CV plays championship football in romp over Tornado
NORWICH – Norwich’s loss to Chenango Valley Friday night might be best described as “failure to launch.”
The home faithful brought an ample supply of fireworks in anticipation of big plays on homecoming night, but the Warriors kept those pyrotechnics to a minimum in a 35-14 drubbing. At game’s end, at least five touchdowns’ worth of leftover fireworks were unceremoniously released as Chenango Valley’s players and fans celebrated a third straight Section IV Division III championship.
“We just played extremely well on both sides of the ball,” said CV coach Jay Hope, who has presided over four straight wins against NHS, three in division-championship-deciding games. “Our defense has been pretty hot, but the offense is starting to catch up to the defense, and you could see that with the way we have played the last couple of games.”
Not unlike Maine-Endwell, who blasted Norwich a week ago, CV used a mid-line option that started with the simple dive play up the middle, and was accentuated by speedy outside runs and keep-’em-honest jaunts off tackle by the quarterback The Warriors rushed for four touchdowns and 348 yards on the ground. CV quarterback Evan Trebilcock attempted just one pass, and that was intercepted by the Tornado’s Michael Oralls.
The passing game, normally a strong facet in CV’s offense, was smartly eschewed the rest of the way as the line of scrimmage – on both sides – was clearly owned by the Warriors. Building off of last week’s blowout of Windsor, the Warriors had three TD runs from Anthony Miller, and one from Trebilcock against a battered Norwich defense that was trying to erase the memory of last week’s loss to Maine-Endwell.
“We worked all week to stop their veer option, and they attacked us very well off-tackle,” said Norwich coach John Martinson. “We were trying to make adjustments all game, they just executed extremely well. What did they punt, maybe once or twice? We had a hard time stopping them, and my hat goes off to them. They played championship football, and were clearly the better team.”
Norwich’s lone turnover of the game occurred on its third play from scrimmage, and it was a costly miscue, indeed. Norwich QB Mike Sutton misfired on his intended target, and defensive back Zack Collins corralled the ball as if it was a defensive rebound. Setting up at Norwich’s 36, fullback Dominik Forbidussi laid the foundation for CV’s success plowing ahead for big yards and first down. Trebilcock called his own number for six more yards, and Trevor Henige ran 10 yards to set up a first-and-goal for CV at the NHS nine. Two plays later, Miller scored untouched from five yards out to set the blowout in motion.
Miller capped a 70-yard drive later in the first quarter that was preceded by Forbidussi’s 39-yard burst up the middle. For Norwich, down by a bunch to M-E early on last week, it must have felt like a bad case of deja vu. “It’s hard to battle back psychologically,” Martinson aptly said. “Especially when you’re down a few touchdowns.”
Norwich set off its first round of fireworks early in the second quarter. Kyle Edwards side-stepped a would-be CV tackler at the point of attack, and raced 33 yards for the NHS’ first touchdown. That momentum was short-lived as CV went off script for an immediate response.
NHS kicker Zan Stewart lofted his kickoff inside the CV 15. There, half a dozen Warriors congregated in what is termed a “muddle huddle.” The rarely seen play worked as the six CV players broke out in different directions in an attempt to confuse the cover team.
That confusion created some disarray amongst Norwich’s special-teamers as Miller jogged slowly toward his sideline with the football pinned to his right hip. Once he cleared the initial wave of NHS defenders, Miller raced down the right sideline with a convoy of teammates accompanying his trip. Stewart was the lone line of defense for NHS, and he was easily steered aside in an 88-yard TD return. “It’s not something you can prepare for if you don’t see it on film,” Martinson said of the kickoff return. “(The muddle huddle) is not something you ever expect, and they did a good job of executing it.”
Trebilcock’s one-yard TD sneak made it 28-7 at the half, and Miller’s fourth touchdown of the day midway through the third quarter spiked the advantage to four touchdowns.
Hope said it would have been easy for his team to dwell on two blowout losses to start this season. Five weeks removed from that inauspicious beginning, he has another piece of hardware to place in the school’s trophy showcase. “I think I am most proud of this team’s mental ability to stay strong and keep its head above rocky waters,” Hope said. “We still have some games to go, but we accomplished one of our team goals, and I think we’re a dangerous team now.”
