Six area teams scored a touchdown or less and three others were held to two scores in the area’s Week 1 football. Nine teams scored from three to 14 points, an average of 9.7 points a game.

Nine teams scored from three to 14 points, an average of 9.7 points a game.

Are the defenses that much ahead of the offenses?

Was it just the old nemesis first-game jitters?

Or was it just evidence that the locals have some serious work ahead of them?

Is there reason for hope, or depair?
Who saw a bright side in an otherwise low-scoring game?.