Paske draws inspiration from 'Remember the Titans' coach
Greene head football coach Tim Paske is always looking for ways to find inspiration. Not just for himself, but for his players. He has created numerous team-bonding activities over the years, among those being movie night. Paske went a step further Wednesday night when he traveled to Cortland for a speech by Herman Boone. Boone was the central character in the 2000 movie “Remember the Titans,” starring Denzel Washington. Boone headed up a football team that brought together white and black players at recently-integrated T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Va. The central theme of the movie revolved around the area’s still-pervasive racism, and the bonding of players – black and white – through football.
“It was great. Two of my coaches and two of my players, Dan Treadwell and Garrett Huttleston, went with me to hear (Boone) speak,” Paske said. “Coach Boone had some great stories to share and did a tremendous job of relating the movie to today, and how it still impacts people. I enjoyed his presentation and wished that more players would have gone, but I didn't hear about it until Tuesday night and let the players know on Wednesday. It made me want to watch the movie again because now I have a different perspective on what truly happened. Coach Boone is a very inspirational man.”
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Six games are on tap this weekend, and all but one have playoff implications for our area teams. Please read on for a look at each matchup:
Norwich (4-1) at Johnson City (5-0), Saturday, 1:30 p.m. (at Binghamton)
Norwich will likely take the field Saturday at Johnson City as an underdog, that despite back-to-back wins in which it ran for nearly 300 yards in each game. In JC, Norwich faces a defense that has allowed just over eight points per game. It’s also a club that beat Sidney 73-14 the first week of the season. Yes, that same Sidney team that defeated Norwich, 12-6. “They have a lot of speed, they’re big and physical, and they definitely come after you,” said Norwich coach John Martinson.
In his third season with Norwich, Martinson is 0-3 against the Wildcats. Two of those losses came in 2009, the latter a 20-6 playoff loss. Last year, Norwich rallied in the second half only to lose 24-21. “I think this will definitely be our strongest test,” Martinson said “You’re looking at the two first-place teams in Class B, and we’re preparing as if this is a playoff game. We hope to play Johnson City in the playoffs, and we’re going down there with the confidence and attitude to beat them. If we go in just thinking we might win, we won’t.”
Canastota (3-3 at S-E (5-1). Friday, 7 p.m.
The stakes are as high as they have ever been for Sherburne-Earlville since rejoining Section III nine years ago. The Marauders play for their first division championship, and with a win, would host a Class C playoff game next week. With a loss, the potential of a three-way first-place tie looms. “The tie-breaking system gets really complicated, but we are the only team that controls our destiny,” said S-E coach Mike Jasper. “We just need to go out and win the game.” Since Jasper arrived at S-E six seasons ago (the last three as head coach), his Marauders have not beaten Canastota. Last year, S-E was routed by the Raiders in week one, but went on to win six of the next eight games. The Marauders have adopted the downhill running approach on offense that ended with five straight victories. If not for a second-half collaspe in a loss to Frankfort-Schuyler in week one, the Marauders could be in the midst of an 11-game winning streak. “We’re certainly playing well, and we’ve really emphasized the team approach,” Jasper said. “We just ask that guys play their position, and not try to do too much. We expect (tonight) to be a pretty good challenge. Canastota doesn’t run as much spread stuff as the other teams we play. They want to pound it at you and run some play-action. They’re also very good defensively – very similar to us.”[
Defensively, S-E is giving up just 10 points a game, second in the area, and it is allowing an area-low 89 yards rushing per game. On the flip side, the Marauders are averaging 257 yards rushing per game. All three of its starting running backs – Cory Musician, Devven Ferris, and Austin Jasper – have over 400 yards rushing. Musician leads the way with 558 yards.
Deposit-Hancock (3-2) at Oxford (3-3), Friday, 7 p.m.
The winner of tonight’s game will likely emerge as one of the eight Class D playoff teams, while the other team will play out its string of games. The Blackhawks have found themselves in this position each of the last two seasons, and perhaps tonight, the third time will be the charm. “Terry Raymond has coached over there as long as I can remember, and they run that triple option,” said Oxford coach Ray Dayton. “We have to play assignment football. They have a good fullback and quarterback, and they’ll try to get the ball out on the perimeter. They want to get the ball to the tailback, but they do have a little bit of a passing game.” Oxford will have a depleted sidelines with around five players ruled academically ineligible for this game. Dayton said he’ll have to shuffle his lineup a little bit, but should have around 18 players suiting up. “They have good players and we have good players,” Dayton said. “With only 17 or 18 players, we can’t afford any injuries.”
Owego (2-2) at Greene (6-0), Friday, 7 p.m.
Greene plays its third Class B team in four weeks, and Owego is likely the toughest of that trio. The Indians, who missed two games earlier this season due to severe flooding in their community, are a playoff-type of team, and pushed unbeaten Johnson City into the fourth quarter before losing 28-21. “They are big and physical – bigger than Oneonta, at least on paper,” said Greene’s Paske. “Their quarterback can throw it, the receivers can catch, and they have good backs. It seems like Class B teams try to be the more physical team, and I think they’ll want to set the tone and outhit us.”
