In today’s paper, I took a close look at each of the five Section 1 championship games this weekend at Mahopac.

As many have discussed, Haldane is playing in the Class D championship despite an 0-7 record. The Blue Devils, who take on Tuckahoe today at 2, don’t care what you think about their record. They [...]

So I got a new BlackBerry this week, dowloaded UberTwitter and felt the world was at my fingertips. Apparently, the thing doesn’t work. Not only could I not post on the blog, the updates were showing up on this page at all. Stupid BlackBerry.

(Another problem is that it’s incredibly hard to text while driving on [...]

Section 1 Athletics has denied requests by The Journal News to broadcast this weekend’s football championships live on LoHud.com.

Our managing editors spent all week trying to negotiate an agreement with Section 1. In the past, The Journal News paid a fee to broadcast state playoff games.

I spoke this afternoon with Section 1 Executive Director Jennifer [...]

This is the third of five breakdowns of Section 1 Championship games this weekend at Mahopac High School.

Class B championship
Sleepy Hollow (5-3) vs. Nanuet (8-0)
When: Saturday, 8 p.m.
Preview meeting: Nanuet defeated Sleepy Hollow 28-14 on Sept. 26
Common opponents: They played in the same league and both beat Pelham and Ardsley, and Pleasantville and Kennedy in [...]

Kickoff for today’s John Jay-EF at Rye game has been pushed back an hour to 5:30 p.m.

I’ll be there. If you’d like me to post updates, please let me know.

This is the second of five breakdowns for the Section 1 championship games this weekend at Mahopac High School.

Class A championship
Poughkeepsie (6-2) vs. Roosevelt (7-1)
When: Saturday, 5 p.m.
Previous meeting: They didn’t play in the regular season.
Common opponents: Poughkeepsie lost to Eastchester, 13-12, and beat Rye 25-20. Roosevelt beat Eastchester, 22-12 and lost to Rye, 49-26.
How’d [...]

This if the first of five breakdowns of the Section 1 championships this weekend at Mahopac.

Class D championship
Tuckahoe (4-3) vs. Haldane (0-7)
When: Saturday, 2 p.m.
Previous meeting: Tuckahoe defeated Haldane 18-0 on Oct. 3
How’d they get here: Well, they’re the only two teams in the conference, that’s how. It’s been that way for the past four [...]

I’ll be breaking down the Section 1 finals over the course of the next two days. First, here are my picks for this weekend’s bowl, CHSFL playoff and other assorted games:

Thursday
Arlington 20, Mount Vernon 12
Scarsdale 28, Clarkstown South 20
John Jay 38, Ketcham 32, OT
Mahopac 35, Lincoln 7

Friday
Mamaroneck 14, Port Chester 6
John Jay-EF 21, Rye 17
Ossining [...]

You know the drill. Tonight at 7 p.m. we’ll be airing live from our studios for our weekly high school football discussion, Varsity Central Chat. You can tune in by clicking here or going to lohud.com/vclive.

Joe Tralli and Bobby Dusconi of Croton-Harmon will be our special guests. Croton is taking on Bronxville for the Section [...]

The next three Game Balls are here. The Player and Coach of the Week will be announced on tonight’s edition of Varsity Central Chat, which you can watch here at 7 p.m. Croton-Harmon seniors Joe Tralli and Bobby Dusconi will be our special guests.

6. Mike Tomasula, Blind Brook: Statistically, this is as impressive a game [...]

Croton-Harmon senior standouts Joe Tralli and Bobby Dusconi will be live in our studio for Wednesday’s edition of Varsity Central Chat. The show starts begins at 7 p.m. and can be watched on lohud.com/vclive.

Those guys will answer my questions and your regarding this weekend’s Section 1 Championships. Croton, the defending champ, faces Bronxville in Sunday’s [...]

In honor of Election Day on Tuesday, I bring you this:

It’s obvious to me that we have a very clear-cut Top 3 for this week’s Game Balls. What order they should be in, and who should be the Player of the Week, is almost impossible to decide.

Should it be…

Ryan McLaughlin of Albertus Magnus setting the [...]

Since we already know who the Top 3 Game Balls are going to, I’ll split the rest into two posts. Here’s the first set of recipients, plus a list of honorable mention:

Week 8 Game Balls
Honorable mention: Brendan Connolly, Edgemont; Reuben Frank, Poughkeepsie; Brendan Nagle, Rye; Nolan Robinson, Pleasantville; Josh Grant, Yonkers; Paul Grimaldi, Lakeland; Gabe [...]

Let’s run through the best of last weekend’s non-playoff games:

Edgemont 27, Ardsley 8: Edgemont closes a disappointing season on a solid note. Brendan Connolly scored three touchdowns for the Panthers, who bring back the core this year’s team. This year, although frustrating, should serve them well as they make another run towards contention in Class [...]

If you missed this instant classic, you have two chances to make up for it.

You can watch the replay on Lohud.com/vcsports1 where the game is available onDemand. You can get there by clicking here.

Or, if you’re a Cablevision subscriber, you can watch the game tonight at 7:30 p.m. on MSG Varsity (Ch. 14). They had [...]