Through two days, the playoffs have provided some drama and excitement. New Rochelle and Lourdes can speak to the highs of it, White Plains and Irvington to the lows.
But…BUT…we’ve yet to see a genuine upset. Will it happen today? You’d have to figure at some point some underdog will rise up and win, right? And perhaps no day better than today, with rain, sleet and snow in the forecast. Lovely. I guess it’s time to bust out the rain gear.
I’m headed to Gould Park today for Dobbs Ferry-Woodlands. Afterward, I hope to shoot up to Valhalla for most of Croton-Briarcliff. We’ll also have a reporter at Bronxville-Blind Brook.
Of course, I’ll be back later with all the details. If you can’t wait that long, try me on Twitter @LoHudInsider or my colleague Mike Dougherty @hoopsmbd. If you have score updates to pass my way, feel free. Just tag your tweet @lohudinsider.
I’ve received several questions the last few days about what next week’s matchups look like. I have already outlined that on here in detail. For those of you who missed it, all of the potential matchups are below. I will update them later on, but you should be able to figure out who your team plays next by checking below.
Saturday’s games —
Hastings 28, Dover 19
Westlake 13, Nanuet 0
Tappan Zee 18, Beacon 7
Pleasantville 14, Kennedy 6
Sleepy Hollow 35, Hen Hud 25
Pelham 6, Brewster 0 (OT)
Ketcham 21, Ramapo 6
Putnam Valley 43, Ardsley 14
Eastchester 20, Byram Hills 13
Rye Neck 26, Valhalla 0
Rye Country Day 45, Kingswood-Oxford 7
Saunders 36, Roosevelt 6
Pawling 16, Albertus Magnus 6
Horace Greeley 7, Spring Valley 0
Panas 41, Yonkers 6
Suffern 12, Carmel 8 at halftime (susp. until Monday, 5 p.m.)
Hackley at Hopkins, ppd. (Sun. at 2 p.m.)
Iona Prep at St. Anthony’s, ppd. (rescheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday)
Edgemont at Riverside, ppd. (Tues.)
Dalton at Sacred Heart, ppd. (TBD)
Section 1 tournament
Class B
Semifinals:
No. 4 Briarcliff vs. No. 1 Croton-Harmon at Valhalla HS, ppd. (rescheduled for Monday at 6 p.m. at Valhalla High School)
Class C
Semifinals:
Dobbs Ferry 39, Woodlands 0
Bronxville leads Blind Brook 26-6 in second quarter (susp. until Sunday, 3 p.m.)
Class D
Semifinals:
Tuckahoe 34, Lincoln Hall 0
Haldane 63, Palisade Prep 0
Upcoming schedule —
Saturday, Nov. 5
At Mahopac High School:
Class B championship
No. 1 Croton-Harmon-No. 4 Briarcliff winner vs. No. 2 Our Lady of Lourdes, 2 p.m.
Class C championship
No. 1 Bronxville-No. 4 Blind Brook winner vs. No. 2 Dobbs Ferry, 8 p.m.
Class D championship
No. 1 Haldane vs. No. 2 Tuckahoe, 5 p.m.
Consolation bowls
At John Jay High School:
White Plains vs. Scarsdale, Thu., 7 p.m.
Clarkstown North vs. Arlington, Fri., 4:15 p.m.
Harrison vs. Gorton, Fri., 7 p.m.
Somers vs. Pearl River, Thu., 4:15 p.m.
Irvington vs. Croton-Briarcliff loser
Bronxville-Blind Brook loser vs. Woodlands
Matchup games
(Sites, dates and times TBD)
Mount Vernon vs. Yorktown
Mahopac vs. Mamaroneck
Carmel-Suffern winner vs. Ketcham
Carmel-Suffern loser vs. Ramapo
Fox Lane at Eastchester, Sat., 1:30 p.m.
Lincoln vs. Byram Hills
Sleepy Hollow at Nyack (Thu. or Fri.)
