2007 Section 4 Football

2008 Team Schedules Available!
The team schedules for the 2008 season, along with divisional lineups are available in PDF format here.

The Express - The Ernie Davis Story
The long awaited Hollywood production of the film about Elmira's own Ernie Davis is set for release to US theatres on October 10th this coming fall. Young Mr. Davis, who tragically developed leukemia and left us before he was able to play a single down in the National Football League, was a star at both Elmira Free Academy and Syracuse University in the 1950s, culminating with him being the first African-American to win the coveted Heisman Trophy as college football's outstanding football player. A preview trailer is at the right, and you can visit the IMDB.com page for The Express or the film's official site for more information about the film. The official site also has an updated and higher quality trailer.

A doubly sad note, Ernie's mother Marie passed away earlier this spring. I do not know if she ever got to see an early cut of this film.

Other sites on Ernie Davis:
Wikipedia - Ernie Davis
The Heisman Trophy - Ernie Davis
The Elmira Star-Gazette - Ernie Davis

Gil Thorp's Milford gridders to play Section 4 teams this fall??
In the April 24, 25 and 26th Gil Thorp comic strip, the Milford girls softball team played the Binghamton Patriots while the next day their baseball team opened the season vs Chenango Forks. The next strip mentions a baseball game vs Seton Catholic and two weeks later the gals tackle Norwich. You can see all strips here and the May 5th link. It turns out there is a brand new artist drawing the strip and the guy who letters the text in the strip was born in Binghamton. Let's hope that in addition to their normal rivals like Valley Tech, that Milford tackles some Section 4 football teams this fall! (for the record, Milford football wasn't all that tough last season, finishing 3-6).

2007 NYSPHSAA Championship Game Results November 23 & 25, 2007 Carrier Dome, Syracuse NY
Class	Teams - Date - Time
D	Walton (12-0) defeated Ticonderoga (10-2), 64-6 Friday, November 23rd at 10:00am
A	Aquinas (12-0) defeated Lansingburgh (11-1), 34-12 Friday, November 23rd at 1:00pm
C	Bishop Ludden (11-1) defeated Dobbs Ferry (11-0), 21-16 Sunday, November 25th at 12:00pm
AA	West Genesee (10-2) defeated Monroe-Woodbury (12-0), 42-21 Sunday, November 25th at 3:00pm
B	Rye (11-0) defeated Chenango Forks (12-0), 19-12 Sunday, November 25th at 6:00pm

2007 Game Of The Week Photo Galleries - by Tim Rogers

Week 1: Newfield at Seton (not GOW, but his shots)
Week 2: Corning West at Chenango Forks
Week 3: Chenango Forks at Corning East
Week 4: Groton at Candor
Week 5: Candor at Spencer-Van Etten
Week 6: Unatego at Lansing
Week 7: Moravia at Groton
Week 8: Lansing at Trumansburg
Week 9: Chenango Valley at Waverly

Week 10: Chenango Forks vs Chenango Valley
Week 10 Bonus: Section 4 AA, A, C & D Finals
Week 11 Bonus - all five games!
D: Walton vs Onondaga
A: Corning East vs Carthage
C: Unatego vs Bishop Ludden
AA: Union-Endicott vs West Genesee
B: Chenango Forks vs Cazenovia
NYSPHSAA B Final: Chenango Forks vs Rye

Southern Tier Sports Network
In the fall of 2007 the Southern Tier Sports Network completed their second season of covering the best high school football matchups in the Greater Binghamton area. The games they covered, as well as the games from their inaugural 2006 season can be found in their archives. Visit their website at www.southerntiersportsnetwork.com.

2007 New York State High School Football Rankings
By The New York State Sportswriters Association

NOTE - these rankings are by the New York State Sportswriters Association (not me). So please, no angry emails.

Rankings and W-L records as of: FINAL

TW = This Week Pv = Previous Section Four teams in yellow.

