The 2010 Section II high school football schedule was released by the Section II Football Committee on Thursday night, and James Allen of the Times-Union has the entire schedule posted here on his blog.
So for a change, I’m going to break down the schedules for the Glens Falls-area teams, and offer a few comments. Feel free to post your comments here, as well.
The 2010 season is scheduled to kick off on the weekend of Sept. 3-4. The Section II championship games are set for the weekend of Nov. 5-6, and the state finals at the Carrier Dome are scheduled for Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 26-28.
I’m sure some of the home and away sites for these games are not set in stone — for instance, I noticed that Salem has five home games — so while the schedule may be set, don’t expect the dates and sites to be finalized for while.
Here are the seven-game regular-season schedules, in order, for each area team. As we get closer to the season, I’ll post complete area schedules with dates, etc.:
CLASS AA
Saratoga Springs — vs. Guilderland, at Ballston Spa, vs. Albany, vs. CBA, vs. Troy, at Bethlehem, at Shenendehowa.
Ballston Spa — vs. Albany, vs. Saratoga, at Shenendehowa, vs. Bethlehem, at Guilderland, at CBA, vs. Niskayuna.
CLASS A
Glens Falls — vs. Hudson Falls, at Bishop Maginn, vs. Gloversville, vs. Amsterdam, at Burnt Hills, at South Glens Falls, vs. Queensbury.
Queensbury — at Scotia, vs. Mohonasen, vs. Burnt Hills, at South Glens Falls, at Amsterdam, vs. Gloversville, at Glens Falls.
South Glens Falls — at Bishop Maginn, vs. Scotia, at Amsterdam, vs. Queensbury, at Gloversville, vs. Glens Falls, vs. Burnt Hills.
CLASS B
Hudson Falls — at Glens Falls, at Albany Academy, vs. Johnstown, vs. Cobleskill, vs. Schuylerville, at Schalmont, at Broadalbin-Perth.
Schuylerville — at Cairo-Durham, vs. Cohoes, vs. Cobleskill, at Broadalbin-Perth, at Hudson Falls, at Johnstown, vs. Schalmont.
CLASS C
Corinth — at Hoosick Falls, at Lake George, vs. Mechanicville, at Stillwater, vs. Coxsackie-Athens, vs. Tamarac, vs. Granville.
Granville — vs. Stillwater, vs. Greenwich, vs. Tamarac, at Hoosick Falls, at Lake George, at Stillwater, at Corinth.
Greenwich — vs. Hoosic Valley, at Greenwich, vs. Hoosick Falls, at Mechanicville, vs. Tamarac, at Stillwater, vs. Chatham.
Hoosick Falls — vs. Corinth, at Mechanicville, at Greenwich, vs. Granville, at Hoosic Valley, at Fonda, vs. Lake George.
Hoosic Valley — at Greenwich, vs. Tamarac, vs. Catholic Central, vs. Lake George, vs. Hoosick Falls, at Granville, at Stillwater.
Lake George — at Tamarac, vs. Corinth, vs. Stillwater, at Hoosic Valley, vs. Granville, at Mechanicville, at Hoosick Falls.
Mechanicville — at Voorheesville, vs. Hoosick Falls, at Corinth, vs. Greenwich, vs. Stillwater, vs. Lake George, at Tamarac.
Stillwater — at Granville, vs. Ichabod Crane, at Lake George, vs. Corinth, at Mechanicville, vs. Greenwich, vs. Hoosic Valley.
CLASS D
Cambridge — vs. Bishop Gibbons, at Whitehall, vs. Saratoga Catholic, vs. Fort Edward, at Rensselaer, at Salem, vs. Warrensburg.
Fort Edward — at Warrensburg, at Rensselaer, vs. Salem, at Cambridge, vs. Whitehall, vs. Saratoga Catholic, vs. Bishop Gibbons.
Salem — at Whitehall, vs. Warrensburg, at Fort Edward, vs. Rensselaer, vs. Bishop Gibbons, vs. Cambridge, vs. Saratoga Catholic.
Saratoga Catholic — vs. Rensselaer, at Bishop Gibbons, at Cambridge, vs. Whitehall, vs. Warrensburg, at Fort Edward, at Salem.
Warrensburg — vs. Fort Edward, at Salem, vs. Rensselaer, vs. Bishop Gibbons, at Saratoga Catholic, at Whitehall, at Cambridge.
Whitehall — vs. Salem, vs. Cambridge, vs. Bishop Gibbons, at Saratoga Catholic, at Fort Edward, vs. Warrensburg, at Rensselaer.
A few comments:
– This is the second Section II football schedule the committee had to come up with. The first had to be scrapped when the NYSPHSAA Executive Committee approved new enrollment cutoff numbers, causing some teams to shift classes.
– Kudos to Section II for getting Glens Falls and Hudson Falls back together for the first Jug Game since 2004. Long-suffering local fans have missed this traditional rivalry that dates back to World War I — with The Jug trophy since 1967. By the way, Glens Falls won the last seven Jug Games — Hudson Falls last won it in 1997, although the Tigers also defeated Glens Falls in the 2000 Section II Class B championship game.
– There are crossover games between Class A and B this season, in addition to Glens Falls and Hudson Falls. For instance, Amsterdam and Broadalbin-Perth meet for the first time ever this season. Other interesting matchups pit Bishop Maginn against Albany Academy, and Averill Park against Ravena in an old Capital Conference clash.
– Weird seeing Schuylerville moved up to Class B, although with the growth in the vicinity it was probably inevitable. We’ll see a first-ever meeting between the Black Horses and Hudson Falls.
– After a brief sojourn in Class D, Greenwich and Lake George move back up to Class C. The Witches are coming off a runner-up finish in Class D last season.
– Cambridge has lost enrollment and drops back down to Class D. The nice thing about Class D — everyone plays everyone this year in an eight-team league. After two years of unpopular schedules (the divisional-game front-loaded schedule of 2007, and last year’s nine-team schedule where teams missed one or two league opponents) there are no excuses – all seven games are league games.
– I saw someone on the TU blog complain about the lack of a Cambridge-Hoosick Falls rivalry game this year. It would be impossible to put them together this season because of classification play. Sure they just established a Ken Baker Jug trophy to commemorate the game, but Cambridge going to Class D again leaves it on the sideline. The Indians have dropped to Class D before and not played Hoosick Falls. From what I have been told, Cambridge may not move back up to Class C again.
