2009 champ Randolph won their last several games by an average of 32 points, including a 21-0 win in the sectional finals over #1 state ranked Maple Grove. So watch out for the Cardinals. Tuckahoe really did have a tie game, 27-27 with Haldane. They played four overtimes and couldn’t decide the issue. That’s apparently the limit in New York State football. Moriah shows the weakness of Section 7, although the Vikings have some success in the state tournament in the past. It certainly seems like the Class D champion will come from the western half of the bracket. It’s interesting how highly Map Preps rates Avon. [/QUOTE]

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