Norwich survives at Oneonta, 53-51
Boys’ Basketball
Norwich 53, Oneonta 51
ONEONTA – Norwich survived with its perfect record intact Monday night at Oneonta, but not before a three-point shot at the buzzer by the Yellowjackets’ Ryan Mahon was just long off the back of the rim.
The Tornado won their sixth road game in nine outings making up a seven-point deficit over the game’s final three minutes and 24 seconds. Norwich senior Jacob Kelly hit the tying and go-ahead free throws, Kelly added a clutch 15-foot jumper from the right baseline, and Josh Favaloro provided the winning margin canning a pair of free throws with 20.9 seconds remaining.
“Holy smokes,” said Norwich coach Mark Abbott after a long sigh. “We were very fortunate to come out of here with a win tonight. It’s not that we didn’t earn it. We were fortunate to make a couple of plays and get a couple of stops in the fourth quarter.”
Oneonta had Norwich on the ropes in the early part of the fourth quarter. Aaron scored five points in a 10-second span, the first on a three-pointer, and Jacob Van Duesen’s post-up layup with 3:24 left finished an 11-3 run to give Oneonta a 48-41 advantage.
Norwich answered with eight straight points of its own beginning with Seth Thomsen’s inside layup and ensuing foul. Thomsen missed the free toss, but Kelly looped inside for the offensive rebound. That set up Jon Foulds’ drive to the basket that elicted a two-shot foul. Foulds’ free throws cut the Oneonta lead to 48-45. Another NHS stop was followed by Thomsen’s driving basket closing the gap to one point.
Oneonta, shaken by Norwich’s rally, failed to convert when Van Duesen missed a short hook shot. With a chance to take the lead, the Tornado missed from the outside; however, Kelly, known as much for his ability to hit a golf ball as anything else, hustled for a rebound and was fouled – the seventh for Oneonta forcing the one-and-one foul shooting bonus
Kelly, a 63 percent foul shooter on the season entering the game, lined up his first attempt, and it bounced high above the rim. The ball rattled around several times before finally falling through. Kelly drained the second with ease putting Norwich in front by one with 1:48 left.
After Bryce Wooden hit a foul line jumper for Oneonta to pull his club back in front, Kelly beat his man off the dribble on the next possession, and canned a jumper with 45 seconds left as the Norwich faithful erupted.
Van Duesen narrowly missed the go-ahead basket at the other end with Favaloro getting fouled shortly after grabbing the rebound. Favy hit his two free throws, all-important points as it would turn out.
Aaron Foreman was fouled on a three-point attempt with 8.4 seconds left giving Oneonta an opportunity to tie the game. Foreman missed his first two and made the third attempt.
Norwich inbounded the ball quickly to Dennis Oralls, who was summarily fouled. Oralls, shooting over 80 percent from the line this season, missed his free throw. The ball made its way to Mahon, who hopped left after getting the ball. The shot from the left wing was on line, and after hitting the back rim, Mahon fell to the floor. “They are a very good team,” Abbott said of Oneonta, noting the Yellowjackets’ two losses this season before Monday came to powerhouse Seton Catholic Central. “They have a lot of guys that play hard and play with pride. We have the same type of guys. It was just a war for 32 minutes.
Kelly picked up his third foul of the game with less than three minutes expired in the game. He didn’t return to the court until the fourth quarter, and he came up big several times in his limited minutes. “I figured I would get back into the game, but the team was doing well, and I was fine on the bench if that was the case,” Kelly said. “When I came back in I was guarding (Mahon). I haven’t been shooting well lately, so I just tried to step up my defense and help that way.”
Turns out that Kelly’s hustle and timely foul shooting came at the perfect time for a Norwich team that continues to find different ways to win with different players assuming star roles on almost a nightly basis. “Our team has shown that when somebody is not playing as well as they are capable of, somebody else steps up their game,” Abbott said. “Kyle (Edwards) was big in the first half, Jon got it going a little bit in the second half, and Favy and Jake, down the stretch, had some big buckets and free throws for us.”
Foulds scored 16 points to pace the Tornado and Edwards had 12. Oralls and Favaloro split 16 points down the middle.
Notes: The win was the fifth straight for the Tornado over Oneonta, who claimed victory in the five prior meetings...Norwich returns home to play Chenango Forks on Tuesday, Jan. 11. It will be just the second home game for Norwich since a Dec. 4 victory over Owego in the finals of the Tom Schwan Memorial Tournament.
NHS: Kyle Edwards, 5 0-0-12; Nate Ashton, 0 0-0-0; Dennis Oralls, 3 2-4-8; Josh Favaloro, 3 2-2-8; Jacob Kelly, 1 3-4-5; Seth Thomsen, 2 0-1-4; Jon Foulds, 5 5-8-16; Zach Martinson, 0 0-0-0. Totals: 19 12-19-53.
