No team in CHSFL has had more than one scrimmage date in a long time. Teams could elect not to play bye week & get two more scrimmages in if they wished. Many teams have been choosing to go out side league for games on that date. Section 1 starts on Aug 17th because of the state playoffs. Some teams will end there season on Halloween so a couple of teams can go to State.

Your comment makes no sense. The Winter and Spring Sports get one month of practice before games start. All we in Section 1 are asking for is to be the same as the rest of NY State. Why should the Section 1 football teams have to start days after the rest of the State. Are you proposing that basketball and baseball only have two weeks of practices before they play games?

You think Sec 1 is screwed up, think about the CHSFL and when their start date is, 1 full week after the rest of NY, August 24th. With that, the CHSFL teams only get 1 scrimmage day, Sept 5th, before the 1st game. With the CHSFL new rules limiting Team Camp opportunities(no 11-11 situations and only 2 Camps-direct hit @ Iona and Stepinac), teams that are willing to challenge themselves in their non-league game from within NY or out of state, are behind the 8 ball. Iona’s challenge of playing Bergen Catholic at the Meadowlands will be a tall task considering when Bergen Catholic is gonna start and the 3 scrimmages they will have participated in besides the 7-7’s they will have attended over the summer. Oh well.

It has to be frustrating trying to maintain an excellent program with all these types of restrictions. Nevertheless St. Anthony will provide you with the type of test that will get you ready for the season. They are the type of team that will exploit a weakness in their opponent.

Iona Prep and Greenwich have scrimmaged over the last several years which has helped in preparing for the CHSFL AAA season.

I remember two years ago I went to the Iona-Greenwich scrimmage at 10.00 am and then shot down the Hutch for your Labor day scrimmages. That was a great day of football.

Keep up the great work at New Rochelle.

We technically didn’t discontinue our “Labor Day Jamboree”. it’s just that with the crazy way Section 1 has us starting the pre-season, the scrimmage dates don’t work out with those schools. Because some of the Superintendents got together and screwed around with our start date, we’ve had to start later than the rest of NY State. This year the rest of the State begins on Monday Aug. 17th, but we have to wait until Friday Aug. 21st. Most teams first game week is Sept. 5th, but that will be our scrimmage date. If the Superintendents ever get their act together and let Section 1 start when the rest of NY State does, we’ll put that scrimmage back together. If that happens, and the dates match up with Connecticut, I would bet CT State powers New Cannaan, Greenwich and Masuk would join in as well, and that would be a great day of football!

Something that might tweak the interest of some people in attendance would be rival boarders eastchester vs tuckahoe
lets make it happen coaches.

new ro has scrimmaged st anthonys for many years now in game situation type drills, and has more than often held their own. The JV beat st anthonys a few years ago in fact.