MaxPreps is your home for New York state playoff football coverage. The New York State Public High School Athletic Association has announced the pairings for the Class A state playoffs and Aquinas Institute out of Rochester enters the postseason as the highest rated team according to Maxpreps.
Be sure to check back for scores and results as the state’s best battle to crown a NYSPHSAA state champion:
First Round
Game 1: Corning-Painted Post West (Painted Post, NY) - bye
Game 2: Southside (Elmira, NY) - bye
Game 3: Corning-Painted Post East (Corning, NY) - bye
Game 4: Elmira Free Academy (Elmira, NY) - bye
Game 5: New Hartford (NY) 44 Nottingham (Syracuse, NY) 6
Game 6: East Syracuse-Minoa (East Syracuse, NY) 32 Indian River (Philadelphia, NY) 28
Game 7: Whitesboro (Marcy, NY) 40 Jamesville-DeWitt (DeWitt, NY) 0
Game 8: Bodley (Fulton, NY) 34 Carthage (NY) 15
Game 9: Aquinas Institute (Rochester, NY) 31 Eastridge (Rochester, NY) 14
Game 10: Greece Athena (Rochester, NY) 31 Honeoye Falls-Lima (Honeoye Falls, NY) 13
Game 11: Victor (NY) 6 Canandaigua Academy (Canandaigua, NY) 0
Game 12: McQuaid Jesuit (Rochester, NY) 41 Greece Arcadia (Rochester, NY) 7
Game 13: Sweet Home (Amherst, NY) 48 Amherst Central (Amherst, NY) 14
Game 14: Iroquois (Elma, NY) 21 West Seneca East (West Seneca, NY) 7
Game 15: Grand Island (NY) 23 Williamsville South (Williamsville, NY) 20
Game 16: Hamburg (NY) 36 Lake Shore (Angola, NY) 14
Game 17: Rye (NY) 34 Nyack (Upper Nyack, NY) 7
Game 18: Roosevelt (Yonkers, NY) 41 Ossining (NY) 20
Game 19: Poughkeepsie (NY) 14 Somers (Lincolndale, NY) 10
Game 20: Lakeland (Shrub Oak, NY) 24 Fox Lane (Bedford, NY) 0
Game 21: Cornwall Central (New Windsor, NY) - bye
Game 22: Saugerties (NY) - bye
Game 23: Port Jervis (NY) - bye
Game 24: Wallkill (NY) - bye
Game 25: Franklin Academy (Malone, NY) - bye
Game 26: TBA - bye
Game 27: Massena (NY) - bye
Game 28: Potsdam (NY) - bye
Game 29: Troy (NY) 40 Glens Falls (NY) 7
Game 30: Gloversville (NY) 39 Bishop Maginn (Albany, NY) 0
Game 31: Niskayuna (NY) 20 Queensbury (NY) 14
Game 32: Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake (Burnt Hills, NY) 49 Averill Park (NY) 0
Second Round
Game 33: Corning-Painted Post West (Painted Post, NY) 31 Southside (Elmira, NY) 7
Game 34: Corning-Painted Post East (Corning, NY) 55 Elmira Free Academy (Elmira, NY) 34
Game 35: New Hartford (NY) 38 East Syracuse-Minoa (East Syracuse, NY) 14
Game 36: Whitesboro (Marcy, NY) 35 Bodley (Fulton, NY) 20
Game 37: Aquinas Institute (Rochester, NY) 34 Greece Athena (Rochester, NY) 13
Game 38: McQuaid Jesuit (Rochester, NY) 42 Victor (NY) 20
Game 39: Sweet Home (Amherst, NY) 34 Iroquois (Elma, NY) 6
Game 40: Grand Island (NY) 28 Hamburg (NY) 14
Game 41: Poughkeepsie (NY) 25 Rye (NY) 20
Game 42: Roosevelt (Yonkers, NY) 32 Lakeland (Shrub Oak, NY) 7
Game 43: Cornwall Central (New Windsor, NY) 38 Saugerties (NY) 7
Game 44: Wallkill (NY) 35 Port Jervis (NY) 12
Game 45: Franklin Academy (Malone, NY) vs TBA (Saturday, Oct. 31, TBA)
Game 46: Massena (NY) 23 Potsdam (NY) 14
Game 47: Troy (NY) 28 Gloversville (NY) 13
Game 48: Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake (Burnt Hills, NY) 49 Niskayuna (NY) 20
Third Round
Game 49: Corning-Painted Post East (Corning, NY) 44 Corning-Painted Post West (Painted Post, NY) 38
Game 50: Whitesboro (Marcy, NY) 60 New Hartford (NY) 30
Game 51: Aquinas Institute (Rochester, NY) 31 McQuaid Jesuit (Rochester, NY) 17
Game 52: Sweet Home (Amherst, NY) vs Grand Island (NY) (Friday, November 6th, reg)
Game 53: Roosevelt (Yonkers, NY) 23 Poughkeepsie (NY) 19
Game 54: Cornwall Central (New Windsor, NY) 26 Wallkill (NY) 7
Game 55: Franklin Academy (Malone, NY) 42 Massena (NY) 20
Game 56: Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake (Burnt Hills, NY) 33 Troy (NY) 18
Quarterfinals
Game 57: Whitesboro (Marcy, NY) 27 Corning-Painted Post East (Corning, NY) 19
Game 58: Sweet Home (Amherst, NY) 33 Aquinas Institute (Rochester, NY) 7
Game 59: Cornwall Central (New Windsor, NY) 31 Roosevelt (Yonkers, NY) 21
Game 60: Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake (Burnt Hills, NY) 54 Franklin Academy (Malone, NY) 13
Semifinals
Game 61: Sweet Home (Amherst, NY) 36 Whitesboro (Marcy, NY) 13
Game 62: Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake (Burnt Hills, NY) 41 Cornwall Central (New Windsor, NY) 16
Finals
Game 63: Sweet Home (Amherst, NY) 34 Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake (Burnt Hills, NY) 7