Football

Greene 24, Owego 14

GREENE – Looking at his schedule before the season started, Greene head coach Tim Paske hoped for a 5-2 mark over the first seven games. His Trojans have not only exceeded those expectations, they remain among the select few unbeaten teams left in Section IV after coming back to beat Owego Friday night.

“I wouldn’t have made up the schedule that we’ve played,” Paske said. In keeping its team’s perfect record intact, Greene has needed to beat larger schools Dryden, Oneonta, and the Indians over the last month. “To be where we are now, that tells you what kind of kids we have. They just have that will to win, and they keep fighting no matter what.”

Just like the Oneonta game, Greene found itself on the short side of the scoreboard at halftime. And just like that game against the ‘Jackets, the Trojans did not give up a point in the second half. In fact, Owego did not score a point over the final three quarters.

Owego took the early lead when a bad punt snap over Greene punter Isaiah Webb was recovered in the endzone by Indians’ Shawn Marshall.

Greene’s Keegan Cerwinski scored on a one-yard TD run to tie the game, but Owego moved ahead with 4;15 left in the first quarter on Matt Warchocki’s one-yard TD run.