Boys’ Basketball

Norwich 60, Chenango Forks 31
NORWICH – Norwich is accustomed to holding a team scoreless for a quarter on the gridiron. But on a basketball court?
“We’ve had some good defensive teams over the years, but we’ve never held a team scoreless for a quarter in my tenure,” said Norwich varsity coach Mark Abbott.
In a virtuoso third quarter in which the offensive output matched the defense’s stinginess, the Tornado (8-3) turned a 10-point halftime lead into a 31-point rout in which the reserves from both teams were playing out most of the last stanza. “Sometimes when you’re playing great defense, it doesn’t always carry over to the offensive end,” Abbott noted. “We played unselfish basketball and took good shots; it was something to watch (the third quarter).”
Norwich scored the game’s first 10 points and never trailed in the contest. Amos Parry scored six in the opening quarter to lead the fast start.
Norwich maintained that 10-point advantage taking a 32-22 lead into the locker room.
Nate Foote scored all 11 of his points in the third quarter including back-to-back three balls off passes from Keegan Edwards in the high post. Edwards and Robert Martin led a balanced Tornado scoring effort with 12 points apiece. Martin also dished out a season-best 10 assists.
“Chenango Forks was a scary team because of their team speed, and they can put up points in bunches,” Abbott said. “We have shown that we can diversify our defense and take away certain things that other teams like to do. Tonight we wanted to make their leading scorer (Chris Statts) put the ball on the floor, and then take away penetration from the rest of the team. We were able to do that.”
Statts had nine points for Forks, who had just three total field goals in the second half, and shot 3-for-33 (11 percent) over those two periods.
Notes: Norwich finished 27-for-58 from the field (47 percent), while Forks was just 9-for-56 (16 percent); Norwich won the rebounding battle, 48-27. Justin Ballin had nine boards to pace the team....Parry finished with five blocked shots and three steals.
CF: Dylan Warner, 2 0-0-5; Jeff Creagh, 1 0-0-2; Michael Alle, 1 0-1-2; Drew Pero, 0 4-4-4; Derek Guzenski, 1 2-6-4; Matt Mirabito, 0; Garrett Cade, 0 2-2-2; Clint Cade, 1 0-0-2; Tyler Plahanski, 0 1-4-1; Jason Gildea, 0; Chris Statts, 3 1-2-9. Totals: 9 10-19-31.
Norwich: Shane Thompson, 2 0-0-4; Chris Mattingly, 0; Patrick Coates, 2 1-2-5; Keegan Edwards, 6 0-3-12; Nate Foote, 4 0-0-11; Robert Martin, 5 2-2-12; Vaughn Labor, 0; Tyler Saroka, 1 0-1-2; Justin Ballin, 3 0-0-6; Wade Kornegay, 0; Amos Parry, 4 0-0-8. Totals: 27 3-9-60.
Score by quarters
CFks 11 11 0 9–31
NHS 18 14 21 7–60
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (N) Foote 3, (CF) Sats 2, Warner. JV: Norwich won 50-49. Officials: Dadamio, McPeek.

Unadilla Valley 60, Greene 53
GREENE – Unadilla Valley finished strong over the final four minutes to defeat Greene for the sixth straight time Friday night.
Trailing the Trojans by one point with four minutes left, the Storm finished the game on an 11-3 run. “We weren’t physical enough with their big men, and they killed us inside,” said Greene coach Jeff Paske.
UV center Matt Potter scored a career-high 23 points, and forward Josh Rivenburgh added 10. The two combined for 13 points in a 21-point final quarter, and guard Mason Wyman also tacked on half a dozen points in the last eight minutes. Wyman finished with 12 points. “UV was able to penetrate our defense, and the big guys made themselves available,” Paske said. “We had a chance to pull it out, but didn’t make it happen.”
Mike Porter scored 14 points in the first quarter, but was held to seven foul shots the rest of the way to lead Greene (6-4) with 21 points.
UV: Mason Wyman, 5 2-3-12; Ryan Johnson, 1 0-1-2; Raffi Perry, 1 2-2-4; Juston Parks, 3 0-0-7; Darrin Garcia, 0 2-2-2; Josh Rivenburgh, 4 2-2-10; Matt Potter, 7 9-10-23 . Totals: 21 17-20-60.
Greene: Trevor Johnson, 2 0-0-4; Corey Breck, ;2 0-0-5; John Carlin, 2 0-0-4; Mike Porter, 5 8-11-21; Amell, 3 2-5-8; Chris Engler, 0 5-6-5; Anthony McDaniels, ; Adams, 0; Cameron Daniels, 3 0-0-6. Totals: 17 15-22-53.
UVall 17 12 10 21–60
Gre. 21 8 12 12–53
Fouled out: (UV) Parks, (G) Engler. Three-point goals: (G) Porter 3, Breck, (UV) Parks. JV: UV won 56-53 (OT) Officials: McFadden, Ewing.

