New Rochelle and North Rockland are scheduled to meet at 4 on Sunday in the Class AA championship. It guarantees a 14th straight season that one of the two large-school Section 1 juggernauts will be crowned Class AA champion.
New Rochelle has won eight of the last 13 titles. North Rockland has the other five. The Huguenots are 4-0 and 7-2 overall against the Red Raiders in sectional finals during this time span.
Here’s a look at the list of champions, including results when the teams have met head to head:
CLASS AA CHAMPIONS, 1999-present
1999 — North Rockland
2000 — New Rochelle (d. North Rockland 37-3 in final)
2001 — North Rockland
2002 — North Rockland
2003 — New Rochelle (d. North Rockland 19-7 in final)
2004 — New Rochelle (d. North Rockland 38-7 in semifinal)
2005 — North Rockland (d. New Rochelle 24-0 in semifinal)
2006 — New Rochelle (d. North Rockland 24-14 in semifinal)
2007 — New Rochelle (d. North Rockland 27-0 in final)
2008 — New Rochelle
2009 — New Rochelle (d. North Rockland 38-0 in final)
2010 — New Rochelle (d. North Rockland 21-0 in quarterfinal)
2011 — North Rockland (d. New Rochelle 19-14 in semifinal)
2012 — ???
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We may not like each other but we gotta’keep that title in the family
Let’s go!!......... NEW RO!!!!.....
New Ro- 17 North Rockland- 6
North Rockland beat John Jay East Fishkill last year, not New Rochelle