Girls’ Basketball

Norwich 43, Owego 39
NORWICH – The sixth lead change in the fourth quarter was the one that clinched Norwich’s victory, who outlasted a game Owego team that had one starter out with an injury, and two others foul out in the fourth quarter.
Owego’s 6-foot-2 freshman Rachel Merrill put her team up 37-35 with 2:13 left scoring inside on a nice post-up move that led to a 5-foot bank shot. After a pair of defensive stops, Norwich took the lead when Molly DeMellier penetrated and dished to junor forward Hailey Dietrich. Dietrich split two defenders and was fouled after scoring the tying basket. Dietrich put the Tornado up 38-37 when she canned a free throw.
Owego, coming out of a timeout, answered one final time when Sam Watson hit a short-range shot on an out-of-bounds play making it 39-38. Norwich pushed the ball up the floor quickly as Hannah Runyon fed Bryn Loomis, who drove and dished out to DeMellier in the left corner. DeMellier swished her only basket of the game to give NHS the lead. Down the stretch, Norwich made 3-of-4 foul shots, and Dietrich created a key turnover with seven seconds left forcing a jump ball. Runyon’s two free throws capped the scoring.
“We kind of struggled offensively throughout the game,” said Norwich coach Josh Bennett. “In the second half, we just found a way to get defensive stops. In a couple of cases we were fortunate to draw fouls on their key offensive players, who fouled out.”
Runyon had 17 points for Norwich (11-2) who have won five games in a row. The Tornado also forced 23 Owego turnovers. Runyon led with four steals.
Norwich hosts Windsor tonight. Before the game, the Tornado will recognize seniors Runyon and DeMellier.
Owego: Caitlin Simpson, 1 1-2-3; Alaina Jenkins, 1 0-0-2; Courtney Malia, 1 2-2-4; Olivia Bishop, 1 2-2-4; Brittany Rando, 2 1-3-5 Rachel Merrill, 4 4-5-12; Sam Watson, 3 3-4-9; Bridget Quarana, 0. Totals: 13 13-18-39
Norwich: Jennifer Borfitz, 0 3-4-3; Brooke Bonney, 1 0-2-2; Cassie Sutton, 0; Molly DeMellier, 1 0-0-2; Bryn Loomis, 2 2-4-6; Hailey Dietrich, 3 1-1-7; Sophie Stewart, 2 2-2-6; Hannah Runyon, 4 8-14-17. Totals: 13 16-27-43.
Owe. 5 15 8 11–39
NHS 10 12 7 14–43
Fouled out: (O) Merritt, Rando. Three-point goals: (N) Runyon, (O) none. JV: Owego won. Officials: J. Bennett, P. O’Connor.

Oxford 42, Greene 33
GREENE – Oxford had a response for every Greene comeback attempt in winning its seventh straight game Saturday afternoon.
Oxford’s pressure defense in the opening quarter forced eight Greene turnovers, while staking the Blackhawks to a 13-3 lead.
The Trojans whittled the Oxford lead back to 21-17 late in the second quarter only to give up baskets to Oxford’s Haley Witchella and Julie Heggie. “It was disappointing to play such a good second quarter, but still only knock two points of their lead,” said Greene coach Dave Gorton. “Our experience showed in the first half, and it took a while for our kids to adjust.
Oxford saw its comfortable lead dwindle to 29-26 after Greene’s Andrea Day hit one of her two three-pointers in the game. Immediately after that, Witchella closed the quarter on a personal 7-0 run. Witchella hit a three, had a steal and a layup, and added another layup.
“Haley hurt us in the second half,” Gorton said. “She’s so fast and she jumps the passing lanes. When a six-footer jumps passing lanes its unexpected. The only other time we see that is when we face Hannah Kimmel (Harpursville).”
Witchella had 13 of her team’s 17 points in the second half finishing with a game-high 19. Heggie scored 11 to aid the effort.
Kaitlin Gorton had four of Greene’s seven three balls leading her club with 14 points.
Greene hosts Unatego tonight.
Oxford: Emily Smith, 0, Allie Nelson, 0; Ginny Burdick, 1 0-0-3, Jackie Heggie, 2 0-2-4, Julie Heggie, 5 1-1-11; Kayla Golden, 0; Lacey Barry, 2 0-0-5, Brooke Noble, 0, Haley Witchella, 7 4-6-19. Totals: 17 5-9-42.
Greene: Rachel Turner, 0; Andrea Day, 2 0-0-6; Emily Conroe, 0; Jessica Brooks, 0; Kaitlin Gorton, 5 0-0-14; Rebecca Smith, 3 1-2-8; Natalie Greene, 1 0-0-2; Shannon Gregory, 1 1-2-3. Totals: 12 2-4-33.
Oxf. 13 12 11 6–42
Gre. 3 14 9 7–33
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (G) Gorton 4, Day 2, Smith. (O) Heggie, Barry, Witchella. JV: Greene won. Officials: Stento, Washburn.

