Norwich holds on with late defensive stand
Football
Norwich 14, Owego 7
OWEGO – A last-second defensive stand allowed Norwich to preserve its first win of the season, Friday night at Owego.
Norwich’s second touchdown of the game, a five-yard TD run from Grant Brightman in the second quarter, stood up throughout the second half and into the waning seconds of the fourth.
Owego, directed by quarterback Brandon Morris, reached Norwich’s five-yard line with 11 seconds left, and was faced with a fourth-and-two. “It was the last play from scrimmage, and we didn’t even think they would get the play off,” said Norwich fourth-year head coach John Martinson.
Morris dropped back to pass, and under tremendous pressure from the NHS front, was sacked by junior Ryan Hayes to end the game.
“We had some outstanding play on defense from Ryan, Matt Burke, Matt Lippa, and Storm Cook,” Martinson said, who also noted Brightman’s team-high nine tackles. “Our guys did a great job staying at home and doing their jobs. Really, at the end of the game, you don’t want to be on defense and holding your breath. But we had kids step up.
Norwich overcame four turnovers – two fumbles and two interceptions – by taking advantage of some early scoring opportunities. Brightman received the opening kickoff – a short squib kick to the 25 – picked up a block from Burke, and raced 75 yards untouched for the opening touchdown.
Zach House squirted 30 yards through the NHS defense to tie the game on a TD run before the Tornado regained the lead following a big play on special teams.
On fourth down, House, the punter, was sacked for a six-yard loss by Hayes and Lippa on the Owego 37. Brightman burst for 26 yards on first down, and two plays later moved the Tornado in front.
Brightman finished with 118 yards rushing, and the Tornado running game averaged 5.4 yards per carry. “It was our first win and it was an ugly win,” Martinson said. “Sometimes that first win is the toughest. We’re thankful to have that, we just need to correct some of those mistakes.”
Norwich plays its home opener Friday against Sidney.
JV notes: Norwich’s junior varsity evened its mark at 1-1 beating Owego 21-7. Matthew Craig had two runs, and Jacob Perrone rushed for 88 yards and a score. Perrone, Sam Barber, Dan Conant, and Nick Murphy led the NHS junior varsity defense, said head coach Kurt Edwards.
Score by quarters
NHS 7 7 0 0–14
Owg 7 0 0 0–7
Scoring Summary
N: Grant Brightman 75 kickoff return (Zan Stewart kick)
O: Zach House 30 run (Wolfe kick)
N: Brightman 5 run (Stewart kick)
Team Summary
N O
First downs 11 14
Rushes-yds 37-200 44-129
Passing yds 0 83
Comp-att-int 0-5-2 6-13-0
Fumbles-lost 2-2 1-1
Sacks-yds 4-25 0-0
Punts-avg 3-32 6-26.7
Penalties-yds 6-45 3-20
Time of Poss. 20:07 27:53
Individual Statistics
Rushing: (N) Grant Brightman, 18-118; Kyle Edwards, 14-80; Keagan Franklin, 3-2; Michael Sutton, 2-0. (O) Zach House, 19-85; Dylan Angulas, 10-46; Dan Wolfe, 7-19; Brandon Morris, 8 - (-21).
Passing: (N) Sutton, 0-5-2, 0 yds; (O) Morris, 6-13-0, 83 yds.
Receiving: (O) Dylan Angulas, 3-20; Zach House, 2-48; Zach Thomas, 1-15.
Greene 43, Walton 16
GREENE – The three-decade wait is over.
The Trojans slayed yet another dragon Friday night in large part due to the biggest game of quarterback Joe Beckwith’s career.
Beckwith threw three TD passes and ran for another as Greene beat Walton for the first time in at least 25 seasons. The win comes a year removed from Greene’s victory over Chenango Forks, another team that long held dominance over the Trojans.
“It’s been a long time (since we’ve beat Walton),” said Greene coach Tim Paske. “A lot of people in the community commented to me that this gets the monkey off our backs. It feels good for (some of) the community members because they could never beat Walton when they played.”
