Week 3 Starts Thursday: What to Know Before Section IX Football Kicks Off

Week 3 of the 2026 Section IX football season starts Thursday night and stretches through Saturday, with 21 games on the KOT845 schedule and several matchups that could reshape the early-season picture.

The weekend builds toward Saturday’s 148th meeting between Middletown and Port Jervis at Faller Field, but the board is loaded before the Bell Game arrives. Cornwall visits Newburgh on Friday, Monroe-Woodbury travels to Minisink Valley, Pine Bush meets Washingtonville, Marlboro goes to Beacon, and Goshen-Warwick adds another rivalry game to Saturday’s slate.

Full schedule: 2026 Section IX Football Schedule — Week 3

Thursday, September 24

• 6:30 PM — Spackenkill at Rondout Valley — Game Center
• 7:00 PM — Onteora at Millbrook — Game Center

Friday, September 25

• 5:00 PM — Saugerties at New Paltz — Game Center
• 6:00 PM — Cornwall at Newburgh Free Academy — Game Center
• 6:00 PM — Franklin D. Roosevelt at Valley Central — Game Center
• 6:00 PM — Pine Bush at Washingtonville — Game Center
• 6:30 PM — Marlboro at Beacon — Game Center
• 7:00 PM — Chester Academy at Dover — Game Center
• 7:00 PM — Sullivan West at Eldred — Game Center
• 7:00 PM — John S. Burke Catholic at Highland — Game Center
• 7:00 PM — Monroe-Woodbury at Minisink Valley — Game Center
• 7:00 PM — Kingston at Our Lady of Lourdes — Game Center
• 7:00 PM — Ellenville at Pine Plains/Rhinebeck — Game Center
• 7:00 PM — Monticello at Wallkill — Game Center

Saturday, September 26

• 1:00 PM — Port Jervis at Middletown — Game Center
• 1:00 PM — Corinth Central at Pawling — Game Center
• 1:00 PM — James I. O’Neill at Poughkeepsie — Game Center
• 1:00 PM — Hoosic Valley at Rockland Central — Game Center
• 1:00 PM — Fallsburg at Tri-Valley — Game Center
• 10:00 AM — Goshen at Warwick — Game Center
• 5:00 PM — Liberty at Red Hook — Game Center

The Bell Game Owns Saturday

Middletown enters Saturday 3-0 and No. 1 in the current KOT845 Power 40. Port Jervis enters 2-1 at No. 6 and has won the last two Bell meetings. The 148th meeting kicks off at 1 PM at Faller Field.

KOT845’s full Bell Game preview is already live: Middletown Wants the Bell Back. Port Jervis Isn’t Coming to Hand It Over.

Friday Games That Can Move the Board

Cornwall at Newburgh puts two of the section’s most recognizable programs on the same field. Monroe-Woodbury at Minisink Valley is already marked as a Game of the Week candidate in the KOT845 schedule. Pine Bush at Washingtonville and Marlboro at Beacon also carry real ranking and class implications entering the weekend.

Follow Week 3 on KOT845

Every listed Week 3 matchup has a Game Center connected to the KOT845 schedule. During the weekend, KOT845 will use those pages to organize scores, results, available statistics, historical context and postgame updates.

Also live entering Week 3:

• KOT845 Power 40 — September 23
• Week 3 Class-by-Class Rankings
• Football Player Leaderboards
• Football Team Statistics

Week 3 starts Thursday. The rankings are set for now. The games decide what happens next.