Section 9 finals
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If you’re team is playing for a championship this weekend at Mahopac, it’s definitely worth knowing what awaits the following week in the state tournament.
Here’s the Section 9 championship schedule. Unfortunately, theses games aren’t at one location like Section 1. We’re lucky to have the set up we have.
Friday
Class D
Chester vs. Eldred, at Middletown H.S., 7 p.m.
Class A
Cornwall vs. Wallkill, at Dietz Stadium, Kingston 7 p.m.
Saturday
Class C
Sullivan West vs. Ellenville, at Dietz Stadium, Kingston 3 p.m.
Class AA
Monroe-Woodbury vs. Newburgh, at Middletown H.S., 7 p.m.
Class B
Highland vs. New Paltz Dietz Stadium 7 p.m.
(Note: Section 9 champ gets bye to state semifinals. Section 1 will face Section 2 champ, which will either be La Salle or Schenectedy, which meet on Friday at 7 p.m. at Colonie High School.)
For those interested in watching (or scouting) those games, check the Section 9 website for directions and more info.
Based on state rankings and previous results, the most likely champions are:
AA: Monroe-Woodbury is 9-0, ranked No. 3 in the state and beat Newburgh Free Academy, 31-15, a month ago. Beware of Newburgh, though. It rallied from 16 points down to stun Minisink Valley in the semifinals.
A: Cornwall is a heavy favorite to win its third title in a row. It’s only loss was to Monroe and it beat Wallkill, 35-18, in Week 4. Cornwall is No. 3 in the state, one behind Ossining.
B: Both teams are 6-3 but Highland beat New Paltz, 26-0, two weeks ago. Neither is ranked in the state.
C: Sullivan West is undefeated and beat Ellenville, 41-19, in Week 2 and is ranked 13th in the state before this past weekend.
D: Tough one to call. Chester is 6-3 but only beat Eldred, 8-6, three weeks ago. Two of Chester’s losses were to Sullivan West, another was a forfeit for a brawl.
For more Section 9 football news, check out Middletown Times-Herald Record site, Varsity 845, and my good pals Kevin Witt and Justin Rodriguez. There’s also the comprehensive Section Nine Football site, which is updated daily.
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Oh My God. Monroe is going to lay a smackdown on the AA representative, i said it earlier in the season. Even though i’ll be rooting for New Ro
This is hysterical. The QB is almost 300lbs!
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081031/SPORTS31/811010345
MW is down this year, what are you talking about. they are not nearly as good as they were the past two years.
who is likely to be coming from section 2, idk if those are a or aa schools or whatever. kevin id appreciate it if you could outline section 2 as well
mw is good for section 9, but they are going to be in trouble with new rochelle.
Can the class c section 9 teams compete with the skill in section 1?
Connor Nyack,
Corwall and Wallkill are the A teams from section 9.
Cornwall is ranked number 3 in the State and have a great team. They will be a big test for Nyack or Ossining.
You can find information about Section 9 at the websites Kevin mentioned in his post.
Section 2 has Burnt Hills and Bishop Manginn in Class A. The winner of that game has to probably play Indian River (Section 7/10) before they get to Dietz against the winner of the Section1/Section9 game.
Both teams are undefeated but Burnt Hills is favored from what I have read. They seem to be big and have a solid running game.
The Times Union (Albany) website has information on Section 2 teams and matchups.
thanks