To look ahead to the 2011 season, I’ve decided we’ll spend each morning (or, in this case, afternoon) this week ranking the best games of the upcoming Section 1 football season. It started Monday morning with a look at Week 1, and continued throughout the week.
We’ll focus on one week per day. On tap for today is Week 6 — when the schedule seems to really heat up. This is when the rivalries start to pop up around the section.
For your reference, if you need to take a peek at each’s team’s schedule, you can find it here. For your reference, the first game is Week 1, the second is Week 2 and so on.
Here’s a look at my best in Week 1. And, here’s a look at the best in Week 2. And Week 3. Not to mention Week 4 and Week 5.
Now, below is a look at the highlights from Week 6.
I hope you’ll evaluate the schedule along with me, so please feel free to add your own opinion about what I’m right, why I’m wrong or why you would have ranked them differently.
The best from Week 6 —
1. Rye at Harrison: All right. I guess we’ll go with this one as “The Game” for Week 6… Seriously though, it will be another good one. Both teams should be highly competitive. Rye will go for its ninth straight. Harrison will be desperate to snap the streak — plus avenge last year’s heartbreaker.
2. Carmel at Mahopac: Don’t look now, but the Indians have won the last two meetings after more than a decade of futility against their rivals. It looks like it could be Carmel’s turn after Mahopac lost so much to graduation, but you never really know in a rivalry like this.
3. Yorktown at White Plains: By this point in the season, we could be looking at an undefeated and highly-ranked White Plains team playing host to the very opponent that ended its season prematurely last year. Yes, the Tigers will be fired up.
4. Somers at Poughkeepsie: They have developed something of a rivalry in recent years because of the quality and importance of their games. This one should be no different. I think both enter the season with high expectations and should be contenders in Class A.
T5. Nanuet at Pearl River and Spring Valley at Ramapo: Two rivalries that have been renewed. Of course, Spring Valley and Ramapo are in the same school district, so the players will be very familiar with one another even though the teams have not played at the varsity level in recent years. The game for the Little Brown Jug is a rivalry renewed for a different reason entirely. In this case, Pearl River had really struggled to compete in recent years, but it surprised everyone with a dominating 20-0 victory in 2010.
Honorable mention
Fox Lane at John Jay: It’s ranked lower because it’s a crossover that doesn’t count, but these teams are definitely rivals.
John Jay-East Fishkill at North Rockland: For a team trying to bounce back, North Rockland’s schedule is unrelenting.
New Rochelle at Scarsdale: The New Ro coaching staff hears Scarsdale could be good. By Week 6, it’ll know.
Port Chester at Mamaroneck: This rivalry means more than most know to these two schools.
Nyack at Eastchester: This was an offense-heavy show last year.
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What a great week of football!! The only thing that could made it even better: New Ro – Iona or New Ro – Stepinac.
You know it is a good week when honorable mention has agreat game Eastschester – Nyack!!
ANyon know if Carinci is playing for Eastchester in 2011? If healthy he could be one of the best backs in Class A in 2011.
Somers vs. Poughkeepsie game a very good game. Somers should win if there line plays well and pound the ball against Poughkeepsie. There defense needs to play well too.
Harrison is going to get revenge
This is serious too.. cant believe I missed Mamaro vs Portchester. That is going to be a great battle. Portchester by 7,
9/11 was a inside job. Got to http://www.infowars.com to learn about the New World Order. We will defeat the New World order
new world order… WTF????????
well lets start the new decade as the last one ended-rye 15 hhs 14. rye comes back from 14-0 down at the half. artie wishes he got the dobbs job.
early prediction for class a playoffs: B-hills, TZ, PC, all sneak in with better records over, hhs, rye, eastchester and a stunned POK, who loses out by .0001 points despite playing a # 1 schedule.. Thanks piner. still waiting for the piner points which determined the rankings. according to the pelham dude they are going to run the table and go unscored upon!!!!!!!!!
class a observer- i like Class A Champ predictions better
Does the season begin the weekend on September 10?
Like Harrison this year
just a fact
carinci is healthy. I saw him play in a LAX game last week. He played well and fast
I hear that Carinci has more issues than his knee…has been suspended for disciplinary and academic reasons during LAX. Needs to get his act together because coach DiCarlo wil not tolerate that sort of stuff.