Afton 56, B-G 47
BAINBRIDGE – B-G had no answer defensively for Afton junior Bryant Winans.
Winans scored a career-high 39 points for the Crimson Knights, who were coming off a tournament title last weekend at Downsville, and have now won four straight games.
“We couldn’t stop him; he had a great game,” said B-G coach Ben Nelson of Winans. “He drove and got layups, and if we backed off, he shot the three. He didn’t take bad shots and played within himself.”
B-G was plagued by foul trouble to starters Willie McGinnis and Adam Sprague, who both fouled out. Additionally, starter Brandon O’Brien was injured in the first half and did not play the final two quarters.
Ken Pixley’s season-high 17 points led the Bobcats (2-7).
Afton: Bryant Winans, 13 9-12-39; Phil Sanford, 2 1-2-6; Ethan Wharton, 0; Matt Davy, 1 0-2-2; Adam Berkeley, 0; Karl Rogler, 2 0-0-4; Jacob Snyder, 0 1-2-1; Jacob Metch, 0; Conor Tarbell, 0; Keith Lockwood, 2 0-0-4. Totals: 20 11-18-56.
B-G: Adam Sprague, 0; Ricky Margarum, 1 0-0-3; Craig Laing, 0 0-2-0; Brandon O’Brien 2 1-2-6; Greg Dicks, 3 0-1-6; Tim Feyerabend, 0 2-4-2; Ken Pixley, 8 1-2-17; Willie McGinnis, 3 3-6-9; Chris McGinnis, 1 2-4-4; Toby Shields, 0; Nick Reyes,0 ; Dylan Whitaker, 0. Totals: 18 9-21-47.
Afton 16 10 12 18–56
B-G 14 9 12 12–47
Fouled out: (BG) W. McGinnis, Adam Sprague. Three-point goals: (A) Winans 4, Sanford, (B) O’Brien, Margarum. JV: B-G won 51-34. Officials: Bennett, Cavanaugh.

G-MU 44, Laurens 41
COPES CORNERS – Four minutes – the last four – of good basketball were enough for G-MU to overcome a shaky performance for 3 1/2 quarters in a win over Laurens Friday.
Down 39-30 midway through the last stanza, the Raiders finished the game on a 14-2 run. Dan Moreno had three steals that he converted for layups, and Drew Hartman was 4-for-4 from the foul line to help seal the win.
Moreno’s 18 points was a career-high and led the Raiders, and Hartman totaled 15. “Our guards really carried us the last four minutes,” said G-MU coach Bill Hartman. “We had some clear challenges the first 28 minutes, but we showed remarkable maturity and understanding of what we had to do late in the game.”
Laurens: Carter Bailey, 0; Miguel Short, 2 0-0-5; Jordan Dilello, 2 0-0-4; Joel Tirado, 4 1-1-9; Shane Eichorn, 1 2-4-4; Corey Carr, 4 0-0-10; Aaron Laing, 4 1-3-9. Totals: 17 4-8-41.
G-MU : Paul Wildfeir 0, Nate Talbot , Dan Moreno 7 3-4-18, Drew Hartman 5 4-4-15, Cody Hall 1 0-0-2, Luke Hall 0, Tim Sloan , Travis Andrews , Pat Mosomillo , Luke Acanfora , Peter Schmidt 4 1-2-9, Nate Dubben 0. Totals: 17 8-10-44.
Laur 8 14 11 8
GMU 8 13 9 14
Fouled out: none. Officials: Ploutz, Brady. Three-point goals: (L) Short, Carr 2, (G) Hartman, Moreno. JV: Laurens won.

