Valley Sports ReportTHE 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
