Oneonta ekes by Purple Tornado
Boys’ Basketball
Oneonta 51, Norwich 47
NORWICH – Oneonta handled Norwich quite easily in the first meet several weeks ago. The Yellowjackets found the Tornado almost too difficult to handle Tuesday night eking out a road win.
Andrew Tenace, who missed the front end of two one-and-one foul shot attempts in the final minute, sealed the Yellowjackets’ win making both free throws with 1.7 seconds remaining.
“I’m not sure they took us lightly, and knowing their coach (Jerry Mackey), I think he would have his team as prepared as they needed to be,” said Norwich coach Mark Abbott. “You wonder if a team would have the same focus after winning so easily, but right from the opening tap, we showed that we would be around the full 32 minutes.”
Oneonta led by seven at halftime and stretched the lead to 11 thanks to a Dan O’Brien three ball at the 30-second horn, and a Tenace foul shot that made it 35-24 with 5:12 left in the quarter.
Norwich found seams in the Oneonta zone finishing the quarter on an 11-2 run. Amos Parry scored six straight points for Norwich, the last a mid-range jumper to close the game to 35-30.
Alex Mirabito hit a runner in the lane for Oneonta to up the lead back to seven before Robert Martin drove for a Norwich layup and Shane Thompson pumped in a three ball from the right corner with 13 seconds left in the quarter paring the margin to 37-35.
Norwich traded baskets with Oneonta early in the fourth, and a tremendous individual play by Martin set up his tying three. Martin made a diving steal in front of the Oneonta bench, and then drained a long-range three from several feet behind the arc tying the game at 45-45 with 3:06 to play.
Alex Van Deusen put Oneonta ahead for good hitting two foul shots, and Mirabito sunk another short jumper in the lane padding the margin.
“I love our team; they are one of my all-time favorites. Our 9-7 record does not describe this team,” Abbott said. “Tonight was a question of us believing we could win. A lot of our preparation was from a mental standpoint... we’re not into moral victories, but beyond that, we proved to ourselves we can play with the best team in the league.”
Martin led Norwich with 21 points, his fifth 20-point-plus game this season, and Parry added 11. O’Brien and Tenace scored 13 apiece for Oneonta.
“Robert proved again that he is without question one of the best players in our league,” Abbott said. “The things he does for us beyond scoring are immeasurable. This is a team effort, but he’s really our guy and he comes through for us big time.”
Norwich plays at Johnson City Friday.
On.: Van Deusen, 0 2-2-2; Lance Ratchford, 0; D.J. Basile, 0 2-2-2; Zach Harlem, 1 0-0-2; Brendan Harder, 4 0-0-8; Brandon Southard, 2 0-0-5; Dan O’Brien, 6 0-0-13; Alex Mirabito, 3 0-0-6; Andrew Tenace, 3 5-8-13; Devlin Vanderhoof, 0. Totals: 19 9-12-51.
Norwich: Shane Thompson, 2 0-0-5; Chris Mattingly, 0; Patrick Coates, 0; Keegan Edwards, 1 0-0-2; Nate Foote, 2 2-2-8; Robert Martin, 7 6-6-21; Vaughn Labor, 0; Tyler Saroka, 0; Justin Ballin, 0; Wade Kornegay, 0; Amos Parry, 5 1-4-11; Craig Berg, 0. Totals: 17 9-12-47.
Onta. 14 15 8 14–51
NHS 11 11 13 12–47
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (N) Foote 2, Thompson, Martin, (O) O’Brien, Southard, Tenace 2. JV: Norwich won 68-46. Officials: Barker, Berg.
Sidney 61, Unadilla Valley 34
SIDNEY – Unadilla Valley fell two games behind Sidney in MAC’s division one race as the Warriors finished the game on a 34-10 run.
UV trailed 27-19 and closed to 27-24 early in the third before Sidney erupted.
