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Gearing up for the gridiron
nostications, but we still do our best to take a look at the games that promise the most intrigue before that first kickoff.
Here we are; it’s finally August. With the start of the school year just around the corner, it means we’re only two short weeks away from the official start of the fall sports season. So now is as good a time as ever to take a look at some of the (presumed) high points on our local football teams’ schedules.
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Of course, this should all be taken with a grain of salt. Despite the best guesses of high school football pundits, the sport is an unpredictable one; nearly every season is filled with surprises, injuries and emergent powers that challenge the preseason prog -
This year, we don’t have to wait too long for our first marquee matchup, with Harrison and Rye squaring off in a Week 0 game on Sept. 2. While it might be odd to see the two rivals doing battle so early in the season, re-classification due to enrollment numbers—Rye has been moved down to Class B—means it was the only time these two teams could square off.
Another game I’m looking forward to immensely is the Oct. 7 showdown
Mamaroneck and Carmel in Class AA. Last year, the Tigers and Rams had an absolute classic of a Class AA championship game, a contest that easily grabbed a spot on my All-Time Mount Rushmore of High School football games. Will these two teams look different this year? Undoubtedly. Will the drama—and stakes—compare to last year’s showdown at
Later this month, the fall season will start for
White Plains High School? Who’s to say. But if I know one thing about an Anthony Vitti-coached team, its that the Tigers will primed for the challenge and dead-set on re-writing the ending to last year’s title game. And of course we’ll have the old standbys; Tuckahoe and Haldane will square face off on Sept. 22 in a preview of the Class D Section 1 finals, Eastchester will take on Pelham—looking to avenge a loss that knocked them out of playoff contention last year—there is no shortage of promising games between now and the final day of the season on Oct. 21. And I, for one, am happy to be along for the ride.