Oneonta: Aaron Foreman, 5 2-4-14; Ryan Mahon, 3 0-0-6; Kevin Burns, 0 0-0-0; Dan Baker, 1 3-4-5; Ryne Rivino, 0 0-0-0; David Wright, 0 0-0-0; Bryce Wooden, 5 0-2-10; Bryan Stilson, 0 0-0-0; Jacob VanDuesen, 6 4-7-16. Totals: 20 9-17-51.
NHS 9 16 12 16–53
OHS 15 9 13 14–51
Fouled out: (O) Baker. Three-point goals: (N) Edwards 2, Foulds, (O) Foreman 2. JV: Oneonta won 70-44. Officials: Climenhaga, Mudge.
S-E 66, Sauquoit Valley 45
SAUQUOIT – Sherburne-Earlville won its second straight division game on the road, and improved to 5-2 on the season winning at Sauquoit Valley Monday night.
Ethan Johnson scored 10 of his 16 points in the third quarter as the Marauders stretched a seven-point halftime lead to 58-37. “Everyone boxed out and made it a full-court game,” said S-E coach Kevin Vibbard. “We were able to get out and run, and we scored a lot of easy buckets off of our press – especially in the third quarter.”
Paul Romanenko and Branden McDaniel netted 13 points apiece, and Cameron Yerton added balance to the scoring with nine. “When we have almost four players in double figures, you’ll win a lot of games with that kind of consistency,” Vibbard said.
S-E (2-0, 5-2) hosts Frankfort-Schuyler on Thursday.
S-E: Randy Briggs, 2 1-2-6; Cameron Yerton, 3 0-0-9; Cody Williams, ; Paul Romanenko, 5 1-2-13; Branden McDaniel, 6 1-4-13 ; Cole Hodges, 2 0-0-4; Ethan Johnson, 8 0-0-16; Matt Piazzi, 1 3-4-5. Totals: 27 6-12-66.
Sauquoit Valley: Trevor Furner, 4 1-1-10; Mike Lallier, 3 0-0-7; Aaron LoPiccolo, 6 0-0-13; Ryan Stalker, 1 0-0-2; Tyler Harris, 2 1-4-5; Mark Martin, 0 1-2-1; Dylan Wheelock, 0; Ryan Drake, 0; David Evans, 3 1-2-7. Totals: 19 4-9-45.
S-E 21 12 25 8–66
SVa 10 16 11 8–45
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (SE) Briggs, Yerton 3, Romanenko 2, (SV) Furner, Lallier, LoPiccolo. JV: SV won 49-47.
Norwich 53, Oneonta 51
ONEONTA – Norwich survived with its perfect record intact Monday night at Oneonta, but not before a three-point shot at the buzzer by the Yellowjackets’ Ryan Mahon was just long off the back of the rim.
The Tornado won their sixth road game in nine outings making up a seven-point deficit over the game’s final three minutes and 24 seconds. Norwich senior Jacob Kelly hit the tying and go-ahead free throws, Kelly added a clutch 15-foot jumper from the right baseline, and Josh Favaloro provided the winning margin canning a pair of free throws with 20.9 seconds remaining.
“Holy smokes,” said Norwich coach Mark Abbott after a long sigh. “We were very fortunate to come out of here with a win tonight. It’s not that we didn’t earn it. We were fortunate to make a couple of plays and get a couple of stops in the fourth quarter.”
Oneonta had Norwich on the ropes in the early part of the fourth quarter. Aaron scored five points in a 10-second span, the first on a three-pointer, and Jacob Van Duesen’s post-up layup with 3:24 left finished an 11-3 run to give Oneonta a 48-41 advantage.
Norwich answered with eight straight points of its own beginning with Seth Thomsen’s inside layup and ensuing foul. Thomsen missed the free toss, but Kelly looped inside for the offensive rebound. That set up Jon Foulds’ drive to the basket that elicted a two-shot foul. Foulds’ free throws cut the Oneonta lead to 48-45. Another NHS stop was followed by Thomsen’s driving basket closing the gap to one point.
Oneonta, shaken by Norwich’s rally, failed to convert when Van Duesen missed a short hook shot. With a chance to take the lead, the Tornado missed from the outside; however, Kelly, known as much for his ability to hit a golf ball as anything else, hustled for a rebound and was fouled – the seventh for Oneonta forcing the one-and-one foul shooting bonus
Kelly, a 63 percent foul shooter on the season entering the game, lined up his first attempt, and it bounced high above the rim. The ball rattled around several times before finally falling through. Kelly drained the second with ease putting Norwich in front by one with 1:48 left.
After Bryce Wooden hit a foul line jumper for Oneonta to pull his club back in front, Kelly beat his man off the dribble on the next possession, and canned a jumper with 45 seconds left as the Norwich faithful erupted.
Van Duesen narrowly missed the go-ahead basket at the other end with Favaloro getting fouled shortly after grabbing the rebound. Favy hit his two free throws, all-important points as it would turn out.
