With a chance to move on to the Section IV Class B championship game next, Norwich will look to upset the Chenango Forks Blue Devils on their home field. The odds, however, are stacked against the Tornado in the eyes of the Section IV football world. Forks is undefeated with an 8-0 record while Norwich heads into the game at 5-3. 

Scoring is no problem for the Blue Devils

The last three meetings between Norwich and Chenango Forks have ended with the Blue Devils scoring 49 points and winning by at least four touchdowns. In the 2018 season, Forks has scored a total of 334 points, an average of 41.75 points per game.

In the first meeting this season, the Tornado scored first by the Blue Devils responded with 42 unanswered points before adding an additional touchdown late in the fourth.

The way Chenango Forks scores is mostly in the ground game. In the earlier game this season between Norwich and the Blue Devils, Forks was without standout running back Jerimah Allen as he was sideline with an illness he had been battling since the summer.

Forks’ Lucas Scott, a stocky sophomore back, stepped up to have the game of his young career. He tallied a total of five touchdowns – four on the ground and one through the air – and racked up 170 yards on 25 carries. However, since the return of Allen, Scott’s numbers have dropped.