Shaker football opens at No. 8 in NYS poll

Shaker High School football (2-0) enters the opening New York State Sportswriters Class AA poll at No. 8 out of the 25 ranked teams. Christian Brothers Academy (2-0) also makes the poll at No. 23.

The Bison are set to host Saratoga Springs (11) Friday night and the Brothers will travel to play Class A Troy High (2-0).

Guilderland (1-1) and Shenendehowa (1-1) were both honorable mentions.

Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake (2-0) was ranked No. 11 in the opening Class A poll with Troy High coming in at No. 14, Queensbury (2-0) ranked 20th and Averill Park (2-0) ranked at No. 23 in the 25 team poll.

Burnt Hills will travel to take on South Glens Falls (1-1), Averill Park will travel to face Green Tech (0-2) and Queensbury is on the road at Scotia-Glenville (1-1) Friday night.

Amsterdam (1-1), Ballston Spa (1-1) and Mohonasen (1-1) were honorable mentions.

Glens Falls (2-0) tops the Class B poll at No. 1 followed by Holy Trinity (2-0) at No. 8 in the 20team poll.

The Indians will be on the road Friday at Gloversville (0-2) and Holy Trinity will travel to take on Ravena (1-1).

Cobleskill-Richmondville (1-1), Schalmont (1-1) and Schuylerville (1-1) were all honorable mentions.

Stillwater (2-0) is ranked No. 4 in the opening Class C poll with Watervliet (2-0) and ranked No. 10 in the 20team poll.

The Indians will host Canajorharie-Fort Plain Friday night and the Cannoneers will travel to face Hudson (0-2) under the lights.

Canajoharie-Fort Plain (1-1), Fonda-Fultonville (11), Greenwich (1-1) and Voorheesville (1-1) were all honorable mentions.

In Class D, Chatham (20) is ranked at No. 5 in the 15-team poll, joined by Warrensburg/North Warren (20) at No. 10 and Whitehall (2-0) coming in at No. 14.

Chatham will make the long drive to take on Lake George/Hadley-Luzerne (02), Warrensburg will travel south to take on Corinth/ Fort Edward (1-1) as Whitehall will travel to take on Helderberg Valley (0-2) Saturday at 1 p.m.