Lakeland vs. Hen Hud
Pelham vs. Tappan Zee
Brewster vs. Beacon
Panas vs. Horace Greeley
Yonkers vs. Spring Valley
Saunders vs. Port Chester
Westlake vs. Putnam Valley
Nanuet vs. Ardsley
Edgemont-Riverside winner vs. Pleasantville
Edgemont-Riverside loser vs. Kennedy
Palisade Prep vs. Valhalla
Lincoln Hall vs. Rye Neck
Pawling vs. Hastings
Game recaps —
Class C semifinals
Dobbs Ferry 39, Woodlands 0: At Gould Park in Dobbs Ferry, quarterback Spencer Avalos scored three rushing touchdowns of 4, 5 and 10 yards for the second-seeded Eagles, who returned to the Section 1 championship game for the first time since 2007. They will play either No. 1 Bronxville or No. 4 Blind Brook on Saturday at 8 p.m. at Mahopac High School in the Class C final.
Avalos also had two interceptions, one of which he returned 50 yards for a touchdown until it was called back because of an inadvertent whistle. That came after fullback Tim Soave had opened the scoring when he ran for a 55-yard touchdown on Dobbs’ first possession after the defense forced a three-and-out.
John Yozzo-Scaperrotta later intercepted a pass and returned it 55 yards to give the Eagles a 26-0 lead. They increased the lead when Brian Gardner blocked a punt, setting up Avalos’ third TD run. On the next play from scrimmage, Soave recovered a fumble and returned it 26 yards for a touchdown with 15 seconds left in the second quarter to help give Dobbs a 39-0 halftime lead.
The Eagles collected four turnovers and held No. 3 Woodlands to 34 yards of offense in the first half. The Falcons entered on a six-game winning streak.
Class D semifinals
Haldane 63, Palisade Prep 0: At No. 1 Haldane, the Blue Devils compiled 425 yards of offense, including 331 on the ground. Bryant Dain led all runners with 86 yards and scored a touchdown. Elias Lopez went 3 for 4 for 96 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 84 yards and a TD on just four carries. Will Moss, James Moss and Nick Junjulas each added rushing touchdowns and Hen Heintzman, Ryan Dahlia and Bobby Vahos each caught a TD.
Matt Dadreano led Haldane with nine tackles. James Moss added seven and intercepted a pass for Haldane, which will play No. 2 Tuckahoe on Saturday at 5 at Mahopac High School in the Class D final.
Tuckahoe 34, Lincoln Hall 0: At No. 2 Tuckahoe, Nick Reisman scored on touchdown runs of 47 and 31 yards. Shyheim Nixon added a 43-yard touchdown run, and returned a fumble by No. 3 Lincoln Hall 63 yards for a touchdown. Gary Moss also caught a 32-yard TD pass from Mike Castrocuocco.
The defending state champion Tigers will meet top-seeded Haldane on Saturday at 5 p.m. at Mahopac High School for the Class D championship.
Matchup games
Horace Greeley 7, Spring Valley 0: At Spring Valley, Justin Ciero scored on a 1-yard run with four minutes left. The Quakers drove 35 yards after they tackled the punter at the Spring Valley 35 on a punt attempt.
Pawling 16, Albertus Magnus 6: At Albertus Magnus, Jeremy Sosa rushed for 127 yards and a touchdown for the Falcons. He caught a 30-yard pass from quarterback Casey Kern that set up his touchdown run early in the fourth quarter that cut his team’s deficit to 8-6.
Sleepy Hollow 35, Hen Hud 25: At Sleepy Hollow, L.J. Garrant rushed for two touchdowns and caught another from Nick Vallo. Steve Bencosme added a pair of touchdowns, including a 38-yard run. David Lafemina and Joe Fraietta each rushed for a pair of touchdowns for Hen Hud.
Saunders 36, Roosevelt 6: At Roosevelt, Francisco Wilson-King rushed for over 200 yards and four touchdowns for Saunders, which scored the last 30 points to break a 6-6 tie. Teammate Anthony Villegas, a center, recovered a Saunders fumble in the end zone for the other touchdown.
