Week 8 · October 29–31, 2026 · Updated October 30. All kickoff times are Eastern.
The regular-season finish and the eight-man playoffs meet on Halloween weekend. Friday starts early: FDR visits Washingtonville at 4 p.m. Eight-man quarterfinals begin Friday night at Eldred. Millbrook/Webutuck and Ellenville meet there Saturday at noon.
Open Game Night for game centers and score updates. Use the full schedule, standings, Playoff Lab and October 28 Power 40 to follow the weekend.
Week 8 watch guide → · All six playoff brackets and championship times →
Friday radio: Middletown–Kingston is on Radio Kingston and WALL. Warwick–Minisink Valley is also on WTBQ.
Friday’s games to circle
Warwick at Minisink Valley, 7 p.m. The winner takes the remaining Class A Division 1 playoff spot. Goshen at Cornwall and Wallkill at Lourdes, also at 7, decide the final shape of Division 2. Cornwall clinches the division with a win. Lourdes clinches a berth with a win. Goshen has paths through either a win or a three-way tie after a loss; the complete scenarios are below. Wallkill is eliminated.
Newburgh at Valley Central, 6 p.m. leads the Class AA slate Friday, with Middletown at Kingston at 7. Pine Bush and Monroe-Woodbury finish that class’s weekend Saturday at noon.
Pregame reference: Every Week 8 playoff path
Updated October 30, before Friday’s games. These are KOT845’s calculations from the completed league results and Section IX’s tiebreak rules. A playoff berth and a final seed are different: several teams are already in while their matchup is still undecided.
Class AA
Middletown is No. 1. Newburgh and Valley Central have clinched berths. Kingston is eliminated. Pine Bush and Monroe-Woodbury are playing for the last opening. Pine Bush clinches with a win; Monroe must win.
| Weekend results | Seeds behind Middletown |
|---|---|
| Newburgh wins; Pine Bush wins | No. 2 Newburgh, No. 3 Pine Bush, No. 4 Valley Central. |
| Valley Central wins; Monroe-Woodbury wins | No. 2 Valley Central, No. 3 Newburgh, No. 4 Monroe-Woodbury. Pine Bush is out. |
| Valley Central wins; Pine Bush wins | All three finish 3–2. A VC win by 1–3 points gives No. 2 to Newburgh, No. 3 to Pine Bush and No. 4 to VC. A VC win by 5 or more gives No. 2 to VC, No. 3 to Newburgh and No. 4 to Pine Bush. A four-point VC win reaches the cumulative-points tiebreak. |
| Newburgh wins; Monroe-Woodbury wins | Newburgh is No. 2. A Monroe win by 1–3 points leaves Pine Bush No. 3 and VC No. 4, with Monroe out. A Monroe win by 5 or more puts VC No. 3 and Monroe No. 4, with Pine Bush out. A four-point Monroe win reaches the cumulative-points tiebreak for the last opening. |
The key numbers: Pine Bush beat VC by four; VC beat Monroe by five. In a three-team tie, only losses to the other tied teams enter the first points test, capped at 21 per loss. The process restarts after a place is awarded. At an exact four-point boundary, keep the full final scores from both relevant games for the next test.
Class A · Division 1
Washingtonville is No. 1. Warwick at Minisink Valley is winner-in, loser-out for No. 2. FDR is eliminated. Washingtonville hosts the A-2 runner-up; the Warwick–Minisink winner visits the A-2 champion in the semifinals.
Class A · Division 2
Cornwall clinches with a win. Lourdes clinches with a win. Wallkill is eliminated. Goshen can qualify with a win or through a three-way tie after a loss.