S-E 45, Ilion 30
SHERBURNE – Sherburne-Earlville finished a season sweep of Ilion Friday, and lived up to its newly-annointed number eight state ranking among Class B schools.
Wilson Rose scored nine points in the first half, and the Marauders staked themselves to a 25-12 lead. “We’re not only playing good individual defense, but we’re playing good team defense,” said S-E coach Kevin Vibbard, whose club is giving up well under 40 points a game this season. “We were a little sloppy on offense, but to give up just 12 points in a half against a team like Ilion, that shows you something about our defense.”
Jon Pinney led the Marauders (13-0) with 16 points. SE hosts Canastota Tuesday.
Ilion: Jordan Marryot, 1 0-0-3; Brian White, 1 1-2-3; Chris Stefanec, 0; Dean Viti, 3 1-2-8; Steve Dylan, 4 1-2-9; Eric Lachacz, 3 1-2-7; Greg Goldbin, 0; Mike McAvarey, 0. Totals: 12 4-8-30.
S-E: Ken Knickerbocker, 0; Corey Fitzgerald, 0; Gabe Fowler, 2 2-2-7; Jon Pinney, 7 1-2-16; Drew Doscher, 2 0-0-5; Wilson Rose, 5 0-0-11; Caleb Johnson, 0; Garrett Porack, 1 2-2-4; Tom Niles, 1 0-0-2; Dan Leet, 0; Ethan Sconzo, 0. Totals: 18 5-7-45.
Score by quarters
Ilion 4 8 10 8–30
S-E 12 13 11 9–45
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (SE) Fowler, Pinney, Doscher, Rose (I) Viti, Marryot. JV: S-E won 54-46. Officials: Legg, Mirabito.

Oxford 70, Deposit 32
OXFORD – Oxford snapped its second three-game losing streak of the season, and did it easily despite the absence of leading scorer, Ben Burdick.
Scott Seiler scored a season-high 18 points, and all but one Oxford player found the scoring column. Thanks to a stingy, aggressive defense, the game was well at hand early with the Blackhawks holding a 45-8 lead at halftime.
“We were playing good pressure defense in the first half,” said Oxford coach Tim Davis. “The shots went in tonight that haven’t been going in. Hopefully this will carry on the rest of the season.”
The Blackhawks (4-6) host Walton tonight.
Deposit: Tyler Vandermark, 0; Corey Anderson, 3 0-0-6; Mike Mills, 2 0-0-4; Jordan Hathaway,2 0-0-4 ; Blair, 0 0-2-0; Justin Winans, 5 5-9-16; Chris Reis, 0 2-4-2. Totals: 12 7-13-32.
Oxford: Trevor Nelson, 2 3-3-7; Steve Locke, 4 1-2-9; Scott Seiler, 8 0-0-18; Wes Tynan, 4 0-0-8; Andrew Hubman, 1 0-0-2; Kyle Smith, 2 0-0-5; Jeff Champlin, 0 0-2-0; Alex Champlin, 2 0-0-4; Trey Seifert, 3 0-0-6; John Witchella, 2 1-4-5; Hugh Witchella, 3 0-1-6. Totals: 31 5-12-70.
Score by quarters
Dep 7 1 13 11–32
Oxf. 19 26 14 11–70
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (O) Seiler 2, Smith, (D) Winans. JV: Oxford won 61-24. Officials: R. Ehrie, J. Bennett.