Eastchester 20, Byram Hills 13: At Eastchester, Greg DiCarlo and Rob Carinci each rushed for a touchdown. DiCarlo also completed a pass to Pat Guido for a 75-yard touchdown in the second quarter to help the Eagles take a 20-0 halftime lead.
Ketcham 21, Ramapo 6: At Ketcham, Kevin Jocelyn scored on a 45-yard touchdown run to give Ramapo a 6-0 lead in the first quarter. With a 14-6 lead, Ketcham scored the clinching touchdown in the fourth quarter on a 47-yard touchdown by Elon Walters.
Pleasantville 14, Kennedy 6: At Kennedy, Charlie Montgomery returned a punt 30 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter to help give the Panthers their first lead, 7-6. Quarterback John Conway added a 15-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.
Rye Country Day 45, Kingswood-Oxford 7: At Kingswood-Oxford, Andrew Miller rushed for 195 yards and three touchdowns on just eight carries. Garrett Washington added 148 yards and two touchdowns and Sam Stern 120 yards and a touchdown. Tyler Fernandez also scored when he returned a fumble 37 yards that was forced by Chibueze Nwakeze, who had 12 tackles, a sack and forced two fumbles. The game was called with 8:19 remaining because of thunder, lightning and snow.
Panas 41, Yonkers 6: At Panas, Jende Akinleye had 205 yards and four touchdowns rushing. Jimmy Jackson had a fumble recovery for Panas.
Westlake 13, Nanuet 0: At Nanuet, Danny Bassi rushed for 98 yards. His two touchdowns gave Westlake a 13-0 lead at halftime.
Hastings 28, Dover 19: At Dover, Dan Aigen and Brandon Abrahante each scored two touchdowns. Aigen scored twice on the ground and Abrahante score once. He also caught a 35-yard touchdown pass form Rob Hevia to help the Yellow Jackets build a 28-7 lead.
Putnam Valley 43, Ardsley 14: At Ardsley, Anthony Gentile ran for three touchdowns. Connor Gembecki and Rick Kilmer also each rushed for a touchdown. Gabe Kardish caught a 67-yard pass from Dan Stein for the Panthers.
Tappan Zee 18, Beacon 7: At Beacon, Joe Letizia had 191 yards on 18 carries with two touchdowns.
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Brewster @ Pelham has been moved to 11am
Extra special shout out to Josh and his team getting out there the last two days to give us analysis of the games!!!
Freezin cold rain Thursday night,
last night freezin,
today snow???
Impressive!
Bronxville 26 Blind Brook 6
Game postponed due to weather. Will resume tomorrow at 3pm with 9 minutes remaining in the second quarter.
Ketcham beats Ramapo 21-6
On another thread someone posted that the former AA north is weak. Yorktown wins, JJEF/Arlington handled each other, Ketcham won and Mahopac lost. Let’s see what JJCR and PK does in A
Anyone know the Brewster Pelham score?
Suffern up 12 to 8 at halftime..game suspended. 2nd half to be played Monday at 5 pm
6-0 Pel in OT
In section nine semis. Spackenkill over New Paltz 7-6 and Marlboro over Red hook Big.
Does anyone know when the Croton game be played? Would they play tomm at Valhalla HS? I am hoping they will plow that field. It’s suppose to be nice tomm. Updates would be appreciated
If you are out be careful.. TREES DOWN EVERY WHERE, every minute all I hear is limbs cracking…hope everyone makes it thru this crap OK
The last 4 years or so, all we heard was how AA North was better than every team not named New Ro. JJEF did very well this year. Lets look at the others!!!
Arlington 3-2 vs South/West
Mahopac 0-3 vs. South/West
Carmel 1-2 vs South/West – which is a gift since win came vs Mamaroneck
That is not too good.
Rck 2-3 – of which one vs Mamaroneck
just, josh was right about mahopac having a down year but he was a homer when he predicted carmel would be a top team
Just a fact,
I wanted to give you a little info are you still there?
