Football Rankings, 2014

1. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
POWER RANKINGS
SEPT. 7, 2014
Tie, BREWSTER (1-0) & MAHOPAC (1-0) –
Impressive wins for both. Bears won at
Pearl River with great second half, while
the Indians blew out Fox Lane by 22
points.

2. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
POWER RANKINGS
SEPT. 7, 2014
NEWBURGH (0-1)– Goldbacks were ranked No. 2 in the HVSR
preseason rankings so this might seem like a precipitous drop.
But you have to go with performance and what the coaches
say, and NFA gave up too many big plays in their 27-14 loss to
Ione Prep and coach Bill Bianco was not happy with the effort.

3. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
POWER RANKINGS
SEPT. 7, 2014
HIGHLAND (1-0) – The Huskies looked sharp in their 31-22
win over archrival New Paltz. Quarterback Brandon Mack was
poised and showed great leadership, and, oh yeah, passed
for 273 yards. Biggest takeaway? Highland’s offensive line
was solid.

4. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
POWER RANKINGS
SEPT. 7, 2014
RONDOUT (1-0) – The Ganders were Section Nine, Class B
runnerups last season and there was some question
coming into this season whether they could survive the
loss of quarterback Keith Malak. Rondout looked pretty
good with a 14-7 win over Class A Saugerties.

5. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
POWER RANKINGS
SEPT. 7, 2014
ROOSEVELT (1-0) – No matter how they’re playing,
Kingston is always tough when it plays at Dietz Stadium.
Roosevelt made it look easy. The Presidents controlled the
game on the ground – big time. 53 rushes in 54 total plays.
More impressive was winning the line of scrimmage on
both sides of the ball.

6. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
POWER RANKINGS
SEPT. 7, 2014
MARLBORO (0-1) – Perhaps Marlboro’s season-opening
loss to Wallkill was surprising because of what we’ve
come to expect from the three-time defending Section
Nine, Class B champs. Breaking in all the new players
might take a little longer than we thought.

7. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
POWER RANKINGS
SEPT. 7, 2014
LOURDES (1-0) – We didn’t quite know what to expect from
the Warriors this year, and the first game, a Nanuet, was
going to be tough. Here’s what we know now: quarterback
Dean Rotger is still good, and the Warriors have a running
game that’s going to make the passing attack even better.
It all clicked in the 35-14 win.

8. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
POWER RANKINGS
SEPT. 7, 2014
WALLKILL (1-0) – Biggest leap so far as the Panthers went
from No. 7 in the preseason to No. 3 after the 31-21 upset
of Marlboro. Quarterback A.J. Dembroski had a strong
varsity starting debut, and WR Nick Gomez is a big-time
weapon. Another important, emotional game this week too
when Wallkill plays Valley Central for The Helmet.

9. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
POWER RANKINGS
SEPT. 7, 2014
MILLBROOK (1-0) – The Blazers were the last team to
open the 2014 season after having their game against
Dover postponed from Saturday to Sunday. Didn’t
matter. Millbrook ran up almost 500 yards rushing in a
48-14 victory.

10. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
POWER RANKINGS
SEPT. 7, 2014
JOHN JAY – The Patriots came into the season No. 3 in the
HVSR Preseason Power Rankings and rated No. 1 in
Section One. They leap to the top spot on the strength of n
impressive 21-7 win at Arlington on Friday night, in which
the Patriots scored two TDs in the span of 15 seconds.