Norwich (4-3) marched 80 yards for its final score, a one-yard TD sneak from Sutton with just 3:32 to play. The Tornado, losers of two straight, will host Greene this Friday in its regular season finale, and then travel to Maine-Endwell in two weeks for the first round of the Class B playoffs.
Score by quarters
CVall. 14 14 7 0–35
Norw. 0 7 0 7–14
Scoring Summary
First quarter
CV: Anthony Miller 5 run (Eric Silvanic kick), 8:01
CV: Miller 4 run (Silvanic kick), 3:49
Second quarter
N: Kyle Edwards 33 run (Zan Stewart kick), 10:38
CV: Miller 88 kickoff return (kick failed), 10:22
CV: Evan Trebilcock 1 run (Hennige pass to Miller), 2:45
Third quarter
CV: Miller 3 run (Silvanic kick), 8:55
Fourth quarter
N: Mike Sutton 1 run (Stewart kick), 3:32
Football Summary
N CV
First downs 9 16
Rushes-yds 37-210 55-347
Passing yds 4 0
Comp-att-int 1-8-1 0-1-1
Punts-avg 4-154 1-42
Fumbles-lost 0-0 2-0
Penalties-yds 1-5 3-20
Individual Statistics
Rushing: (N) Kyle Edwards, 17-122; Michael Oralls, 4-33; Grant Brightman, 4-22; Jaden MacRabie, 6-12; Rifanburg, 2-14; Mike Sutton, 3-9; Keagan Franklin, 1- (-2). (CV) Dominik Forbidussi, 21-140; Anthony Miller, 14-118; Evan Trebilcock, 11-48; Trevor Henige, 5-33; Jason Fehr, 2-3; Thomas Boburka, 1-3; Zak Fish, 1-2.
Passing: (N) Sutton, 1-8-1, 4 yds; (CV) Trebilcock, 0-1-1, 0 yds
Receiving: (N) Matt Burke, 1-4.
The home faithful brought an ample supply of fireworks in anticipation of big plays on homecoming night, but the Warriors kept those pyrotechnics to a minimum in a 35-14 drubbing. At game’s end, at least five touchdowns’ worth of leftover fireworks were unceremoniously released as Chenango Valley’s players and fans celebrated a third straight Section IV Division III championship.
“We just played extremely well on both sides of the ball,” said CV coach Jay Hope, who has presided over four straight wins against NHS, three in division-championship-deciding games. “Our defense has been pretty hot, but the offense is starting to catch up to the defense, and you could see that with the way we have played the last couple of games.”
Not unlike Maine-Endwell, who blasted Norwich a week ago, CV used a mid-line option that started with the simple dive play up the middle, and was accentuated by speedy outside runs and keep-’em-honest jaunts off tackle by the quarterback The Warriors rushed for four touchdowns and 348 yards on the ground. CV quarterback Evan Trebilcock attempted just one pass, and that was intercepted by the Tornado’s Michael Oralls.
The passing game, normally a strong facet in CV’s offense, was smartly eschewed the rest of the way as the line of scrimmage – on both sides – was clearly owned by the Warriors. Building off of last week’s blowout of Windsor, the Warriors had three TD runs from Anthony Miller, and one from Trebilcock against a battered Norwich defense that was trying to erase the memory of last week’s loss to Maine-Endwell.
“We worked all week to stop their veer option, and they attacked us very well off-tackle,” said Norwich coach John Martinson. “We were trying to make adjustments all game, they just executed extremely well. What did they punt, maybe once or twice? We had a hard time stopping them, and my hat goes off to them. They played championship football, and were clearly the better team.”
Norwich’s lone turnover of the game occurred on its third play from scrimmage, and it was a costly miscue, indeed. Norwich QB Mike Sutton misfired on his intended target, and defensive back Zack Collins corralled the ball as if it was a defensive rebound. Setting up at Norwich’s 36, fullback Dominik Forbidussi laid the foundation for CV’s success plowing ahead for big yards and first down. Trebilcock called his own number for six more yards, and Trevor Henige ran 10 yards to set up a first-and-goal for CV at the NHS nine. Two plays later, Miller scored untouched from five yards out to set the blowout in motion.