Mahopac and RCK were very young this year, they did not reload very well from the previous year but were both very young and should likely improve next year. John Jay and Arlington both improved from last year and have a very good Junior class currently, Haughton and White from John Jay and Howard from Arlington will be 2 of the best players in section 1 next year (both teams have numerous other starters returning).. Carmel was a mystery this year. Everybody had them doing much more than they did including Coach Cayea. Tough to say what next year brings, but knowing the Carmel program, they will rebound sooner rather than later. POK and JJCR appear poised to play each other in the Class A chip and will likely continue to be top programs down there. Yorktown disappointed this year, but they were also terrible when all these teams were AA-North together.
Bottom line is half of the old AA-North schools had down years, but there is no reason to believe it will stay that way, and the other half are still top teams in the section this year. Look for ALL of these schools to remain more than competitive in years to come
Dear head coach for woodlands ,you got your butt kicked today by a better team take it like a man ,stop complaining and congrats on a nice season.
Great time today at eastchester – byram game. Hosts were great, refs made it happen, boys had a blast they will remmeber forever. EC had leaf blowers on the lines all game.
Football was fun too, all smash mouth up the middle. EC could get outside, but BHHS could not, made the difference. BH had strong 2nd half, moved well, blocked punt, held on D, but ran out of time.
Took almost 2 hrs to get home, but everyone was slow and steady.
Josh,
I know lots of playoff action going on this week and next, but maybe you should consider the week after doing some sort of write-up on Rye Country Day. They are the most under the radar team in Section 1.
According to the stats posted, 3 players today combined to rush for 463 yards in a blizzard. (And the game was called with 8 minutes in the 4th and RCDS had the ball).
They beat a St. Luke’s team 42-7 that MSG Varsity had ranked as #8 (public or private school) in the state of Connecticut the week they played.
In 7 games this season they have allowed only 55 points, while scoring 277.
They look like a good bet to be in a NEPSAC Bowl Game for a 2nd straight year.
I know they are just a private school but there is some talent on that undefeated football team.
Wildcat will,
Your right about rcds being talented. But how do you think theyd do against croton/bronxeville?
Beat Croton, as Lourdes would give them a tougher time with size. Think they would also beat Bronxville, as the Wildcats have been running Jim Moran’s Dobbs Ferry offense now for many years with bigger and faster athletes than Dobbs with the exception of Dobbs fullback being a big young man, but not having anywhere near the speed of the Wildcats’ full back (see: Miller 195 yards, 3 TDs, on 8 carries yesterday.) No disrespect to either Croton on Bronxville, but the speed the Wildcats have at their position players makes them a very difficult matchup for many teams.
Carter-this seems to be Meade’s MO, and it’s pretty classless. He’s spearheaded great success at Roosevelt, and now Woodlands, a program which hasn’t had much success to speak of in football. But even at Roosevelt, it seemed he didn’t coach class. Every time he lost, him or one of his players was quoted as saying they took the other team “lightly”. So when I saw his quote about the weather conditions after a 39-0 drubbing, I thought right along with you. The other team had a little something to do with it!
the best game of the season was this brewster pelham game an ultimate showdown of two great defenses… that was settled in a blizzard in 2 inches of snow in OT.
BBVD
Will we see any of the JV talent step up to varsity?
Josh any word if Tuesdays games will be moved around due to this crapolla weather?
After the parents of Bronxville came out in mass to clear the football field of snow from 8:30AM to the 3PM game time, Bronxville finished the job against Blind Brook, 46-13.
Go BRONCOS!
Since there is no Sunday scores thread yet, I will post the scores here. Croton ahs not played(Monday) but everyone has them so it really doesnt matter. I will add 1 to everyone’s score after Monday should they win.
There were a lot of people with one wrong, but only one had it all right!!!
HHHHhaaaaaayyyyyyywwwooooooooodd!!!!!!!!!!! – wins again – have to hear another story this coming week!
