With Waterville and Clinton varsity football teams joining the eight-man version of the game this fall, much will look the same.
Players still try to get a touchdown in the other team’s endzone. The field will still be 100 yards, but it’s narrower.
A touchdown is still six points. Teams that qualify will play for a Section Three title and now a state title.
New York state offered an eight-man version in 2017 for those schools with small enrollments. About 40 years before eight-man was played in some rural sections of the state.
Since then Section Three has seen a number of teams give up the 11-man formation for one that needs a smaller roster. Eleven-man requires a roster of at…
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