UV breaks through with first victory
Football
Unadilla Valley 27, Oxford 14
NEW BERLIN – Unadilla Valley shook off an early deficit to rally for its first win of the season Friday night against visiting Oxford.
Emotions ran a bit higher on this evening as the Storm players and coaching staff took the field hoping to honor the passing of former head coach Jack Loeffler, who was still working with the football program as recently as the preseason. “After the game, I said to the kids, ‘we did it,’” said UV coach Mark Segina. “It was pretty emotional for all of us.”
Oxford drove for a touchdown early in the first quarter, a four-yard tote by senior Nik Hansen, and forced a UV turnover later in the quarter. It was the first of two first-quarter turnovers by the host club, who survived both miscues unscathed.
UV’s Mason Fernette recovered an Oxford fumble early into the second quarter, and that set the stage for the Storm’s first scoring drive. Ryan Postma hit Brett Hanslmaier on a pair of slant passes, the latter going for 18 yards and a TD. Late in the half, UV took the lead for good when Postma threw his second TD strike to Hanslmaier, this one covering 15 yards.
UV extended the lead behind the running of junior Alex Avolio. Avolio, who finished with 140 yards, ran 40 yards for his team’s third touchdown.
Oxford cut into the lead on Joe Jackson’s one-yard score early in the fourth, but another long drive by the Storm polished off the victory. Dillon Rifanburg scored on a one-yard run to open a 13-point lead. “Everything is starting to piece together,” Segina said. “They’re seeing that the stuff we’re doing works, and they’ve bought into it 100 percent.”
Hansen rushed for 121 yards to lead Oxford (1-7). “It’s disappointing for us, and we just did not tackle well,” said Oxford coach Ray Dayton.
Score by quarters
Oxf. 8 0 0 6–14
UVa. 0 13 6 8–27
Scoring Summary
First quarter
O: Nik Hansen 4 yard run (Hansen run)
Second quarter
UV; Ryan postma 19 pass to Brett Hanslmaier (run failed)
UV: Postma 15 pass to hanslmaier (Hanslmaier kick)
Third quarter
UV: Alex Avolio 40 run (run failed)
Fourth quarter
O: Joe Jackson 1 run (conversion failed)
UV: Dillon Rifanburg 1 run (Postma pass to Avolio)
Individual Statistics
Rushing: (UV) Dillon Rifanburg, 9-26; Avolio, 20-140, Bob Sponable, 2- (-7), Ryan Ppostma, 5- (-20) (O) Nik Hansen, 21-117; Nick Neer, 11-56; Bryan Simpson, 6-55; Joe Jackson, 4-27.
Receiving: (UV) Dillon Rifanburg, 1-36 Mike Patrick, 2-25 Jared White, 1-15, Hanslmaier, 4-53. (O) Cameron Heggie, 4-38.
Passing: (UV) Postma, 8-13-1, 129, 2 Tds. (O) Lane Barry, 4-12-1, 38 yds.
Greene 26, Trumansburg 6
GREENE – Greene halted a five-game losing streak Friday night with perhaps its best performance of the season.
After Trumansburg gained the early advantage, it was all Trojans (3-5), who rushed for over 300 yards. “It was nice for the kids, and we did so many things well,” said Greene head coach Dave Gorton.
The Raiders returned the opening kickoff into Greene territory, and put the first points on the board just 35 seconds in on Colin Fellows’ 38-yard run.
The Trojans answered right away with a ball-control drive capped by Luke Erickson’s 14-yard score. Brendan Wheeler returned a T’burg fumble 24 yards for a touchdown in the second, the Greene built its lead to 19-7 at halftime when Joe Beckwith connected with Shawn Brigham on a 30-yard scoring strike.
The Beckwith to Brigham combo worked again in the fourth quarter as Brigham raked in a 40-yard scoring strike. Greene had two other long drives of over 60 yards that did not result in points, but at a minimum, kept the Trumansburg offense off the field for long stretches of time.
“It was raining pretty hard at times, and considering the weather, we played very well,” Gorton said. “We had a nice mix of kids running the ball, and running it effectively.”
Erickson had a game-high 103 yards rushing, Cole Nelson gained 92, Beckwith carried it for 63 yards, and Wheeler had 55 rushing yards.
