The prospects for our Chenango County football teams did not look good after two weeks. Four of the six clubs were still looking for a win, and the collective winning percentage was a mere 25 percent.

Funny thing, good teams find a way to turn things around.

After three weeks, three clubs still had not picked up a win, but the overall record the rest of the way was a better-than-.500 clip, and the result was 2 ½ dozen deserving all-stars.

We unveil our 2014 Evening Sun Football All-Stars on today’s sports pages with the knowledge that not only are the final records – thanks to those aforementioned poor starts – deceiving, but perhaps the quality of individual players are underrated.

Sure, we have the stars, returning all-stars Michael Oralls of Norwich and Cody Marango of Sherburne-Earlville – both veterans of this yearly honor – but also plenty of deserving newcomers and players to watch.

Before getting into the individual player summaries, we went to our six area coaches and asked them to talk about their respective seasons. Who better to size up the past, present and future of local clubs?

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*Bainbridge-Guilford head coach Tim Mattingly: “Winning our last two games, we’re hoping the guys coming back and use that going into next season.”

* Greene coach Dave Gorton: “We have 17 of 22 starting spots coming back next year. We’ll have an experienced team, so I’m eager to get back to it.”