Tim Paske of Greene reiterated the long-standing belief of all football coaches earlier this week: “From week one to week two is where you see the most improvement in your team.”

It was a mixed bag of success and failure for Chenango County’s six football teams last weekend. Three teams opened the season with wins, the other three with losses. Grading them out, not one of the coaches on any squad was completely satisfied with his team’s performance.

“We’re really trying to improve the execution of our basic offensive plays,” said Norwich coach John Martinson, whose club amassed 221 yards of offense in a 6-0 win over Whitney Point

Martinson said he has a number of wrinkles in his offense that he has yet to throw in, but those plays would be pointless without perfecting the staples of the Tornado’s offense.

Mike Chrystie’s team led 34-0 at the half against Newfield en route to a sound 41-16 whipping. The victory halted a two-year slide of back-to-back shutout losses to Greene. One of the scores came on the defensive side, and the final score could have been even more lopsided.

“We were able to move the ball pretty well, and I was pleased with the way we played – other than the penalties,” Chrystie said.