I think this is the year that Harrison wins THE game
rye vs harrison…. should be a war!...this year will be probably one of there most intense of ther intense battles!!... rye pulling the comeback play of the year, on harrsion which was a more talented team made garr look liike a genius. so i know arties circled this date. what happen last year will not happen this year!!!..... IMO…... HARRISON WITH ALOT OF INTENSITY!!.... #1 GAME OF THE WEEK
carmel vs pac!...... this is always a dog fight these too teams usually play there best game of year when they meet!!.... IMO…. CARMEL IN THE 4TH QTR #2 GAME OF THE WEEK
somers vs pok!!.... this should be a very interesting game!!! this is a very big game in class A it set the stage for the playoff!!! #3 GAME OF THE WEEK
white plains vs yorktown!!... this should be a wp game… by halftime!.. will see a repeat of last year!... actually last year york did wp a favor!!... #5 game of the week
north rock vs jjef!!..... i think rock could be in a better position then alot of us think #4 game of the week!!
This post is directed to The Dean.
Classy post disparaging a kid in a blog. Carinci’s knee is healed, I see no need to make the remarks you found necessary to make as they have nothing to do with the question asked.
http://www.infowars.com We need to stop the New World Order. If we want Section 1 Football we need to stop it.
gimme a stick…take it easy francis. Not meant to be disparaging, just stating the facts as i know them. i am an eastchester fan and i want to see him on the field not sitting out for the stated issues.
scoopy/Dean, how many names do you use on the blog?
If you are an Eastchester fan why do you feel the need to broadcast a high school kid’s personal business? Bad job.
gimme a stick i was typing a resonse to scoopy earlier must have input name in name box. i did not feel the need to do anything. it was just a comment on what has transpired this season. it was a fact not a rumor or lie. and as an eastchester fan i hope he learns from this experience and does well and plays to his full potential.
scoopy/Dean
I think if you were as concerned as you say a private conversation with the boy and his family would probably have served you better. I’m sure they would appreciate the time and effort you would put into helping him learn from his experiences, instead of you announcing them to anyone interested in section 1 football. Of course you would need to have all of your facts in order, and would need to present yourself to them with your concerns.
Good luck. Hopefully your future “scoops” are more focused on football.
gimme a stick you can keep beating this to death with your stick but i’m done with it and you. let’s see what happens. i am hoping for the best but only time will tell.
Prince, who do you have Portchester vs Mamaro? Score?
Pelham, thanks for the info on Carinci. Does anyone know if he will play football or is he too good at Lax and awaiting the D-1 Lax offer?
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MAM VS PORT!!.... THATS A TOUGH ONE PORT. GOT THEM LAST TWO YEARS!!.... I LIKE MAMORNECK THEY GOT THEM THIS YEAR 21-7!!!
I cannot wait too get my Huskies fired up, by showing them the youtube video of Rye dressing up like Harrison on Halloween. ” Guido’s for Halloween”, it so sad how the Rye school and teachers supported this on school grounds during school. If it were the other way around, Rye would have it on the news for hurting there Garnets little feelings!
Josh great point, North Roc schedule will be a true test. JJEF at home in Week 6. At this point of thes season is Henderson going to be overused and too knicked up to dominate?
For North Roc, Prince mentioned they had a couple of twins on the JV that should be on Varsity this year. The youtube of the JV QB ws impressive. If they can put together a decent line, as in years past, maybe this North Roc team is being under-rated..by me.
Just a fact
Rob Carinci will be playing football this coming season
Scoopy, The Dean, A.P.
The blog is a great place to have dialogue about high school football. Try not to make it an avenue for classless remarks. Be careful swinging the double edged sword.
B.C. great News. Saw him Soph year and you could tell then he has the ability to be one of the best Backs in Class A.
Like a lot of kids from the Westchester area, I wonder how good some of these kids would be if there main focus was just football and not Lacross. But also understand the current theory that the chances of getting a Lacross scholarship are greater than in football since less amount of kids going for the same thing as in football.
husky,
just watched the skit. Confused to where you thought they were making fun of harrison. didnt hear them mention harrison at all?
Rye played Harrison in baseball not to long ago in Florida (final score 2-1) and Deleo (next years RB for Harrison) wasn’t playing because injury. Does anyone have any information on this ?
husky, the majority of people from rye call harrison a “guido town”? Thats intersting because some people from pelham say the same thing about eastchester, so once again we should have gotten them for our rivalary game.
Husky,
Just watched the you tube skit. I think your steching it a bit with that assumption. Besides, if they need that to fire them up it’s time to end the rivalery. LOL
Go Eastchester!!!!!!
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Spring Valley is playing Ramapo! How long has it been been since these two teams played each other? When I was in high school (early 70’s) this was THE GAME! Nice to see the game has been revived.
10605 – Just askin, if you are not the victim then the feeling is different. I cannot believe the steroid comments, hair gel, and we dont care we beat you in 02 comments. You dont see any offense on that. Rye deserves a beating!!!
