A few football notes before the Section II basketball tournament kicks into full swing on Tuesday night.

According to www.section2football.com, a few teams are changing classes. The list:
Niskayuna -- Moving from Class AA to Class A
Lansingburgh -- Moving from Class A to Class B
Cairo-Durham -- Moving from Class B to Class C
Taconic Hills -- Moving from Class B to Class C
Lake George -- Moving from Class C to Class D
Canajoharie -- Moving from Class D to Class C

The 2009 schedule should be released sometime this week and a renewal of the old Cohoes-Lansingburgh rivalry should be a great sight for Collar City-area football fans.

The class a school belongs to depends on the numbers of students in grades 9-11 enrolled at each district. Coaches and committee chairs do not lobby to have the public schools placed in certain classes - it's based on a number. The private schools: CBA, La Salle, Bishop Maginn, Albany Academy, Catholic Central, Bishop Gibbons and Saratoga Catholic, are distributed roughly based on enrollment, historic rivalries and for the sake of competitive balance.

To view the new division setup for the 2009 season, click here.

La Salle senior Marquis Terrell ran his way into the record book during the 2008 season and finished as the No. 5 yardage-gaining back in Section II history. (Photo by J.S. Carras - The Record).

The Section II football record book has also been updated to include numbers from the 2008 season and more information can be read here. A link to download the new book is available at the bottom of that page.

The folks that run the website do an excellent job and it's certainly worth your while to go check it out.