Leading off today: Chenango Forks broke open a 6-6 game late in the first half and rolled to a 38-14 victory over Schuylerville for the NYSPHSAA Class B football championship Sunday in Syracuse.
Lucas Scott rushed for 305 yards and three touchdowns as the Blue Devils earned their sixth state crown in the sport and fourth in the past seven seasons. Sophomore Dubbs Haqq rushed for 108 yards and Forks' first and last TDs, and Jack Zimmerman intercepted two passes.
"It's amazing. I've been dreaming about this day since I started playing football when I was 5 years old. It's awesome," said two-way lineman Hunter Gibbore.
Schuylerville tied the game 1:24 after a Forks score as Owen Sherman found Jack Dwyer with a 44-yard TD pass, but the Blue Devils then kicked into high gear.
Said Scott, who finished his junior season with 2,668 yards, a school record: "Our line wore them down. We started figuring out what they were doing and we took it to them."
Ray Austin connected with Ethan Brown for a 33-yard TD in the waning seconds of the half for an 18-6 advantage, and Forks opened the third quarter with a 12-play, 66-yard drive capped by Scott's 4-yard run.
Looking ahead: We can guarantee that Chenango Forks will not repeat as the Class B champions next fall. That's because the Blue Devils -- as well as Schuylerville -- will be moving down to Class C for the 2020 season.
That's no small matter, either. Schuylerville has played in two state finals in five years. Chenango Forks has played in a record 12 state finals and three-peated in Class C from 2013-15.
In fact, there will be considerable shifting as a result of new classification cutoffs approved this past summer by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association's Executive Committee. With New York State Education Department BEDS data having been received and approved by the NYSPHSAA in the fall, our Steve Grandin ran the numbers and came up with the following projected classification changes:
| School | Sec. | 2019 | 2020 |
| Fox Lane | 1 | A | AA |
| Spring Valley | 1 | AA | A |
| Mahopac | 1 | AA | A |
| Bronxville | 1 | B | C |
| Croton-Harmon | 1 | B | C |
| Hastings | 1 | B | C |
| Blind Brook | 1 | B | C |
| | | | |
| Columbia | 2 | A | AA |
| Niskayuna | 2 | AA | A |
| Gloversville | 2 | A | B |
| Green Tech | 2 | A | B |
| Schuylerville | 2 | B | C |
| Johnstown | 2 | B | C |
| Ichabod Crane | 2 | B | C |
| *Lake George/Hadley-Luzerne | 2 | C | D |
| Rensselaer | 2 | C | D |
| *Canajoharie/Fort Plain | 2 | C | D |
| Stillwater | 2 | C | D |
| Hoosick Falls | 2 | C | D |
| Voorheesville | 2 | C | D |
| *Cambridge/Salem | 2 | C | D |
| Greenwich | 2 | C | D |
| Hoosic Valley | 2 | C | D |
| | | | |
| Fayetteville-Manlius | 3 | AA | A |
| Phoenix | 3 | B | C |
| Solvay | 3 | B | C |
| *Cazenovia/DeRuyter | 3 | B | C |
| *Port Byron/Union Springs | 3 | C | D |
| Herkimer | 3 | C | D |
| Cato-Meridian | 3 | C | D |
| | | | |
| Binghamton | 4 | AA | A |
| Chenango Valley | 4 | B | C |
| Norwich | 4 | B | C |
| Oneonta | 4 | B | C |
| Chenango Forks | 4 | B | C |
| Waverly | 4 | B | C |
