Girls’ Basketball

Sherburne-Earlville 62, Cooperstown 60
SHERBURNE – Sherburne-Earlville’s Courtney Kurtz hit two free throws in the final minute, and the Marauders survived two turnovers and a game-tying shot attempt by Cooperstown center Samantha Fox at the buzzer to beat Cooperstown Friday night.
It was S-E’s eighth straight victory – believed to be a school record – and first-ever Center State Conference division win over Cooperstown, a span covering four seasons.
“Cooperstown is a team you measure yourself by,” said S-E coach Jeff Barry. “They are a state-ranked team who won the division last year, and they’ll probably win the division this year. We’re one game behind, but we’ll need some help.”
The Marauders (12-4) made 12-of-17 free throws in the fourth quarter and Kurtz led four S-E players in double figures scoring 17 points. Karli Harris and Erin Dowdall netted 12 apiece, and Adrienne Cross had 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Cooperstown controlled play through most of the first quarter before the Marauders went on a 12-0 run to lead 20-14 early in the second. Harris had 10 points and Kurtz eight in a 24-14 second stanza to put their club up by seven.
S-E hosts Cincinnatus Wednesday.
Cooperstown: Lindsay Valentine, 0; Abigail Hall, 3 5-8-11; Lisa Covert, 0; Samantha Fox, 6 4-6-16; Jenny Potrukis, 1 0-0-2; Kaitlin Cring, 8 1-3-17; Katie Donnelly, 0; Jennifer Wehner, 7 0-2-14; Emily Dauchy, 0. Totals: 25 10-20-60.
S-E: Courtney Kurtz, 4 8-15-17; Megan Welshko, 2 1-2-5; Brenda Hoefler, 0; Adrienne Cross, 3 5-7-11; Samantha Crandall, 0; Megan Record, 1 0-0-2; Danielle Green, 0 3-6-3; Karli Harris, 4 1-2-12; Erin Dowdall, 4 3-4-12. Totals: 18 21-36-62.
Coop 14 14 16 16–60
S-E 11 24 11 16–62
Fouled out: (C) Potrukis. Three-point goals: (SE) Harris 3, Kurtz, Dowdall. JV: S-E won 58-54, Officials: O’Connor, Cuchiss.

Morris 42, G-MU 37
MORRIS – G-MU and Morris have split their four regular season meetings, but the Mustangs won when it counted most.
Gretchen Meyers hit two free throws in the final 20 seconds to seal Morris’ win, and Bobbi-Jean Bryden scored a team-high 19 points before leaving with an injury midway through the fourth quarter.
The Raiders trail Morris by two games in division play – both losses to Morris. G-MU beat the Mustangs in tournaments at Laurens and Oneonta earlier this season.
Dani Conway led G-MU with 14 points.
G-MU: Samantha Moreno 0 0-0 0, Ashlea Osborne 1 0-0 3, Cassandra Calamia 0 0-0 0, Brittney Peet 3 1-4 7, Danielle Conway 4 4-6 14, Samantha Brooks 0 0-0 0, Sierra French 0 0-0 0, Kala Armstrong 0 0-0 0, Brittney Rudnitsky 2 0-0 6, Terra Moore 2 3-4 7. Totals: 12 8-14 37.
Morris (11-4, 8-0): Bobbi-Jean Bryden 8 2-5 19, Brandee Decker 4 1-2 9, Gretchen Meyer 2 2-4 6, Kaitlin Meyers 1 0-1 2, Asia Carroll 0 0-0 0, Lindsey Shumway 0 0-0 0, Kayla Forgit 2 2-2 6, Hannah Schwarzhans 1 0-0 2. Totals: 17 7-14 42.
G-MU 8 7 10 12–37
Morris 8 10 10 14–42
Three-point field goals: (M) Bryden, (G) Conway 2, Rudnitsky 2, Osborne.

