Sleepy Hollow's Horsemen Move on to the NYS Section 1 Varsity Football Finals

by Clark Thompson, MetroSports Magazine - November 29, 2025

November has been a stellar month for the Sleepy Hollow High School football team, the ‘Horsemen’, who defeated teams from Pleasantville High School on November 1^st in the NY State Section 1 Class B  Quarterfinals, Ardsley High School on November 7^th in the Section 1 Class B Semifinals and Westlake High School on November 15^th in the Section 1 Class B Championship. With this win, the Horsemen captured the Section 1 Class B Sectional Championship for the first time since 1978.

Above: The Sleepy Hollow High School Athletics mascot, the Headless Horseman making his rounds around the home field.

The Sleepy Hollow Horsemen then went to to defeat the Saugerties High School Sawyers at the State Regional Championship game on November 22^nd and then the Glens Falls Black Bears in the Class B State Semifinals. This has earned the Horsemen a spot in the State Championship on December 5^th and 6^th at Syra­cuse Uni­ver­si­ty’s JMA Wire­less Dome.

Above: The Sleepy Hollow Horsemen taking the field against Saugerties and, below (red and black), in early November action against Pleasantville (green and white). Photo credits - Clark Thompson

To help recognize this success, Congressman Mike Lawler posted, “Sleepy Hollow Football are regional champs! A big congratulations to the Headless Horsemen as they defeated Saugerties 46 - 26 to advance to the NYSPHSAA Semifinal next Saturday”.

Above: On-field action against Saugerties.

Editors Note: Clark Thompson, the provider of this article is himself a former player for the Sleepy Hollow Horsemen and was a member of the 1978 team which was the last to win the State Section 1 Class B Championship prior to this year's team doing so. Clark was also inducted last year into the Semipro Football Hall of Fame as a football photographer.

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