Norwich duo wins Section 4 title
Girls’ Tennis
BINGHAMTON – Norwich juniors Bryn Loomis and Sophie Stewart took one step farther than last season, and were crowned Section IV doubles champions Saturday at Binghamton Tennis Center in the state qualifier.
Runners-up last year losing in three sets in the finals, Loomis and Stewart did not lose a set in three matches over the two-day tournament beating Union-Endicott’s Danielle Babcock and Kassandra Hizny, 6-3, 6-2 for the title.
“We were the only intact doubles team coming back this year, and we felt we were the favorites going in,” said Norwich coach John Stewart. “We proved to be the team to beat.”
Norwich beat five of the six teams in the doubles tournament over the course of the season, and dropped just one set in the postseason. To reach the finals, the NHS duo defeated Horseheads’ Julia Weaver and Elena DeLuccia, 6-2, 6-1, then faced a stern test from Vestal’s combo winning 7-5, 6-4.
“I think we elevated the game of everybody we played – everyone played their best against us,” Stewart said. “Horseheads and Vestal were tough matches. Our girls just played some incredible tennis. Our baseline game was absolutely on, and we hit crisp, clean shots to set the net play up.”
Norwich’s team has just one loss to Section IV competition over the past two years, and hopes to win at least one match in the New York State tournament this Saturday at the East Side Racket Club in Syracuse.
“Our goals at the start of the season were to win the B’s, come back and win the state qualifier, and go to states and get at least one win,” Stewart said. “We’ve accomplished two of the three goals, and I think the third one is realistic and not high-handed at all. The unfamiliarity of being there (at states) is out of us, so we should feel more comfortable.”
Norwich Results
Friday matches
First round: Bryn Loomis-Sophie Stewart (N) def. Julia Weaver-Elena DeLuccia (Horseheads) 6-2, 6-1.
Championship semifinals: Loomis-Stewart (N) def. A. Federowicz-Kumbhakar (Vest.), 7-5, 6-4.
Saturday’s finals
Bryn Loomis and Sophie Stewart (N) defeated Union-Endicott’s Danielle Babcock and Kassandra Hizny 6-3, 6-2.
Boys’ Soccer
Margaretville 2, G-MU 1
MARGARETVILLE – In sloppy conditions, Margaretville eliminated G-MU from postseason play scoring the winning goal with 13:44 left.
The Raiders, down 1-0 at the half, tied the game at 33:57 when DeMario Reed tallied off a Corin Todd pass. The Raiders failed to capitalize on a couple other great opportunities, one a close-range breakaway shot shortly after Reed’s tying goal.
“Overall, it was a pretty good game,” said G-MU coach Mark Luettger. “They controlled the ball more in the first half, but we had some great chances in the second half we just didn’t put in.”
Summary
(1-0 Margaretville at half)
Goals-assists: (M) Kyle Short, 1-0, Iso Desie, 1-0, Peter Cella, 0-1; Cody Fronckowlak, 0-1, (G) DeMario Reed, 1-0, Corin Todd, 0-1.
(M) 12-5. (G) 8-1
Saves; (M) Mitch Hull, 5. (G) Delmar 5
Spencer-Van Etten 2, Greene 0
SPENCER – Spencer-Van Etten won a tightly contested Class C playoff game Saturday as Billy Schanbacher scored the first of his two second-half goals at the 6:46 mark.
The Panthers finished with an 11-6 edge in shots on goal. Curtis Richards made nine saves for the Trojans.
Summary
(0-0 at half)
Goals-assists: (SVE) Billy Schanbacher 2-0, Mike Morgan 0-1, Eddie Butler 0-1.
Shots-corners: (G) 6-5, (SVE) 11-6.
Goalie saves: Curtis Richards (G) 9, Keith Nelson (SVE) 8.
McGraw 2, Otselic Valley 0
MCGRAW – McGraw posted its second straight shutout win over the Vikings in the last eight days to oust OV from the Class D, Section III playoffs on Friday.