Fabius Pompey 59, Otselic Valley 48
SOUTH OTSELIC – Fabius-Pompey held off OV’s comeback run getting eight points from Lauren Scalisi in the last quarter to win a non-league game Friday night.
The Vikings rallied in the last quarter behind its pressure defense closing a double-digit deficit to as little as five points. “We’d close the lead then throw the ball away,” said OV coach Kevin Springer. “We’d get back into the game, but couldn’t quite finish that big run to get over the hump.”
Kylie Martin had 22 points for OV and Amber Wood tacked on 12. The Vikings play at Stockbridge Valley tonight.
F-P: A. Malone, 2 1-3-5; Kayleigh Lamawna, 2 0-1-5; S. Bumpus, 2 0-4-4; E. Wasmund, 2 0-0-4; Kaylinn Tuttle, 6 0-2-12; Lauren Scalisi, 8 12-13-29. Totals: 22 13-23-59
Otselic Valley: Kim Lewis, 1 1-2-3; Amber Wood, 5 2-6-12; Erica Loomis, 0; Heather Eaton, 2 0-0-5 ; Melinda Schutt, 3 0-0-6; Justine Huntley, 0; Megan Knickerbocker, 0; Kylie Martin, 10 2-3-22. Totals: 21 5-11-48.
F-P 15 14 8 22–59
OVa. 11 10 5 22–48
Fouled out: (OV) Eaton. Three-point goals: JV: F-P won. Officials: Neske, Riddell.

B-G 58, Afton 51
B-G: Sam Spalholz, 3 0-0-6; Mariah Schaeffer, 6 1-4-15; Jen Patten, 5 4-7-14; Liz Holbert, 3 0-0-6; Brittany Fahringer, 0; Nicole Conway, 5 0-1-11; Marcie Day, 3 0-0-6. Totals: 25 5-12-58.
Afton: Stephanie Parsons, 4 0-0-10; Jessica Winans, 5 0 -1-11; Abby Martin, 0; Heather Simonds 2 0-0-5, Samantha Sickler 0, Hannah Westfall 0 0-2-0, Leanne Westfall 0, Joelyn Sines 5 1-4-11, Melissa Oswald 6 2-2-14. Totals: 22 3-9-51.
Score by quarters
B-G 19 15 13 11–58
Aft. 9 12 11 19–51
Three-point goals: (A) Parson 2, Winans, Simonds, (BG) Schaeffer 2, Conway.

Oxford 62, Deposit 30
Oxford: Katie Seiler, 4 0-2-8; Alysa Law, 1 4-4-7; C. Baker, 2 1-3-5; Chantel Crandall, 2 2-4-6; Erin Law, 3 0-0-6; Hollyann Branham, 3 0-0-6; Felicia Tynan, 3 0-0-7; J. Davis, 4 3-4-11; Amanda Nightengale, 3 0-2-6. Totals: 25 10-19-62.
Deposit: Emily Cecere, 1 3-6-5; Brittany Stanton,2 3-6-7 ; Lindsay Wagner, 3 1-2-7; Tia Scott, 0; Britini Merrill, 0; Britney Zaczek, 0 0-1-0; Keri Wormuth, 4 2-2-11. Totals: 10 9-17-32.
Score by quarters
Oxf. 15 17 13 17–62
Dep. 7 4 9 10–30
Three-point goals: (D) Wormuth, (O) Tynan, A. Law.