Just like last week, Greene was ignited by a special teams touchdown. Lane Whittaker returned a Walton punt 65 yards to paydirt to open the scoring. Whittaker went up the sideline untouched, and actually had an escort of teammates into the endzone. “Two weeks in a row. How about that?” Paske said of the his club’s third special teams score in two games. “If teams kick it deep, with the guys we have back there, we feel we have the
opportunity to score. Our team has really bought into the special part of special teams.”
Beckwith helped Greene extend its lead to 27-8 by halftime running for a 13-yard TD, then throwing TD tosses of 32 and 45 yards to Whittaker. Beckwith, who finished 4-for-6 for 173 yards, had a 63-yard TD hookup with Jeremy Flohr in the third extend the lead to four touchdowns. All three TD passes were on the same play, Paske said. “We wanted to make sure the pass plays we called were the ones Joe was confident in,” Paske said. “The ones we ran in the game were the ones we practiced, and he put them all on the money.”
Walton’s Mike Beers had two one-yard TD runs, but aside from one long first-down run from Trevor Spencer, the Greene defense held Walton’s punishing ground game in check. “Our defense did some bending, but we didn’t break,” Paske said. “We did a nice job of getting guys to the football.”
The Greene running game actually matched Walton’s 226-yard total. Mike Beckwith led the way with 90 yards on 14 carries.
Greene (2-0) plays at Dryden Friday.
Score by quarters
Walt. 0 8 0 8–16
Greene 8 19 8 8–43
Scoring summary
G: Lane Whittaker 65 punt return (Dan Treadwell pass from Joe Beckwith)
G: Joe Beckwith 13 run (run failed)
G: Whittaker 32 pass from Beckwith (pass failed)
W: Mike Beers 1 run (Beers run)
G: Whittaker 43 pass from Beckwith (Alex Csigi kick)
G: Jeremy Flohr 63 pass from Beckwith (Mike Beckwith run)
W: Beers 1 run (Austin Kilmer run)
G: Joel Roselle 35 run (Csigi run)
Team summary
W G
First downs 10 16
Rushes-yds 47-226 39-226
Passing yds 0 173
Comp-att-int 0-6-1 5-7-0
Fumbles-lost 3-1 3-2
Penalties-yds 3-20 4-38
Individual Statistics
Rushing: (W) Mike Beers, 27-113; Trevor Spencer, 6-71; Dalton Kaminsky, 2-0; Derek Mead, 2-3; Colin Adam, 1-4; Jacob Wright, 1-15; Austin Kilmer, 6-19; Christian Rutherford, 1-2; Trevor Zandt, 1-(-3). (G) Mike Beckwith, 14-90; Dan Treadwell, 2-8; Joe Beckwith, 10-20; Cole Browning, 2-31; Trevor Parrish, 7-22; Joel Roselle, 2-45; Dan Dickman, 2-10.
Passing: (G) Joe Beckwith, 4-6-0, 165 yds 3 TDs; Cole Browning, 1-1-0, 8 yds. (W) Kaminsky, 0-6-1, 0 yds.
Receiving: (G) Lane Whittaker, 4-110, Jeremy Flohr, 1-63.
Sherburne-Earlville 28, Morrisville-Eaton/Hamilton 0
MORRISVILLE – Sherburne-Earlville overcame injuries to its top two rushers, and its defense limited Morrisville-Eaton/Hamilton to 153 total yards in a shutout victory Friday night.
It was the second consecutive road win in league play for S-E, who is on the fast track to a playoff spot in the Section III. “This is where we want to be, and we have a big game coming up next week against Waterville,” said S-E coach Mike Jasper after the victory. “(The Vipers) were able to move it on us a little bit on their first drive, but we were able to settle down and force some turnovers.”
Starting fullback Austin Jasper was limited to defensive duty only after suffering an injury last week against Mount Markham. Leading carrier, Derek Ferris, went down with an injury early in the second half, but not before scoring a pair of TDs.