| Friday results | A-2 playoff outcome |
|---|---|
| Cornwall wins; Lourdes wins | No. 1 Cornwall, No. 2 Lourdes. Goshen is out. |
| Goshen wins; Wallkill wins | No. 1 Goshen, No. 2 Cornwall. Lourdes is out. |
| Goshen wins; Lourdes wins | Three teams finish 2–1. A one-point Goshen win gives Cornwall No. 1 and Lourdes No. 2. A Goshen win by three or more gives Lourdes No. 1 and Goshen No. 2 after the head-to-head restart. A two-point Goshen win reaches the cumulative-points tiebreak; Lourdes still has a berth. |
| Cornwall wins; Wallkill wins | Cornwall is No. 1. A Wallkill win by 1–7 points gives Lourdes No. 2; a Wallkill win by nine or more gives Goshen No. 2. An eight-point Wallkill win reaches the cumulative-points tiebreak between Goshen and Lourdes. |
Why Wallkill is out: in the possible 1–2 tie, Wallkill carries a capped 21-point loss to Goshen while Goshen carries an eight-point loss to Lourdes. Wallkill cannot win the remaining playoff place. In the possible 2–1 tie, Lourdes carries a two-point loss to Cornwall and Goshen an eight-point loss to Lourdes.
Class B
No. 1 Port Jervis and No. 2 Beacon are locked in. Marlboro–Saugerties decides No. 3 and No. 4: the winner visits Beacon and the loser visits Port in the semifinals. Red Hook, New Paltz and Liberty are eliminated. Port’s New Paltz forfeit makes the Raiders 6–0 in the class and 7–2 overall; New Paltz finishes 1–5 in the class and 1–8 overall.
Class C
No. 1 Highland has the semifinal bye. No. 3 Dover visits No. 2 O’Neill in the semifinal. Rondout Valley and Spackenkill are eliminated. Burke’s 41–6 win over Dover changes Dover’s overall record to 5–3; it does not change the Class C seeds.
Class D
No. 1 Burke Catholic faces No. 2 Chester in the November 13 championship at Goshen, 4:30 p.m. Burke is 9–0 after beating Dover.
Eight-man
The six seeds are set: No. 1 Pawling, No. 2 Sullivan West, No. 3 Eldred, No. 4 Ellenville, No. 5 Millbrook/Webutuck and No. 6 Tri-Valley. Pawling and Sullivan West have byes. Eldred hosts Tri-Valley Friday at 7; Ellenville–Millbrook/Webutuck is Saturday at noon at Eldred. The winners visit Sullivan West and Pawling, respectively, on November 6. Crossovers and quarterfinal results do not change the completed division standings.
Outside the field: Fallsburg, Rockland, Pine Plains/Rhinebeck and Onteora. Monticello and Poughkeepsie are independents and are not in the sectional qualifying races.
See every team’s current record · Open Playoff Lab
Week 8 schedule
Thursday, October 29
- Canceled: Pine Plains/Rhinebeck at Rockland Central.
- Final: Burke Catholic 41, Dover 6.
Friday, October 30
- 4 p.m. — FDR at Washingtonville; Beacon at Liberty
- 6 p.m. — Newburgh at Valley Central; Highland at Spackenkill; Red Hook at Cohoes
- 6:30 p.m. — Chester at O’Neill
- 7 p.m. — Middletown at Kingston; Warwick at Minisink Valley; Goshen at Cornwall; Wallkill at Lourdes; Monticello at Rondout Valley; Tri-Valley at Eldred (eight-man quarterfinal); Pine Plains/Rhinebeck at Corinth/Hadley-Luzerne
Saturday, October 31
- Noon — Pine Bush at Monroe-Woodbury; Fallsburg at Onteora; Millbrook/Webutuck vs. Ellenville at Eldred (eight-man quarterfinal)
- 1 p.m. — Marlboro at Saugerties
The eight-man bracket
No. 3 Eldred hosts No. 6 Tri-Valley on Friday at 7. No. 4 Ellenville faces No. 5 Millbrook/Webutuck on Saturday at Eldred. The Eldred–Tri-Valley winner visits No. 2 Sullivan West on November 6; the Ellenville–Millbrook/Webutuck winner visits No. 1 Pawling that day. Pawling and Sullivan West have quarterfinal byes.
Schedule changes
Burke beat Dover 41–6 on Thursday, October 29. Port Jervis has been awarded a forfeit win over New Paltz; Friday’s game will not be played. Red Hook has been awarded a forfeit win over Poughkeepsie; that game will not be played and has no on-field score. Red Hook’s Friday game at Cohoes is a separate contest.
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Sources: 2026 Section IX Football Handbook; Section Nine Football schedule and playoff notes; Times Herald-Record eight-man bracket, October 26; Red Hook schedule; Bound quarterfinal schedule. Schedules can change.
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