In case you missed the announcement on last night’s edition of Varsity Central Chat, we will be broadcasting all three state semifinal games at Dietz Stadium in Kingston on Saturday.

You can watch them by clicking here or going straight to lohud.com/vcsports1.

The schedule:

Bronxville vs. Hoosick Falls, noon
Nanuet vs. Schalmont, 4 p.m.
New Rochelle vs. Saratoga Springs, 8 [...]

I’ve gotten to watch the Bronxville football team play several times this season, including the last two weeks. Two things have really struck me.

The first is their ability to block downfield. They’re as good at that as any team I’ve seen this year, maybe ever. They finish blocks. And they sure don’t miss them.

The other [...]

As I’ve mentioned this week, I see a clean sweep for Section 1 teams this Saturday in Kingston. Here’s how I think the games will shake out:

Class C
Bronxville vs. Section 2’s Hoosick Falls: Like so many championship teams out of Section 2, Hoosick Falls has put up ridiculous stats this season. Running back Alex Hanson [...]

Initially, I titled this post “The Faceless Backfield.” Then I realized it might come off as harsh towards the New Rochelle players when the story I wrote today was meant to be totally complimentary.

If you read today’s Journal News article on the Huguenots, you learned one of the most startling facts about any championship football [...]

Be sure to check out tonight’s edition of Varsity Central Chat at 7 p.m. You can watch it by clicking here or going over to lohud.com/vclive.

Brian Murray and Blair Law of Bronxville will be our special guests on tonight’s show. They’ll be answering my questions and yours as they prepare for state semifinal weekend up [...]

With only a handful of games last weekend, I’ve decided to do an abbreviated list of Game Balls.

We’ll go with a Top 5. The Player and Coach of the Week will be announced on Thursday’s edition of Varsity Central Chat, which begins at 7 p.m. Our special guests will be Blair Law and Brian Murray [...]

Bronxville senior captains Blair Law and Brian Murray will be our special guests on this week’s edition of Varsity Central Chat.

In case you missed it, the show will be THURSDAY this week since I will be attending the Frank McGuire Award dinner in the city. Dino Garr of Rye is among the recipients for the [...]

A story on the Hudson Valley Sports Report website reports that Beacon High School is considering a move to Section 9 because of disatisfaction over the way Section 1 has been operated.

The main gripe is over Section 1’s continuous realignment. The geography-based leagues, they feel, has created “unequal competition” according to Beacon AD Eric Romanino. [...]

The games get better in the postseason. So do the postgame comments.

Here’s a look at what some of the most interesting things coaches and players said after the state quarterfinal/CHSFL playoff games this weekend:

“I told the kids, ‘You can’t let one game ruin your season.’ It’s been a great run. We’ve enjoyed it from a [...]

Section 2, which is the Albany region, has two great newspaper web sites that cover the area.

There’s the Glens Falls Post Star, led by reporter Pete Tobey. And there’s the Albany Times-Union and their football guru James Allen. That would be like having two Kevin Devaneys! Joking.

Both covered the Section 2 tournament and this past [...]

All three remaining Section 1 teams will play their state semifinals on Saturday at Dietz Stadium in Kingston. The winners go to the Dome:

Saturday
Class C
Bronxville vs. Section 2’s Hoosick Falls, noon

Class B
Nanuet vs. Section 2’s Schalmont, 4 p.m.

Class AA
New Rochelle vs. Section 2’s Saratoga Springs, 8 p.m.

The plan at the moment is to broadcast all [...]

Updates will be here:

A season loaded with injury and public skepticism has finally come to an end at Iona Prep.

The reigning CHSFL AAA Division champs were beaten today by top-seeded and undefeated Holy Trinity, 27-19, in a semifinal matchup. Holy Trinity led by two points with 30 seconds to play before putting it out of reach with a [...]

Our Journal News staff did a great job putting together video highlights from Friday night’s state quarterfinal action.

I can’t figure out a way to embedd the four videos without having them all start rolling when you click on the blog (which I know you all hate). So to watch them, you should just go directly [...]

Four Section 1 teams went into last night’s state quarterfinals. Only two survived.

It’s not all that surprising, either. I knew Bronxville and Nanuet would continue to cruise, and I felt Eldred was slightly better than Tuckahoe. And had I known before the game what I found out about Roosevelt after it, I probably wouldn’t have [...]