Valley Sports ReportTHE VALLEY — Postseason football begins tonight in the eight-team Section IV, Class D playoffs as Tioga opens defense of its state title at home against Trumansburg, and Waverly plays for a division title on the final regular-season "Football Friday" of the 2026 season.
Athens hosts Sayre in the "Rusty Rail" rivalry game Saturday night.
FOOTBALL
Section IV Playoffs
Class D Quarterfinals
7-Trumansburg (3-5) at 2-Tioga (6-2), 7 p.m.: The Tigers are coming off its sixth straight win, a 42-0 whitewashing of SVEC, while the Blue Raiders dropped a 54-28 decision at Groton.
Trumansburg led Tioga 21-3 late in the second quarter of their meeting in Week 3, but Tioga rallied for a 34-21 victory.
The winner will face the winner of the quarter-final game between 6-seed Sidney and 3-see Schuyler.
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Waverly (6-2) at Oneonta (4-4), 6 p.m.: The Wolverines are coming off their fifth straight win, a 48-6 shellacking of Chenango Valley, while the Indians received a forfeit from Whitney Point following a 63-6 loss to Owego.
Waverly will clinch a division title, and assure itself of a home playoff game next weekend.
After a 1-2 start, Waverly has 40 points per game in its five wins, while Oneonta has allowed 52 points per game in its three-game losing skein prior to the forfeit win.
