Norwich upends highly regarded Johnson City

Boys’ Basketball

Norwich 66, Johnson City 63
JOHNSON CITY – Norwich was not able to match the quickness of Johnson City’s Ian Pettiford nor the the size of the Wildcats’ Ryan Clark. Conversely, JC had a difficult time staying with any of Norwich’s players on the floor, and that was the difference in the ballgame.
The Tornado completed a perfect three-game swing through STAC Central Division play – all on the road – and improved to 6-0 on the season beating the highly regarded Wildcats Tuesday night.
“It was just a great game and we gave it everything we had,” said Norwich coach Mark Abbott. “We only played eight guys, but the five that didn’t play were just as involved in the game. It was a great team effort.”
Playing for first place in the division, Norwich’s script for success was shredded early by JC. The Wildcats had three layups and a Pettiford three ball to jump to a 9-2 advantage. “Our goals (coming into the game) were to take care of the ball and keep them out of the paint,” Abbott said. “ The first four possessions we turned it over three times and gave them three layups. We called a timeout, and after that, we played a tremendous game offensively. We did a nice job taking care of the ball, we took the ball to the basket with authority, and we made our free throws.”
Norwich was so good offensively, it had the Wildcats changing from man-to-man defense, to zone in the second period, then back to man-to-man. Kyle Edwards hit two three-pointers in the second quarter and Josh Favaloro also canned a three as Norwich took a 39-37 lead into halftime.
Norwich used balanced scoring to hold on to the lead with Jon Foulds finishing with a team-high 19 points. Jacob Kelly scored 12, Dennis Oralls had 11, and Seth Thomsen was the fourth NHS player in double figures tossing in 10.
Pettiford scored 21 and Clark netted 20 in the loss.
“We still have a long way to go with our season, but this is just a great way to start the season,” Abbott said. “Tonight showed our guys how effective we can be. We did it against an athletic, talented club, who basically couldn’t cover us.”
Norwich’s varsity team plays Delhi on Wednesday, Dec. 29 at 5:15 p.m. at Greene High School The junior varsity will play Delhi on Tuesday at 5:15 p.m.
NHS: Kyle Edwards, 2 0-0-6; Dennis Oralls, 3 5-6-11; Patrick Taylor, 0 0-0-0; Josh Favaloro, 3 1-2-8; Jacob Kelly, 4 3-4-12; Seth Thomsen, 5 0-0-10; Jon Foulds, 8 3-4-19; Zach Martinson, 0 0-0-0. Totals: 25 12-16-66.
JC: Vicks, 2 0-0-4; Costogena, 3 0-0-7; Troy Robinson, 3 0-1-8; Washington, 1 0-0-3; Ian Pettiford, 9 1-1-21; Ryan Clark, 10 0-0-20; Chrets, 0. Totals: 29 1-2-63.
Norw. 18 21 17 10–66
JCT 23 14 14 12–63
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (N) Edwards, Favaloro, Kelly. (JC) Pettiford 2, Robinson 2. JV: JC won 76-64. Officials: S. Berg, Linehan.

Hancock 65, Unadilla Valley 43
NEW BERLIN – Tom Banicky had 25 points including five trifectas, and came out firing for the Wildcats who pulled away from the Storm on Tuesday night.
Banicky drained two treys in the opening stanza scoring eight points as Hancock raced to an 18-7 lead. “We didn’t do much against their press in the first half, and when we did break it, we missed some easy ones inside,” said UV coach Matt Osborne.
The Storm had 24 turnovers and shot just 30 percent from the field. Still, UV was as close as 10 points late in the third quarter. “We kind of had the momentum, then the next thing I know, their lead was back to 16,” Osborne said. “They’re pretty quick and have some good athletes.”
Brandon Miles and Travis Conklin paced UV with 12 and 10 points respectively. The Storm play Sherburne-Earlville on Dec. 27.
Hancock: Tom Banicky, 9 2-2-25, Zack Tator, 1 1-2-3, Tyler Phillips, 1 2-4-4, Mubarik Somerville, 2 3-5-7, Luke Worzel, 2 0-0-5, S. Harris, 0, Warren Drake, 3 0-0-7, David Singer, 0, Eric Hicks, 6 2-5-14. Totals: 24 10-18-65.
UV: Austin Glidden, 0; Jack Wilcox, 0; Jesse Ranger, 1 0-2-3; Brandon Miles, 4 3-3-12; Justin Hofer, 4 0-0-9 ; Gunnar Sheldon, 0; David Blomquist, 0; Brett Smith, 0; Travis Conklin, 5 0-0-10; Mason Talbot, 0 1-2-1; David Anderson, 2 0-0-4; Mitch MacDuff, 2 0-2-4. Totals: 18 4-9-43.
Hanc. 18 15 15 17–65
UVa. 7 12 15 9–43
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (H) Banicky 5, Drake, Worzel, (UV) Miles, Ranger, Hofer. JV: UV won. Officials: Kafchinsky, Hyzer.

