It’s the one time of the season where it’s perfectly OK to look ahead.
The focus doesn’t shift to the next game on the schedule until the first official day of football practice, August 17 for Section 1 and CHSFL schools and August 24 for the independent schools. With that in mind, here is a team-by-team look at the 2026 schedules of programs across the Lower Hudson Valley.
We’ll be posting the updated schedule with game times each week of the season along with Mike Dougherty’s picks.
Section 1
Albertus Magnus
Sept. 4 vs. Tappan Zee
Sept. 10 at Bronxville
Sept. 19 at Haldane
Sept. 25 at Irvington
Oct. 3 at Rye Neck
Oct. 10 at Croton
Oct. 17 vs. Woodlands
Oct. 24 vs. Tuckahoe
Last year: 5-4 in developmental league.
Ardsley
Sept. 3 at Valhalla
Sept. 10 vs. Putnam Valley
Sept. 18 at Edgemont/Blind Brook
Sept. 25 vs. Panas
Oct. 2 at Pearl River
Oct. 9 vs. Westlake
Oct. 16 at Byram Hills
Oct. 23 vs. Nanuet
Last year: 6-3
Arlington
Sept. 4 at Middletown
Sept. 10 vs. Ketcham
Sept. 18 vs. Mamaroneck
Sept. 24 vs. Suffern
Oct. 2 at Scarsdale
Oct. 9 at North Rockland
Oct. 16 at John Jay-East Fishkill
Oct. 23 vs. White Plains
Last year: 2-7
Brewster
Sept. 3 at Harrison
Sept. 10 vs. Somers
Sept. 18 vs. Yorktown
Sept. 25 at Mahopac
Oct. 2 at Carmel
Oct. 9 vs. Clarkstown South
Oct. 16 vs. Peekskill
Oct. 23 at Lakeland
Last year: 5-4
Briarcliff/Hamilton
Sept. 4 vs. Greeley
Sept. 10 at Pearl River
Sept. 18 at Pelham
Sept. 26 vs. Putnam Valley
Oct. 3 vs. Hen Hud
Oct. 9 at Tappan Zee
Oct. 16 vs. Hastings
Oct. 23 at Sleepy Hollow
Last year: 5-4
Bronxville
Sept. 4 vs. Averill Park
Sept. 10 vs. Albertus Magnus
Sept. 19 bye
Sept. 25 at Dobbs Ferry
Oct. 3 vs. Valhalla
Oct. 10 at Tuckahoe
Oct. 17 vs. Pleasantville
Oct. 24 at Haldane
Last year: 12-0 Section 1 and NYSPHSAA Class C champions.
Byram Hills
Sept. 3 at Sleepy Hollow
Sept. 10 vs. Westlake
Sept. 18 vs. Panas
Sept. 26 at Nanuet
Oct. 2 Putnam Valley
Oct. 9 at Edgemont/Blind Brook
Oct. 16 vs. Ardsley
Oct. 24 at Hen Hud
Last year: 3-6
Carmel
Sept. 10 at Mahopac
Sept. 19 vs. Clarkstown North
Sept. 25 at Yorktown
Oct. 2 vs. Brewster
Oct. 9 at Peekskill
Oct. 16 at Lakeland
Oct. 23 vs. Somers
Last year: 1-6
Clarkstown North
Sept. 4 vs. East Ramapo
Sept. 10 at Eastchester
Sept. 19 at Carmel
Sept. 25 vs. Harrison
Oct. 2 at Clarkstown South
Oct. 9 vs. John Jay-East Fishkill
Oct. 16 at Nyack
Oct. 23 vs. Rye
Last year: 5-5
Clarkstown South
Sept. 3 vs. Kennedy Catholic
Sept. 10 vs. Rye
Sept. 17 at Harrison
Sept. 26 at Eastchester
Oct. 2 vs. Clarkstown North
Oct. 9 at Brewster
Oct. 16 vs. Suffern
Oct. 22 vs. Nyack
Last year: 4-6
Croton
Sept. 4 at Hen Hud
Sept. 10 vs. Valhalla
Sept. 19 vs. Irvington
Sept. 26 at Rye Neck
Oct. 3 at Woodlands
Oct. 10 vs. Albertus Magnus
Oct. 17 at Haldane
Oct. 24 TBA
Last year: Did not play a full varsity schedule.