Class D State Rankings

Class C State Rankings

TW Pv Team-Section 1 1 Walton-4 2 2 Bolivar-Richburg-5 3 3 Onondaga-3 4 4 Randolph-6 5 5 Dundee-5 6 6 Maple Grove-6 7 7 Dolgeville-3 8 13 Deposit-4 9 14 Groton-4 10 8 Ticonderoga-7 11 9 Frankfort-Schuyler-3 12 10 Portville-6 13 11 Fort Edward-2 14 12 Canajoharie-2 15 15 Weedsport-3 HM HM Candor-4 HM HM Bainbridge-Guilford-4	W-L 13-0 11-1 10-1 8-3 9-1 8-1 8-2 8-2 8-1 10-3 8-1 8-2 8-3 9-1 7-2 7-2 6-3
Honorable Mentions: Clymer, Eldred, Finney, Geneseo, Haldane, Moriah, Pine Valley, Rensselaer, Tuckahoe

TW Pv Team-Section
1 3 Bishop Ludden-3
2 1 Dobbs Ferry-1
3 2 Cardinal O'Hara-CHS
4 4 LeRoy-5
5 5 Unatego-4
6 6 Mount Markham-3
7 7 Pembroke-5
8 8 Bronxville-1
9 9 Cambridge-2
10 10 Tupper Lake-10
11 11 Lansing-4
12 12 Schuylerville-2
13 13 Chatham-2
14 14 Rye Neck-1
15 15 Thousand Islands-3
16 16 Rye Country Day-1
17 17 Watervliet-2
18 18 Lutheran-AIS
19 19 Lancaster St. Mary-6
20 20 Cleveland Hill-6

W-L
12-1
11-1
10-1
11-1
10-1
9-1
8-2
7-2
11-1
9-1
8-2
8-2
7-2
6-2
8-1
8-2
7-2
8-1
8-3
8-3

Honorable Mentions:
Adirondack, Caledonia-Mumford, Canastota, Corinth, East Rockaway, Falconer, Fieldston, Lowville, Oakfield-Alabama, Salamanca, Tri-Valley, Voorheesville, Wilson

Class B State Rankings

Class A State Rankings

TW Pv Team-Section 1 1 Rye-1 2 2 Chenango Forks-4 3 4 Geneva-5 4 5 Peru-7 5 3 Seaford-8 6 6 Cazenovia-3 7 7 Cobleskill-2 8 8 Westhill-3 9 9 Depew-6 10 10 Sleepy Hollow-1 11 11 Chenango Valley-4 12 12 Bath-5 13 13 Hornell-5 14 14 Ravena-2 15 15 Pleasantville-1 16 16 Waverly-4 17 17 Broadlabin-Perth-2 18 18 East Aurora-6 19 19 Fredonia-6 20 20 Solvay-3 HM HM Norwich-4	W-L 12-0 12-1 9-3 11-1 10-1 10-1 10-1 9-1 9-2 7-2 8-2 8-2 7-2 8-2 8-1 8-1 7-2 7-3 7-2 7-2 6-3
Honorable Mentions: Attica, Babylon, East Rochester, Ellenville, Highland, Hudson Falls, Jamestown Southwestern, Liberty, Locust Valley, Malverne, Marcellus, Marcus Whitman, New Paltz, Putnam Valley, Vernon-Verona-Sherrill, Xavier, Westlake

TW Pv Team-Section
1 1 Aquinas-5
2 3 Lansingburgh-2
3 4 Carthage-3
4 2 Lawrence-8
5 5 Ossining-1
6 6 McKinley-6
7 7 Cornwall-9
8 8 Indian River-10
9 9 Sweet Home-6
10 10 Burnt Hills-2
11 11 Eastridge-5
12 12 Amsterdam-2
13 13 Islip-11
14 14 Archbishop Stepinac-CHS
15 15 Bethpage-8
16 16 Garden City-8
17 17 Wantagh-8
18 18 Eastchester-1
19 20 Somers-1
20 21 Cheektowaga-6
21 22 Iroquois-6
22 23 Amityville-11
23 24 Fulton-3
24 25 Fox Lane-1
25 HM East Syracuse-Minoa-3

