Wrestling

Chenango Forks 47, Norwich 34
NORWICH – Norwich gave up too big of a lead early to Chenango Forks in losing its first dual meet this season to a Southern Tier Athletic Conference opponent on Tuesday.
Cody Bradbury (171) won by pin, and 215-pounder Kegan Levesque scored a late third-period takedown against Jake DuBois as Norwich hung within 12-9 of the Blue Devils. From there, Forks ran four straight victories – one by forfeit and three by pin – to build a 36-9 advantage.
Norwich was as close as 36-31, but dropped two of the final three matches. “There were a lot of different places we could have picked up a team point here or there,” said Norwich coach Joe Downey. “ The guys were excited and ready to wrestle. We were looking forward to this match for a few days, it just wasn’t our night.”
Norwich mounted its comeback beginning with a pin from Tristan Rifanburg (119) and a follow-up pin by John Marvin. Marvin, at 125 pounds, held a slim lead late in the third before turning Forks’ C.J. Stark to earn the stick with two seconds left in the match. “He’s really been looking a lot better and he’s getting more aggressive on his feet,” Downey said of Marvin. “He’s one of our younger guys, and I hope he keeps doing what he’s doing.”
Frankie Garcia (130) won a decision and Tanner Cummings (135) earned a first-period pin. Eli Oliver had Norwich within five points winning his 145-pound match in overtime. Oliver never led in his match against Jon Colin-Sweeney until pulling off the double-leg takedown in the extra period. “We like to talk about quality wins, and this was a quality win for Eli against a good opponent,” Downey said. “Winning the close matches is the difference between having a winning and a losing team. Eli has had a couple close wins this season like this one.”
Norwich returns to action Thursday at home with back-to-back dual meets against Greene and Sherburne-Earlville. The Tornado open against the Trojans at 11 a.m.
Results
160: Tyler Lusht (CF) pinned Morgan Crawford, 1:25. 171: Cody Bradbury (N) pinned Isaiah Zimmer, 3:52. 189: Ryan Lusht (CF) pinned Morgan Cleveland, 1:43. 215: Kegan Levesque (N) dec. Jake DuBois, 3-1. 285: Tom Knapp (CF) pinned Brandon Godoy, :30. 96: Kyle Kelly won by fft. 103: Carl Rouse (CF) pinned Landon Cummings, :18. 112: Jacob Greene (CF) pinned James Holmes, :42. 119: Tristan Rifanburg (N) pinned Justin Lake, 1:55. 125: John Marvin (N) pinned C.J. Stark, 5:58. 130: Frankie Garcia (N) dec. Cory Sager, 10-0. 135: Tanner Cummings (N) pinned David Samon, :41. 140: Ryan Bronson (CF) tech fall over Matt Thompson, 21-5, 4:40. 145: Eli Oliver (N) dec. Jon Colin-Sweeney, 8-6 (OT). 152: Travis Barnett (CF) pinned Cameron Turner, 4:21.

Delhi 33, Unadilla Valley 21
NEW BERLIN – UV’s Tyler Olson (125), Dustin Badger (135) and Dylan Aikins (152) all had pins, and 2010 Section IV tournament place-winner, Zach Montgomery added a hard-fought 4-2 win over Delhi’s Cody LaFever in Tuesday night’s dual meet loss to Delhi.
Results
119: no match. 125: Tyler Olson (UV) pinned Justin Mattice, 3:00. 130: no match. 135: Dustin Badger (UV) pinned Russell Covane, 3:44. 140: Mike Neumann (D) pinned Dillon Rifanburg, 1:13. 145: William Merwin (D) won by fft. 152: Dylan Aikins (UV) pinned Darren Clark, :41. 160: Kyle Clark (D) dec. Cody Marcinko, 4-3. 171: Zach Montgomery (UV) dec. Cody LaFever, 4-2. 189: Ben Cairns (D) pinned Laurence Gipe, 1:22. 215: Makenz Mattice (D) won by fft. 285: Mike Thomas (D) won by fft. 96: no match, 103: no match. 112: No match.

Boys’ Swimming

Norwich 94, Chenango Valley 88
NORWICH – With the match dead even heading to the final event Tuesday night, Norwich claimed first and third respectively in the 400-yard freestyle relay to win its second meet in five days.
Scott Cihocki, Talon Schroeder, Greg Todd, and Lucas Follett teamed up in the relay to easily win the event and clinch the victory. “I wasn’t really expecting it,” said Norwich coach Jon Aikins of the victory. Aikins said he had five swimmers out of the lineup. “The guys swam great tonight and we had lots of personal-bests.”
Follett, a senior, had four overall wins on the day. In addition to swimming in two winning relays, he had personal-best times in winning the 50-yard freestyle (23.97) and 100-yard backstroke (1:01.99). Freshman Curtis Woodard won two individual events a well taking the 200 individual medley (2:21.44) and 100-yard butterfly (1:03.39).
“Chenango Valley has some good front-runners, but our back half picked up the slack and got us the extra points we needed for the win,” Aikins said.
Schoeder added a victory in the 200-yard freestyle, while Cihocki was first in the 100-yard freestyle.
Results
200 medley relay: (N) Lucas Follett, Greg Todd, Curtis Woodard, Scott Cihocki, 1:54.55. 200 free: (N) Talon Schroeder (N), 2:03.06. 200 IM: (N) Woodard, 2:21.44. 50 free: (N) Follett, 23:97. Diving: (CV) Devon Chandler, 192.35. 100 fly: (N) Woodard, 1:03.39. 100 free: (N) Cihocki, 55.71. 500 free: (CV) Kurt Grunder, 5:26.26. 200 free relay: (CV), 1:43.70. 100 backstroke: (N) Follett, 1:01.99. 100 breaststroke: (CV) Grunder, 1:11.39. 400 free relay: (N) Cihocki, Schroeder, Greg Todd, Follett, 3:51.83.

Indoor Track and Field

S-E competes at Colgate
HAMILTON – At a combined times meet, Sherburne-Earlville had four top-three finishes highlighted by a first in the 1,600 meters.
The combined times of Austin Hirsch and Dan Palmiter earned the duo an overall first. Hirsch, who is from Morrisville-Eaton, was first in 4:53.01, while Palmiter was third in 4:55.89.
The girls’ duo of Taylor Gallup, also of M-E, and Sofeia Eddy wound up second and third respectively in the 1,000 meters in 3.27.76 and 3:28.24 to place second. Also placing second were Hirsch and Jeff Verry in the 3,200 meters. Hirsch was third in the race and Verry took ninth.