Quarterback Matt Smith had two TD passes and one TD rush to lead the S-E attack. His first score, a 12-yard tossto Felix Rodriguez in the first quarter, would prove enough. Ferris tacked on a 45-yard TD run in the second, and hauled in a 10-yard TD toss from Smith before halftime.
Smith has an interception and long return in the third quarter, and capped the final scoring himself with a one-yard plunge. “It was sloppy and we struggled some on offense,” Jasper said. “Fortunately, we jumped on them early and took advantage of their mistakes.”
The Marauders’ defense forced four total turnovers with two interceptions and two fumble recoveries. “We buckled down tonight, and even with the injuries, gutted one out,” Jasper said.
Score by quarters
S-E 7 14 7 0–28
M-E/H 0 0 0 0–0
Scoring Summary
Felix Rodriguez 12 pass from Matt Smith (Garrett DuVall kick)
Ferris 45 run (Duvall kick
Ferris 10 pass from Smith (DuVall kick)
Smith 1 run (DuVall kick)
Individual Statistics (S-E only)
Rushing: Ferris, 8-90; DuVAll, 7-20; Alsheimer, 5-24; Cody Marango, 3-6; Matt Smith, 4-14; Cameron Whaley, 2-6. M-E/H total rushing: 38-81 yds.
Passing: (SE) Smith, 3-12-1, 62 yds, TD. M-E/H passing: 5-17-2, 72 yards.
Receiving: Rodriguez, 2-52; Ferris, 1-10.
Bainbridge-Guilford 28, Delhi 20
BAINBRIDGE – The work produced in the first half was just enough for the Bobcats to hold on for the win Friday evening.
It was the second straight year B-G defeated Delhi, and it also moved the Bobcats’ record to 2-0 on the young season.
Jake Mazzarella had 234 yards rushing and three touchdown runs. Mazzarella had 200 yards rushing by halftime, and it was a good thing as Delhi mounted a second-half rally.
“We had a really good game plan in place in the first half,” said B-G coach Tim Mattingly. “Everything kind of clicked for us, and we had our way offensively.”
Mazzarella scored on runs of 65, 50, and five yards, the last of which had his team up 28-8 at halftime.
Delhi turned the momentum on its ear in the second half marching for a touchdown on its first possession, forcing a B-G turnover on the next sequence, and then adding another TD – a one-yard keeper from Bulldogs QB Ben Denison. Delhi did not threaten to score again.
“They made some great adjustments in the second half, but we hurt ourselves, too,” Mattingly said. “We need to do a better job of finishing games. Give Delhi credit. Their kids came back on us and didn’t quit.”
Score by quarters
Del. 8 0 12 0–20
B-G 15 13 0 0–28
Scoring Summary
BG: Jake Mazarella 65 run (Corbin Palmer kick)
D: Brandon Simons 11 pass from Ben Denison. (Simonds pass from Denison)
BG: Mazzarella 50 run (Bauerle pass from Palmer)
BG: Austin Bauerle 11 pass from Palmer (Palmer kick)
BG: Mazzarella 5 run (kick failed)
D: Brian Ingram 3 run (run failed0
D: Denison 1 run (run failed)
Team Summary
D BG
First downs 16 13
Rushes-yds 35-134 39-320
Passing yds 104 14
Comp-at-int 8-21-1 2-7-0
Punts-avg 2-18 2-11
Fumbles-lost 1-1 3-1
Penalties-yds 5-35 7-50
Individual Statistics
Rushing: (D) Brian Ingram, 17-85; Ben Dennison, 11-29; Noah Dedominics, 7-20. (BG) Jake Mazzarella, 24-235; Justin Cirigliano, 9-71; Corbin Palmer, 6-14.
Passing: (D) Ben Denison, 8-21-1, 104 yds, TD. (BG) Palmer, 2-7-0, 14 yds.
Receiving: (D) DeDominicis, 2-21; Austin Gullow, 3-53; Brandon Simonds, 3-30. (BG) Austin Bauerle, 2-14.
