Norwich 67, Whitney Point 15
WHITNEY POINT – Any lingering thoughts about its loss to Windsor the night before were tucked away in a hurry at Whitney Point Wednesday.
Corey Dietrich scored nine in the first period, and Vaughn Labor seven points vaulting the Tornado to a 22-2 lead. Head coach Mark Abbott subbed regularly the last three quarters, yet the Golden Eagles struggled to find the hoop. Until late three-pointers by Ben Manwaring and Anthony Pagano, the Golden Eagles were perilously close to not reaching 10 points for the game.
The 15 points surrendered by Norwich is a record in Abbott’s 23-year tenure, as is the six-point yield in the first half when Norwich mounted a 38-6 advantage. “We talked a long time before the game about getting back on track,” Abbott said. “We played with a lot of energy and intensity. It was a good effort.”
Dietrich led three Norwich players in double figures scoring 17. Josh Borfitz had 12, and freshman Seth Thomsen bucketed 10.
Norwich (10-2) plays at Susquehanna Valley tonight.
Norwich: Casey Edwards, 2 0-0-5; Richie Bonney, 3 1-2-7; Corey Dietrich, 5 5-6-17; Tim Clark, 1 2-2-4; Josh Borfitz, 2 1-2-5; Vaughn Labor, 3 3-3-9; Seth Thomsen, 4 2-2-10; David Carson, 1 0-0-2; Derek Hughes, 1 2-3-4; Cory Law, 1 0-0-2; Andrew Austin, 0 2-2-2; Christian Hotaling, 0. Totals: 23 18-22-67.
Whitney Point: Dan Arseneau, 0; Nate Florczynkowski, 0 1-2-1; Sean Kane, 0; Zach Kellicut, 0 2-2-2; Ben Manwaring, 1 2-2-5; Jeremy Maslin, 1 0-0-2; Anthony Pagano, 1 0-0-3; Michael Pond, 0; Corey Ward, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 4 5-6-15.
NHS 22 16 14 15–67
WPt. 2 4 2 7–15
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (WP) Pagano, Manwaring, (N) Dietrich 2, Edwards. JV: Norwich won 54-36. Officials: Barker, Duvarney.

Oxford 72, Deposit 41
OXFORD – The trio of Alex Champlin, Cory Seiler, and Brett Trask combined for 35 points in the first half leading Oxford to a 21-point halftime lead and its fifth straight win.
Trask opened the game with a three-pointer, and the Blackhawks ran that lead to 25-11 at the first turn. “We were running the floor well and got some easy, uncontested baskets,” said Oxford coach Tim Davis.
Champlin led with 24 points, Seiler was next with 18, and Trask tacked on 13. The Blackhawks (8-3) are at Harpursville Saturday night.
Deposit: Robert Babcock, 1 4-4-7; Corey Lenio, 3 0-0-6; Zach Matthews, 3 2-2-8; Brett Merrill, 2 0-2-5; Mike Mills, 5 2-2-13; Nate Mills, 1 0-2-2; Ben Thomas, 0; Jon Wist, 0. Totals: 15 8-12-41.
Oxford: Brett Trask, 5 2-4-13; Chris Covey, 0; Cory Seiler, 7 4-4-18; Alex Champlin, 12 0-0-24; Zack Barry, 2 0-0-4; Ethan Paul, 1 0-2-2; Devin Slater, 0 1-2-1; Ralph Renaud, 2 0-0-4; Jeremy Nelson, 1 0-0-2 ; Tom Gould, 2 0-0-4. Totals: 22 7-12-72.
Dep. 11 11 12 7–41
Oxf. 25 18 20 9–72
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (O) Trask, (D) Mills, Merrill, Babcock. JV: Oxford won 44-27. Officials: Bennett, Stepanovsky.

