This week's Long Island high school football games to watch and picks
Floyd QB AJ Cannet looks for the open receiver against Connetquot in a Suffolk Division I football game on Saturday at the William Floyd Athletic Complex. Credit: George A Faella
It’s a short week of practice for high school football teams. Most teams are scheduled to play within four days of their last game.
In observance of Rosh Hashanah, which begins on the evening of Friday and ends at sundown on Sunday, teams are not scheduled to play. Rosh Hashanah, literally “Head of the Year” in Hebrew, is the beginning of the Jewish New Year.
“We played Saturday and Ward Melville played Friday, so we only have two days to get ready for a quality team,” Floyd coach Paul Longo said. “We all have guys that need time to rest. And it’s a physical game so it takes time to heal. This week will be a challenge.”
Floyd comes off a big win over Connetquot and now gets ready for an upper echelon team in Ward Melville, which beat Whitman in its opener.
The schedule kicks off with midweek games on Wednesday afternoon.
SUFFOLK I
SUFFOLK III
NASSAU I
NASSAU II
NASSAU III
SUFFOLK II
NON-LEAGUE
THIS WEEK'S PICKS
GREGG SARRA (22-11)
Floyd
Bay Shore
Sachem North
Hauppauge
Massapequa
Farmingdale
Carey
Garden City
Lynbrook
South Side
Floral Park
Glen Cove
Malverne
North Babylon
West Islip
Center Moriches
Glenn
Paramus Catholic
Immaculata
Hamden Hall
CARISSA KELLMAN (20-13)
Floyd
Bay Shore
Sachem North
Hauppauge
Massapequa
Farmingdale
Carey
Garden City
Lynbrook
South Side
Plainedge
Glen Cove
Malverne
North Babylon
Bellport
Center Moriches
Glenn
Paramus Catholic
Holy Trinity
Hamden Hall
ROGER RUBIN (19-14)
Floyd
Patchogue-Medford
Sachem North
Hauppauge
Massapequa
Farmingdale
Carey
Garden City
Lynbrook
South Side
Plainedge
Glen Cove
Malverne
North Babylon
West Islip
Greenport/Southold
Glenn
Paramus Catholic, NJ
Holy Trinity
Long Island Lutheran
ANDY SLAWSON (24-9)
Floyd
Bay Shore
Sachem North
Hauppauge
Massapequa
Farmingdale
Carey
Garden City
Lynbrook
South Side
Plainedge
Glen Cove
Malverne
North Babylon
West Islip
Center Moriches
Glenn
Paramus Catholic
Immaculata
Long Island Lutheran
Gregg Sarra is Newsday's high school sports editor and has been on the beat since the mid-1980s.