A non-league game this late into the season seems a bit unusual, especially since most teams schedule their non-league games before entering division play. This will be the second time in the last three games that Greene will step out of division play. “It kind of puts a kink in your schedule,” Paske said of the late-season non-league games. “It does give some of your guys who are unhealthy a chance to get healthy for league games, and it gives other guys opportunities to play. Of course we want to win, but we want to continue to develop our team and make a push for the playoffs. We’re preparing for this opponent like we would any other.”
B-G (4-1) at Delhi (0-6), Saturday, 1:30 p.m.
Delhi has had Bainbridge-Guilford’s number the past few years, so head coach Tim Mattingly and his players are not taking the winless Bulldogs lightly. “(Dave) Kelly is a heck of a coach, and we have to avoid a trap game. This has the makings of one,” Mattingly said. “They are physical with decent size and good backs. I’m sure this will be a tough game for us.” The Bobcats are smarting from their first loss, a 44-15 drubbing administered by Walton a week ago. Still, B-G can secure a top-four seed in the playoffs with a win, an eventuality that will lead to a first-round playoff game at home. “The kids know what is at stake, and they’ll be focused and ready,” Mattingly said. “Walton was a bump in the road, but our immediate goal is to get into the playoffs.” B-G lost one game to a flood, but is guaranteed at least eight games. The remaining three games should be enough for Billy Holden to cross the 1,000-yard barrier. Holden has 762 yards rushing and nine rushing TDS in just five games. Quarterback Corbin Palmer is passing for 95 yards a game with eight TD passes.
UV-Edmeston (1-5) at Sidney (3-2), Friday, 7 p.m.
Sidney is one of three teams in Class C’s Division V with one division loss, that coming by shutout to Chenango Forks a week ago. The Warriors are in must-win mode against the Storm tonight, who dropped their second division game last Friday to Greene, and appear to be out of the playoff race. Sidney’s offense is directed by sophomore Patrick Vibbard, son of former Edmeston athlete Kyle Vibbard. Vibbard had 246 yards passing in a victory over Norwich – the Warriors’ signature win this season. Sidney’s spread offense mixes a number of backs led by Nate McDonald, Brandon Walters, Jon Wingate, and Austin McCarroll. UV-E is led by its power trio of offensive weapons, Justin Hofer, Kody Homann, and Brandon Miles. Homann and Hofer have scored all of the Storm’s rushing TDS, and have caught six of Miles’ eight TD passes. The other two TD tosses were reeled in by Travis Conklin. Hofer and Homann also have one kickoff return TD apiece.
“It was great. Two of my coaches and two of my players, Dan Treadwell and Garrett Huttleston, went with me to hear (Boone) speak,” Paske said. “Coach Boone had some great stories to share and did a tremendous job of relating the movie to today, and how it still impacts people. I enjoyed his presentation and wished that more players would have gone, but I didn't hear about it until Tuesday night and let the players know on Wednesday. It made me want to watch the movie again because now I have a different perspective on what truly happened. Coach Boone is a very inspirational man.”
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Six games are on tap this weekend, and all but one have playoff implications for our area teams. Please read on for a look at each matchup:
Norwich (4-1) at Johnson City (5-0), Saturday, 1:30 p.m. (at Binghamton)
Norwich will likely take the field Saturday at Johnson City as an underdog, that despite back-to-back wins in which it ran for nearly 300 yards in each game. In JC, Norwich faces a defense that has allowed just over eight points per game. It’s also a club that beat Sidney 73-14 the first week of the season. Yes, that same Sidney team that defeated Norwich, 12-6. “They have a lot of speed, they’re big and physical, and they definitely come after you,” said Norwich coach John Martinson.
In his third season with Norwich, Martinson is 0-3 against the Wildcats. Two of those losses came in 2009, the latter a 20-6 playoff loss. Last year, Norwich rallied in the second half only to lose 24-21. “I think this will definitely be our strongest test,” Martinson said “You’re looking at the two first-place teams in Class B, and we’re preparing as if this is a playoff game. We hope to play Johnson City in the playoffs, and we’re going down there with the confidence and attitude to beat them. If we go in just thinking we might win, we won’t.”
Canastota (3-3 at S-E (5-1). Friday, 7 p.m.