Alex Smith scored on a penalty kick at the 19-minute mark of the second half, and Wyatt Berkeley tacked on an insurance goal just three minutes later.
“We kind of let our guard down for a few minutes after the penalty kick went in,” said OV coach Dave Loomis. “It was a well played game with the exception of a few minutes. Our defense made some nice plays, and Dylan (Comfort) had a good game in goal. We just didn’t create enough scoring opportunities to do anything offensively.”
OV finishes the season 12-4-1.
Summary
(0-0 at half)
Goals-assists: Alex Smith, 1-0 (PK, 19), Wyatt Berkeley, 1-0
Shots-corners: (OV) 4-0, (M) 16-4.
Saves: (OV) Dylan Comfort, 13, (M) Austin Chambers, 4.
Girls Soccer
G-MU 2, Charlotte Valley 1
DAVENPORT – Over the past several years, G-MU had not earned a postseason spot much less win a playoff game.
Saturday, the Raiders knocked off their second higher seeded opponent eliminating number two seed Charlotte Valley. After scoring the go-ahead goal with just under 12 minutes left in the game, the Raiders survived some Charlotte Valley pressure that resulted in two shots that hit the crossbar and sidepost.
“Our last two games of the regular season, we started to play consistently through the entire game,” said G-MU coach Kristen Bradbury. “In the playoffs, we’ve just picked it up from there.”
Tanya Barnes came up from her stopper position on defense to net the game-winner. After a cornerkick, the ball was bobbled by the CV goalie in front of the net, and Barnes ran through it to score her team’s second tally.
CV took a 1-0 lead into halftime when Sarah Haight scored on a direct kick with just 22 seconds left.
Just over 3 1/2 minutes into the second half, G-MU scored the equalizer. Kali Murphy sent a cross from the right to the middle that Miranda Hill touched in.
“The girls are pretty psyched and the fans are too,” Bradbury said. “I’m so proud of them. They’ve fought through the season. It’s pretty sweet.”
Summary
(1-0 CV at half)
Goals-assists: (G) Miranda Hill, 1-0, Kali Murphy, 0-1; Tanya Barnes, 1-0; (CV) Sarah Haight, 1-0
Shots-corners: (G) 5-3. (CV) 9-3.
Saves: (G) Logan Eltz 2. (CV) Katie Goss, 3.
Greene 3, Odessa-Montour 2 OT
ODESSA – Greene made the long bus ride out to Odessa-Montour worth its while, and validated its number 11 ranking in the latest New York State Class C poll beating the host Indians in overtime Saturday.
Rebecca Smith scored the go-ahead goal for the Trojans (13-3-1) at the end of the first overtime to make it 2-1. Smith took the ball off the opening kickoff in the second 10-minute extra period, and scored her third goal of the game just 12 seconds in.
Greene survived Odessa-Montour’s pressure giving up a single goal in the last 10 minutes to prevail. “In the second half, Odessa-Montour really turned it up and put on a lot of pressure, but our defense was able to stay strong,” said Greene coach Brandy Stone. “We want to go as far as we can in the playoffs. We knew (O-M) had a good team, but we also knew we had a good chance of winning.”
Smith put the Trojans on the board in the opening half just 22 seconds into the game. After an Odessa-Montour turnover, she weaved through the defense and scored unassisted. “She’ll go hard after any ball, and her speed came in very handy (Saturday),” Stone said of Smith.
The Trojans will meet top-seeded Elmira Notre in a tournament semifinals game on Wednesday.
Summary
Score by half OT
Gre. 1 0 1 1–3
O-M 0 1 0 1–2
Goals-assists: (G) Rebecca Smith 3-0, Melanie McBride 0-1. (OM) Michelle Melanson 1-0, Katie Ray 1-0, Jocelyn Garrison 0-1.
Shots-corners: (O-M) 17-8; (G) 12-2.
Saves: Allison Stamp (O-M) 7; Shannon Gregory (G) 10.
Walton 4, Unadilla Valley 2
WALTON – Walton scored three times in the second half to rally past UV, who led 2-1 at halftime.
