Afton Central School District

Hello, Afton Community!

The Class of 2029 is hosting a free movie night on December 22nd from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. featuring Elf! We hope to see you there!

Hello, Afton Community!

Come cheer on our girls' basketball teams as they take on Sidney tonight! The JV game begins at 5:30 and varsity will follow at 7:15! The team is asking for spectators to wear RED to support!

Hello, Afton Community!

Holiday Spirit Week begins on 12/15/25! Check out the Spirit Week Schedule!

The Student Showcase is tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. Students are working hard to prepare for their concert! We hope to see you there!

Afton staff had a fantastic turnout for the Cookie Crumble exchange! We are so thankful for our employees who contributed to the event!

Afton has joined forces with Harpursville, Bainbridge-Guilford, and Chenango Valley to form the HBGACV United Girls Varsity Wrestling Team. Representing Afton is freshman Aubrey Frank.

The team kicked off their season with tournaments in Newark Valley on Friday and Horseheads on Saturday. On Friday, the HBGACV squad finished 3rd in team points. Aubrey showed great promise and determination throughout the day.

At Saturday’s tournament in Horseheads, she wrestled her way to a 4th place finish, highlighting her talent and potential! Way to go, Aubrey!

Afton Central School district is continuing to encourage all digital users to report scam or fake accounts online! Stay safe online this holiday season!

We are so thankful for everyone who contributed to an outstanding elementary float for this year's Christmas parade!

The Afton-Harpursville bowling team hosted their annual Afton Crimson Knights Tip-Off Tournament at Galaxy Bowl this past weekend! Sidney, Bainbridge-Guilford, Walton-Downsville, Unadilla Valley, Deposit-Hancock, Greene, and Afton/Harpursville in the MAC tournament. The boys team competed well on Friday night. Easton Bagg led the team with a 200 game and 560 three-game series. The girls team competed on Saturday and finished 4th place. Piper Harder earned the team high game with a score of 189, which was the third highest score of the girls tournament. They bowled well and are improving every day. We are looking forward to our regular season to begin this Wednesday in Greene.

BGAH Indoor Track competed in 2 meets this past weekend.

Friday night the team traveled to SUNY Cortland for the It’s About Time meet against 11 other Section III and IV teams. This meet was used as a JV type competition for our new athletes and those that may not get to attend other competitions with the limited entries, we have for Indoor Track meets traditionally. Results highlights below:

• Boys 4x200m Relay, 4th
• Jake Barber, 6th 55m Dash
• Jackari Garipoli, 3rd 600m
• Rowan Beasinger, 5th 1600m
• Jake Barber, 6th Long Jump
• Abby Fitzgerald, 3rd Shotput
• Jenna Wilson, 19th 600m
• Solara Spinella, 1st 1500m Racewalk
• Madison Joslin, 2nd 1500m Racewalk

On Sunday, the team traveled to Ithaca College for their Ithaca College Bomber High School Invite. 25 teams overall competed, including some of the largest programs in the state – Guilderland, Corning, Ballston Spa, Columbia, Mohanasen amongst others. If you don’t know, these schools are all over 1000 students on their enrollment. The Boys team placed 5th overall and 1st in Small Schools. Girls placed 16th, 6th in Small Schools. Individual highlights are below:

• Tabbie Charette, 4th 1500m Racewalk
• Isabel Suda, 5th 1500m Racewalk
• Maddie Ingham, 7th 1000m
• Girls 4x200m, 7th
• Appalonia Bushaw, 3rd Long Jump
• Madisyn Larsen, 7th Triple Jump
• Victoria Suda, 6th Weight Throw
• Matt Wombacker, 1st 1500m Racewalk
• Sean Fowler, 3rd 1000m
• Owen Dean, 5th 3200m
• Harpo Hardt, 2nd 55m Hurdles
• 4x800m Relay, 5th
• Isaiah Hampton, 5th High Jump
• Isaiah Hampton, 5th Long Jump
• Harpo Hardt, 6th Tripe Jump
• Ryan Larsen, 5th Shotput

Overall a great start to our Indoor Season. Our next meet is this Saturday at SUNY Cortland.

The varsity girls fell to Sharon Springs 50-37 in the championship game of the Afton Tip-Off Tournament. Rylee Rupakus scored 22 points and had 9 steals. McKenna Ross added 6 points. Megan Racine scored 4 and had a team-high 12 rebounds. Thank you to all who came to support the team and everyone who helped run this tournament!

The Afton JV girls basketball team played in in Afton tip off tournament on Thursday, 12/4, playing Worcester. Briella Fendick led the team with 11 points. Afton lost 29-14. On Saturday, Afton played Otselic Valley winning 29-34. Briella Fendick led the team with 19 points. Alivia Kietel added 7 points and Kaley Copeland had 6 points. The girls played tough defense and came out with a big win. They placed 3rd overall in the tournament.

There will be a Mobile Food Pantry today, Dec. 8th, 2025, from 4:00-5:00 p.m. in the school visitor’s lot.

We could use volunteers if anyone would like to help. Dress warm and meet us out front at 4:00 p.m.!

Congratulations to the varsity girls basketball team for their 50-15 win against Worcester in the first round of our tournament! Rylee Rupakus had a team-high 16 points. Megan Racine had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Shout out to Jordan Phillips and Sam Sperry for scoring their first varsity points in this game! The team will play Saturday in the tournament championship game at 4:00 p.m.

Game time is at 7:00 tonight! We hope to see you there! Wear black to support our girls basketball team in their game against Worcester! Let's go, Knights!