Week 8 makeup card: 16–2 across the 18 played games. Pine Plains/Rhinebeck and Ellenville were the two misses.
Retrospective review: I did not make a Week 8 picks card before the October 29–31 games. On November 5, I supplied the teams I would have picked. These selections were recorded after the results and are tracked separately from the published pregame picks.
Season record entering Week 9
| Category | Record | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Published pregame picks through Week 7 | 129–36 | 78.2% |
| Week 8 retrospective selections | 16–2 | 88.9% |
| Combined, including retrospective Week 8 | 145–38 | 79.2% |
The 145–38 combined total includes the after-the-games makeup card. The published pregame record remains 129–36 entering the next set of selections.
The two misses
Pine Plains/Rhinebeck: My selection was the Bombers: “Section IX over everybody.” Corinth/Hadley-Luzerne won 51–14. Red Hook won the other cross-section matchup, 47–14 at Cohoes, so the makeup card’s cross-section split is 1–1.
Ellenville: I chose the Blue Devils. Millbrook/Webutuck won their eight-man quarterfinal 28–22. The other 16 selections matched the winners.
All 18 selections
| No. | Matchup | Retrospective pick | Final result | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burke Catholic vs. Dover | Burke Catholic | Burke Catholic 41–6 | Correct |
| 2 | FDR vs. Washingtonville | Washingtonville | Washingtonville 38–0 | Correct |
| 3 | Beacon vs. Liberty | Beacon | Beacon 51–0 | Correct |
| 4 | Newburgh vs. Valley Central | Newburgh | Newburgh 27–0 | Correct |
| 5 | Highland vs. Spackenkill | Highland | Highland 36–29 | Correct |
| 6 | Red Hook vs. Cohoes | Red Hook | Red Hook 47–14 | Correct |
| 7 | Chester vs. O’Neill | O’Neill | O’Neill 21–16 | Correct |
| 8 | Middletown vs. Kingston | Middletown | Middletown 31–0 | Correct |
| 9 | Goshen vs. Cornwall | Cornwall | Cornwall 43–13 | Correct |
| 10 | Warwick vs. Minisink Valley | Warwick | Warwick 27–7 | Correct |
| 11 | Wallkill vs. Lourdes | Lourdes | Lourdes 44–24 | Correct |
| 12 | Monticello vs. Rondout Valley | Rondout Valley | Rondout Valley 32–6 | Correct |
| 13 | Tri-Valley vs. Eldred | Eldred | Eldred 14–6 | Correct |
| 14 | Pine Plains/Rhinebeck vs. Corinth/Hadley-Luzerne | Pine Plains/Rhinebeck | Corinth/Hadley-Luzerne 51–14 | Miss |
| 15 | Pine Bush vs. Monroe-Woodbury | Pine Bush | Pine Bush 42–28 | Correct |
| 16 | Millbrook/Webutuck vs. Ellenville | Ellenville | Millbrook/Webutuck 28–22 | Miss |
| 17 | Fallsburg vs. Onteora | Onteora | Onteora 50–0 | Correct |
| 18 | Marlboro vs. Saugerties | Marlboro | Marlboro 6–0 | Correct |
Scope: Port Jervis–New Paltz was a forfeit, and no selection for that fixture was supplied in this makeup card; it adds no pick result here. Pine Plains/Rhinebeck–Rockland Central was canceled. Poughkeepsie–Red Hook was replaced by Red Hook–Cohoes. Neither unplayed fixture adds a pick result.
The makeup card is 15–1 in Section IX vs. Section IX games and 1–1 against outside opponents. Combining it with the earlier ledger gives 130–28 within Section IX and 15–10 against outside opponents, for 145–38 overall including retrospective selections.
Week 7 review and published pregame ledger · Week 8 results · Week 9 semifinals and crossovers
Selections are straight-up winners. This is an after-the-games review, not a record of predictions made before kickoff. Disclosure: I coach at Middletown.
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