Miller capped a 70-yard drive later in the first quarter that was preceded by Forbidussi’s 39-yard burst up the middle. For Norwich, down by a bunch to M-E early on last week, it must have felt like a bad case of deja vu. “It’s hard to battle back psychologically,” Martinson aptly said. “Especially when you’re down a few touchdowns.”
Norwich set off its first round of fireworks early in the second quarter. Kyle Edwards side-stepped a would-be CV tackler at the point of attack, and raced 33 yards for the NHS’ first touchdown. That momentum was short-lived as CV went off script for an immediate response.
NHS kicker Zan Stewart lofted his kickoff inside the CV 15. There, half a dozen Warriors congregated in what is termed a “muddle huddle.” The rarely seen play worked as the six CV players broke out in different directions in an attempt to confuse the cover team.
That confusion created some disarray amongst Norwich’s special-teamers as Miller jogged slowly toward his sideline with the football pinned to his right hip. Once he cleared the initial wave of NHS defenders, Miller raced down the right sideline with a convoy of teammates accompanying his trip. Stewart was the lone line of defense for NHS, and he was easily steered aside in an 88-yard TD return. “It’s not something you can prepare for if you don’t see it on film,” Martinson said of the kickoff return. “(The muddle huddle) is not something you ever expect, and they did a good job of executing it.”
Trebilcock’s one-yard TD sneak made it 28-7 at the half, and Miller’s fourth touchdown of the day midway through the third quarter spiked the advantage to four touchdowns.
Hope said it would have been easy for his team to dwell on two blowout losses to start this season. Five weeks removed from that inauspicious beginning, he has another piece of hardware to place in the school’s trophy showcase. “I think I am most proud of this team’s mental ability to stay strong and keep its head above rocky waters,” Hope said. “We still have some games to go, but we accomplished one of our team goals, and I think we’re a dangerous team now.”
Norwich (4-3) marched 80 yards for its final score, a one-yard TD sneak from Sutton with just 3:32 to play. The Tornado, losers of two straight, will host Greene this Friday in its regular season finale, and then travel to Maine-Endwell in two weeks for the first round of the Class B playoffs.
Score by quarters
CVall. 14 14 7 0–35
Norw. 0 7 0 7–14
Scoring Summary
First quarter
CV: Anthony Miller 5 run (Eric Silvanic kick), 8:01
CV: Miller 4 run (Silvanic kick), 3:49
Second quarter
N: Kyle Edwards 33 run (Zan Stewart kick), 10:38
CV: Miller 88 kickoff return (kick failed), 10:22
CV: Evan Trebilcock 1 run (Hennige pass to Miller), 2:45
Third quarter
CV: Miller 3 run (Silvanic kick), 8:55
Fourth quarter
N: Mike Sutton 1 run (Stewart kick), 3:32
Football Summary
N CV
First downs 9 16
Rushes-yds 37-210 55-347
Passing yds 4 0
Comp-att-int 1-8-1 0-1-1
Punts-avg 4-154 1-42
Fumbles-lost 0-0 2-0
Penalties-yds 1-5 3-20
Individual Statistics
Rushing: (N) Kyle Edwards, 17-122; Michael Oralls, 4-33; Grant Brightman, 4-22; Jaden MacRabie, 6-12; Rifanburg, 2-14; Mike Sutton, 3-9; Keagan Franklin, 1- (-2). (CV) Dominik Forbidussi, 21-140; Anthony Miller, 14-118; Evan Trebilcock, 11-48; Trevor Henige, 5-33; Jason Fehr, 2-3; Thomas Boburka, 1-3; Zak Fish, 1-2.
Passing: (N) Sutton, 1-8-1, 4 yds; (CV) Trebilcock, 0-1-1, 0 yds
Receiving: (N) Matt Burke, 1-4.
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