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SECTION IV FOOTBALL: NEW DIVISIONAL ALIGNMENTS, 2020 SCHEDULES RELEASED (March 13, 2020)
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY "" The 2020 Section IV football divisional alignments and schedules have finally been released, with Waverly getting what appears to be a favorable division draw, but opening the season with back-to-back games against defending state champions, while Tioga is joined in its division by arch-rival Newark Valley.
With an adjustment in state classification numbers for the 2020 season, Waverly, Chenango Forks, Chenango Valley, Norwich, and Oneonta will drop from Class B to Class C, while Newark Valley, Sidney, and Harpursville / Afton will drop to Class D.
Class C and Class D - both broken into two division - will play an eight-game regular-season schedule with the top two teams in each division advancing to a two-week playoff.
The 8-man ranks also continues to swell. Greene and Moravia drop from Class D to the 8-man division to bring its total to nine teams.
CLASS C
Waverly opens the season at home against defending Class C state champion Susquehanna Valley, then travels to defending Class B state champion Chenango Forks in Week 2.
The Wolverines will play divisional games at home against Dryden and SVEC, and divisional road games against O-M / Watkins Glen, and Whitney Point.
Waverly's other non-divisional games will be at home against Windsor, and on the road against Class B Owego.
Class C, Division III
Chenango Forks
Susquehanna Valley
Chenango Valley
Norwich
Oneonta
Windsor
Class C, Division IV
Waverly
Dryden
SVEC
O-M / Watkins Glen
Whitney Point
CLASS D
The big news is Newark Valley dropping to Class D, and into the same division with Tioga. They will be joined in Division VI by Bainbridge-Guilford, Groton, and Harpursville-Afton.
Tioga will open the 2020 season at home against Delhi in a rematch of the 2019 Section IV, Class D championship game.
Tioga's home divisional game are against Harpursville-Afton and B-G in the season finale, while its divisional road games are at Groton and Newark Valley.
The Tigers' other non-divisional home game is against Sidney, while they will play non-divisional roes Deposit-Hancock, and Walton on the road.
Class D, Division V
Delhi
Deposit-Hancock
Sidney
Unatego-Franklin
Walton
Class D, Division VI
Tioga
Newark Valley
Bainbridge-Guilford
Groton
Harpursville-Afton
2020 SCHEDULES
WAVERLY
Sept. 11-12 . vs. ... Susquehanna Valley
Sept. 18-19 . at ... Chenango Forks
Sept. 25-26 . at ... O-M / Watkins Glen
Oct. 2-3 ...... vs. ... Windsor
Oct. 9-10 .... vs. ... Dryden
Oct. 16-17 ... at ... Whitney Point
Oct. 23-24 ... at ... Owego
Oct. 30-31 ... vs. ... SVEC
TIOGA
Sept. 11-12 . vs. ... Delhi
Sept. 18-19 . at ... Deposit-Hancock
Sept. 25-26 . vs. ... Sidney
Oct. 2-3 ...... at .... Groton
Oct. 9-10 .... vs. ... Harpusville-Afton
Oct. 16-17 ... at ... Newark Valley
Oct. 23-24 ... at ... Walton
Oct. 30-31 ... vs. ... B-G
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