Brookfield 46, Otselic Valley 38
MORRISVILLE – Otselic Valley was unable to maintain the momentum from a strong first half and fell to Brookfield Saturday at SUNY Morrisville.
The Beavers outscored OV (6-6) 19-10 in the third quarter to assume command of the game. “We came out a little flat in the third quarter, and we shot 27 percent (17-for-66) in the game,” said OV coach Dave Loomis. “Obviously that’s not good enough against a team like Brookfield.”
Robert Guyer led OV with 14 points and 14 rebounds, while David Cerasani totaled 13 points.
Brookfield: Plows, 4 1-4-9; Stevenson, 0; Davies, 2 1-3-7; Bishop, 0 0-2-0; Fall, 5 1-2-14; Conrad, 0; Cook, 3 2-2-8; Button, 3 2-4-8. Totals; 17 7-17-46.
OV: Chris Olin, 0; Taylor Duell, 4 0-0-8; David Cerasani, 5 3-4-13; Shawn Hillman, 0; Greg Evans, 1 0-0-3; Eric Wentworth, 0 Justin Shapley, 0; Waltz, ; Rasmussen, ; Brown, 0; Williams, 0; Robert Guyer, 6 2-2-14; Wood, 0. Totals: 16 5-6-38.
OV 13 5 10 10–38
Br. 9 8 19 10–47
Team fouls; (B) 9, (OV) 17. Fouled out: (O) Guyer; three-point goals: (OV) Evans, (B) Fall 3, Davies 2. officials: Clayton, Harzer.

Girls’ Basketball

Chenango Forks 47, Norwich 38
CHENANGO FORKS – Chenango Forks held Norwich to 12 second-half points and overcame a seven-point deficit to deal the Tornado their second loss in a row Friday night.
Michelle Staiger had 10 points in the second half and led the Blue Devils with 14 points. “We were getting shots and breaking down the defense for the most part, but we weren’t shooting it well,” said Norwich coach Bob Branham. “When we shoot it bad, it seems to affect every phase of our game. We just need to grind it out when we’re not shooting well.”
Alicia Testani had nine points for Norwich and Melinda Moore added eight. Norwich plays at Oneida tonight with junior varsity tipping off at 5:30 p.m.
NHS: Brittany Cargill, 2 0-0-4; Alicia Testani, 2 4-6-9; Krissie Collier, 1 0-0-2; Emily Tackabury, 1 1-2-3; Melinda Moore, 2 3-6-8 ; Kyra Collier, 2 2-6-6; Brooke Abbott, 1 0-0-3; Kala Haltner, 1 0-0-3. Totals: 12 10-20-38.
Chenango Forks: Michelle Staiger, 6 2-2-14; Haley VanTassel, 0 2-2-2; Allison Bruet, 2 4-10-9; Rebecca Foster, 1 0-0-2; Cassie Lord, 2 0-0-4; Tori Matt, 2 2-2-6; Brittany Merriam, 5 0-0-10. Totals: 18 10-16-47.
Score by quarters
NHS 15 11 6 6–38
C. Forks 10 9 15 13–47
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (CF) Bruet, (N) Testani 1, Moore, Abbott, Haltner. JV: Norwich won 44-40.

B-G 51, Afton 32
BAINBRIDGE – B-G held Afton to eight points in the first half and estabished a 20-point lead to win over its local rival Saturday.
Marcie Day led a balanced scoring game finishing with 15 points, Jen Patten added 13, and Mariah Schaeffer 10 for B-G.
Afton: Jessica Winans 4 1-2-9, Heather Simonds 2 1-1-5, Samantha Sickler 2 0-0-4, Hannah Westfall 2 0-3-4, Leanne Westfall 1 0-2-2, Joelyn Sines 0, Melissa Oswald 4 0-4-8. Totals: 15 2-12-32.
B-G: Sam Spalholz, 1 0-0-2; Mariah Schaeffer, 2 5-6-10; Jen Patten, 5 3-4-13; Liz Holbert,1 0-0-2 ; Brittany Fahringer, 0; Nicole Conway, 2 3-4-7; Marcie Day, 5 5-7-15. Totals: 17 16-21-51.
Afton 6 2 15 9–32
B-G 18 10 6 17–51
Three-pointers: (B) Schaeffer, JV: B-G won 51-39.