The stakes are as high as they have ever been for Sherburne-Earlville since rejoining Section III nine years ago. The Marauders play for their first division championship, and with a win, would host a Class C playoff game next week. With a loss, the potential of a three-way first-place tie looms. “The tie-breaking system gets really complicated, but we are the only team that controls our destiny,” said S-E coach Mike Jasper. “We just need to go out and win the game.” Since Jasper arrived at S-E six seasons ago (the last three as head coach), his Marauders have not beaten Canastota. Last year, S-E was routed by the Raiders in week one, but went on to win six of the next eight games. The Marauders have adopted the downhill running approach on offense that ended with five straight victories. If not for a second-half collaspe in a loss to Frankfort-Schuyler in week one, the Marauders could be in the midst of an 11-game winning streak. “We’re certainly playing well, and we’ve really emphasized the team approach,” Jasper said. “We just ask that guys play their position, and not try to do too much. We expect (tonight) to be a pretty good challenge. Canastota doesn’t run as much spread stuff as the other teams we play. They want to pound it at you and run some play-action. They’re also very good defensively – very similar to us.”[
Defensively, S-E is giving up just 10 points a game, second in the area, and it is allowing an area-low 89 yards rushing per game. On the flip side, the Marauders are averaging 257 yards rushing per game. All three of its starting running backs – Cory Musician, Devven Ferris, and Austin Jasper – have over 400 yards rushing. Musician leads the way with 558 yards.
Deposit-Hancock (3-2) at Oxford (3-3), Friday, 7 p.m.
The winner of tonight’s game will likely emerge as one of the eight Class D playoff teams, while the other team will play out its string of games. The Blackhawks have found themselves in this position each of the last two seasons, and perhaps tonight, the third time will be the charm. “Terry Raymond has coached over there as long as I can remember, and they run that triple option,” said Oxford coach Ray Dayton. “We have to play assignment football. They have a good fullback and quarterback, and they’ll try to get the ball out on the perimeter. They want to get the ball to the tailback, but they do have a little bit of a passing game.” Oxford will have a depleted sidelines with around five players ruled academically ineligible for this game. Dayton said he’ll have to shuffle his lineup a little bit, but should have around 18 players suiting up. “They have good players and we have good players,” Dayton said. “With only 17 or 18 players, we can’t afford any injuries.”
Owego (2-2) at Greene (6-0), Friday, 7 p.m.
Greene plays its third Class B team in four weeks, and Owego is likely the toughest of that trio. The Indians, who missed two games earlier this season due to severe flooding in their community, are a playoff-type of team, and pushed unbeaten Johnson City into the fourth quarter before losing 28-21. “They are big and physical – bigger than Oneonta, at least on paper,” said Greene’s Paske. “Their quarterback can throw it, the receivers can catch, and they have good backs. It seems like Class B teams try to be the more physical team, and I think they’ll want to set the tone and outhit us.”
A non-league game this late into the season seems a bit unusual, especially since most teams schedule their non-league games before entering division play. This will be the second time in the last three games that Greene will step out of division play. “It kind of puts a kink in your schedule,” Paske said of the late-season non-league games. “It does give some of your guys who are unhealthy a chance to get healthy for league games, and it gives other guys opportunities to play. Of course we want to win, but we want to continue to develop our team and make a push for the playoffs. We’re preparing for this opponent like we would any other.”
B-G (4-1) at Delhi (0-6), Saturday, 1:30 p.m.
Delhi has had Bainbridge-Guilford’s number the past few years, so head coach Tim Mattingly and his players are not taking the winless Bulldogs lightly. “(Dave) Kelly is a heck of a coach, and we have to avoid a trap game. This has the makings of one,” Mattingly said. “They are physical with decent size and good backs. I’m sure this will be a tough game for us.” The Bobcats are smarting from their first loss, a 44-15 drubbing administered by Walton a week ago. Still, B-G can secure a top-four seed in the playoffs with a win, an eventuality that will lead to a first-round playoff game at home. “The kids know what is at stake, and they’ll be focused and ready,” Mattingly said. “Walton was a bump in the road, but our immediate goal is to get into the playoffs.” B-G lost one game to a flood, but is guaranteed at least eight games. The remaining three games should be enough for Billy Holden to cross the 1,000-yard barrier. Holden has 762 yards rushing and nine rushing TDS in just five games. Quarterback Corbin Palmer is passing for 95 yards a game with eight TD passes.
UV-Edmeston (1-5) at Sidney (3-2), Friday, 7 p.m.
Sidney is one of three teams in Class C’s Division V with one division loss, that coming by shutout to Chenango Forks a week ago. The Warriors are in must-win mode against the Storm tonight, who dropped their second division game last Friday to Greene, and appear to be out of the playoff race. Sidney’s offense is directed by sophomore Patrick Vibbard, son of former Edmeston athlete Kyle Vibbard. Vibbard had 246 yards passing in a victory over Norwich – the Warriors’ signature win this season. Sidney’s spread offense mixes a number of backs led by Nate McDonald, Brandon Walters, Jon Wingate, and Austin McCarroll. UV-E is led by its power trio of offensive weapons, Justin Hofer, Kody Homann, and Brandon Miles. Homann and Hofer have scored all of the Storm’s rushing TDS, and have caught six of Miles’ eight TD passes. The other two TD tosses were reeled in by Travis Conklin. Hofer and Homann also have one kickoff return TD apiece.
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