HAYWOOD – 14
JOSH – 13
JUST A FACT – 13
CHIEF WILD EAGLE – 13
LILP – 13
JEFF P – 13
LG 21 – 13
COOL BREEZE – 13
THE DONALD – 12
3 YARDS – 12
STATESMAN – 11
WING T GUY – 11
GUEST – 11
RIVER INDIAN – 11
FOOTBALL AWESOME – 11
CLASS A – 11
PRINCE – 10
IONA POWER – 10
10605 – 10
Note – Prince, you missed two picks why you have only 10(BVille, Haldane) – didnt see that to just now.
Chief Wild Eagle still setting the pace, though this week I think will be much tougher to pick. haywood chasing him down, while me, lg 21 and 3 Yards a long shot.
Good luck the rest of the way Chief, because now the gloves are off as the finish line approaches!!!
CHIEF WILD EAGLE – 65
HAYWOOD – 63
JUST A FACT – 62
LG 21 – 61
3 YARDS – 60
LILP – 59
THE DONALD – 59
JOSH – 58
PRINCE – 56
IONA POWER – 56
WING T GUY – 55
GUEST – 53
JEFF P – 52
RIVER INDIAN – 49
STATESMAN – 48
10605 – 47
10960 – 45
SECT1LOVER – 43
CLASS A – 40
HOLLOW FAN – 39
BREW ALUM – 35
KISS THE BABY – 35
FOOTBALL AWESOME – 33
ROKCLAND FOOTBALL – 33
PAC SON – 28
SECT 1 AA – 27
OLDINTHEWAY – 20
HUSKY PRIDE – 15
COOL BREEZE – 13
………… – 9
UNDERDOG – 8
S1WSS – 7
QUAKER NATION – 2
just, dont forgot about the bias! i got a few tricks up my sleeve coming up for holloween and i think i can finish in 3rd behind haywood and chief wild eagle. thats all good because mt. vernon needs something good with football and pelham beat ossining so its ok that these guys beat me
Lil I wasnt paying close enough attention I thought you guys were locks for the playoffs, what happened? Victims of the piner?
greeley had to beat harrison and didnt, josh had them rankes way to high at the begining of the season. i wouldnt say pelham is a vitcum but if they played a few better teams, im sure most of the games could have been wins. looking back, pelham should have beaten sleepy and beacon
But you guys played who you were given. so if you won against sleepy you would have made it?
pelfast
agree totally, the brewster pelham game was good “old school” football. credit to both teams out there in overtime blizzard. would have loved to see those teams go at it in good weather too!
Stat Lines: History of New Rochelle-North Rockland
Since 1998, New Rochelle and North Rockland are the only Section 1 programs to capture Class AA championships. Below are the results between the rivals since 2000:
Year Meeting Result
2010 AA Quarters New Rochelle 21, North Rockland 0
2010 Week 1 New Rochelle 14, North Rockland 7
2009 AA Finals New Rochelle 38, North Rockland 0
2008 Week 2 New Rochelle 21, North Rockland 7
2007 AA Finals New Rochelle 27, North Rockland 0
2006 AA Semis New Rochelle 24, North Rockland 14
2005 AA Semis North Rockland 24, New Rochelle 0
2004 Week 2 New Rochelle 35, North Rockland 7
2004 AA Semis New Rochelle 38, North Rockland 7
2003 AA Finals New Rochelle 19, North Rockland 8
2001 Week 5 North Rockland 31, New Rochelle 0
Devaney’s prediction: Nobody really expected North Rockland would be this good and it’s reasonable to call it the favorite heading into this game based on scores and stats. But the brand of football the Red Raiders play just doesn’t matchup well against a New Rochelle team that matches it in size, physicality and coaching. Expect a low-scoring game that could be decided by a defensive touchdown and a New Rochelle victory. Prediction: New Rochelle 13, North Rockland 7
Email Kevin Devaney Jr. at kdevaney@cablevision.com
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