Bainbridge-Guilford 53, Delhi 26
BAINBRIDGE – Bainbridge-Guilford raced to a 28-5 lead in the first quarter, and cruised to a lopsided win over Delhi Friday.
Shania Vandermark scored 11 in the opening quarter, Randi Conway had nine in the first eight minutes, and Corrine Riegel netted six to account for all but two of the Bobcats’ first-quarter points.
“After the first quarter, everybody played and we rotated kids,” said B-G coach Bob Conway. “Our reserves got a lot of playing time, which they needed.”
Vandermark, playing about 2 1/2 quarters finished with 17 points and 17 rebounds. Conway added 13, and Riegel poured in 10.
B-G is at Sidney tonight.
Delhi: Amber Brown, 3 2-4-9; Marisa Chytalo, 1 7-11-10; Jackie Newkerk, 0; Horohoe, 0; Sam Howard, 0; B. Merriman, 0; Kacie Anderson, 0; Kaitlin Haynes, 1 3-4-5; Karissa Payne, 1 0-0-2; Libby Buel, 0. Totals: 6 12-19-26.
B-G: Shania Vandermark, 8 1-3-17; Randi Conway, 6 1-1-13; Corrine Riegel, 5 0-1-10; Chelsi Rosa, 1 0-2-2; Raileigh Hall, 2 0-0-4; Micah Hopkins, 1 0-0-2; Amber Degroat, 0; Ashley Edwards, 0; Taylor Decker, 0 1-2-1; Chelsea Tewksbury, 2 0-0-4; Kayla Davis, 0. Totals: 25 3-9-53.
Del. 5 8 5 8–26
B-G 28 7 12 6–53
Three-point goals: (D) Brown, Chytalo JV: B-G won 35-17. Officials: Barber, Coleman

Unatego 54 Unadilla Valley 38
OTEGO – Unatego stayed in the hunt for one of the four Midstate Athletic Conference playoff spots beating Unadilla Valley Friday night.
Four Spartans finishing in double figures with Shelby Puffer and Sarah Mannina leading the way with 12 apiece. “We had a lot of kids step up and do some good things,” said Unatego coach Greg Bonczkowski. “We had good ball movement and kids making the extra pass. We did a nice job.”
UV’s Amanda Off kept her club in the game early scoring eight points in the first quarter. Unatego switched to a zone defense and limited the UV sophomore the rest of the way. Off led her team with 14 points, and Jordan Anderson had 12. “We created some offense out of our defense at times, and we were able to get out and score some baskets in transition,” Bonczkowski said.
The Spartans are in the playoff mix with Walton, Oxford, and Bainbridge-Guilford for the last three playoff spots. Harpursville appears on course to clinch the top seed in the four-team playoff tourney next month.
UV (3-10): Amanda Off 7 0-0-14, Maggie Avolio 0 0-0 0, Lindsay Avolio 0 0-0 0, Taylor Davis 3 0-2-6; Charlee Weidman 2 0-2-4; Jordan Anderson 3 4-6-12; Carly Lorence 0 0-0-0; Brittany Fairchild 0 0-0-0; Mikayla Fowler 1 0-0-2. Totals: 16 4-10-38.
Unatego (7-5, 6-2): Robin Foster 0 0-0-0; Shelby Puffer, 4 3-6 12; Sarah Mannina 3 5-6-12; Casey Manzanero 3 2-2-11; Katrina Clark 5 0-6-10; Kayla Talbot 1 0-0-2; KD Woods 3 1-5 7. Totals: 19 11-25-54.
UVall 11 4 13 10–38
Unat. 16 10 18 10–54
Three-point field goals: (UV) Anderson; (U) Puffer, Mannina, Manzanero 3. JV score: Unatego won.

