Five Rockland Teams Set for Football Playoffs

Though five teams from Rockland County earned places in the Section 1 football playoffs, only Tappan Zee and North Rockland will begin its postseason journey at home this week. 

Tappan Zee (6-1), the only Rockland County team in the Class A playoffs, will open at home 6 p.m. Friday against Sleepy Hollow, which features dynamic quarterback Devin Lopez. Lopez threw for 334 yards and four touchdowns and ran for 169 yards and two scores in Sleepy Hollow's 41-32 victory over Ossining last week.

Three Rockland County teams made it in Class AA. North Rockland will play at home 1:30 p.m. Saturday against New Rochelle. Ramapo will be at White Plains 6:30 p.m. Friday and Clarkstown South will travel to Ketcham 1:30 p.m Saturday.

In Class B, Nanuet will play at top seed Pleasantville in a semifinal game 7 p.m. Friday. 


Local teams not in the playoffs will play bowl series games over the next two weeks. This includes Nyack, Pearl River, Clarkstown North, Spring Valley

Section 1 Football Playoff Schedule
Class AA Quarterfinals
Friday 

• Ramapo at White Plains, 6:30 p.m.

• New Rochelle at North Rockland, 1:30 p.m.
• Clarkstown South at Ketcham, 1:30 p.m.
• Scarsdale at John Jay-East Fishkill, 6 p.m.

• Yorktown at Rye, 7 p.m.
• John Jay-Cross River at Ossining, 7 p.m.
• Somers at Panas, 7 p.m.
• Sleepy Hollow at Tappan Zee, 6 p.m.

• Nanuet vs. Pleasantville at Parkway Field, 7 p.m.
• Ardsley at Lourdes, 7 p.m.

• Woodlands at Dobbs Ferry, 1:30 p.m.
• Bronxville at Rye Neck, 1:30 p.m.

• Tuckahoe vs. Haldane at Mahopac, 3:30 p.m.

• Clarkstown North at Carmel

• Nyack at Brewster
• Spring Valley at Eastchester
• Pearl River at Port Chester

• Albertus Magnus at Pawling