A week ago we published our season-ending individual statistics and the records of the six Chenango County football teams. At the top was a summation of team records, and the overall winning percentage (36 percent) was the second lowest in my 19 seasons covering area football with my first year (1995), the only year where the victory percentage was lower.

While team play slid, the individual play of the young men named to 2013 Evening Sun Football All-Stars did not. It’s fair to say that this year’s best rank favorably with every other set of gridiron greats we have placed on this exclusive club.

Take Norwich junior running back Mike Oralls, who eclipsed 1,000 rushing yards. He is the first Norwich back to reach 1,000 rushing yards in six years, and just the second junior to accomplish that feat since our paper started keeping official records in 1970.

Over the past two decades, how many local football players have gone on to play Division I college football? Not many.

Sherburne-Earlville senior Austin Jasper, already a two-time all-state selection, was recently accepted at Youngstown State, a four-time 1-AA national champion. This will be Jasper’s third appearance in this issue as he leads our 23-player group.