The Section V Class A football playoffs open Friday with four games. The Championship game will be held on Friday, November 2 at 7 pm at SUNY Brockport. First-round games are at the higher seed and the semifinals will be at 5 pm and 8 pm Friday, October 26 at SUNY No. 1 seed CANANDAIGUA BRAVES (MONROE COUNTY III) Power Seeding Points: 48 Record: 7-0 Streak: Won 7 NYSSWA … [Read more...] about Section V Playoff Preview: Football Class A
Gridiron Notes: Teams make last second pushes for Sectionals
BY PAUL LIOTTI News and notes from around the Section after Week 7. Not Much Drama this week, but… The way the schedule broke this year, many games featured teams that had gaudy records against those that had zero or one win. And the results of those games were, well, you can guess. But there were couple drama-packed games worth noting: The Drive: A last-second … [Read more...] about Gridiron Notes: Teams make last second pushes for Sectionals
Football Sectionals: Power Seeding Points system shakes out some surprises
BY PAUL LIOTTI This season, Section V broke from tradition and engaged a Power Seeding Points system to determine its Sectional combatants. The complicated system seeds teams based on the strength of each teams’ schedule, as opposed to the previous +/- system based on opponents' classification. The top seeds in three of the classifications – A, B and D – probably would … [Read more...] about Football Sectionals: Power Seeding Points system shakes out some surprises
A weekend of championships, Sectional jockeying as regular season ends
BY PAUL LIOTTI Thrills and chills were the order of the weekend as the 11-man regular season wound down. League titles were determined while the pushes for better Sectional seeds were turned in. Here's a recap of what went down: Monroe County Canandaigua and Irondequoit remain unblemished with big wins. While they are in the same division, they didn't play during the … [Read more...] about A weekend of championships, Sectional jockeying as regular season ends
Cougar Miracle Part Deux: HFL pulls out last-second win against UPrep, 14-8
BY PAUL LIOTTI HONEOYE FALLS -- Three weeks ago, it was the hook-and-ladder. Saturday afternoon, it will simply be known as "The Drive." Honeoye Falls-Lima quarterback Turner Wilson engineered an 86-yard drive with no timeouts in the last 1:30 of the game before connecting with Mitch Slymon from two yards out with 5.9 seconds left to stun UPrep (No. 28 NYSSWA Class B) … [Read more...] about Cougar Miracle Part Deux: HFL pulls out last-second win against UPrep, 14-8