Friday nights lights, or in some cases Saturdays, are back in Chenango County as the 2019 high school football season kicks off with four seems hitting the gridiron – Norwich, Bainbridge-Guilford, Greene and Harpursville/Afton.

Unadilla Valley, Oxford and Sherburne-Earlville are all members of Section III and Section IV’s 8-man leagues and are still in the preseason weeks as started practices a week ago. All three teams will see their first on-field action during scrimmage week September 14 with week one of the season to follow.

Norwich starts the season at the Dome in a Section IV versus Section III matchup, Bainbridge-Guilford and Greene open the year with a Class D division cross-over game and Harpursville/Afton is set for a non-divisional clash with Delhi.

Below are previews for week one action:

Norwich vs Indian River

At The Dome on Saturday, Kickoff at 7 p.m.

Under seventh year head coach Mike Chrystie, Norwich will take on Section III Class A Indian River in an exciting experience at the Dome in Syracuse Saturday night to kickoff the 2019 season for the Purple Tornado squad.

After finishing 6-4 in 2018, Norwich looks to return to the Section IV Class B playoffs but will have a tough test against the New York State Class A semifinalist Warriors of Indian River.

“Indian River has been very successful in the recent past,” said Chrystie. “They are a very physical team who wants to establish the run. They well coached and will play very aggressive.”