Dobbs Ferry
Sept. 3 vs. Hastings
Sept. 10 vs. Rye Neck
Sept. 18 at Pleasantville
Sept. 25 vs. Bronxville
Oct. 2 bye
Oct. 10 at Valhalla
Oct. 17 vs. Tuckahoe
Oct. 23 at Irvington
Last year: 7-3 Section 1 Class C finalist.
Eastchester
Sept. 10 vs. Clarkstown North
Sept. 18 at Rye
Sept. 26 vs. Clarkstown South
Oct. 3 vs. Nyack
Oct. 10 at Harrison
Oct. 16 vs. Mahopac
Oct. 23 at Fox Lane
Last year: 6-4
East Ramapo
Sept. 4 at Clarkstown North
Sept. 10 at Woodlands
Sept. 18 at Ketcham
Sept. 25 vs. White Plains
Oct. 2 vs. New Rochelle
Oct. 9 at Suffern
Oct. 16 vs. Ketcham
Oct. 23 at Mount Vernon
Last year: 4-5
Edgemont/Blind Brook
Sept. 5 vs. Irvington
Sept. 10 at Hastings
Sept. 18 vs. Ardsley
Sept. 26 at Westlake
Oct. 3 at Nanuet
Oct. 9 vs. Byram Hills
Oct. 16 vs. Putnam Valley
Oct. 23 at Panas
Last year: 1-7
Fox Lane
Sept. 3 vs. White Plains
Sept. 10 at Port Chester
Sept. 19 at Ossining
Sept. 25 vs. Ketcham
Oct. 2 vs. Greeley
Oct. 9 at John Jay-Cross River
Oct. 16 at Greeley
Oct. 23 vs. Eastchester
Last year:1-7
Haldane
Sept. 4 at O’Neill
Sept. 10 at Tuckahoe
Sept. 19 vs. Albertus Magnus
Sept. 26 at Woodlands
Oct. 2 at Irvington
Oct. 9 vs. Rye Neck
Oct. 17 vs. Croton
Oct. 24 vs. Bronxville
Last year: 6-3 Section 1 Class D finalist.
Harrison
Sept. 3 vs. Brewster
Sept. 10 vs. Nyack
Sept. 17 vs. Clarkstown South
Sept. 25 at Clarkstown North
Oct. 2 bye
Oct. 10 vs. Eastchester
Oct. 17 at Rye
Oct. 23 at Yorktown
Last year: 5-4
Hastings
Sept. 3 vs. Dobbs Ferry
Sept. 10 vs. Edgemont/Blind Brook
Sept. 19 vs. Pearl River
Sept. 26 at Sleepy Hollow
Oct. 2 at Pelham
Oct. 10 vs. Hen Hud
Oct. 16 at Briarcliff/Hamilton
Oct. 23 at Tappan Zee
Last year: 3-6
Hen Hud
Sept. 4 vs. Croton
Sept. 10 at Sleepy Hollow
Sept. 18 vs. Tappan Zee
Sept. 25 vs. Pelham
Oct. 3 at Briarcliff/Hamilton
Oct. 10 at Hastings
Oct. 16 at Pearl River
Oct. 24 vs. Byram Hills
Last season: 4-5
Horace Greeley
Sept. 4 vs. Briarcliff/Hamilton
Sept. 10 vs. Peekskill
Sept. 18 at Port Chester
Sept. 26 at John Jay-Cross River
Oct. 2 at Fox Lane
Oct. 9 vs. Ossining
Oct. 16 vs. Fox Lane
Oct. 23 vs. John Jay-Cross River
Last year: 3-5 in developmental league.
Irvington
Sept. 5 at Edgemont
Sept. 10 vs. Pleasantville
Sept. 19 at Croton
Sept. 25 at Albertus Magnus
Oct. 2 vs. Haldane
Oct. 10 at Woodlands
Oct. 17 at Rye Neck
Oct. 24 vs. Dobbs Ferry
Last year: 4-4
John Jay-East Fishkill
Sept. 4 at Pine Bush
Sept. 10 vs. Mamaroneck
Sept. 18 at Scarsdale
Sept. 25 at North Rockland
Oct. 2 vs. Yonkers Guardians
Oct. 9 at Clarkstown North
Oct. 16 vs. Arlington
Oct. 23 vs. New Rochelle
Last year: 10-1 Section 1 Class AA finalist.