Norwich 14, Owego 7
OWEGO – A last-second defensive stand allowed Norwich to preserve its first win of the season, Friday night at Owego.
Norwich’s second touchdown of the game, a five-yard TD run from Grant Brightman in the second quarter, stood up throughout the second half and into the waning seconds of the fourth.
Owego, directed by quarterback Brandon Morris, reached Norwich’s five-yard line with 11 seconds left, and was faced with a fourth-and-two. “It was the last play from scrimmage, and we didn’t even think they would get the play off,” said Norwich fourth-year head coach John Martinson.
Morris dropped back to pass, and under tremendous pressure from the NHS front, was sacked by junior Ryan Hayes to end the game.
“We had some outstanding play on defense from Ryan, Matt Burke, Matt Lippa, and Storm Cook,” Martinson said, who also noted Brightman’s team-high nine tackles. “Our guys did a great job staying at home and doing their jobs. Really, at the end of the game, you don’t want to be on defense and holding your breath. But we had kids step up.
Norwich overcame four turnovers – two fumbles and two interceptions – by taking advantage of some early scoring opportunities. Brightman received the opening kickoff – a short squib kick to the 25 – picked up a block from Burke, and raced 75 yards untouched for the opening touchdown.
Zach House squirted 30 yards through the NHS defense to tie the game on a TD run before the Tornado regained the lead following a big play on special teams.
On fourth down, House, the punter, was sacked for a six-yard loss by Hayes and Lippa on the Owego 37. Brightman burst for 26 yards on first down, and two plays later moved the Tornado in front.
Brightman finished with 118 yards rushing, and the Tornado running game averaged 5.4 yards per carry. “It was our first win and it was an ugly win,” Martinson said. “Sometimes that first win is the toughest. We’re thankful to have that, we just need to correct some of those mistakes.”
Norwich plays its home opener Friday against Sidney.
JV notes: Norwich’s junior varsity evened its mark at 1-1 beating Owego 21-7. Matthew Craig had two runs, and Jacob Perrone rushed for 88 yards and a score. Perrone, Sam Barber, Dan Conant, and Nick Murphy led the NHS junior varsity defense, said head coach Kurt Edwards.
Score by quarters
NHS 7 7 0 0–14
Owg 7 0 0 0–7
Scoring Summary
N: Grant Brightman 75 kickoff return (Zan Stewart kick)
O: Zach House 30 run (Wolfe kick)
N: Brightman 5 run (Stewart kick)
Team Summary
N O
First downs 11 14
Rushes-yds 37-200 44-129
Passing yds 0 83
Comp-att-int 0-5-2 6-13-0
Fumbles-lost 2-2 1-1
Sacks-yds 4-25 0-0
Punts-avg 3-32 6-26.7
Penalties-yds 6-45 3-20
Time of Poss. 20:07 27:53
Individual Statistics
Rushing: (N) Grant Brightman, 18-118; Kyle Edwards, 14-80; Keagan Franklin, 3-2; Michael Sutton, 2-0. (O) Zach House, 19-85; Dylan Angulas, 10-46; Dan Wolfe, 7-19; Brandon Morris, 8 - (-21).
Passing: (N) Sutton, 0-5-2, 0 yds; (O) Morris, 6-13-0, 83 yds.
Receiving: (O) Dylan Angulas, 3-20; Zach House, 2-48; Zach Thomas, 1-15.
Greene 43, Walton 16
GREENE – The three-decade wait is over.
The Trojans slayed yet another dragon Friday night in large part due to the biggest game of quarterback Joe Beckwith’s career.
Beckwith threw three TD passes and ran for another as Greene beat Walton for the first time in at least 25 seasons. The win comes a year removed from Greene’s victory over Chenango Forks, another team that long held dominance over the Trojans.
“It’s been a long time (since we’ve beat Walton),” said Greene coach Tim Paske. “A lot of people in the community commented to me that this gets the monkey off our backs. It feels good for (some of) the community members because they could never beat Walton when they played.”