“We were timid inside and turned it over too much,” said UV coach Matt Osborne. “We couldn’t hit a shot and Andy Foote really took over for them.”
Unatego 56, Greene 51
GREENE – Unatego overcame the absence of three starters to hand Greene (7-8) its fifth loss in six games.
With two starters out with injury, starting guard Kyle Palmer left in the first quarter with an injury leaving the reserves to pick up the slack. Alex Hendrickson responded with six three balls – three in the first quarter – and starting forward Owen Moss tallied 17 of his 23 in the second half.
Greene rallied from a seven-point halftime deficit closing to within one point after three. The Trojans were within striking range late in the game until Kahle Harris’ three for Unatego pushed the lead back to five with 1:17 to play. “We had a great third quarter, but we could never get over the top,” said Greene coach Jeff Paske. “The inside-outside combo of Moss and Hendrickson hurt us.”
Chris Engler’s 11 points led Greene, who play at Harpursville Friday.
Unatego (9-7): Kahle Harris, 1 0-0-3; Kyle Palmer, 0; David Havens, 3 0-1-6; Owen Moss, 9 5-7-23; Alex Hendrickson, 6 1-5-19; Mark Hendrickson, 0 1-2-1; Allen Knowlton, 0; Ray, 2 0-0-4. Totals: 21 7-15-56.
Greene (7-8): Trevor Johnson, 2 0-0-5; Corey Breck, 2 1-2-7; John Carlin, 3 1-2-7; Mike Porter, 4 0-1-9; Amell, 0; Chris Engler, 4 3-3-11; Anthony McDaniels, ; Adams, 0; Ben Williams, 0; Dustin Turner, 2 2-4-6; Cameron Daniels, 2 0-0-6. Totals: 19 7-12-51.
Unat. 13 14 13 16–56
Gree. 10 10 19 12–51
Fouled out: (G) Amell. Three-point goals: (U) Hendrickson 6, Harris, (G) Daniels 2, Breck 2, Johnson, Porter. JV: Unatego won 48-43. Officials: Mastrogiovanni, Haynes.
Otselic Valley 66, McGraw 45]
SOUTH OTSELIC – Otselic Valley would be hard-pressed to come up with a better half of basketball as it rolled to a fifth straight win Tuesday.
The Vikings (12-6) put up 50 points in the first half, its best scoring half this season by far, and led by 35 at the break over a squad it beat 70-57 in December.
“That was about as good a first half as I think I’ve ever had,” said OV coach Dave Loomis. “Everything seemed to work on offense and defense. Things kind of evened out in the second half, but it would have been pretty hard to repeat the first half. We had a good floor game from a number of kids, especially kids off the bench.”
David Cerasani led with 23 points, Taylor Duell scored 10, and Robert Guyer along with Greg Evans controlled the boards with 11 and 10 rebounds respectively.
The Vikings host Brookfield Friday – the last squad to hand OV a defeat.
McGraw: Stiles, 1 0-0-3; Emory, 6 1-2-13 ; Grant, 3 0-0-6; Elwood, 0; Powell, 1 1-3-3; Shephard, 3 1-2-7; McLain, 4 3-4-11; Clark, 0; Russell, 1 0-2-2. Totals: 19 6-13-45.
OV: Chris Olin, 3 0-0-6; Taylor Duell, 5 0-0-10; David Cerasani, 9 2-3-23; Shawn Hillman, 3 0-0-6; Greg Evans, 3 1-2-8; Eric Wentworth, 0 2-3-2 ; Justin Shapley, ; Waltz, ; Rasmussen, 0; Brown, 0; Williams, 0; Robert Guyer, 3 0-0-6; Wood, 2 1-2-5. Totals: 28 6-10-66.
McG. 8 7 13 17–45
OV 26 24 9 7–66
Team fouls: (M) 10, (OV) 15. Cerasani 3, Evans, (M) Stiles.. Officials: Laskey, Szelkowski. JV: OV won.
