At first glance, looking at the body of work logged by our six Chenango County football teams, nothing appears to jump off the page, so to speak.

Greene, for the third time in four years, registered the best overall record, yet failed to make the Class C playoffs. Down the line, B-G recorded its seventh straight winning season and third playoff appearance in four years. As you dig a little deeper, you’ll realize that the makeup of this year’s ballclubs – and the 24 all-star selections on our pages today – are more the blue-collar, under-the-radar individuals constantly nipping at your heels.

Here’s one statistic that reveals the competitiveness: For only the second time since all six grid outfits joined the Section IV Football Conference in 1995, every team recorded at least four victories. Aside from the Bobcats, Norwich made the playoffs a fourth straight year, and Sherburne-Earlville qualified for the Section III playoffs for the first time since leaving Section IV over a decade ago. Every club was in position to have a winning season, and all but one club had a chance to reach the playoffs as late as week seven.

None of the ballclubs was tearing it up offensively week after week, nor was any team playing defense like Chicago’s famed “Monsters of the Midway.” What we did see was steady production, and some record-breaking individual efforts at three schools.