Playoffs! The States - Finals

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FINALS

Class AA

Section 1’s New Rochelle won its third state title by blanking McQuaid Jesuit of Section 5 28-0.

McQuaid gets shut out by New Rochelle in Class AA state football final

McQuaid's high-octane offense was held to 74 yards of total offense in a 28-0 loss in the state championship.

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Class A

Section 3’s Carthage came up just short in its quest for their first state title. Like Lowville in Class C, (who lost to Susquehanna Valley 36-44 in the semi-finals), this was the school’s best ever team and together they were section 3’s best threats to win a state this year and they both lost classic games to undefeated #1 ranked defending state champions, in this case to Section 9’s Cornwall, 27-30. It was Cornwall’s second state title and their 24th consecutive victory.
Carthage’s quest for state football title ends with loss to Cornwall

Class B

Section 4’s Chenango Forks rolled to their sixth state title with a 38-14 victory over Section 2’s Schuylerville. The Blue Devils won their 33 game in the state playoffs, which began in 1993. That’s the most ever.
Scott, Chenango Forks roll over Schuylerville

Class C

Section 4’s Susquehanna Valley repeated as state champions with a 22-0 shut-out over Section 10’s 10 Gouverneur. It was SV’s 26th win in a row.
Susquehanna Valley blanks Gouverneur, 22-0, in state Class C football final

Class D

Section 6’s Clymer Central/Sherman/Panama (just call them ‘Clymer’) routed Section 7’s Moriah 47-6 to repeat as state champions. They have a modest 9 game winning streak having lost to Franklinville/Ellicottville/West Valley Central 8-24 in their third game. Later they beat Franklinville/Ellicottville/West Valley Central 22-0 in the sectional playoffs. Frankly, I think there ought to be limit to how many school districts can link up to field a football team. Would ‘Clymer’ have won it on their own?

CSP seizes control early, repeats as state Class D football champion

It takes a total team effort to win a championship. Clymer/Sherman/Panama definitely received that from each member of its roster

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With those results, Section 4 has two state champions while Sections 1, 2, and 6 have one each. Sections 3, 5, 7, and 10 were shut out. The final lines for the five championship teams:

Class AA: Section 1 New Rochelle 13-0 (480-105) NYSSWA #2 MaxPreps 1/346 States: 18-11 with 3 titles
Class A: Section 9 Cornwall 12-0 (458-221) NYSSWA #1 MaxPreps 10/1054 States: 13-13 with 2 titles
Class B: Section 4 Chenango Forks 13-0 (491-164) NYSSWA #1 MaxPreps 14/1236 States: 33-12 with 6 titles
Class C: Section 4 Susquehanna Valley 13-0 (573-120) NYSSWA #1 MaxPreps 8/913 States: 6-1 with 2 titles
Class D: Section 6 Clymer Central/Sherman/Panama 11-1 (432-119) NYSSWA #1 MaxPreps 23/2041 States: 8-4 with 2 titles

All the state champions were previous title holders and all were undefeated save for Clymer who avenged their one regular season defeat in the playoffs.

 

[upperdeck]

the issue with the schools that merge is that they get a huge advantage even if the school sizes are the same.. every school has its 1-2-3 kids that are pretty good athletes even at the D size and they likely have 1-2 big kids. Some D schools that are by themselves have those few kids but a school like Clymer ends up with 6-7 of those kids and 6-7 big kids. There is a reason some of these combined schools are pretty good..

the other advantage is the many D schools the best kids dont play football because they know they will get beat up on a bad team. if you are a combined school those kids will most of the time get a handful of good kids to play with so they stick with the sport.. so both schools have 25 man rosters but a school like Clymer has 10-15 kids who are football players and other D schools end up with 3-5 and the rest are just out there.

 

[Newhouser]

I went for the first time in a while, and I may sound like an old man but the quality of play has really fallen off in NYS. Might have been skewed by the fact that most of the games were not competitive.