Oxford 61, Walton 44
WALTON – Oxford won its seventh straight game and closed in on a MAC division title winning at Walton Tuesday night.
A 20-5 third quarter helped the Blackhawks (10-6) expand a one-point edge to 16. Scott Seiler had five points and four assists in the quarter, Ben Burdick and Trey Seifert hit two baskets, and six different Oxford players found the scoring column in the pivotal stanza.
“We came out and played great defense in the third quarter,” summed up Oxford coach Tin Davis. “We created turnovers and forced them into bad shots. We weren’t happy with our first half, but we came out and got the job done in the third.”
Seiler had a game-high 19 points hitting four trifectas, while Burdick added 12. Oxford can clinch a tie for a division title with a win at Hancock Friday.
Oxford: Trevor Nelson, 2 0-0-4; Steve Locke, 3 1-1-7; Scott Seiler, 7 1-1-19; Wes Tynan, 1 0-0-2; Andrew Hubman, 0; Ben Burdick, 6 0-0-12; Kyle Smith, 1 1-2-3; Jeff Champlin, 0; Alex Champlin, 3 0-0-6; Trey Seifert, 2 0-0-4; John Witchella, 0 1-2-1; Hugh Witchella, 1 1-1-3. Totals: 26 5-7-61.
Walton: Davis, 2 0-0-5; Bryan Backus, 2 0-0-5; Travis Sprague, 1 0-0-2; McDonald, 4 0-0-11; Sean Fisher, 4 0-0-8 ; Adam Pierce, 3 0-0-6; Jon Howard, 0; Casey Killian, 1 2-4-4; Brad Hodges, 1 0-0-2; Drew Hammond, 0 1-5-1. Totals: 18 3-9-44.
Oxf. 12 17 20 12–61
Wal. 12 16 5 11–44
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (O) Seiler 4, (W) Backus, Davis, Mcdonald 3. JV: Walton won 45-40. Officials: Curtis, Coleman.
Oneonta 51, Norwich 47
NORWICH – Oneonta handled Norwich quite easily in the first meet several weeks ago. The Yellowjackets found the Tornado almost too difficult to handle Tuesday night eking out a road win.
Andrew Tenace, who missed the front end of two one-and-one foul shot attempts in the final minute, sealed the Yellowjackets’ win making both free throws with 1.7 seconds remaining.
“I’m not sure they took us lightly, and knowing their coach (Jerry Mackey), I think he would have his team as prepared as they needed to be,” said Norwich coach Mark Abbott. “You wonder if a team would have the same focus after winning so easily, but right from the opening tap, we showed that we would be around the full 32 minutes.”
Oneonta led by seven at halftime and stretched the lead to 11 thanks to a Dan O’Brien three ball at the 30-second horn, and a Tenace foul shot that made it 35-24 with 5:12 left in the quarter.
Norwich found seams in the Oneonta zone finishing the quarter on an 11-2 run. Amos Parry scored six straight points for Norwich, the last a mid-range jumper to close the game to 35-30.
Alex Mirabito hit a runner in the lane for Oneonta to up the lead back to seven before Robert Martin drove for a Norwich layup and Shane Thompson pumped in a three ball from the right corner with 13 seconds left in the quarter paring the margin to 37-35.
Norwich traded baskets with Oneonta early in the fourth, and a tremendous individual play by Martin set up his tying three. Martin made a diving steal in front of the Oneonta bench, and then drained a long-range three from several feet behind the arc tying the game at 45-45 with 3:06 to play.
Alex Van Deusen put Oneonta ahead for good hitting two foul shots, and Mirabito sunk another short jumper in the lane padding the margin.
“I love our team; they are one of my all-time favorites. Our 9-7 record does not describe this team,” Abbott said. “Tonight was a question of us believing we could win. A lot of our preparation was from a mental standpoint... we’re not into moral victories, but beyond that, we proved to ourselves we can play with the best team in the league.”