Bainbridge-Guilford 67, Deposit 26
BAINBRIDGE – Bainbridge-Guilford won for the third time in four games to reach the .500 mark (3-3) for the first time this season. It was also the third win in four Midstate Athletic Conference games for B-G.
Ryan Porter had eight points in a 24-3 second quarter and Jordan Smith canned two of his four three-pointers as the Bobcats took a 37-11 lead into halftime. Porter scored 21 points and pulled down 18 rebounds. Connor Glassett dumped in 15 markers, and Smith scored 13.
Deposit: Josh Koch, 1 3-4-5; Brett Merrill, 2 2-5-6; Evan Thomas, 1 0-0-2; Mike Zaroha, 1 2-2-4 ; Trevor Hunter, 0 3-6-3; James Athlerby, 0; Doug Raymond, 3 0-0-6 ; Kevin Christ, 0. Totals: 8 10-17-26.
B-G: Jordan Smith, 4 1-3-13; Tim Herrmann, 0; Connor Glassett, 6 3-5-15 ; Steve Patten, 0; Cody Lake, 2 1-2-5; Corbin Palmer, 1 0-0-2; Ryan Porter, 7 7-12-21; Austin Bauerle, 1 1-2-4; Brooks Harmon, 2 2-2-7. Totals: 23 15-26-67.
Dep. 8 3 11 4–26
B-G 13 24 12 18–67
Three-point goals: (BG) Smith 4, Harmon, Bauerle. JV: Deposit won 32-26. Officials: Coleman, Van Woert.

Walton 69, Greene 62
WALTON – Walton’s Dalton Kaminsky proved too difficult to contain. The sophomore poured in 29 points for the Warriors, who pulled away from the Trojans in the fourth quarter.
“We missed a lot of chippies and just had a lot of good opportunities that didn’t go in,” said Greene coach Rick Smith.
Sam Adams had 18 points and 13 rebounds to lead Greene. Dan Treadwell and Evan Moxley added 11 points apiece. The Trojans led by three at halftime before the offense went through a lull in the third quarter. “We took too many three-pointers and weren’t getting the ball into the paint,” Smith said of the third. “When we did get the ball inside, we didn’t finish enough.”
Greene plays Chenango Valley on Dec. 29 at 7 p.m.
Greene: Dan Treadwell, 2 7-8-11; Evan Moxley, 5 0-0-11; Joe Beckwith, 1 2-2-5; Sam Adams, 8 2-5-18; Jeff Carlin, 2 0-0-5; Ryan Borst, 1 0-0-2; Kyle Gorton, 4 0-2-8; Isaiah Webb, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 24 11-17-62.
Walton: Matt Bartlett, 1 3-4-5; Tim McGuire, 0; Dan Jacquays, 1 0-0-2; Ben Conklin, 2 0-0-6; Orrin James, 1 0-0-2; Colin Schig, 2 2-2-7; Tyler Magnis, 2 1-2-6; Donyelle Rouge, 0; Brian Hodges, 6 2-3-14; Dalton Kaminsky, 12 3-3-29; Justin Dijiulio, 0. Totals: 26 11-14-69.
Greene 18 18 10 16–62
Walt. 20 13 15 21–69
Fouled out: (G) Moxley. Three-point goals: (G) Moxley, Beckwith, Carlin. (W) Kaminskey 2, Conklin 2, Magnis, Schig. JV: Greene won.