Oxford 86, Deposit 18
OXFORD – Oxford received 36 points from its bench including a team-high 18 points from Christi Baker in a rout of Deposit Saturday.
Felicia Tynan scored 15, Julie Davis had 12 points and 10 rebounds, and Erin Law totaled 12 points. Alysa Law led with five assists.
“That was our second highest point total in my five seasons, and that was our seventh different high scorer in eight games,” said Oxford coach Brad Aldrich. “Our bench plays very well, and a lot of them would start for many teams in our division.”
Deposit: Emily Cecere, 2 1-2-5; Brittany Stanton, 2 1-2-5; Lindsay Wagner, 0; Tia Scott, 0; Britini Merrill, 0; Britney Zaczek, 0; Krembs, 0 2-6-2; Keri Wormuth, 2 1-2-6. Totals: 6 5-14-18.
Oxford: Katie Seiler, 3 1-2-7 ; Alysa Law, 2 0-2-4; C. Baker, 9 0-1-18; Chantel Crandall, 4 0-0-8; Erin Law, 6 0-0-12; Hollyann Branham, 1 2-2-4; Felicia Tynan, 6 3-6-15; J. Davis, 6 0-1-12; Amanda Nightengale, 2 2-2-6. Totals: 39 8-16-86.
Dep. 4 5 4 5–18
Oxf. 27 22 14 23–86
Three-point goals: (D) Wormuth, JV: Oxford won.

Greene 48, Unadilla Valley 36
GREENE – Greene stopped the momentum UV built in the first half with a strong third quarter to win Saturday.
Jessica Smith scored eight points in the third hitting two three balls, and Barb Borst added six points to flip a one-point deficit into an eight-point lead.
Theresa Lazarus scored six points in the second quarter and Katelyn Ross five in a big second quarter for UV in which it made up a six-point Greene lead to take a 19-18 lead into intermission. “They switched to a zone defense and we were shooting it poorly in the second quarter,” said Greene coach Bill Case. “We hung in alright and Jessica had a terrific second half for us.”
Smith finished with 17 points, five steals, and four assists. Megan McDermott added 11 points.
Ross had 13 markers and Lazarus 11 for UV.
UV: Jenna Rudnitsky, 0; Caree Acre, 0; Rachel Dye, 0; Jess Lorence, 0; Katelyn Ross, 6 0-0-13; Theresa Lazarus, 4 1-4-11; Cierra Izard, 3 0-0-6; Sarah Talbot, 0; Katrina Benson, 1 2-2-4; Hannah Johnson, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 15 3-8-36.
Greene: Barb Borst, 3 1-2-8 ; Holly Davis, 0; Candice Browning, 0; Erin Smith, 0; Monica Puglisi, 0; Megan McDermott, 4 3-6-11; Lizzy Buhl, 2 2-2-6; Liz Wentlent, 1 4-4-6; Jessica Smith, 6 0-0-17. Totals: 16 10-14-48.
Un.Va. 4 15 6 11–36
Greene 10 8 15 15–48
Three-point goals: (UV) Lazarus 2, Ross; (G) J. Smith 5, Borst. JV: Greene won 37-27.

G-MU 39, Laurens 28
LAURENS - Sparked by a strong first half in which it led by 15 points, G-MU shook off the rust of a three-week layoff to win at Laurens Friday.
Danielle Conway scored 15 points for the Raiders (9-2), who led 25-10 at the break, and Brittney Rudnitsky chipped in with nine points. Conway added 11 rebounds and four steals, and Rudnitsky finished with three steals and three assists.
G-MU: Samantha Moreno 1 0-2 2, Cassandra Calamia 1 0-1 2, Brittney Peet 2 1-2 5, Danielle Conway 6 3-4 15, Brittney Rudnitsky 4 0-0 9, Terra Moore 3 0-0 6. Totals: 17 4-9 39.
Laurens: Mechia Scott 2 2-2 6, Jamie Snyder 3 1-1 7, Dayle Dutcher 1 1-2 3, Amy Breuer 2 2-2 6, Caitlyn Marble 2 0-1 4, Ketrey Knapp 1 0-0 2. Totals: 11 6-8 28.
G-MU 16 11 4 8 –39
Laur. 4 6 11 7–28
Three-point field goals: (G) Rudnitsky. JV score: Laurens won.