Aaron Foreman was fouled on a three-point attempt with 8.4 seconds left giving Oneonta an opportunity to tie the game. Foreman missed his first two and made the third attempt.
Norwich inbounded the ball quickly to Dennis Oralls, who was summarily fouled. Oralls, shooting over 80 percent from the line this season, missed his free throw. The ball made its way to Mahon, who hopped left after getting the ball. The shot from the left wing was on line, and after hitting the back rim, Mahon fell to the floor. “They are a very good team,” Abbott said of Oneonta, noting the Yellowjackets’ two losses this season before Monday came to powerhouse Seton Catholic Central. “They have a lot of guys that play hard and play with pride. We have the same type of guys. It was just a war for 32 minutes.
Kelly picked up his third foul of the game with less than three minutes expired in the game. He didn’t return to the court until the fourth quarter, and he came up big several times in his limited minutes. “I figured I would get back into the game, but the team was doing well, and I was fine on the bench if that was the case,” Kelly said. “When I came back in I was guarding (Mahon). I haven’t been shooting well lately, so I just tried to step up my defense and help that way.”
Turns out that Kelly’s hustle and timely foul shooting came at the perfect time for a Norwich team that continues to find different ways to win with different players assuming star roles on almost a nightly basis. “Our team has shown that when somebody is not playing as well as they are capable of, somebody else steps up their game,” Abbott said. “Kyle (Edwards) was big in the first half, Jon got it going a little bit in the second half, and Favy and Jake, down the stretch, had some big buckets and free throws for us.”
Foulds scored 16 points to pace the Tornado and Edwards had 12. Oralls and Favaloro split 16 points down the middle.
Notes: The win was the fifth straight for the Tornado over Oneonta, who claimed victory in the five prior meetings...Norwich returns home to play Chenango Forks on Tuesday, Jan. 11. It will be just the second home game for Norwich since a Dec. 4 victory over Owego in the finals of the Tom Schwan Memorial Tournament.
NHS: Kyle Edwards, 5 0-0-12; Nate Ashton, 0 0-0-0; Dennis Oralls, 3 2-4-8; Josh Favaloro, 3 2-2-8; Jacob Kelly, 1 3-4-5; Seth Thomsen, 2 0-1-4; Jon Foulds, 5 5-8-16; Zach Martinson, 0 0-0-0. Totals: 19 12-19-53.
Oneonta: Aaron Foreman, 5 2-4-14; Ryan Mahon, 3 0-0-6; Kevin Burns, 0 0-0-0; Dan Baker, 1 3-4-5; Ryne Rivino, 0 0-0-0; David Wright, 0 0-0-0; Bryce Wooden, 5 0-2-10; Bryan Stilson, 0 0-0-0; Jacob VanDuesen, 6 4-7-16. Totals: 20 9-17-51.
NHS 9 16 12 16–53
OHS 15 9 13 14–51
Fouled out: (O) Baker. Three-point goals: (N) Edwards 2, Foulds, (O) Foreman 2. JV: Oneonta won 70-44. Officials: Climenhaga, Mudge.
S-E 66, Sauquoit Valley 45
SAUQUOIT – Sherburne-Earlville won its second straight division game on the road, and improved to 5-2 on the season winning at Sauquoit Valley Monday night.
Ethan Johnson scored 10 of his 16 points in the third quarter as the Marauders stretched a seven-point halftime lead to 58-37. “Everyone boxed out and made it a full-court game,” said S-E coach Kevin Vibbard. “We were able to get out and run, and we scored a lot of easy buckets off of our press – especially in the third quarter.”
Paul Romanenko and Branden McDaniel netted 13 points apiece, and Cameron Yerton added balance to the scoring with nine. “When we have almost four players in double figures, you’ll win a lot of games with that kind of consistency,” Vibbard said.
S-E (2-0, 5-2) hosts Frankfort-Schuyler on Thursday.
S-E: Randy Briggs, 2 1-2-6; Cameron Yerton, 3 0-0-9; Cody Williams, ; Paul Romanenko, 5 1-2-13; Branden McDaniel, 6 1-4-13 ; Cole Hodges, 2 0-0-4; Ethan Johnson, 8 0-0-16; Matt Piazzi, 1 3-4-5. Totals: 27 6-12-66.
Sauquoit Valley: Trevor Furner, 4 1-1-10; Mike Lallier, 3 0-0-7; Aaron LoPiccolo, 6 0-0-13; Ryan Stalker, 1 0-0-2; Tyler Harris, 2 1-4-5; Mark Martin, 0 1-2-1; Dylan Wheelock, 0; Ryan Drake, 0; David Evans, 3 1-2-7. Totals: 19 4-9-45.
S-E 21 12 25 8–66
SVa 10 16 11 8–45
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (SE) Briggs, Yerton 3, Romanenko 2, (SV) Furner, Lallier, LoPiccolo. JV: SV won 49-47.
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