Kristyn Gould had each of the Storm’s goals picking up one assist from Amanda Tumilowicz.
Justine Rutherford had two goals for Walton, who move on to the Class C semifinals.
Summary
(2-1 UV at half)
Goals-assists: (W) Molly McGuire 1-0, Justine Rutherford 2-0, Carolyn Butler 1-0. (UV) Kristyn Gould 2-0, Amanda Tumilowicz 0-1.
Shots-corners: (W) 16-9; (UV) 9-4.
Saves: Kalei Olsen (W) 5; Jordan Anderson (UV) 11.
Cross Country
S-E runs at Adirondack Invitational
ADIRONDACK – Sherburne-Earlville stepped up a division, and used the competition as a warm-up for the Section III meet next week.
Noah Huff led the Marauders placing 15th out of 170 runners in the Division I race. Huff time an 18:27. Dan Palmiter was next in 18:52 (20th), and Dakota Nelson was three spots behind Palmiter taking 23rd in 19:00.
“We took this opportunity to race in division one because it most resembles sectionals next weekend,” said S-E coach Anne Geary. “It was a very tough field for the boys and girls, and our teams stepped up to the challenge.”
Sofeia Eddy again led S-E’s girls timing 22:09 over the 3.1-mile course placing 25th out of 134 runners.
Results
S-E boys (8th out of 13 teams, 170 runners)
Noah Huff (15), 18:27; Dan Palmiter (20), 18:52; Dakota Nelson (23), 19:00; Ryan Palmiter (62), 20:36; Jeff Verry (64), 20:50. Other runners: Mike Combes (82), 23;10; Matt Piazzi (83), 23:24; Spencer Tompkins (148), 24:19; Brian Campbell (166), 29:06; Brady Foster (169), 31:45.
S-E girls (15th out 15 teams, 134 runners)
Sofeia Eddy (25), 22:09 Gabby Huff (76), 26:22; Erin Mahardy (77), 26:29; Sierra Ulrich (92), 31:30; Jamie Schuman (95), 36:20.
BINGHAMTON – Norwich juniors Bryn Loomis and Sophie Stewart took one step farther than last season, and were crowned Section IV doubles champions Saturday at Binghamton Tennis Center in the state qualifier.
Runners-up last year losing in three sets in the finals, Loomis and Stewart did not lose a set in three matches over the two-day tournament beating Union-Endicott’s Danielle Babcock and Kassandra Hizny, 6-3, 6-2 for the title.
“We were the only intact doubles team coming back this year, and we felt we were the favorites going in,” said Norwich coach John Stewart. “We proved to be the team to beat.”
Norwich beat five of the six teams in the doubles tournament over the course of the season, and dropped just one set in the postseason. To reach the finals, the NHS duo defeated Horseheads’ Julia Weaver and Elena DeLuccia, 6-2, 6-1, then faced a stern test from Vestal’s combo winning 7-5, 6-4.
“I think we elevated the game of everybody we played – everyone played their best against us,” Stewart said. “Horseheads and Vestal were tough matches. Our girls just played some incredible tennis. Our baseline game was absolutely on, and we hit crisp, clean shots to set the net play up.”
Norwich’s team has just one loss to Section IV competition over the past two years, and hopes to win at least one match in the New York State tournament this Saturday at the East Side Racket Club in Syracuse.
“Our goals at the start of the season were to win the B’s, come back and win the state qualifier, and go to states and get at least one win,” Stewart said. “We’ve accomplished two of the three goals, and I think the third one is realistic and not high-handed at all. The unfamiliarity of being there (at states) is out of us, so we should feel more comfortable.”
Norwich Results
Friday matches
First round: Bryn Loomis-Sophie Stewart (N) def. Julia Weaver-Elena DeLuccia (Horseheads) 6-2, 6-1.
Championship semifinals: Loomis-Stewart (N) def. A. Federowicz-Kumbhakar (Vest.), 7-5, 6-4.
