TRR photo by Richard A. Ross The Eldred Yellowjackets swarm to midfield before their resounding 52-6 season-opening win over Hancock.

Football

Green monster

Eldred is far from perfect, but way too strong for young Wildcats

By RICHARD A. ROSS

ELDRED, NY - Their nickname is Gang Green, not to be confused with the lethal disorder that destroys human tissue. Still, Eldred’s football team can wreak havoc on opposing teams, leaving them in need of urgent care.

Like a caged beast, Eldred has been waiting to break out and begin a new year. All things come to those who wait, but rewards are only for those who work hard. Eldred opened its 2007 season on an emphatic note by trouncing Hancock 52-6 with a devastating array of passing, running, and positive turnovers. The Yellowjackets easily handled their Section Four counterpart, a team they open their season with year after year, with stifling defense, hard tackling and an offense that has punch even in its formative stage of the 2007 season.

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Week one—Sullivan County football briefs

Tri-Valley and Liberty score huge opening-day wins

By RICHARD A. ROSS

HIGHLAND FALLS, NY—Those prognosticators not privy to Tri-Valley’s training camp regimen, or the riveting dedication of coach John Rusin’s staff and his players, looked at the match up between Class C Tri-Valley and Class B James I. O’Neill and handily predicted an O’Neill win.

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Football

Orange crush

By RICHARD A. ROSS

WALTON, NY - It may be a new season, but as far as the first week for Sullivan West football goes, it’s the same old story: take on a team from Section Four and get whipped senseless. The good news for the Bulldogs is that these early season thrashings seem to strengthen them for the later season division games, which are the standard that the team is ultimately judged by.

With three consecutive Section Nine titles under their belts, the Bulldogs are still a feared foe in Class C, but that title run is about to be tested by the likes of Tri-Valley, Millbrook and Pine Plains.

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