John Jay-Cross River
Sept. 10 vs. Ossining
Sept. 18 vs. Nyack
Sept. 26 vs. Greeley
Oct. 2 vs. Port Chester
Oct. 9 vs. Fox Lane
Oct. 16 bye
Oct. 23 at Greeley
Last year: 1-7
Lakeland
Sept. 3 vs. Westlake
Sept. 10 at Yorktown
Sept. 19 at Peekskill
Sept. 25 at Nyack
Oct. 3 vs. Mahopac
Oct. 9 at Somers
Oct. 16 vs. Carmel
Oct. 23 vs. Brewster
Last year: 5-5
Mahopac
Sept. 4 vs. Minisink Valley
Sept. 10 vs. Carmel
Sept. 18 vs. Somers
Sept. 25 vs. Brewster
Oct. 3 at Lakeland
Oct. 10 vs. Yorktown
Oct. 16 at Eastchester
Oct. 24 at Peekskill
Last year: 5-4
Mamaroneck
Sept. 3 vs. Somers
Sept. 10 at John Jay-East Fishkill
Sept. 18 at Arlington
Sept. 25 vs. Scarsdale
Oct. 2 vs. North Rockland
Oct. 9 vs. New Rochelle
Oct. 17 vs. Yonkers Guardians
Oct. 24 vs. Suffern
Last year: 11-2 Section 1 Class AA champions.
Mount Vernon
Sept. 5 at Kingston
Sept. 9 vs. Suffern
Sept. 18 at New Rochelle
Sept. 26 vs. Rye
Oct. 2 at Ketcham
Oct. 9 vs. Scarsdale
Oct. 16 at White Plains
Oct. 23 vs. East Ramapo
Last year: 4-4
Nanuet
Sept. 4 at Pearl River
Sept. 10 at Panas
Sept. 19 at Putnam Valley
Sept. 26 vs. Byram Hills
Oct. 3 vs. Edgemont/Blind Brook
Oct. 9 vs. Pelham
Oct. 17 at Westlake
Oct. 23 at Ardsley
Last season: 2-5
New Rochelle
Sept. 4 vs. Kellenberg
Sept. 11 TBA
Sept. 18 vs. Mount Vernon
Sept. 26 vs. Yonkers Guardians
Oct. 2 at East Ramapo
Oct. 9 at Mamaroneck
Oct. 17 vs. North Rockland
Oct. 23 at John Jay-East Fishkill
Last year: 3-7
North Rockland
Sept. 4 vs. Nyack
Sept. 10 at White Plains
Sept. 18 at Suffern
Sept. 25 vs. John Jay-East Fishkill
Oct. 2 at Mamaroneck
Oct. 9 vs. Arlington
Oct. 17 at New Rochelle
Oct. 23 vs. Scarsdale
Last year: 6-4
Nyack
Sept. 4 at North Rockland
Sept. 10 at Harrison
Sept. 18 vs. John Jay-Cross River
Sept. 25 vs. Lakeland
Oct. 3 at Eastchester
Oct. 9 at Rye
Oct. 16 vs. Clarkstown North
Oct. 22 at Clarkstown South
Last year: 2-6
Ossining
Sept. 3 at Peekskill
Sept. 10 at John Jay-Cross River
Sept. 19 vs. Fox Lane
Sept. 25 at Port Chester
Oct. 2 vs. White Plains
Oct. 9 at Greeley
Oct. 17 TBA
Oct. 24 vs. Port Chester
Last year: 0-6
Pearl River
Sept. 4 vs. Nanuet
Sept. 10 vs. Briarcliff/Hamilton
Sept. 19 at Hastings
Sept. 25 at Tappan Zee
Oct. 2 vs. Ardsley
Oct. 10 vs. Sleepy Hollow
Oct. 16 vs. Hen Hud
Oct. 24 at Pelham
Last year: 6-4
Peekskill
Sept. 3 vs. Ossining
Sept. 10 at Greeley
Sept. 19 vs. Lakeland
Sept. 25 at Somers
Oct. 2 at Yorktown
Oct. 9 vs. Carmel
Oct. 16 at Brewster
Oct. 24 vs. Mahopac
Last year: 9-1 in developmental league.