Boys’ Basketball

Delhi 49, B-G 48
BAINBRIDGE – Despite leading scorer Ryan Porter fouling out and scoring well below his season average, B-G nearly pulled out a win against Delhi Saturday.
Tyler Hymers’ two free throws with 22 seconds left proved the difference. Austin Bauerle hit the last of his six three-pointers leaving the Bobcats a point short.
B-G finished with 10 three-pointers out of 16 field goals, and 41 of its 48 points came from sophomores. “It looks like we relied on the three-pointer, but on the other hand, we don’t have much of an inside game with Porter on the bench,” said B-G coach Ben Nelson.
Bauerle finished with 20 points and fellow sophomore Connor Glassett added 14.
Lucas Cipperly scored 20 points for Delhi, who took the lead in the second quarter outscoring the Bobcats, 14-2.
Delhi: Ben Gifford, 3 0-0-6, Anthony Salerno, 2 1-2-5, Lucas Cipperly, 8 4-4-20, Tom Telian, 0 2-4-2, Schneider, 0; Tyler Hymers, 1 2-4-4, Ben Dennison, 2 0-0-4, Jacob Sackett, 4 0-0-8, Jimmy King, 0. Totals: 20 9-14-49.
B-G: Jordan Smith, 0; Connor Glassett, 5 1-2-14; Steve Patten, 0; Corbin Palmer, 1 0-1-3; Ryan Porter, 0 1-2-1; Austin Bauerle, 6 2-4-20; Brooks Harmon, 2 0-0-4; Ray Frederick, 2 2-4-6. Totals: 16 6-13-48.
Del. 10 14 11 14–49
B-G 14 2 19 13–48
Fouled out: (BG) Porter. Three-point goals: (BG) Bauerle 6, Glassett 3, Palmer. JV: Delhi won 66-21. Officials: Coleman, Linehan.

Greene 52, Oxford 38
GREENE – Greene won for the fourth time in five games to move over the .500 mark for the first time since early in the season, while defending MAC champion Oxford slumped to its fourth defeat in five games.
“I think we’re starting to get it as a team,” said Greene coach Rick Smith, who could not recall the last time Greene beat Oxford in varsity play. “Tonight was all about defense for us. None of the individual stats jump out at you, it was just a total team effort on the defensive end.”
Sophomore point guard, Dan Treadwell, had 12 points and was 4-for-5 from the free throw line in the last quarter. Isaiah Webb and Kyle Gorton added a pair of charity tosses in the final stanza as the Trojans (8-7) were able to pull away at the end.
Evan Moxley had a team-high 14 points for Greene, and Moxley’s defense against Oxford’s leading scorer, Andrew Golden, was singled out by Smith. “He played Golden straight up, and did a great job for us,” the Greene coach said.
Golden finished with nine points for Oxford (6-9).
“We’re getting a sense of what it takes to win big games,” Smith said. “It’s the dirty work, and it’s the little things like taking care of the ball and playing good defense. The last two games, I couldn’t be any happier.”
Oxford: Justin Schray, 2 0-2-6; Ryan Moore, 0; John Wonka, 3 0-2-7; Andrew Golden, 3 2-2-9; Paul Wonka, 1 0-0-2; Booker Davis, 3 0-2-6; Justin Harding, 0; Eric Dilfer, 0 1-2-1; Caden Izard, 3 1-2-7; Quincy Davis, 0. Totals: 15 4-12-38.
Greene: Dan Treadwell, 3 4-5-12; Evan Moxley, 4 2-2-14; Joe Beckwith, 0; Sam Adams, 1 0-0-2; Jeff Carlin, 1 1-2-3; Ryan Borst, 4 0-0-9; Kyle Gorton, 1 2-4-4; Isaiah Webb, 2 4-4-8. Totals: 16 13-17-52.
Oxfd 9 8 10 11–38
Gre. 13 8 13 18–52
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (O) Schray 2, J. Wonka, Golden. (G) Moxley 4, Borst, Treadwell 2. JV: Greene won. Officials: J. Bennett, T. Davis.