Martin led Norwich with 21 points, his fifth 20-point-plus game this season, and Parry added 11. O’Brien and Tenace scored 13 apiece for Oneonta.
“Robert proved again that he is without question one of the best players in our league,” Abbott said. “The things he does for us beyond scoring are immeasurable. This is a team effort, but he’s really our guy and he comes through for us big time.”
Norwich plays at Johnson City Friday.
On.: Van Deusen, 0 2-2-2; Lance Ratchford, 0; D.J. Basile, 0 2-2-2; Zach Harlem, 1 0-0-2; Brendan Harder, 4 0-0-8; Brandon Southard, 2 0-0-5; Dan O’Brien, 6 0-0-13; Alex Mirabito, 3 0-0-6; Andrew Tenace, 3 5-8-13; Devlin Vanderhoof, 0. Totals: 19 9-12-51.
Norwich: Shane Thompson, 2 0-0-5; Chris Mattingly, 0; Patrick Coates, 0; Keegan Edwards, 1 0-0-2; Nate Foote, 2 2-2-8; Robert Martin, 7 6-6-21; Vaughn Labor, 0; Tyler Saroka, 0; Justin Ballin, 0; Wade Kornegay, 0; Amos Parry, 5 1-4-11; Craig Berg, 0. Totals: 17 9-12-47.
Onta. 14 15 8 14–51
NHS 11 11 13 12–47
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (N) Foote 2, Thompson, Martin, (O) O’Brien, Southard, Tenace 2. JV: Norwich won 68-46. Officials: Barker, Berg.
Sidney 61, Unadilla Valley 34
SIDNEY – Unadilla Valley fell two games behind Sidney in MAC’s division one race as the Warriors finished the game on a 34-10 run.
UV trailed 27-19 and closed to 27-24 early in the third before Sidney erupted.
“We were timid inside and turned it over too much,” said UV coach Matt Osborne. “We couldn’t hit a shot and Andy Foote really took over for them.”
Unatego 56, Greene 51
GREENE – Unatego overcame the absence of three starters to hand Greene (7-8) its fifth loss in six games.
With two starters out with injury, starting guard Kyle Palmer left in the first quarter with an injury leaving the reserves to pick up the slack. Alex Hendrickson responded with six three balls – three in the first quarter – and starting forward Owen Moss tallied 17 of his 23 in the second half.
Greene rallied from a seven-point halftime deficit closing to within one point after three. The Trojans were within striking range late in the game until Kahle Harris’ three for Unatego pushed the lead back to five with 1:17 to play. “We had a great third quarter, but we could never get over the top,” said Greene coach Jeff Paske. “The inside-outside combo of Moss and Hendrickson hurt us.”
Chris Engler’s 11 points led Greene, who play at Harpursville Friday.
Unatego (9-7): Kahle Harris, 1 0-0-3; Kyle Palmer, 0; David Havens, 3 0-1-6; Owen Moss, 9 5-7-23; Alex Hendrickson, 6 1-5-19; Mark Hendrickson, 0 1-2-1; Allen Knowlton, 0; Ray, 2 0-0-4. Totals: 21 7-15-56.
Greene (7-8): Trevor Johnson, 2 0-0-5; Corey Breck, 2 1-2-7; John Carlin, 3 1-2-7; Mike Porter, 4 0-1-9; Amell, 0; Chris Engler, 4 3-3-11; Anthony McDaniels, ; Adams, 0; Ben Williams, 0; Dustin Turner, 2 2-4-6; Cameron Daniels, 2 0-0-6. Totals: 19 7-12-51.
Unat. 13 14 13 16–56
Gree. 10 10 19 12–51
Fouled out: (G) Amell. Three-point goals: (U) Hendrickson 6, Harris, (G) Daniels 2, Breck 2, Johnson, Porter. JV: Unatego won 48-43. Officials: Mastrogiovanni, Haynes.
