After last year’s .500 record, Sepe was happy to see a one-sided win.

“It feels great,” said the Chiefs’ junior signal caller. “We had a really tough schedule last year. There weren’t many opportunities like that and it feels great, especially in the season opener to come out and be firing on all cylinders, especially on the offensive side of the ball.”

For the defense, it was a tale of two halves, and Chiefs coach Todd Romano noted the improvement.

“We were just sloppy,” he offered. “Bad eye discipline, which, defensively, that’s everything for us, so we were able to fix that up at halftime and the second half was much better.”

Romano feels this team can be successful, living up to the Chiefs championship pedigree from earlier in this decade.

“We can be good,” he continued. “These guys work extremely hard so they have the work ethic to get where we want to go.

“They know we’re not where we need to be. We still have a lot of work to do, a lot of mistakes out here tonight, but it’s a good group and I’m confident we can get there.”

Caldwell will play their home opener next Thursday against Pequannock, while Verona is at unbeaten Hoboken (2-0) next Friday night.

Caldwell (1-0)         15      8       20       0         43
Verona (0-2)             0       7        0       0           7
C – Nicco Capaldo 12 run (Nico Sozio run)
C – Dante Placenti 22 pass from Adam Sepe (Matt Murtagh kick)
C – Capaldo 6 run (Sepe run)
V – Gerard Barone 8 pass from John Mcenerney (Daniel Mahon kick)
C – Capaldo 32 interception return (Murtagh kick)
C – Capaldo 4 run (Murtagh kick)
C – Placenti 28 pass from Sepe (kick failed)

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