Saturday’s finals
Bryn Loomis and Sophie Stewart (N) defeated Union-Endicott’s Danielle Babcock and Kassandra Hizny 6-3, 6-2.
Boys’ Soccer
Margaretville 2, G-MU 1
MARGARETVILLE – In sloppy conditions, Margaretville eliminated G-MU from postseason play scoring the winning goal with 13:44 left.
The Raiders, down 1-0 at the half, tied the game at 33:57 when DeMario Reed tallied off a Corin Todd pass. The Raiders failed to capitalize on a couple other great opportunities, one a close-range breakaway shot shortly after Reed’s tying goal.
“Overall, it was a pretty good game,” said G-MU coach Mark Luettger. “They controlled the ball more in the first half, but we had some great chances in the second half we just didn’t put in.”
Summary
(1-0 Margaretville at half)
Goals-assists: (M) Kyle Short, 1-0, Iso Desie, 1-0, Peter Cella, 0-1; Cody Fronckowlak, 0-1, (G) DeMario Reed, 1-0, Corin Todd, 0-1.
(M) 12-5. (G) 8-1
Saves; (M) Mitch Hull, 5. (G) Delmar 5
Spencer-Van Etten 2, Greene 0
SPENCER – Spencer-Van Etten won a tightly contested Class C playoff game Saturday as Billy Schanbacher scored the first of his two second-half goals at the 6:46 mark.
The Panthers finished with an 11-6 edge in shots on goal. Curtis Richards made nine saves for the Trojans.
Summary
(0-0 at half)
Goals-assists: (SVE) Billy Schanbacher 2-0, Mike Morgan 0-1, Eddie Butler 0-1.
Shots-corners: (G) 6-5, (SVE) 11-6.
Goalie saves: Curtis Richards (G) 9, Keith Nelson (SVE) 8.
McGraw 2, Otselic Valley 0
MCGRAW – McGraw posted its second straight shutout win over the Vikings in the last eight days to oust OV from the Class D, Section III playoffs on Friday.
Alex Smith scored on a penalty kick at the 19-minute mark of the second half, and Wyatt Berkeley tacked on an insurance goal just three minutes later.
“We kind of let our guard down for a few minutes after the penalty kick went in,” said OV coach Dave Loomis. “It was a well played game with the exception of a few minutes. Our defense made some nice plays, and Dylan (Comfort) had a good game in goal. We just didn’t create enough scoring opportunities to do anything offensively.”
OV finishes the season 12-4-1.
Summary
(0-0 at half)
Goals-assists: Alex Smith, 1-0 (PK, 19), Wyatt Berkeley, 1-0
Shots-corners: (OV) 4-0, (M) 16-4.
Saves: (OV) Dylan Comfort, 13, (M) Austin Chambers, 4.
Girls Soccer
G-MU 2, Charlotte Valley 1
DAVENPORT – Over the past several years, G-MU had not earned a postseason spot much less win a playoff game.
Saturday, the Raiders knocked off their second higher seeded opponent eliminating number two seed Charlotte Valley. After scoring the go-ahead goal with just under 12 minutes left in the game, the Raiders survived some Charlotte Valley pressure that resulted in two shots that hit the crossbar and sidepost.
“Our last two games of the regular season, we started to play consistently through the entire game,” said G-MU coach Kristen Bradbury. “In the playoffs, we’ve just picked it up from there.”
Tanya Barnes came up from her stopper position on defense to net the game-winner. After a cornerkick, the ball was bobbled by the CV goalie in front of the net, and Barnes ran through it to score her team’s second tally.
CV took a 1-0 lead into halftime when Sarah Haight scored on a direct kick with just 22 seconds left.
Just over 3 1/2 minutes into the second half, G-MU scored the equalizer. Kali Murphy sent a cross from the right to the middle that Miranda Hill touched in.
“The girls are pretty psyched and the fans are too,” Bradbury said. “I’m so proud of them. They’ve fought through the season. It’s pretty sweet.”