Boys’ Basketball

Otselic Valley 76, DeRuyter 53
DERUYTER – Otselic Valley found its offense in the middle two quarter putting up 46 points to run its winning streak to five games Friday night.
Taylor Duell had 19 points and eight rebounds for the Vikings (11-6) and sophomore David Cerasani bagged 17 points to go with seven assists. “It was a lot tougher than the final score indicates,” said OV coach Dave Loomis. “We were able to get out and run in the second quarter, and that continued into the third quarter. We’re shooting the ball better and we had some good play play from a number of kids.”
Loomis noted the play off the bench of Chris Olin and Shawn Hillman, who had nine and eight points respectively. Robert Guyer led with nine rebounds.
OV: Chris Olin, 4 0-0-9; Taylor Duell, 8 3-4-19 ; David Cerasani, 5 4-8-17; Shawn Hillman, 4 0-0-8; Greg Evans, 2 2-2-7; Eric Wentworth, 1 1-2-4; Rasmussen, 0; Brown, 0; Williams, 0; Robert Guyer, 5 2-7-12; Wood, 0. Totals: 29 12-23-76.
DeR: Brandon Meacham, 6 0-0-15; Dustin McClure, 8 0-4-16; Eric Duncan, 0; Nick Brown, 0 1-2-1; Grimes, 0 1-2-1; Nate Sutherland, 0; David Revette, 1 0-0-2; Eric Skeele, 0; Jacob Newton, 2 1-2-6; Shawn Meigs, 6 0-0-12; Josh Fuller, 0 0-2-0. Totals: 23 3-12-53.
OV 12 22 24 18–76
De 12 11 18 12–53
Team fouls: (D) 17, (OV) 14. Three-point goals: (OV) Cerasani 3, Olin 1, Evans 1, Wentworth (D) Meacham 3, Newton. JV: DeRuyter won. Officials: Rathbun, Murray.

Unadilla Valley 53, Greene 50
NEW BERLIN – Matt Potter had his second big game against Greene this season leading UV to its seventh straight win over the Trojans, while also remaining just one game behind Sidney in MAC’s division standings.
Potter scored seven in the last quarter to finish with 19 points. He added 12 rebounds for a double-double. Potter’s inside mate, Josh Rivenburgh, canned two big baseline shots in the last quarter as well scoring all five of his points to aid in UV’s comeback in the last quarter.
The Trojans led by two after three periods and stretched it to five early in the fourth. “They really didn’t have the size to match up with Potter, so almost every time he got the ball inside, he pretty much scored,” said UV coach Matt Osborne.
Mike Porter led Greene with 12 points, John Carlin had a season-high 11, and Don Amell bagged 10.
Juston Parks finished with 12 points for the Storm (5-1, 10-5) and Mason Wyman 10. Parks and Wyman combined for five three balls to stretch the Greene zone defense and open space for Potter on the inside. Potter had 23 points in the first meeting with Greene this season.
The Storm play at Sidney Tuesday.
Greene: Trevor Johnson, ; Corey Breck, 3 1-1-8; John Carlin, 4 3-7-11; Mike Porter, 3 6-6-12; Amell, 4 0-0-10; Chris Engler, 2 3-6-7; Adams, 0; Cameron Daniels, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 17 13-20-50.
UV: Mason Wyman, 3 2-2-10; Raffi Perry, 1 2-2-4; Juston Parks, 4 1-3-12 ; Darrin Garcia, 1 1-2-3; Josh Rivenburgh, 2 1-2-5; Matt Potter, 9 1-1-19. Totals: 20 8-12-53.
Greene 13 8 13 16–50
Un. Vl 15 5 12 21–53
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (G) Amell 2, Breck, UV) Aparks 3, Wyman 2. JV: Greene won 54-51 (OT) Officials: Cleminhaga, Hyzer.

S-E 58, Waterville 41
WATERVILLE – Sherburne-Earlville ran its unbeaten streak to 17 games at Waterville Saturday.
Jon Pinney scored a career-high 28 points including six three-pointers, and he scored 12 in a 21-9 second quarter that moved S-E to a 30-21 halftime lead.
A Pinney to Wilson alley-oop dunk early in the third quarter started an 8-0 run that put the Marauders in front 38-23. “They were playing a zone, and we ran an offense where we ran Jon to the corner on the same side as Wilson,” said S-E coach Kevin Vibbard. “They had to pick their poison: Pack it in or go out an defend Jon. Jon had a lot of good looks and knocked them down.”
Rose finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds for S-E, who play at Hamilton today.
S-E: Ken Knickerbocker, 0; Gabe Fowler, 1 0-0-2; Jon Pinney, 10 2-3-28 ; Drew Doscher, 2 1-2-7; Wilson Rose, 5 7-9-17; Caleb Johnson, 1 0-0-2; Garrett Porack, 0; Tom Niles, 1 0-0-2; Dan Leet, 0; Ethan Sconzo, 0. Totals: 20 10-14-58 .
Waterville: Jessie Bowie, 1 2-7-4; Brandon Wrobel, 0; Coby Clapp, 6 0-0-12 ; Wes Roberts, 4 2-2-11; Todd Livingston, 3 3-5-9; Ryan Schreck, 1 0-0-2; Viktor Selyuzhitsky, 1 0-0-2; Ben Duprey, 0; Abram Koester, 0 1-2-1; Mason Clapp, 0; Doug Hughes, 0. Totals: 16 8-16-41.
S-E 9 21 14 14–58
Wat. 12 9 13 7–41
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (W) Roberts. JV; Waterville won 44-40. Officials: Cavanaugh, Cornish.