Chenango Valley 65, Oxford 47
OXFORD – Robert Heller scored a game-high 24 points for Chenango Valley Friday night, who won a non-league game over Oxford.
Booker Davis had 18 for the Blackhawks, who fell behind by nine points at halftime after scoring just six points in the second quarter.
Chenango Valley: Kevin Mack, 2 0-0-5; Mitchell Hillegas, 0; Justin Gaudinier, 0; Kyle Moyer, 3 0-0-7; Robert Heller, 10 4-4-24; Chris Ruffo, 2 4-8-9; Mike Fillers, 2 0-4-4; Chris Rhodes, 0; Zach Collins, 5 5-6-16; John Barlow, 0. Totals: 24 13-22-65
Oxford: Justin Schray, 2 3-5-8; Ryan Moore, 1 0-0-2; Andrew Golden, 2 0-0-5; Booker Davis, 8 2-3-18; Justin Harding, 0; Eric Dilfer, 3 3-3-9; Caden Izard, 2 1-2-5; Quincy Davis, 0; Corey Olsen, 0. Totals: 18 9-13-47.
CVall 16 13 20 16–65
Oxfd. 14 6 18 9–47
Three-point goals: (O) Golden, Schray. (CV) Mack, Moyer, Ruffo, Collins. JV: CV won.

Cincinnatus 46, Otselic Valley 45
SOUTH OTSELIC – Otselic Valley found itself on the short end of another tight ballgame Friday night.
Cincinnatus made up a three-point deficit with 33 seconds left to deal OV the setback. It was the third one-point loss for the Vikings this season, who also have two other setbacks by two points.
OV seemed to be in control when Dusty Davis grabbed an offensive rebound after a missed free throw, and put it back with 33 seconds left to give his club a 45-42 lead. Cincinnatus’ Joe Peri had an answer at the other end hitting a three-pointer with less than 15 seconds to play to knot the contest up.
The Vikings set up for the winning shot, but turned the ball over to Peri without getting a shot off. Peri was fouled with 0.4 seconds left, and made one of two free throws for the win.
“The game was close most of the way, we just made too many mistakes offensively to put the game away,” said OV coach Dave Loomis.
Davis continued his strong offensive play finishing with 24 points to lead the Vikings. OV hosts Brookfield on Friday.
Cincy: Joe Peri, 5 2-4-14 ; Halstrom, 1 0-2-3; Warner, 2 2-8-6; Travis Rheinheimer, 5 4-6-14; Brown, 0; Will Loomis, 2 1-2-5; Byrant Loomis, 0 0-1-0; McKee, 1 0-0-2; Otto, 1 0-0-2; Underwood, 0.Totals: 17 9-23-46.
OV: Nate Stark, 0 0-3-0; Mike Larkin, 0; Dusty Davis, 9 6-9-24; Trevor Marston, 2 1-2-5; Karl Graham, 2 0-1-4 ; Dylan Comfort, 2 1-1-6; Jeff Pittsley, 3 0-0-6. Totals: 18 8-16-45.
Cincy 6 13 16 11–46
OV 11 16 13 5–45
Fouled out: (OV) Pittsley. Team fouls: (C) 17, (OV) 18. Three-point goals: JV: Cincy won. Officials: Cicciarelli, Szelkowski.

