I had the same thing happen: The first year my females flowered, the male didn't and I didn't get any fruit. The following year everything flowered and I got fruit.

To answer your "do males run behind" question, I'm not sure. I can check the status of mine and get back to you.

If you don't get any flowering males I might be able to help as I'm just down the road in Linden. But the differences in climate might not work - - I'm up at about 1600 feet and I've noticed things like dogwood and redbud flower about two weeks later at my place in Linden than they do in a place like Alexandria. Hell, there's difference from the bottom of the hill to the top with flowering too!

Send me an email and we can figure something out.