Twenty-five teams have earned spots so far in the Section 9 boys soccer tournament, which gets underway on Oct. 23 and concludes Oct. 28, 29 and 31.
The Class B bracket will be finalized and released later Thursday night.
The top seeds are Newburgh Free Academy in Class AAA; Goshen in AA; Our Lady of Lourdes in A; still to be determined in B (following tonight's MHAL finals); and, John S. Burke Catholic in C. Chapel Field is the lone team in Class D and has been declared champion.
As per the Oct. 17 state sportswriters rankings, the Section 9 schools are ranked as follows: Class AAA - No. 2 Monroe-Woodbury; No. 5 Newburgh Free Academy; Class AA - No. 12 Goshen; Class A - No. 2 Our Lady of Lourdes; No. 14 Mount Academy; No. 20 Beacon; Class B - No. 3 Rhinebeck; Class C - No. 4 Chester; No. 20 Burke Catholic; Class D - None.
At the 2025 Section 9 finals, No. 1 seed Newburgh beat No. 3 Kingston in Class AAA; No. 1 Cornwall beat No. 3 Warwick in AA; No. 2 New Paltz beat No. 1 Beacon in A; No. 1 Mount Academy beat No. 2 Spackenkill in B; No. 1 Rhinebeck topped No. 3 Burke Catholic in C; and, Chapel Field was the lone team and declared champ in Class D.
In the 2025 state tournament, Newburgh beat John Jay (Section 1) 4-2 in the AAA first round and lost to Baldwinsville (Section 3) 2-1 in the quarterfinals; Cornwall took the at-large spot in the bracket and beat Binghamton (Section 4) in the AA quarterfinals, beat Churchville-Chili (Section 5) 3-2 in the semifinals and lost to Garden City (Section 8) 2-1 in the finals; runner-up Warwick took the other spot and lost to Harrison (Section 1) 3-0 in the AA first round; New Paltz lost to eventual runner-up Rye (Section 1) 5-0 in the A first round; Mount Academy lost to Albertus Magnus (Section 1) 5-1 in the B first round; Rhinebeck lost to Maple Hill (Section 2) 1-0 in the C quarterfinals; and, Chapel Field lost to Riverhead Charter (Section 11) 4-0 in the D first round.
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Class AAA
Semifinals - Wednesday, Oct. 28
No. 4 Kingston (4-9-2) at No. 1 Newburgh Free Academy (15-1), 4 p.m.
No. 3 Middletown (7-7-1) at No. 2 Monroe-Woodbury, 4 p.m.
Finals - Saturday, Oct. 31
Semifinal winners, at Marlboro H.S., 3 p.m.
State first round - Tuesday, Nov. 4
Section 9 winner vs. Section 1, at Carmel H.S., 4 p.m.
State quarterfinal - Saturday, November 7
Section 1-9 winner vs. Section 11-8 winner, at TBD, TBD
Class AA
Quarterfinals - Monday, Oct. 26
No. 1 Goshen, bye
No. 5 F.D. Roosevelt (8-6-1) vs. No. 4 Warwick (9-6), at Sanfordville Elementary, 12:30 p.m.
No. 6 Poughkeepsie (6-6-2) at No. 3 Washingtonville (9-5), 4:30 p.m.
No. 2 Cornwall, bye
Semifinals - Wednesday, Oct. 28
Roosevelt-Warwick winner at No. 1 Goshen (13-2-1), 4:30 p.m.
Poughkeepsie-Washingtonville winner at No. 2 Cornwall (8-6-1), 4 p.m.
Finals - Saturday, Oct. 31
Semifinal winners, at Marlboro H.S., 1 p.m.
State first round - Tuesday, Nov. 3
Section 9 winner vs. Section 1 winner, at Byram Hills H.S., 4 p.m.
State quarterfinals - Saturday, Nov. 7
Section 1-9 winner vs. Section 11-8 winner, at TBD, TBD
Class A
Quarterfinals - Saturday, Oct. 24
No 8 Monticello (10-6) at No. 1 Our Lady of Lourdes (15-0), 6 p.m.
No. 5 Spackenkill (5-6-4) at No. 4 Wallkill (8-7), 11 a.m.
No. 6 Liberty (7-4-2) at No. 3 Mount Academy (11-3), 2 p.m.
No. 7 New Paltz (6-6-3) at No. 2 Beacon (11-3-1), 7 p.m.
Semifinals - Tuesday, Oct. 27
Spackenkill-Wallkill winner vs. Monticello-Lourdes winner, at higher seed, 2 p.m.
New Paltz-Beacon winner vs. Liberty-Mount Academy winner, at higher seed, 2 p.m.
Finals - Thursday, Oct. 29
Semifinal winners, at Goshen H.S., 7 p.m.
State first round - Tuesday, Nov. 3
Section 9 winner vs. Section 1 winner, at Byram Hills H.S., 6:15 p.m.
State quarterfinal - Friday or Saturday, Nov. 6-7
Section 1-9 winner vs. Section 8-11 winner, at TBD, TBD
Class B
Quarterfinals - Saturday, Oct. 24
No 8 xxxx at No. 1 xxx, 2 p.m.
No. 5 xxx at No. 4 xxx, 2 p.m.
No. 6 xxx at No. 3 xxx, 2 p.m.
No. 7 xxx at No. 2 xxx, 2 p.m.
Semifinals - Tuesday, Oct. 27
No. 4 xxx at No. 1 xxx, 2 p.m.
No. 3 xxx at No. 2 xxx, 2 p.m.
Finals - Thursday, Oct. 29
Semifinal winners, at Goshen H.S., xxx p.m.
State first round - Wednesday, Nov. 4
Section 9 winner vs. Section 1 champion, at Carmel H.S., 6:15 p.m.
State quarterfinal - Friday or Saturday, Nov. 6-7
Section 1-9 winner vs. Section 8-11 winner, at TBD, TBD
Class C
Quarterfinals - Friday-Saturday, Oct. 23-24
No. 1 John S. Burke Catholic (10-4), bye
No. 5 Millbrook (3-9-1) at No. 4 Pine Plains (6-6-1), Friday 4 p.m.
No. 6 Webutuck (4-10-2) at No. 3 S.S. Seward (10-7), Saturday 11 a.m.
No. 2 Chester (10-2), bye
Semifinals - Monday, Oct. 26
Millbrook-Pine Plains winner at No. 1 John S. Burke Catholic (10-4), 3:30 p.m.
Webutuck-Seward winner at No. 2 Chester (10-2), 3 p.m.
Finals - Wednesday, Oct. 28
Semifinal winners, at Goshen H.S., 7 p.m.
State first round - Tuesday, Nov. 3
Section 9 winner vs. Section 2 winner, at Waterford H.S., 5:15 p.m.
State quarterfinal - Friday or Saturday, Nov. 6-7
Section 9-2 winner vs. Section 7-10 winner, at TBD, TBD
Class D
Chapel Field is the lone team, and declared champion
State quarterfinals - No date listed
Section 11 winner vs. Chapel Field-9, at TBD, TBD
This article originally appeared on Times Herald-Record: Here are the Section 9 boys soccer tournament brackets, schedules for 2026 event