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  • 9/3: Sec. 6 football chairman Chuck Funke dies
  • 9/2: Viani to coach Lourdes girls basketball
  • 9/2: Sec. 4 takes home game away from Corning
  • 9/1: Tyler Harris transfers to N.J. hoops power
  • 8/30: Sec. 2 Thursday kickoff penalizing players
  • 8/29: Pushy ESPN leaves sour taste in Calif.
  • 8/27: 6-7 forward returns to CTK hoops team
  • 8/25: Sec. 3 juggles Class D football schedule
  • 8/23: Media outlets ramping up H.S. coverage
  • 8/22: Bishop Grimes is the latest to drop football

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    All football, all the time — a page for pigskin lovers
    Quick 2008 recap
    Various New York Title Games
    NYSPHSAA AA – Orchard Park 21, Monroe-Woodbury 17
    Story
    NYSPHSAA A – Sweet Home 35, Burnt Hills 28 Story
    NYSPHSAA B – Rye 16, Oneida 12 Story
    NYSPHSAA C – Southwestern 35, Croton-Harmon 7 Story
    NYSPHSAA D – Maple Grove 55, Moriah 7 Story
    PSAL Bowl – New Dorp 37, Erasmus 14 Story
    PSAL Cup – Washington 20, Far Rockaway 14 Story
    PSAL Championship – Port Richmond 33, Fort Hamilton 21 Story
    CHSFL AAA – Iona Prep 48, St. Anthony’s 35 Story
    AA – Holy Trinity 55, Stepinac 7 Story
    A – Cardinal Spellman 8, Cardinal Hayes 6 Story
    Long Island I – Connetquot 21, Freeport 13
    Story
    Long Island II – Riverhead 42, Elmont Memorial 6 Story
    Long Island III – Sayville 13, Bethpage 7 Story
    Long Island IV – Babylon 35, Seaford 28 Story
    Harvard Cup – Riverside 26, Cleveland 8 Story

    All-Area Teams
    Albany Herald All-Metro Team; Lower Hudson Valley All-Area Team; All-Western New York Offense, Defense; Middletown Varsity 845 All-Area Team POY; Staten Island Advance All-Area Offense Defense; All-Central New York Team; Star Gazette All-Area Team POY; Oneonta All-Area Team; Poughkeepsie All-Area Team; All-Long Island Team; All-Greater Rochester Team; Glen Falls All-Star Team; Niagara All-Area Team; All-Queens Team; All-Bronx/Manhattan


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  • MaxPreps.com: New York | National
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  • USA Today: National | Regional
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  • July 28: Poughkeepsie swimmer, 17, dies in car crash
  • July 24: L.I. golfer wins U.S. Junior Amateur
  • July 22: Sec. 2 school drops football for 2010 season
  • July 21: Mendon's Hall posts a 62 at U.S. Junior Amateur
  • July 18: Several St. Michael players won't make move to Nazareth
  • July 17: UConn football gets commitment from Boys & Girls' Lee
  • July 15: NCAA proposal would change scholarship rule
  • Other blogs from around the state:

  • Albany Times Union: James Allen, Ed Bemiss (predictions, simulations), Eric Medved (basketball)
  • Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin: Kevin Stevens, Mike Mangan and Robert Bonaparte
  • The Buffalo News: Keith McShea and Mary Jo Monnin
  • Canandaigua Daily Messenger: Dan Enright, Jon Wordingham
  • Democrat and Chronicle: Jeff DiVeronica and James Johnson
  • Eagle Newspapers (Syracuse area): Phil Blackwell
  • Glens Falls Post-Star: Greg Brownell (girls soccer), Alicia Johnson (volleyball), Alex Matthews (boys soccer), Will Springstead (field hockey), Pete Tobey (football).
  • LoHud.com: Kevin Devaney (boys basketball, football), Harold Gutmann (ice hockey), Jake Thomases (wrestling) and Josh Thomson (girls basketball).
  • Middletown Times Herald-Record: Sal Interdonato, Ken McMillan and Kevin Witt
  • Newsday: A variety of blogs by staffers and contributors
  • Poughkeepsie Journal: Jim Sheahan et al
  • Troy Record: Will Montgomery and Ryan Kircher
  • Utica Observer-Dispatch: Anne Delaney, Ron Mosier and John Pitarresi
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    Recent (mostly) football headlines


    Verbal commitments

    The following players from New York high schools and prep schools have made commitments to Division I football programs. They cannot sign a binding letter of intent until February 2009:

  • Oday Aboushi, OL, Xaverian (Virginia)
  • Jamie Boyle, K, Monroe-Woodbury (Central Florida)
  • Andrew Civil, DE, Sheepshead Bay (Rutgers)
  • Fernando Diaz, OG, Cardinal Hayes (Pitt)
  • Curtis Dukes, RB, Indian River (Penn State)
  • Delano Fabor, CB, St. Francis (Buffalo)
  • Nick Ferrara, K, St. Anthony's (Maryland)
  • Jimmy Gordon, TE, Patchogue-Medford (Buffalo)
  • Ben Jebb, DL, Cornwall (Army)
  • Robert Joseph, FB, Poly Prep (Rutgers)
  • Bunduka Kargbo, S, Bishop Maginn (Buffalo)
  • Rob Lombardo, FB, Somers (Navy)
  • Alex Neutz, WR, Grand Island (Buffalo)
  • Stephen Obeng-Agyapong, S, Bronx JFK (Penn State)
  • Andy Phillips, OL, Syracuse CBA (Syracuse)
  • Torian Phillips, CB, Port Richmond (Syracuse)
  • Dillon Quinn, DT, Trinity Pawling (Boston College)
  • Shayne Skov, LB, Trinity Pawling (Stanford)
  • Shamar Stephen, OG, Long Island Lutheran (Connecticut)
  • Najee Tyler, QB, Xaverian (Purdue)
  • John Urschel, DL, Canisius (Penn State)
  • Jamal Wilson, OT, South Shore (Rutgers)
  • Pat Wilson, OT, Canisius (Buffalo)



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