G-MU 57, Morris 45
COPES CORNERS – Peter Schmidt got off to a strong start and went on to score a season-high 24 points for G-MU (6-2, 9-5), who completed a regular season sweep of Morris Friday night.
Schmidt had 10 in the first quarter, although the Raiders fell back in the second stanza netting just six points to trail, 27-24. The Raiders used a 17-6 third stanza to regain command and pull away for the win.
“We really looked like a team tonight,” said G-MU coach Bill Hartman. “We had good practice sessions this week working on getting back to our core fundamentals. We possessed the ball intelligently, were patient, and were able to get the ball inside.”
Raiders sophomore Cody Hall was credited by Hartman for a strong defensive game on Morris sharpshooter, Mark Jacobsen, holding the Mustangs player to nine points.
Hall, meanwhile, added 12 points and Drew Hartman 11. G-MU hosts Franklin Friday.
Morris: Matt Joyce, 8 1-2-19; Shawn Babbitt, 2 0-0-6; Mark Jacobsen, 4 1-2-9; Ed Polimeni, 2 2-3-6; Jeff Hartwell, 0; Bell, 0 1-2-1 Steve Hanson, 0 2-2-2; John Bourgeois, 1 0-3-2. Totals: 17 7-14-45 .
G-MU : Paul Wildfeir 0, Nate Talbot , Dan Moreno 0 0-3-0, Drew Hartman 2 6-7-11, Cody Hall 4 3-7-12, Luke Hall 1 2-2-4, Peter Schmidt 10 4-8-24, Nate Dubben 3 0-1-6. Totals: 20 15-28-57.
Morris 15 12 6 12–45
G-MU 18 6 17 16–57
Fouled out: (G) Dubben, (M) Babbitt, Bell. Three-point goals: JV: Morris won. Officials: J. Weaver, C. Eichler.

Oxford 69, Deposit 42
DEPOSIT – Oxford, who didn’t make more than three three-pointers in any of its first 13 games, now have 15 over the past two contests including nine against the Lumberjacks Saturday.
Scott Seiler and Ben Burdick had three treys apiece finishing with 19 and 15 points respectively. Trevor Nelson added a pair of trifectas winding up with 11 points.
Oxford: Trevor Nelson, 4 1-2-11; Steve Locke, 3 1-2-8; Scott Seiler, 7 2-2-19; Wes Tynan, 1 0-2-2; Andrew Hubman, 1 0-1-2; Ben Burdick, 6 0-0-15; Kyle Smith, 1 0-1-2; Jeff Champlin, 0; Alex Champlin, 0; Trey Seifert, 3 0-0-6; John Witchella, 1 0-0-2; Hugh Witchella, 1 0-2-2. Totals: 28 4-12-69.
Deposit: Tyler Vandermark, 0; Corey Andresen, 3 2-2-9; Warren Singleton, 0; Mike Mills, 2 0-0-4; Chris Reis, 1 2-2-4 Jordan Hathaway, 4 3-5-11; Matt Mason, 0; Justin Winans, 5 4-8-14. Totals: 15 11-17-42.
Score by quarters
Oxf. 14 16 19 20–69
Dep. 10 8 14 10–42
Three-point goals: (O) Burdick 3, Seiler 3, Nelson 2, Locke. (D) Andresen.