CHENANGO COUNTY - With the 2015 high school football season coming to a close it is now that time of the year to look back on the County’s teams and see how they fared.
Norwich - The Purple Tornado started their season a little rockey, droping their first three straight. Norwich picked up their first win in week four over long time rival Oneonta 28-6 and would win again in week six against Dryden 13-0 and would finish their season 2-7. After making the play-offs last season and finishing 6-4, Norwich had high hopes for the 2015 season.
Ultimately this was a rebuilding year for the Tornado as they look forward to and prepare for next season.
Season stats: Individual: Rushing; Cole Rifanburg, 163-902, 10 TDs. Nick Murphy, 95-389, 2 TDs. Drew Walsh, 75-303, 3 TDs. Zack Race, 50-288. Ky,Sawn Veale, 3-19. Grant Wessels, 1-7. Paden Burlison, 2-4. Zack Clipston, 1-1. Passing; Cole Rifanburg, 81-162, 982 yds, 8 TDs, 8 INTs. Ky,Sawn Veale, 0-2, 0 yds. Austin McCloskey, 0-2, 0 yds. Receiving; Cameron Edwards, 32-497, 7 TDs. Zack Race, 14-180, 1 TD. Jordan Vinal, 14-175. Ky,Sawn Veale, 8-65. Paden Burlison, 12-60. Nick Murphy, 1-5.
Team Totals: Rushing; 390-1913, 15 TDs. Passing; 81-166, 982 yds, 8 TDs, 8 INTs. Receiving; 81-982 yds, 8 TDs.
Oxford - Finishing 5-4 and making the play-offs for the first time in over a decade, Oxford football seems to be back on track.
Improving from a 4-5 record last season the Blackhawks made their way to the play-offs on the backs of Nick Neer and Xavier Cruz. Both running backs rushed for over 1,000 yards and were in the double didgets for touchdowns. This is the first time in over a decade that a team had two 1,000 yard runners in the same season.
Season stats: Rushing; Nick Neer, 122-1166, 12 TDs. Xavier Cruz, 117-1065, 11 TDs. Garett Sylstra, 38-283, 3 TDs. Charlie White, 6-98, 2 TDs. Jon Heggie, 8-58. Passing; Angelo Gonzalez, 23-55, 582 yds, 3 TDs, 4 INTs. Nick Neer, 5-9, 196 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT. Chris Martin, 7-13, 113 yds, 1 TD. Receiving, Nick Neer, 29-422, 2 TDs. Trent Lyons, 13-273, 2 TDs. Jon Heggie, 7-175, 1 TD.
Team Totals: Rushing; 291-2670, 28 TDs. Passing; 35-77, 791 yds, 5 TDs, 5 INTs. Receiving; 35-791, 5 TDs.
Bainbridge-Guilford - The Bobcats finished their season this year with the same record as last season at 3-6.
Although their records were the same, this was not the same team as last season. This year’s B-G team looked like a more cohisive unit and posted some impressive stats at the end of the season. The Bobcats were led by quarterback Austin Carr who would finish the season with over 1,000 all purpose yards and 16 all purpose touchdowns.