Summary
(1-0 CV at half)
Goals-assists: (G) Miranda Hill, 1-0, Kali Murphy, 0-1; Tanya Barnes, 1-0; (CV) Sarah Haight, 1-0
Shots-corners: (G) 5-3. (CV) 9-3.
Saves: (G) Logan Eltz 2. (CV) Katie Goss, 3.
Greene 3, Odessa-Montour 2 OT
ODESSA – Greene made the long bus ride out to Odessa-Montour worth its while, and validated its number 11 ranking in the latest New York State Class C poll beating the host Indians in overtime Saturday.
Rebecca Smith scored the go-ahead goal for the Trojans (13-3-1) at the end of the first overtime to make it 2-1. Smith took the ball off the opening kickoff in the second 10-minute extra period, and scored her third goal of the game just 12 seconds in.
Greene survived Odessa-Montour’s pressure giving up a single goal in the last 10 minutes to prevail. “In the second half, Odessa-Montour really turned it up and put on a lot of pressure, but our defense was able to stay strong,” said Greene coach Brandy Stone. “We want to go as far as we can in the playoffs. We knew (O-M) had a good team, but we also knew we had a good chance of winning.”
Smith put the Trojans on the board in the opening half just 22 seconds into the game. After an Odessa-Montour turnover, she weaved through the defense and scored unassisted. “She’ll go hard after any ball, and her speed came in very handy (Saturday),” Stone said of Smith.
The Trojans will meet top-seeded Elmira Notre in a tournament semifinals game on Wednesday.
Summary
Score by half OT
Gre. 1 0 1 1–3
O-M 0 1 0 1–2
Goals-assists: (G) Rebecca Smith 3-0, Melanie McBride 0-1. (OM) Michelle Melanson 1-0, Katie Ray 1-0, Jocelyn Garrison 0-1.
Shots-corners: (O-M) 17-8; (G) 12-2.
Saves: Allison Stamp (O-M) 7; Shannon Gregory (G) 10.
Walton 4, Unadilla Valley 2
WALTON – Walton scored three times in the second half to rally past UV, who led 2-1 at halftime.
Kristyn Gould had each of the Storm’s goals picking up one assist from Amanda Tumilowicz.
Justine Rutherford had two goals for Walton, who move on to the Class C semifinals.
Summary
(2-1 UV at half)
Goals-assists: (W) Molly McGuire 1-0, Justine Rutherford 2-0, Carolyn Butler 1-0. (UV) Kristyn Gould 2-0, Amanda Tumilowicz 0-1.
Shots-corners: (W) 16-9; (UV) 9-4.
Saves: Kalei Olsen (W) 5; Jordan Anderson (UV) 11.
Cross Country
S-E runs at Adirondack Invitational
ADIRONDACK – Sherburne-Earlville stepped up a division, and used the competition as a warm-up for the Section III meet next week.
Noah Huff led the Marauders placing 15th out of 170 runners in the Division I race. Huff time an 18:27. Dan Palmiter was next in 18:52 (20th), and Dakota Nelson was three spots behind Palmiter taking 23rd in 19:00.
“We took this opportunity to race in division one because it most resembles sectionals next weekend,” said S-E coach Anne Geary. “It was a very tough field for the boys and girls, and our teams stepped up to the challenge.”
Sofeia Eddy again led S-E’s girls timing 22:09 over the 3.1-mile course placing 25th out of 134 runners.
Results
S-E boys (8th out of 13 teams, 170 runners)
Noah Huff (15), 18:27; Dan Palmiter (20), 18:52; Dakota Nelson (23), 19:00; Ryan Palmiter (62), 20:36; Jeff Verry (64), 20:50. Other runners: Mike Combes (82), 23;10; Matt Piazzi (83), 23:24; Spencer Tompkins (148), 24:19; Brian Campbell (166), 29:06; Brady Foster (169), 31:45.
S-E girls (15th out 15 teams, 134 runners)
Sofeia Eddy (25), 22:09 Gabby Huff (76), 26:22; Erin Mahardy (77), 26:29; Sierra Ulrich (92), 31:30; Jamie Schuman (95), 36:20.
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