Just like last week, Greene was ignited by a special teams touchdown. Lane Whittaker returned a Walton punt 65 yards to paydirt to open the scoring. Whittaker went up the sideline untouched, and actually had an escort of teammates into the endzone. “Two weeks in a row. How about that?” Paske said of the his club’s third special teams score in two games. “If teams kick it deep, with the guys we have back there, we feel we have the
opportunity to score. Our team has really bought into the special part of special teams.”
Beckwith helped Greene extend its lead to 27-8 by halftime running for a 13-yard TD, then throwing TD tosses of 32 and 45 yards to Whittaker. Beckwith, who finished 4-for-6 for 173 yards, had a 63-yard TD hookup with Jeremy Flohr in the third extend the lead to four touchdowns. All three TD passes were on the same play, Paske said. “We wanted to make sure the pass plays we called were the ones Joe was confident in,” Paske said. “The ones we ran in the game were the ones we practiced, and he put them all on the money.”
Walton’s Mike Beers had two one-yard TD runs, but aside from one long first-down run from Trevor Spencer, the Greene defense held Walton’s punishing ground game in check. “Our defense did some bending, but we didn’t break,” Paske said. “We did a nice job of getting guys to the football.”
The Greene running game actually matched Walton’s 226-yard total. Mike Beckwith led the way with 90 yards on 14 carries.
Greene (2-0) plays at Dryden Friday.
Score by quarters
Walt. 0 8 0 8–16
Greene 8 19 8 8–43
Scoring summary
G: Lane Whittaker 65 punt return (Dan Treadwell pass from Joe Beckwith)
G: Joe Beckwith 13 run (run failed)
G: Whittaker 32 pass from Beckwith (pass failed)
W: Mike Beers 1 run (Beers run)
G: Whittaker 43 pass from Beckwith (Alex Csigi kick)
G: Jeremy Flohr 63 pass from Beckwith (Mike Beckwith run)
W: Beers 1 run (Austin Kilmer run)
G: Joel Roselle 35 run (Csigi run)
Team summary
W G
First downs 10 16
Rushes-yds 47-226 39-226
Passing yds 0 173
Comp-att-int 0-6-1 5-7-0
Fumbles-lost 3-1 3-2
Penalties-yds 3-20 4-38
Individual Statistics
Rushing: (W) Mike Beers, 27-113; Trevor Spencer, 6-71; Dalton Kaminsky, 2-0; Derek Mead, 2-3; Colin Adam, 1-4; Jacob Wright, 1-15; Austin Kilmer, 6-19; Christian Rutherford, 1-2; Trevor Zandt, 1-(-3). (G) Mike Beckwith, 14-90; Dan Treadwell, 2-8; Joe Beckwith, 10-20; Cole Browning, 2-31; Trevor Parrish, 7-22; Joel Roselle, 2-45; Dan Dickman, 2-10.
Passing: (G) Joe Beckwith, 4-6-0, 165 yds 3 TDs; Cole Browning, 1-1-0, 8 yds. (W) Kaminsky, 0-6-1, 0 yds.
Receiving: (G) Lane Whittaker, 4-110, Jeremy Flohr, 1-63.
Sherburne-Earlville 28, Morrisville-Eaton/Hamilton 0
MORRISVILLE – Sherburne-Earlville overcame injuries to its top two rushers, and its defense limited Morrisville-Eaton/Hamilton to 153 total yards in a shutout victory Friday night.
It was the second consecutive road win in league play for S-E, who is on the fast track to a playoff spot in the Section III. “This is where we want to be, and we have a big game coming up next week against Waterville,” said S-E coach Mike Jasper after the victory. “(The Vipers) were able to move it on us a little bit on their first drive, but we were able to settle down and force some turnovers.”
Starting fullback Austin Jasper was limited to defensive duty only after suffering an injury last week against Mount Markham. Leading carrier, Derek Ferris, went down with an injury early in the second half, but not before scoring a pair of TDs.