HM HM Corning East-4
HM HM Maine-Endwell-4

W-L
13-0
11-2
11-1
10-1
9-2
11-0
10-1
10-1
10-1
8-2
9-1
7-2
11-0
10-2
9-2
8-2
9-1
9-1
7-3
9-1
7-2
9-2
7-2
7-3
7-2

7-4
7-3

Honorable Mentions:
Albion, Bishop Maginn, Camden, Fordham Prep, Grover Cleveland, Mount Sinai, Plainedge, Potsdam, Riverside, Rocky Point, Sayville, Tappan Zee, Westhampton, Whitesboro

Class AA State Rankings

TW Pv Team-Section
1 8 West Genesee-3 tie w/
1 2 William Flloyd-11
3 1 Monroe-Woodbury-9
4 3 Curtis-NYC
5 5 East Islip-11
6 6 St. Anthony-CHSFL
7 4 New Rochelle-1
8 9 Orchard Park-6
9 10 Canandaigua-5
10 11 Minisink Valley-9
11 7 Farmingdale-8
12 12 Troy LaSalle-2
13 13 Rush Henrietta-5
14 14 Gates Chili-5
15 15 Canarsie-NYC
16 16 Union-Endicott-4
17 17 North Rockland-1
18 18 St. Francis-CHSFL-6
19 19 Guilderland-2
20 20 Cicero-North Syracuse-3
21 21 West Islip-11
22 22 Churchville-Chili-5
23 23 Ballston Spa-2
24 24 Baldwin-8
25 25 Longwood-11
26 HM Freeport-8
27 HM Shenendehowa-2
28 HM Fayetteville-Manlius-3
29 HM Yorktown-1
30 HM Troy-2

W-L
11-2
11-0
12-1
13-0
11-0
10-1
10-1
11-1
10-1
9-1
10-1
9-2
8-2
8-1
11-2
8-2
8-2
8-3
8-2
7-3
7-3
8-1
7-2
7-3
8-2
7-2
7-2
6-3
7-3
7-2

Honorable Mentions:
Carmel, Clarkstown South, Greece Athena, Half Hollow Hills West, Hamburg Frontier, Hempstead, John Jay Cross River Liverpool, Mamaroneck, Marshall, McQuaid, Mount Vernon, Newfield (LI), Patchogue-Medford, Rochester East

2007 Total Number Of Football Teams In Each Section By Classification

(teams either in that class in size or is playing up in that class)

	Class
Section	AA	A	B	C	D	All
One	23	17	18	8	3	69
Two	15	10	12	16	7	60
Three	14	12	17	19	18	80
Four	5	6	13	8	15	47
Five	21	8	15	10	16	70
Six	12	23	16	10	17	78
Seven/Ten	0	5	8	2	3	18
Eight	18	27	7	3	1	56
Nine	10	6	9	4	4	33
Eleven	29	15	5	2	0	51
Totals	147	129	120	82	84	562

2007 Classification Cutoff #s
The five classes are divided up by schools whose total student enrollments in grades 9-11 are:

Class	Low	High
AA	1001	∞
A	625	1000
B	401	624
C	276	400
D	1	275

New York Football Active Win Streaks

As of: 2007 season end
William Floyd-11	33
McKinley-6	21
Walton-4	13
Aquinas-5	13

Classification Number Changes for The 2008 Season

The State Football Committee has approved changing the cutoff points between classes for the 2008 season.

The new numbers for 2008 are:

Class	Low	High
AA	1051	∞
A	626	1050
B	441	625
C	281	440
D	1	280

How does this effect Section 4 football?

~	The smallest Class AA schools (enrollments 1001-1050) would drop to Class A.
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~	The smallest Class B schools (enrollment 401-440) would drop to Class C.
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~	The very smallest Class C schools (enrollment 276-280) would drop to Class D.