Sports

Five Rockland Teams Set for Football Playoffs

Though five teams from Rockland County earned places in the Section 1 football playoffs, only Tappan Zee and North Rockland will begin its postseason journey at home this week. 

Tappan Zee (6-1), the only Rockland County team in the Class A playoffs, will open at home 6 p.m. Friday against Sleepy Hollow, which features dynamic quarterback Devin Lopez. Lopez threw for 334 yards and four touchdowns and ran for 169 yards and two scores in Sleepy Hollow's 41-32 victory over Ossining last week.

Three Rockland County teams made it in Class AA. North Rockland will play at home 1:30 p.m. Saturday against New Rochelle. Ramapo will be at White Plains 6:30 p.m. Friday and Clarkstown South will travel to Ketcham 1:30 p.m Saturday.

In Class B, Nanuet will play at top seed Pleasantville in a semifinal game 7 p.m. Friday. 


Local teams not in the playoffs will play bowl series games over the next two weeks. This includes Nyack, Pearl River, Clarkstown North, Spring Valley

Section 1 Football Playoff Schedule
Class AA Quarterfinals
Friday 

  • Ramapo at White Plains, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday
  • New Rochelle at North Rockland, 1:30 p.m.
  • Clarkstown South at Ketcham, 1:30 p.m.
  • Scarsdale at John Jay-East Fishkill, 6 p.m.
Class A Quarterfinals
Friday
  • Yorktown at Rye, 7 p.m.
  • John Jay-Cross River at Ossining, 7 p.m.
  • Somers at Panas, 7 p.m.
  • Sleepy Hollow at Tappan Zee, 6 p.m.
Class B Semifinals
Friday
  • Nanuet vs. Pleasantville at Parkway Field, 7 p.m.
  • Ardsley at Lourdes, 7 p.m.
Class C Semifinals
Saturday
  • Woodlands at Dobbs Ferry, 1:30 p.m.
  • Bronxville at Rye Neck, 1:30 p.m.
Class D Championship
Saturday, Nov. 9
  • Tuckahoe vs. Haldane at Mahopac, 3:30 p.m.
Bowl Series Games (Involving Rockland County teams)
Dates and times to be determined

Class AA
  • Clarkstown North at Carmel
Class A
  • Nyack at Brewster
  • Spring Valley at Eastchester
  • Pearl River at Port Chester
Class B, C and D
  • Albertus Magnus at Pawling


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