10605 – Just Askin, IF Harrison dressed up as PREPS with docksiders, and made red hair with freckles and wore there pants up to there chest for Halloween, and made fun of Rye. It would be a outrage in the Town of Rye. Maybe i know the 2 towns better then you guys. Lastyear, how fast was the fight in the stands between Rye/Saunders covered up. I heard Rye started it and it was covered up so quickly because the Rye fan was a important guy, interesting?. BUT, 2 years ago Rooservelt was getting beat good at halftime at Rye, and a couple of Rooservelt players out of frustration wrecked the locker room. It was all over the papers and we never heard the end of it from Rye bloggers. Catch my point?
whats funny here, with all the bs talk about kids dressed up for halloween, is that the rye folks I know were pulling for hhs at the dome this year. there are = number of jerks on both sides of the town lines, but for the most part the people I know from both towns are great fans who are passionate about their teams. As for this year, I think hhs graduated too much and might be a year away again from a sectional run. rye 15-14 this year…...... sectional champs?????? maybe any one of 6-7 teams could pull it out! somers and pok may top the list. any thoughts?
Class A observer, i went on the blog right after the Aquinas game in Syracuse, and there were Rye regular bloggers on here rubbing the defeat in Harrison face. It was sad for Rye. Im sure you might know a few who were rooting for Harrison and thats great! I do too. I have to agree with you on any of the top 6 teams can win the Section, watch out for Ossining? Somers has 2 big tackles, Pok should be very talented with a undefeated JV team coming up. Rye , Nyack, Eastchester, JJCR and Greeley all have a shot. And my beloved Huskies
I just want to add, that skit was performed in front of the whole school, faculty and all. Any view on that? Steriods being mention???
class a observer, b-hills in the playoffs? how does that happen? and i dont think it will be .0001, but the teams that make the playoffs will be deserving even if their schedule was average difficulty
Just a fact, did you know that there are only 12.5 scholarships for lacross (avg d1 roster is 40 players) or an average of 1/3 per player, vs 85 scholarships for d1 football (all must be 1 per player), 63 scholarships for d1aa players (all must be 1 per player) and 35 scholarships for d2 players (no limit). it’s really sad when a kid says he’s “on scholarship” to play lacross when he most likely isn’t getting much athletic aid, or at the very most only half his school paid for.
football players bring back more money to the school, but lax does make more money than track or tennis so they get atleast average money and girls sports only have scholarships cause the feds
LAX, I did not know that thanks for the info.
I found this link with some interesting info on basically what you said with some more detail for those who like #’s:
http://www.varsityedge.com/nei/varsity.nsf/main/football+participation+numbers
I mean you have two different things at play here. Why so little scholarships for lacrosse, though as Lil pelham pointed, LAX not making the same $$ as football.
Second is a LAX scholarship easier to obtain than a football scholarship? You would think it can be arrived through using mathematics:
ie. total college football scholarships divided by # of HS football players vs. total college LAX scholarships divided by HS LAX players
The link to the article above points some of the things wrong with doing the calculation this way since they say certain kids might not want to play football at the College level, some can’t play, some play other sports, so there is tough question to really get a strpng answer.
But with that said, I have heard numerous people say they know kids that took up lacrosse instead of football because it was their belief it would be easier to get a college scholarship.
Urban myth or statement of fact?
just a fact, it is a deff. fact. The lax and football player with the same skill level, the lax player has a much better chance of getting a schorship. The size of football players is a huge deal and all hs have had football for years. Plenty of hs dont have lax or its new and not polished.
lil pelham bias, agreed!! I was going to just say look at how much money you can make playing professional football vs lax should tell us all we need. But comments like that always get challenged.. when I make them,
just a fact, i guess if i dont mention pelham in my posts everyone loves and agrees with me.
“getting a scholarship”, what does that mean? If it’s just getting any scholarship money, then yeah, it is “easier” to get athletic aid to play LAX in college, but who cares? There are thousands of kids playing d3 college football that pay less money out of pocket for school than d1 LAX players. I’d rather play d3 football and pay less than play d1 LAX and pay more. It shouldn’t be about what is “easier” to get a scholarship, it should be what do you like to play more. 12.5 scholarships for 40 players vs 85 scholarships for 85 players.
lax v. football, i didnt mean if a kid played football and lax, then yea it should be which 1 he likes more. and i also mean it is easier to play lax in college compared to football (nothing to do with money). and if a kid is looking in his future, it will matter what is easier
a lil pelham bias, fair enough, thanks for explaining, I totally agree with you.