North Country high school football teams set for Week 7 games

North Country high school football teams are scheduled for a Week 7 slate that includes games in Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence and Oswego counties on Friday, Oct. 16, and Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. The schedule includes a local rivalry between Indian River and South Jefferson, along with matchups involving several of the region’s top-recorded teams.

Friday’s games include Fulton at Watertown at 6 p.m. and Carthage at Central Square at 6 p.m. Indian River is scheduled to visit South Jefferson at 7 p.m., while Holland Patent plays at General Brown, Westhill visits Lowville, Port Byron/Union Springs visits Beaver River, Cato-Meridian visits Sandy Creek, Potsdam visits Gouverneur, Massena visits Malone, South Lewis visits Sherburne-Earlville and Morrisville/Madison/Stockbridge visits Thousand Islands. All of those games are scheduled for 7 p.m.

The listed records entering the week include 6-0 marks for Holland Patent, Cato-Meridian and Gouverneur. Lowville is 5-1, while Indian River, General Brown, Port Byron/Union Springs, Potsdam and Morrisville/Madison/Stockbridge are each listed at 4-2 or 5-1. Watertown and Fulton are both listed at 1-5.

The Indian River-South Jefferson game brings teams with records of 4-2 and 1-5, respectively, together in a local matchup. The schedule lists Westhill at Lowville as a Class C interdivision game, Port Byron/Union Springs at Beaver River as a Class D North-West game, and Cato-Meridian at Sandy Creek as a Class D North game.

The schedule also lists Potsdam at Gouverneur as a Section 10 Class C game, Massena at Malone as a Section 10 Class B game, and South Lewis at Sherburne-Earlville and Morrisville/Madison/Stockbridge at Thousand Islands as 8-Man North/West Division games.

Saturday’s games are scheduled to include Canton at St. Lawrence at noon and Tupper Lake at Ogdensburg Free Academy at 2 p.m. Canton is listed at 2-4, St. Lawrence at 0-6, Tupper Lake at 1-5 and OFA at 3-3.

This is the first week this season without a Thursday night game involving an area team. The matchups are scheduled across the North Country, including communities in Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence and Oswego counties. Additional information is available through the NYSPHSAA football page.