Otselic Valley 63, McGraw 33
MCGRAW – Otselic Valley ran wild in the first quarter scoring 28 points to lead by a staggering 26 in a rout of McGraw Wednesday.
Justin Shapley’s 11 points paced a balance OV ledger, and Brad Wentworth added 10. “We got off to a real good start and we had a chance tonight to get kids some time who haven’t played much this year,” said Vikings coach Dave Loomis.
OV is at Stockbridge Valley Friday.
OV: Troy Rasmussen, 0; Adam Duell, 2 0-0-4; David Cerasani, 3 2-2-8; Brad Wentworth, 5 0-0-10; Christopher Neal, 1 0-0-2; Justin Shapley, 5 1-2-11; Garth Hubbard, 3 0-0-6; Michael Sawyer, 0; Brandon Coye, 0; Ethan Rounds, 3 1-2-7; Dusty Davis, 2 1-2-5; Jefferson Pittsley, 2 0-0-4; Jamin Selan, 3 0-0-6 . Totals: 29 5-8-63.
McGraw: Torres, 0 0-2-0; Fields, 0; Wilbur, 0; Hakes, 0; Lavitsky, 1 2-2-4; Thompson, 1 1-1-3; Brown, 5 0-0-11; Medler, 0; Williams 0 4-6-4; Beaumont, 0; Hammond, 1 0-0-2; Tobias, 4 Totals: 12 8-17-33.
OVa 28 8 14 13
McG 2 10 12 9
Team fouls: (M) 9, (OV) 14. Three-point goals: (M) Brown.

Laurens 65, G-MU 49
COPES CORNERS – G-MU bottled up Laurens’ Aaron Laing early in the season, Wednesday night, he came uncorked.
Laing, a 6-foot-4 senior, scored 15 points in the fourth quarter as the Leopards stretched their lead to double digits. Laing, who had just nine in the first meeting with G-MU, totaled 37.
“He had a monster night,” said G-MU coach Bill Hartman. He did most of his damage inside, and most of what he put up went in the basket. Our kids put in a strong effort, but a senior-laden, quality team like Laurens doesn’t make many mistakes, and we made just enough to make the difference.”
Cody Hall had 16 points for G-MU, who host Worcester Friday.
Laurens : Ryan Carr, 5 1-2-12, Aaron Hart, 0, Matt Struckle 0, Jordan Dilello, 4 0-1-9, Chris Gilbertson, 0, Jesse Tilley, 1 1-2-3, Aaron Laing, 16 5-7-37, John Welch, 0, Jordan Davis, 2 0-0-4. Totals: 28 7-12-65.
G-MU: Alex Schmidt, 2 0-0-5; Cory Townsend, 1 0-0-2; Tyler Wildfeir, 3 0-0-6; Cody Hall, 6 1-2-16; Chris Lanza, 4 1-2-9; Delmar, 1 0-0-2; Vic Foster, 3 3-4-9. Totals: 20 5-8-49.
Laur. 5 20 14 26–65
G-MU 11 10 12 16–49
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (G) Hall 3, Schmidt; (L) Dilello, Carr. JV: G-MU won. Officials: D. Palmer, F. DuMond.

Greene 65, Unadilla Valley 58
GREENE – Greene ran the floor to generate easy buckets early in the game, and built a double-digit lead to offset the 32-point night of UV senior guard Paul Smith.
Dustin Turner scored a season-high 18 points for Greene (7-4), and grabbed eight rebounds. Dan Carlin added 14 points, and Booker Davis racked up 10 points and eight boards. Evan Moxley scored all seven of his points in the first quarter to help the Trojans establish a five-point lead.
“We worked on contesting shots, getting to shooters, and running the ball up the floor,” said Greene coach Jeff Paske. “We were able to do that and get easy baskets.”
Smith had 12 of his points in the fourth quarter. Josh Thomsen added 10 in the loss.
UV: Josh Thomsen, 4 2-4-10, Paul Smith, 10 9-10-32, Jimmy Jachim, 2 0-0-4, Ryan Harrington, 0, Dakota Davis, 1 4-4-6, Mike Burchill, 1 1-2-3, Mike Schowe 0 0-0 0, Tom Wallace, 1 0-0-3, Dan Keefe, 0. Totals: 19 16-20-58.
Greene: Mark Day, 0; Evan Moxley, 3 0-0-7; Brendan Kinne, 0; Scott Gorton, 2 1-2-5; Brian Day, 1 0-2-3; Ethan Buhl, 1 0-0-2; Mike Hollings, 0; Mark McDermott, 3 0-0-6; Booker Davis, 3 4-4-10; Dustin Turner, 9 0-1-18; Dan Carlin, 6 2-6-14; Ryan Connelly, 0. Totals: 28 7-15-65.
UVa. 14 11 11 22–58
Gre 19 15 13 18–65
Fouled out: (UV) Burchill. Three-point goals: (G) B. Day, Moxley, (UV) Smith 3, Wallace. JV: Greene won 52-28. Officials: Westfall, B. Berg.