G-MU 49, Franklin 14
FRANKLIN – Against winless Franklin, G-MU pitched a shutout in the opening quarter scoring 15 points to quickly assume command of the game.
DeMario Reed had 18 pionts and Ian Edwards 13 for the Raiders (12-2). “We had a chance to get kids a lot minutes, and some kids had to opportunity to play extended stretches of minutes,” said G-MU coach Bill Hartman. “We had great energy from the start. We pressed them early, and we haven’t done that a lot this season. As we go forward in the season, we need to present different looks for other teams to think about.”
G-MU: Demario Reed, 8 2-4-18, Kevin Davis, 0 0-0 0, Greg Delaney, 1 0-0 2, Jon Scofield, 3 0-0 6, Ian Edwards, 6 1-2-13, Chris Steckline, 2 0-0-4, Nate Beach, 0 0-0-0, Andrew Delmar, 2 0-0 4, Nick Sebeck, 1 0-0 2. Totals: 23 3-6-49.
Franklin (0-11): Rick Evans 3 0-2 6, Frank Aviles 0 0-0 0, Dan Brown 1 0-2 2, Robert Cantwell 0 1-2 1, Alex Brownell 2 0-0 4, Zach McNeilly 0 1-4 1, Josh Cawley 0 0-0 0. Totals: 6 2-11-14.
G-MU 15 14 14 6–49
Franklin 0 4 2 8–14
Three-pointers: None. JV score: Gilbertsville won.

Cooperstown 68, Sherburne-Earlville 59 (OT)
COOPERSTOWN – State-ranked Cooperstown needed overtime to prevail over Sherburne-Earlville Saturday night in a battle of Center State Conference division leaders.
S-E made up an eight-point deficit in the fourth quarter scoring 10 straight points to grab a 55-53 lead. Branden McDaniel hit a three, and Randy Briggs followed with five straight points to tie the game. Matt Piazzi’s bucket with 2:43 left put S-E in front.
Cooperstown responded with six straigth points of its own, and Jeremiah Ford’s foul shot put the Redskins up three, 58-55 with 30 seconds left.
“I wanted it to play out after the foul shot, but we weren’t getting a good look, so I called a timeout with 14 seconds left to set up a play,” said S-E coach Kevin Vibbard.
The play did not work, but the Marauders swung the ball to Briggs on the wing, who buried a tying three ball with two seconds left to set up extra minutes.
From there, Cooperstown limited S-E to a single free throw.
“We had good looks in overtime, we just didn’t finish,” said S-E coach Kevin Vibbard, who noted the first-half ankle injury that sidelined Cameron Yerton hurt his team’s outside shooting.
McDaniel had his best performance this month leading S-E with 20 points. Briggs added 12 in the loss.
Ford and Sam Bowen scored 28 and 21 points respectively to pace Cooperstown. “Ford was almost unstoppable,” Vibbard said. “He’s big and athletic, and we had a tough time with him on the wing.”
S-E: Randy Briggs, 4 2-2-12; Cameron Yerton, 2 0-0-6; Cody Williams, 0; Paul Romanenko, 1 0-0-2; Branden McDaniel, 8 3-4-20 ; Cole Hodges, 3 0-0-6; Ethan Johnson, 3 3-5-9; Sam Caton, 0 0-2-0; Matt Piazzi, 2 0-2-4. Totals: 23 8-17-59.
Cooperstown: Jeff Flynn, 1 0-2-2; Jay Davine, 0 2-2-2; Michael Moakler, 1 0-2-2; Jeremiah Ford, 10 7-10-28; Harrison Clinton, 3 0-0-7; Sam Bowen, 8 5-6-21; Isaac Huntsman, 2 0-0-4; Wesley Lippitt, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 26 14-22-68.
S-E 13 16 14 15 1
Coop. 12 14 16 16 10–68
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (E) Briggs 2, Yerton 2, McDaniel. (C) Ford, Clinton. JV: S-E won 58-32.