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3-time reigning NY state champion Somers reveals 2025 football schedule

The Tuskers will face Rye in Week 1 in a rematch of the Section I Class A final

Kevin L. Smith

Somers players hold their plaque and signs after beating Whitesboro in the NYSPHSAA Class A football championship game for the second year in a row Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, at the JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, New York.
Somers players hold their plaque and signs after beating Whitesboro in the NYSPHSAA Class A football championship game for the second year in a row Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, at the JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, New York. / JON RATHBUN / Herkimer Times Telegram / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The Somers varsity football team, which has won the last three New York State Class A titles, revealed its schedule for the 2025 season.

The Tuskers kick off the new campaign with a Week 0 matchup against Iona Prep on Sept. 6. The Gaels are the defending New York State Catholic High School AAA champions.

Somers will then face Rye the following week in a rematch of the 2024 Section I Class A title game. The Tuskers beat the Garnets, 35-21, in last season’s sectional championship.

The Tuskers are coming off a 2024 season in which they went 14-0 and captured their third straight state crown. Somers defeated Whitesboro, 51-27, to bring home its fourth state title in program history.

Below is the Tuskers’ 2025 schedule:

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Kevin L. Smith
KEVIN L. SMITH

Kevin L. Smith, a native of Rochester (NY), has been covering high school sports for over a decade. He started out as a freelance sports writer in 2013. Since then, he’s held sports writer and editor positions for newspapers in Coudersport and Sayre (PA) and Oswego (NY). Smith currently covers high school sports in the Greater Syracuse Area for syracuse.com, a position he’s held since 2021. You can follow him on social media @KevLSmittie. Story ideas can be sent to KLSFreelancing@outlook.com.

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