Cincinnatus 56, Otselic Valley 37
CINCINNATUS – Otselic Valley suffered the third-quarter blues for the second straight night, and dropped its second game of the season to previously-winless Cincinnatus.
Jason Lindlay scored 12 points in the third for the Red Lions including a pair of three balls on his way to a game-high 17 points. Cincy led by just one point at the break, but extended that margin to 14 after three stanzas. “We kind of come unglued trying to equal the intensity of the other team, and we do some crazy things,” said Dave Loomis. “We’ve done that the last two games, especially in the third quarter. Turnovers were huge, and we just turned the ball over time after time.”
The win was the first for Cincinnatus this season who had three two-point losses on their mark before Tuesday.
OV plays at DeRuyter on Dec. 28.
OV: Nate Stark, 0; Alan Lewis, 0; Mike Larkin, 2 5-8-9; Dusty Davis, 2 1-2-5; Trevor Marston, 0; Karl Graham, 0; D.J. Worden, 0; Dylan Comfort, 1 0-0-2 ; Adam Monroe, 3 1-3-7; Charles Bishop, 0 1-2-1; Cody Morgan, 0 1-2-1; Erich Petersen,0 ; Jeff Pittsley, 5 1-1-12; Christian DeBottis, 0. Totals: 13 10-18-37.
Cincy: Joe Peri, 5 1-2-13; Halstrom, 2 0-0-5; Warner, 2 0-0-4; Jason Lindley, 7 0-0-17; Travis Rheinheimer, 4 2-2-11; Brown, 1 0-0-2; Loomis, 1 0-0-2; McKee, 0; Otto, 0; Underwood, 0; Manley, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 23 3-4-56.
OVall 10 10 8 9
Cincy 8 13 21 14
Fouled out: (OV) Larkin. Three-point goals: (OV) Pittsley, (C) Lindley 3, Peri 2, Halstrom, Rheinheimer. JV: Cincinnatus won. Officials: Lashley, Tartre.

Girls’ Basketball

Harpursville 42, Oxford 27
HARPURSVILLE – Harpursville’s leading scorer, Hannah Kimmel, was held to a season-low 15 points, less than half of her season average, but the Hornets showed they have other options on the offensive end in Tuesday’s win over Oxford.
“They’re a very good offensive team,” said Oxford coach Chris Palmer. “To hold them to 42, I have no complaints about our defense.”
Oxford was within six points entering the fourth and made a switch to man-to-man defense. Kimmel, scored eight of her points in the last quarter. Savannah Murray had 13 points for Harpursville, and Erin Dietzman scored five of her eight in the opening quarter.
Oxford hung within four points at the half (21-17) as Allie Nelson scored all seven of her team-high points. “We had some other options step up and score tonight, and we’ll need that because Haley (Witchella) will be the focus of other teams,” Palmer said.
Witchella was held to four points, but did finish with double-digit rebounds, Palmer said.
Oxford: Emily Smith, 0, Allie Nelson, 3 0-0-7; Ginny Burdick, 0 0-2-0, Jackie Heggie, 3 0-0-6, Julie Heggie, 1 2-2-4; Lacey Barry, 3 0-0-6, Brooke Noble, 0, Haley Witchella, 2 0-0-4. Totals: 12 2-4-27.
Harpursville: Savannah Murray, 6 0-1-13; Erin Dietzman, 3 0-0-8; McKenzie Townsend, 0; Amanda Frayer, 1 0-0-2; Hannah Kimmel, 7 0-0-15; Linnea Congdon, 0; Kayleigh Livermore, 0 2-2-2; Jade Niles, 0; Miranda Drummond, 1 0-0-2; Erin Andrews, 0. Totals: 18 2-3-42.
Oxf. 6 11 2 8–27
Harp. 11 10 4 17–42
Fouled out: (H) Hannah Kimmel. Three-point goals: (H) Kimmel, Dietzman 2, Murray. (O) Nelson. JV: Harpursville won 31-25. Officials: Dan Ewing, John Sullivan.

Sherburne-Earlville 38, Canastota 33
CANASTOTA – Sherburne-Earlville won for the fourth time in five games in a contest that was littered with turnovers and poor outside shooting.
Cassie Beaver hit 4-of-6 free throws in the fourth quarter, and senior Bridget Irwin sealed the victory hitting a pair of free throws with 25 seconds left.
Beaver scored 11 of her team-high 12 points in the second half. Caitlynn Adams added 10 points, seven steals, and six rebounds. Irwin had nine steals and six boards to go with her six points. The Marauders play at Unadilla Valley Dec. 27.
S-E: Sierra Morris, 0 0-0-0; Briana Vibbard, 2 0-0-4; Jordan Van Althuis, 2 2-2-6; Caitlynn Adams, 4 1-2-10; Karly Wagner, 0 0-0-0; Bridget Irwin, 1 4-7-6; Cassie Beaver, 3 6-10-12. Totals: 12 13-21-38.
Canastota: Alexis Havens, 5 0-0-11; Ashley Delaney, 0; Allie Brinier, 1 0-0-2; Lindsay McGinley, 0; Emily Harp, 0; Shea Foster, 6 0-3-12; Jess Jones, 3 0-0-6; Danielle Carlone, 1 0-1-2. Totals: 16 0-4-32.
S-E 7 12 6 13–38
Can. 6 10 9 8–33
Fouled out: (SE) Vibbard. Three-point goals: (SE) Adams, (C) Havens. JV: S-E won.

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