Pelham
Sept. 3 vs. Panas
Sept. 10 vs. Tappan Zee
Sept. 18 vs. Briarcliff/Hamilton
Sept. 25 at Hen Hud
Oct. 2 vs. Hastings
Oct. 9 at Nanuet
Oct. 16 at Sleepy Hollow
Oct. 25 vs. Pearl River
Last year: 6-3
Pleasantville
Sept. 4 at Glens Falls
Sept. 10 at Irvington
Sept. 18 vs. Dobbs Ferry
Sept. 25 vs. Valhalla
Oct. 3 at Tuckahoe
Oct. 9 vs. Port Chester
Oct. 17 at Bronxville
Oct. 24 vs. Rye Neck
Last year: 4-4
Port Chester
Sept. 5 at Rye Neck
Sept. 10 vs. Fox Lane
Sept. 18 vs. Greeley
Sept. 25 vs. Ossining
Oct. 2 at John Jay-Cross River
Oct. 9 at Pleasantville
Oct. 16 vs. Valhalla
Oct. 24 at Ossining
Last year: 2-7 in developmental league.
Putnam Valley
Sept. 3 at Dover
Sept. 10 at Ardsley
Sept. 19 vs. Nanuet
Sept. 26 at Briarcliff/Hamilton
Oct. 2 at Byram Hills
Oct. 10 vs. Panas
Oct. 16 at Edgemont/Blind Brook
Oct. 23 vs. Westlake
Last year: 4-6
RC Ketcham
Sept. 4 vs. Beacon
Sept. 10 at Arlington
Sept. 18 vs. East Ramapo
Sept. 25 at Fox Lane
Oct. 2 vs. Mount Vernon
Oct. 9 at White Plains
Oct. 16 at East Ramapo
Oct. 23 vs. Yonkers Guardians
Last year: 3-5
Rye
Sept. 4 vs. Cornwall
Sept. 10 at Clarkstown South
Sept. 18 vs. Eastchester
Sept. 26 at Mount Vernon
Oct. 2 at Somers
Oct. 9 vs. Nyack
Oct. 17 vs. Harrison
Oct. 23 at Clarkstown North
Last year: 14-0 Section 1 and NYSPHSAA Class A champions.
Rye Neck
Sept. 5 vs. Port Chester
Sept. 10 at Dobbs Ferry
Sept. 19 vs. Woodlands
Sept. 26 at Croton
Oct. 3 vs. Albertus Magnus
Oct. 9 at Haldane
Oct. 17 vs. Irvington
Oct. 24 at Pleasantville
Last year: 0-9
Scarsdale
Sept. 10 vs. Yonkers Guardians
Sept. 18 vs. John Jay-East Fishkill
Sept. 25 at Mamaroneck
Oct. 2 vs. Arlington
Oct. 9 at Mount Vernon
Oct. 16 bye
Oct. 23 at North Rockland
Last year: 5-4
Sleepy Hollow
Sept. 3 vs. Byram Hills
Sept. 10 vs. Hen Hud
Sept. 18 at Westlake
Sept. 26 vs. Hastings
Oct. 2 at Tappan Zee
Oct. 10 at Pearl River
Oct. 16 vs. Pelham
Oct. 23 vs. Briarcliff/Hamilton
Last year: 12-2 Section 1 champion and NYSPHSAA Class B finalist.
Somers
Sept. 3 at Mamaroneck
Sept. 10 at Brewster
Sept. 18 at Mahopac
Sept. 25 vs. Peekskill
Oct. 2 vs. Rye
Oct. 9 vs. Lakeland
Oct. 16 vs. Yorktown
Oct. 23 at Carmel
Last year: 8-3 Section 1 Class A finalist.
Suffern
Sept. 4 vs. Ramsey, N.J.
Sept. 9 at Mount Vernon
Sept. 18 vs. North Rockland
Sept. 24 at Arlington
Oct. 2 bye
Oct. 9 vs. East Ramapo
Oct. 16 at Clarkstown South
Oct. 24 at Mamaroneck
Last year: 2-8
Tappan Zee
Sept. 4 vs. Albertus Magnus at North Rockland
Sept. 10 at Pelham
Sept. 18 at Hen Hud
Sept. 25 vs. Pearl River
Oct. 2 vs. Sleepy Hollow
Oct. 9 vs. Briarcliff/Hamilton
Oct. 17 at Panas
Oct. 23 vs. Hastings
Last year: 6-4 in developmental league.
Tuckahoe
Sept. 4 vs. Chester
Sept. 10 vs. Haldane
Sept. 19 at Valhalla
Sept. 28 bye
Oct. 3 vs. Pleasantville
Oct. 10 vs. Bronxville
Oct. 16 at Dobbs Ferry
Oct. 24 at Albertus Magnus
Last year: 10-2 Section 1 Class D champion.
