Category: High School Football

Canandaigua varsity football team quarantined after two test positive for COVID-19
The Canandaigua varsity football team is under quarantine protocol. School officials announced that the quarantine will last through next Thursday after two players tested positive. The team played against Brighton on Wednesday. They were scheduled to play Wilson on Tuesday, but that ... MORE

Judge says Skaneateles football coach was terminated incorrectly
The Skaneateles Central School District is going to have to work a little harder to terminate its football coach. A judge granted Joe Sindoni, who was ousted as head football coach earlier, an injunction. The judge’s ruling effectively noted that the January ... MORE

‘OUR KIDS LACK ENOUGH’: Parents hammer South Seneca BOE over decision to cancel fall sports
At a mid-September meeting without a lot of fanfare, the South Seneca Board of Education opted out of the Section V fall sports season. It was a move that did not receive a lot of attention at the time, but prompted heavy ... MORE

Fall season delayed until Spring 2021; Condensed schedule to begin next year for HS football, volleyball
The Officers of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association voted to delay the official start date of the Fall 2020 sports season, cancel the Fall 2020 Regional and State Championships and prepare to implement a condensed season schedule in ... MORE

NYSPHSAA releases expanded guidance for high school athletics
On Friday, in response to questions and concerns expressed by member schools, the New York State Public High School Athletic Association, released a 41-page document as a recommended resource on how schools may consider approaching the “Return To Interscholastic Athletics.” As NYSPHSAA ... MORE
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NYSPHSAA to release guidance for fall high school sports on Friday
The COVID-19 task force assembled by the High School Athletic Association is meeting Monday to discuss the fate of fall sports. The NYSPHSAA expects to have that answer by the end of the week and will send out guidance to schools statewide ... MORE

Low-risk HS sports get go ahead in NY
Governor Andrew Cuomo gave some high school sports the go ahead for next month, while keeping other sports as “practice-only” sports. At a news briefing Monday morning, Cuomo said lower-risk sports such as tennis, soccer, cross country, field hockey, and swimming can ... MORE

All fall high school sports delayed in New York, fall championships cancelled
Just like the end of the 2019-2020 local high school sports season, the upcoming one will look a lot different than usual as well. The New York State Public High School Athletic Association has delayed the official start date of the fall ... MORE

NYSPHSA expected to make decision about fall sports this week
The New York State Public High School Athletic Association is considering several outcomes for fall sports, but no official word has come down yet. The entity, which governs sports across public high schools in New York is expected to make a decision ... MORE

Michael Oher – a story of a player from adoption to being a top player in the NFL
We always come across stories when children from low-income families manage to become one of the most successful people in the world. Sometimes it looks very unrealistic, but the past experience proves it is possible that everything can be achieved if a ... MORE

Section V releases 2020 high school football schedules
Below you will find a link to the approved 2020 Section V High School Football Schedule. This is a team by team schedule, per the 7 blocks, for every classification. Please note that the date and time of every game is a ... MORE

Waterloo’s Joel Kraft to play football at Hobart
Waterloo senior athletic standout Joel Kraft and the Waterloo Indians Athletic Department have announced that Joel will be playing collegiate football at Hobart College in Geneva next fall. Last season the Hobart Statesmen football team recorded a 9-2 record on the season ... MORE

Section V coaching legend Dave Whitcomb returns to Midlakes to revive football program
A familiar face will be back on the football sideline at Midlakes next season. The hope is that Dave Whitcomb will bring back some familiar results. Whitcomb, 68, was appointed as the football coach at Midlakes, where he coached from 1986 to ... MORE

Former Canandaigua star hopes to win Super Bowl as part of Kansas City Chiefs staff
Ryan Poles will be in Miami for the Super Bowl, the biggest and brightest football stage of the year. But as nearly any conversation with a former Canandaigua Academy football player tends to go, the talk eventually circles around to another football ... MORE

Canandaigua headed to Class A Final Four after defeating South Park, 24-6
Canandaigua pulled away early Friday night and right into the Class A high school football state tournament semifinals. The Section V champions scored two touchdowns in the first quarter and held down a high-scoring Buffalo South Park team to win 24-6 during ... MORE