Quarterback Matt Smith had two TD passes and one TD rush to lead the S-E attack. His first score, a 12-yard tossto Felix Rodriguez in the first quarter, would prove enough. Ferris tacked on a 45-yard TD run in the second, and hauled in a 10-yard TD toss from Smith before halftime.
Smith has an interception and long return in the third quarter, and capped the final scoring himself with a one-yard plunge. “It was sloppy and we struggled some on offense,” Jasper said. “Fortunately, we jumped on them early and took advantage of their mistakes.”
The Marauders’ defense forced four total turnovers with two interceptions and two fumble recoveries. “We buckled down tonight, and even with the injuries, gutted one out,” Jasper said.
Score by quarters
S-E 7 14 7 0–28
M-E/H 0 0 0 0–0
Scoring Summary
Felix Rodriguez 12 pass from Matt Smith (Garrett DuVall kick)
Ferris 45 run (Duvall kick
Ferris 10 pass from Smith (DuVall kick)
Smith 1 run (DuVall kick)
Individual Statistics (S-E only)
Rushing: Ferris, 8-90; DuVAll, 7-20; Alsheimer, 5-24; Cody Marango, 3-6; Matt Smith, 4-14; Cameron Whaley, 2-6. M-E/H total rushing: 38-81 yds.
Passing: (SE) Smith, 3-12-1, 62 yds, TD. M-E/H passing: 5-17-2, 72 yards.
Receiving: Rodriguez, 2-52; Ferris, 1-10.
Bainbridge-Guilford 28, Delhi 20
BAINBRIDGE – The work produced in the first half was just enough for the Bobcats to hold on for the win Friday evening.
It was the second straight year B-G defeated Delhi, and it also moved the Bobcats’ record to 2-0 on the young season.
Jake Mazzarella had 234 yards rushing and three touchdown runs. Mazzarella had 200 yards rushing by halftime, and it was a good thing as Delhi mounted a second-half rally.
“We had a really good game plan in place in the first half,” said B-G coach Tim Mattingly. “Everything kind of clicked for us, and we had our way offensively.”
Mazzarella scored on runs of 65, 50, and five yards, the last of which had his team up 28-8 at halftime.
Delhi turned the momentum on its ear in the second half marching for a touchdown on its first possession, forcing a B-G turnover on the next sequence, and then adding another TD – a one-yard keeper from Bulldogs QB Ben Denison. Delhi did not threaten to score again.
“They made some great adjustments in the second half, but we hurt ourselves, too,” Mattingly said. “We need to do a better job of finishing games. Give Delhi credit. Their kids came back on us and didn’t quit.”
Score by quarters
Del. 8 0 12 0–20
B-G 15 13 0 0–28
Scoring Summary
BG: Jake Mazarella 65 run (Corbin Palmer kick)
D: Brandon Simons 11 pass from Ben Denison. (Simonds pass from Denison)
BG: Mazzarella 50 run (Bauerle pass from Palmer)
BG: Austin Bauerle 11 pass from Palmer (Palmer kick)
BG: Mazzarella 5 run (kick failed)
D: Brian Ingram 3 run (run failed0
D: Denison 1 run (run failed)
Team Summary
D BG
First downs 16 13
Rushes-yds 35-134 39-320
Passing yds 104 14
Comp-at-int 8-21-1 2-7-0
Punts-avg 2-18 2-11
Fumbles-lost 1-1 3-1
Penalties-yds 5-35 7-50
Individual Statistics
Rushing: (D) Brian Ingram, 17-85; Ben Dennison, 11-29; Noah Dedominics, 7-20. (BG) Jake Mazzarella, 24-235; Justin Cirigliano, 9-71; Corbin Palmer, 6-14.
Passing: (D) Ben Denison, 8-21-1, 104 yds, TD. (BG) Palmer, 2-7-0, 14 yds.
Receiving: (D) DeDominicis, 2-21; Austin Gullow, 3-53; Brandon Simonds, 3-30. (BG) Austin Bauerle, 2-14.
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