Girls’ Basketball

Windsor 65, Norwich 50
WINDSOR – Windsor scored the first seven points of the game, and never trailed the Tornado in Wednesday’s matchup.
Anne Buchert had 13 of her 27 points in the first half to lead her club to a 31-15 advantage. “We didn’t take care of the ball (in the first half) and we weren’t pushing the ball up the floor,” said Norwich coach Krista Porter.
Norwich closed the 16-point Windsor lead to five in the third quarter getting six points apiece from Adrienne Sharpe and Elisha Eddy. The Black Knights regrouped to hike the margin back to 11 entering the fourth.
Eddy had 15 points and 10 boards, and Sharpe posted her first double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Tatyana Ithier contributed 10 points for Norwich, who host Whitney Point Friday.
Norwich: Gabrielle Testani, 0; Michelle Testani, 1 0-0-3; Kanaku Takuume, 0; Sarah Bonnell, 1 0-0-2; Molly Demellier, 1 0-0-2; Elisha Eddy, 5 5-7-15; Hannah Runyon, 1 2-2-4; Adrienne Sharpe, 6 2-4-14; Tatyana Ithier, 4 0-0-10. Totals: 19 9-13-50.
Windsor: Leigh Martino, 3 0-0-6; Amy Goetz, 1 0-0-2; Sonya Williams, 1 3-4-5; Jessica Bump, 2 2-3-6; Anne Buchert, 11 4-8-27; Becca Griswold, 3 1-1-7; Kelly Costello, 0; Beth Bunkhead, 0; Erica Hauptfleisch, 2 0-2-4; Rachel Lamantia, 2 2-2-8. Totals: 25 12-20-65.
Nor. 8 7 18 18–50
Wind. 17 14 12 22–65
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (N) Ithier 2, Testani, (W) Lamantia 2, Buchert. JV: Windsor won 37-36. Officials: McPeek, Phillips.

DeRuyter 41, Otselic Valley 32
SOUTH OTSELIC – DeRuyter reversed a double-digit loss to Otselic Valley from earlier this season making a high percentage of its foul shots, while the Vikings struggled to put its charity tosses through the rim.
The Rockets finished 10-of-17 from the foul line, many of those coming from Alyssa Seamans late in the game.
OV missed the front end of five one-and-ones, and went 5-for-24 on the day from the foul line. Leading scorers, Heather Eaton and Melinda Schutt, were limited to 11 total points against a Rockets triangle-and-two defense. “They checked (Eaton and Schutt), and we needed kids from the other positions to step up,” said OV coach Ron Graham.
Elizabeth Brown led OV with 10 points.
DeRuyter: Amber Tucker, 3 3-4-11; Alyssa Seamens, 6 7-9-21; Sarah Volcko, 0; Kelsey Dunagan, 0; Amber Schlafer, 2 0-0-4; Jolene Cox, 0; Rachel Townsend, 2 0-2-5. Totals: 13 10-17-41.
OV: Taylor Monroe, 2 0-0-4; Bethany Lewis, 0; Angie Marshall, 0; Kayla Thorp, 0; Heather Eaton, 3 2-4-8; Bianca Kelly, 1 1-3-3; Bethany Mason, ; Jessica Loomis, 0 1-4-1; Melinda Schutt, 1 0-1-3; Lizzy Brown, 5 0-1-10; Courtney Widger, 0; Bethany Rounds, 1 1-4-3. Totals: 13 5-24-32.
OVall 8 8 7 9–32
DeR 8 5 17 11–41
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (OV) Schutt, (D) Tucker 2, Seamans 2, Townsend. Officials: Rockefeller, Riddell.