Week 5 Wrap: Four Unbeatens, First Wins and Three Week 6 Showdowns

All 20 finals are in. Burke joins Middletown and Beacon at 6–0, Pawling stays perfect, and Week 6 brings Newburgh–Middletown, Beacon–Port Jervis and Lourdes–Cornwall.

Week 5 is complete. All 20 games are final, and the next slate runs October 15–17.

Middletown, Beacon and Burke Catholic carry 6–0 records into Week 6. Pawling remains unbeaten at 5–0. Monroe-Woodbury and New Paltz earned their first wins, Marlboro kept the Black and Blue Bowl, and Monticello made it two straight.

Every Thursday and Friday final

Game Final
Saugerties at Beacon 6–49
Tri-Valley at Pine Plains/Rhinebeck 46–32
Kingston at Monroe-Woodbury 22–31
Valley Central at Middletown 7–29
Newburgh Free Academy at Pine Bush 48–13
Goshen at FDR 44–21
Monticello at Poughkeepsie 22–8
Wallkill at Washingtonville 7–35
Red Hook at Port Jervis 7–56
James I. O'Neill at Spackenkill 35–14
Sullivan West at Fallsburg 30–0
Warwick at Cornwall 6–50
Minisink Valley at Our Lady of Lourdes 14–47
Rondout Valley at Dover 12–28
Millbrook at Ellenville 8–28

More from Week 5

Highland, Dover and O’Neill have clinched Class C playoff places. Seeding is still open. Middletown is 6–0, Newburgh is 5–1, Monroe-Woodbury earned its first win, Monticello has two straight wins, and Ellenville reached 3–3.

Saturday: five finals

Game Final What it means
New Paltz at Liberty New Paltz 34–22 New Paltz’s first win: 1–5 overall. Liberty 0–6. Same-class result counts toward qualification.
Highland at Marlboro Marlboro 14–7 Shawn DeLaigle: two rushing TDs and two interceptions. Dylan McKenzie and Bruce Laboy added a pick each. Marlboro 3–2; Highland 4–2. The Dukes have won 18 straight series meetings, including playoffs.
Pawling at Onteora Pawling 40–12 Pawling 5–0; Onteora 2–3. Ellenville visits Pawling October 16.
Burke Catholic at Chester Burke 35–15 Burke 6–0; Chester 2–4. Daniel Benzinger and Lucas Rodriguez each rushed for two touchdowns. Rodriguez and Diego DeJesus intercepted passes; Dylan Lally scored both Chester touchdowns.
Eldred at Rockland Central Eldred 40–6 Eldred improves to 3–2. Rockland is 1–4. Taconic Hills visits Eldred next Saturday.

Coach I: 18–2 in Week 5

Coach I finished 18–2: Thursday 2–0, Friday 12–1 and Saturday 4–1. Ellenville and Marlboro produced the two misses. The season ledger is 95–28 overall and 85–19 in matchups between Section IX teams.

Week 6: where the attention turns

Schedule update, October 16: Lourdes–Cornwall has moved to Saturday, October 17, at 1 p.m., as confirmed by the Cornwall and Lourdes school schedules. Beacon–Port Jervis is Friday at 7 p.m. The Thursday games previewed below are now complete; read the Thursday results. The Week 5 recap is preserved.

Every Week 6 kickoff and Game Center →

  • Thursday, October 15: Monticello at Saugerties, 3:30 p.m. — Panthers seek a third consecutive win.
  • Thursday, October 15: Dover at O’Neill, 6:30 p.m. — two clinched Class C teams play for position.
  • Friday, October 16: Newburgh at Middletown, 6 p.m. — top two in the current Power 40; both currently 2–0 in qualifying games.
  • Friday, October 16: Beacon at Port Jervis, 7 p.m. — unbeaten Beacon’s next Class B test.
  • Saturday, October 17: Lourdes at Cornwall, 1 p.m. — first same-division game for both; Lourdes has five straight wins, Cornwall has 99 points across its last two.
  • Friday, October 16: Ellenville at Pawling, 7 p.m. — follow the Blue Devils’ eight points allowed Friday into a new division test.
  • Friday, October 16: Tri-Valley at Sullivan West, 7 p.m. — two 4–1 teams meet in an important eight-man matchup.

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Isaac Cayetano is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Kings of the 845 (KOT845), covering Section IX football, basketball, rankings, community stories, and Hudson Valley sports culture. A football coach and longtime Section IX analyst, Isaac founded KOT845 in 2020 to create the Hudson Valley's premier sports and community media platform.

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