Pitarresi: Area teams in states is great stuff

We have four area teams in the New York State football regionals – New Hartford, Oneida, Westmoreland and Dolgeville.

 

That’s great stuff. I have my reservations about the state playoffs, but only because they truncate the regular season and make league championships all but meaningless. The big plus is that sectional and state playoffs make for exciting high school football, and help prepare players for the next level.

 

Post-season football is terrific to watch for a lot of reasons – top players, top coaches and great variety, meaning that teams from different areas often have widely varied philosophies and offensive and defensive systems. It’s really interesting to see how programs from outside our area approach the game, and it also brings home the idea that there are many ways to skin a cat.

 

I’ll be at deer camp this weekend and won’t be able to see any of our teams in action, so I’m hoping they all win so I get another look at all of them. Best of luck to the Spartans, Indians, Bulldogs and Blue Devils.