North Country high school football playoff games set for Oct. 29-30

High school football playoff games involving teams from across the North Country are scheduled for Oct. 29-30, with games listed in Sections 3 and 10. The schedule includes teams from Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties, as well as nearby Central New York communities.

Lowville is scheduled to host Skaneateles at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, in a Section 3 Class C playoff game. Lowville enters the game at 7-1, while Skaneateles is listed at 3-5.

Friday's Section 3 schedule includes four games at 6 p.m. Watertown, listed at 3-5, is scheduled to play at Auburn, listed at 7-1, in a Class A quarterfinal. South Jefferson, also listed at 3-5, is scheduled to play at New Hartford, 6-2, in a Class B quarterfinal.

Marcellus, listed at 4-4, is scheduled to play at General Brown, 6-2, in a Class C quarterfinal. Little Falls, 5-3, is scheduled to play at Beaver River, 6-2, in a Section 3 Class D quarterfinal.

Section 10 games

Section 10 games listed for Friday include Canton at Massena at 6 p.m. in a Class B semifinal. Both teams are listed at 3-5, and the game is identified as Massena's first Section 10 playoff game.

St. Lawrence Central, listed at 0-8, is scheduled to play at Malone, 4-4, at 7 p.m. in a Section 10 Class B semifinal. Malone is listed as the top seed.

Ogdensburg Free Academy, 5-3, is scheduled to play at Potsdam, 6-2, at 7 p.m. in a Section 10 Class C semifinal. The winner is scheduled to play Gouverneur for a place in the Section 10 Class C final. Gouverneur was listed at 7-0 and ranked No. 1 in Section 10 standings as of Oct. 22.

The schedule includes playoff teams from Lowville, Beaver River, General Brown, Watertown, South Jefferson, Canton, Massena, St. Lawrence Central, Malone, Ogdensburg Free Academy and Potsdam. Lowville moved up to Class C in 2026 after winning the Section 3 Class D title in 2025. General Brown entered the season as the defending Section 3 Class C champion.

What comes next

The Section III Class A final is scheduled for Nov. 13 at the JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, with the semifinal winners listed to play at 8 p.m. Section III finals are also listed for Nov. 13 and 14 in Syracuse by the NFHS Network.

The playoff schedule was published by InformNNY. Game times, classifications and section assignments should be checked with the applicable section offices or participating schools before making travel plans.