Valley Central Community,
Valley Central’s varsity football team will play in tomorrow’s Section IX Class AA championship football game at Monroe-Woodbury at 12 p.m.
Today, Middletown withdrew its Article 78 proceeding that challenged Section IX’s decision to disqualify its team from the championship game. We appreciate that we have clarity for our student-athletes, coaches, families and community.
We recognize that this process has been challenging for everyone involved across all three communities, particularly our student-athletes, their families, and coaches. Through it all, we must remember what interscholastic athletics are truly about: building character, developing lifelong friendships, learning valuable life lessons, and bringing people together through teamwork and competition.
Throughout this process, our players and coaching staff have demonstrated tremendous resilience, focus and character. Despite this most recent time of uncertainty, they continued to support one another and represent Valley Central with pride and integrity. I could not be more proud of the way they handled this difficult situation.
This weekend marks an important opportunity to move forward, come together, and celebrate what matters most. Our student-athletes will once again take the field together as a team, where they can compete, support one another, and experience the pride and camaraderie that make our high school athletics so meaningful.
I encourage our community to come together and show their VC Pride by cheering on our student-athletes.
Sincerely,
Evette Avila
Superintendent