Brian Cooney still has a bin in his attic with memories of his playing days at Oswego – helmets, jerseys.

At Christmas he typically drags out that stuff with the holiday lights and tinsel. He’ll put his old helmet on.

“See if it still fits me,” Cooney said.

Cooney fits Oswego.

As old-school football as the grass field at Ken Pickerill Stadium, no nonsense but thoughtful, the father of three boys has an appreciation for the coaches who burned the path at Oswego before him.

And his community.

“This is home for me,” Cooney said. “I haven’t been anywhere else and have no plans to.”

Cooney this weekend will have the opportunity to complete quite a trifecta.

He was a senior linebacker on the 1992 team coached by his mentor, Karl Hoinkes, that won the Class 4A state championship, Oswego

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