Valhalla
Sept. 3 vs. Ardsley
Sept. 10 at Croton
Sept. 19 vs. Tuckahoe
Sept. 25 at Pleasantville
Oct. 3 at Bronxville
Oct. 10 vs. Dobbs Ferry
Oct. 16 at Port Chester
Oct. 23 vs. Woodlands
Last year: 4-5
Walter Panas
Sept. 3 at Fox Lane
Sept. 10 vs. Nanuet
Sept. 18 at Byram Hills
Sept. 25 at Ardsley
Oct. 2 vs. Westlake
Oct. 10 at Putnam Valley
Oct. 17 vs. Tappan Zee
Oct. 23 vs. Edgemont/Blind Brook
Last year: 5-4 in developmental league.
Westlake
Sept. 3 at Lakeland
Sept. 10 at Byram Hills
Sept. 18 vs. Sleepy Hollow
Sept. 26 vs. Edgemont/Blind Brook
Oct. 2 at Panas
Oct. 9 at Ardsley
Oct. 17 vs. Nanuet
Oct. 23 vs. Putnam Valley
Last year: 8-2 Section 1 Class B finalist.
White Plains
Sept. 3 at Fox Lane
Sept. 10 vs. North Rockland
Sept. 19 vs. Yonkers Guardians
Sept. 25 at East Ramapo
Oct. 2 at Ossining
Oct. 9 vs. Ketcham
Oct. 16 vs. Mount Vernon
Oct. 23 at Arlington
Last year: 4-4
Woodlands
Sept. 10 vs. East Ramapo
Sept. 19 at Rye Neck
Sept. 26 vs. Haldane
Oct. 3 vs. Croton
Oct. 10 vs. Irvington
Oct. 17 at Albertus Magnus
Oct. 23 at Valhalla
Last year: 0-9
Yonkers Guardians
Sept. 4 vs. Mount St. Michael
Sept. 10 at Scarsdale
Sept. 19 vs. White Plains
Sept. 26 at New Rochelle
Oct. 2 at John Jay-East Fishkill
Oct. 10 vs. Port Chester
Oct. 17 vs. Mamaroneck
Oct. 23 at Ketcham
Last year: Newly merged team.
Yorktown
Sept. 4 at Valley Central
Sept. 10 vs. Lakeland
Sept. 18 at Brewster
Sept. 25 vs. Carmel
Oct. 2 vs. Peekskill
Oct. 10 at Mahopac
Oct. 16 at Somers
Oct. 23 vs. Harrison
Last year: 4-5
CHSFL
Archbishop Stepinac
Aug. 29 vs. Fordham Prep
Sept. 4 at CBA-Albany
Sept. 11 vs. Immaculata, N.J.
Sept. 26 vs. St. Joseph by the Sea
Oct. 2 at Monsignor Farrell
Oct. 10 at Chaminade
Oct. 17 vs. St. Peter’s
Oct. 24 vs. St. John the Baptist
Oct. 31 vs. Iona Prep
Last year: 6-5
Iona Prep
Sept. 3 vs. CBA-Syracuse at JMA Wireless Dome
Sept. 12 vs. Paramas Catholic
Sept. 19 at St. Joseph by the Sea
Sept. 25 vs. Monsignor Farrell
Oct. 3 vs. St. Anthony’s
Oct. 9 at Cardinal Hayes
Oct. 16 vs. Fordham Prep
Oct. 23 vs. Chaminade
Oct. 31 at Stepinac
Last year: 11-1 NYCHSFL and NYS Catholic Schools champions.
Kennedy Catholic
Sept. 3 at Clarkstown South
Sept. 12 bye
Sept. 18 vs. Mount St. Michael
Sept. 25 at Xaverian
Oct. 2 vs. Christ the King
Oct. 10 at Holy Cross
Oct. 17 at Spellman
Oct. 23 vs. St. Dominic
Oct. 30 vs. Nazareth
Last year: 3-7
MIFL
Hackley
Sept. 4 at St. Dominic’s
Sept. 10 bye
Sept. 26 at Rye Country Day
Oct. 2 vs. Poly Prep
Oct. 10 at Hopkins
Oct. 17 vs. Riverdale
Oct. 24 at King
Last year 5-3
Rye Country Day
Sept. 9 vs. Horace Mann
Sept. 19 vs. Dalton at Randall’s Island
Sept. 26 vs. Hackley
Oct. 3 vs. Pingry
Oct. 10 at Riverdale
Oct. 17 vs. King
Oct. 24 at Hopkins
Last year: 6-2
This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 2026 football schedules for Section 1 and local CHSFL and MIFL teams
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