Otselic Valley 66, McGraw 45]
SOUTH OTSELIC – Otselic Valley would be hard-pressed to come up with a better half of basketball as it rolled to a fifth straight win Tuesday.
The Vikings (12-6) put up 50 points in the first half, its best scoring half this season by far, and led by 35 at the break over a squad it beat 70-57 in December.
“That was about as good a first half as I think I’ve ever had,” said OV coach Dave Loomis. “Everything seemed to work on offense and defense. Things kind of evened out in the second half, but it would have been pretty hard to repeat the first half. We had a good floor game from a number of kids, especially kids off the bench.”
David Cerasani led with 23 points, Taylor Duell scored 10, and Robert Guyer along with Greg Evans controlled the boards with 11 and 10 rebounds respectively.
The Vikings host Brookfield Friday – the last squad to hand OV a defeat.
McGraw: Stiles, 1 0-0-3; Emory, 6 1-2-13 ; Grant, 3 0-0-6; Elwood, 0; Powell, 1 1-3-3; Shephard, 3 1-2-7; McLain, 4 3-4-11; Clark, 0; Russell, 1 0-2-2. Totals: 19 6-13-45.
OV: Chris Olin, 3 0-0-6; Taylor Duell, 5 0-0-10; David Cerasani, 9 2-3-23; Shawn Hillman, 3 0-0-6; Greg Evans, 3 1-2-8; Eric Wentworth, 0 2-3-2 ; Justin Shapley, ; Waltz, ; Rasmussen, 0; Brown, 0; Williams, 0; Robert Guyer, 3 0-0-6; Wood, 2 1-2-5. Totals: 28 6-10-66.
McG. 8 7 13 17–45
OV 26 24 9 7–66
Team fouls: (M) 10, (OV) 15. Cerasani 3, Evans, (M) Stiles.. Officials: Laskey, Szelkowski. JV: OV won.
Oxford 61, Walton 44
WALTON – Oxford won its seventh straight game and closed in on a MAC division title winning at Walton Tuesday night.
A 20-5 third quarter helped the Blackhawks (10-6) expand a one-point edge to 16. Scott Seiler had five points and four assists in the quarter, Ben Burdick and Trey Seifert hit two baskets, and six different Oxford players found the scoring column in the pivotal stanza.
“We came out and played great defense in the third quarter,” summed up Oxford coach Tin Davis. “We created turnovers and forced them into bad shots. We weren’t happy with our first half, but we came out and got the job done in the third.”
Seiler had a game-high 19 points hitting four trifectas, while Burdick added 12. Oxford can clinch a tie for a division title with a win at Hancock Friday.
Oxford: Trevor Nelson, 2 0-0-4; Steve Locke, 3 1-1-7; Scott Seiler, 7 1-1-19; Wes Tynan, 1 0-0-2; Andrew Hubman, 0; Ben Burdick, 6 0-0-12; Kyle Smith, 1 1-2-3; Jeff Champlin, 0; Alex Champlin, 3 0-0-6; Trey Seifert, 2 0-0-4; John Witchella, 0 1-2-1; Hugh Witchella, 1 1-1-3. Totals: 26 5-7-61.
Walton: Davis, 2 0-0-5; Bryan Backus, 2 0-0-5; Travis Sprague, 1 0-0-2; McDonald, 4 0-0-11; Sean Fisher, 4 0-0-8 ; Adam Pierce, 3 0-0-6; Jon Howard, 0; Casey Killian, 1 2-4-4; Brad Hodges, 1 0-0-2; Drew Hammond, 0 1-5-1. Totals: 18 3-9-44.
Oxf. 12 17 20 12–61
Wal. 12 16 5 11–44
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (O) Seiler 4, (W) Backus, Davis, Mcdonald 3. JV: Walton won 45-40. Officials: Curtis, Coleman.
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