Score by quarters
T’burg 6 0 0 0–6
Gr. 7 12 0 7–26
Scoring Summary
T: Colin Fellows 38 run (pass failed)
G: Luke Erickson 14 run (Wyatt Johns kick)
G: Brendan Wheeler 24 fumble recovery (kick failed)
G: Shawn Brigham 30 pass from Joe Beckwith (pass failed)
G: Brigham 42 pass from Beckwith (Johns kick)
Individual Statistics
Rushing: (T) (32-159) Zachary Kenney 8-61, Colin Fellows 9-39, Dylan Mosher 8-44, Keenan Cooper 5-9, Team: 2-6. (G) Joe Beckwith 10-63, Luke Erickson 17-103, Brendan Wheeler 5-55, Tristan Carter 2-2, Cole Nelson 12-92, Tyler Dickman 4-26, Lucian Austin 1-8.
Passing: (T) Zachary Kenney 1-12-1-9, Colin Fellows 4-12-1-33. (G) Joe Beckwith 4-8-0-93, 2 Tds.
Receiving: (T) Mike Gorton 1-5, Zachary Kenney 2-20, Ty Iannone 1-9, Team, 1-8. (G) Zach Lindow 1-5, Shawn Brigham 2-72, Lucian Austin 1-16.
Johnson City 55, Norwich 7
JOHNSON CITY – Norwich will have to be better, much better, when it meets Johnson City this coming weekend in the Section IV Class B playoffs.
In a clash to determine the number two seed Friday evening – and the right to host a first-round playoff game – it was all Wildcats from the second quarter forward as the Wildcats trounced the Purple Tornado (4-4).
Anthony Johns scored three touchdowns for JC, and ran for 139 of his team’s 317 rushing yards. Norwich also turned it over six times, three in a disastrous second quarter when the Wildcats expanded a 6-0 first-quarter lead to 34-0 at the halftime break.
“We couldn’t get anything going in the second quarter, and we put it on the ground and gave them short fields,” said Norwich coach Mike Chrystie. “When we didn’t turn it over, they ran it down our throats.”
Johnson City blocked a Norwich punt in the first quarter, and put the first points on the board on Johns’ six-yard TD run. Norwich fumbled the ball on the first play of its next possession, but survived that mishap recovering a Wildcats fumble straight away.
Norwich failed to capitalize on that fortune, and punted the ball back to JC after just three plays. The Wildcats proceeded to drive for their second score early in the second, and the damage continued to mount. Connor Halladay returned a Norwich fumble seven yards for a touchdown to raise the lead to three scores.
Norwich fell behind 55-0 early in the fourth when Mike Oralls broke up the shutout for the Tornado scoring on a 69-yard run.
“We know we didn’t play well, but the playoffs are different from the regular season, and it’s a brand-new start,” Chrystie said. “I’ve been on both sides of it as a player and a coach where we destroyed a team in the regular season, then lost in the playoffs.
“We didn’t execute well or stay on our blocks, but those are all things we can fix.”
Oralls ran for 133 yards in the loss, the top bright spot for NHS.
NHS and Johnson City meet in the Class B semifinals Saturday at 7 p.m. at Binghamton Alumni Stadium.
Score by quarters
NHS 0 0 0 7–7
JC 6 28 14 7–55
Scoring Summary
First quarter
JC: Anthony Johns 6 run (kick failed)
Second quarter
JC: Reggie Williams 3 run (Nick Neferis pass from Rick Balles)
JC: Conner Halladay 7 fumble return (Corey Cochrane kick)
JC: Williams 8 run (Cochrane kick)
JC: Johns 6 run (kick failed)
Third quarter
JC: Quinton Johnson 42 pass from Balles (Cochrane kick)
JC: Johns 40 run Cochrane kick)
Fourth quarter
JC: Nykiem Social 4 run rush (Cochrane kick)
N: Michael Oralls 69 run (Zan Stewart kick)
Individual Statistics
Rushing: (N) Mike Oralls, 16-133; Keagan Franklin, 3-18; Matt Murke, 2-0; Jaden MacRabie, 3- (-6); Team, 1- (-11), Jordan Vinal, 4- (-19). (JC) Nykiem Social 10-96, Rick Balles 7-28, Dominic Nadz 4-16, Anthony Johns 15-139, Reggie Williams 5-38, Nick Neferis 1-5.
Passing: (N) Vinal, 0-3-1, 0 yds; (JC) Rick Balles, 6-9-0, 95 yds, 1 TD.
Receiving: (JC) Anthony Johns 1-7, Adam Korutz 4-47, Quinton Johnson 1-42.
Bainbridge-Guilford 38, Watkins Glen 6
WATKINS GLEN – Bainbridge-Guilford is starting to peak as the 2013 season is drawing to a close.
The Bobcats ran for 306 yards, and Mike Carlin scored his team’s first four touchdowns in Friday’s road win over the Senecas.
Carlin hauled in TD passes of 27 and 34 yards from senior quarterback Cole Webb, and had a four-yard TD run for the 21-6 halftime lead.
Carlin then intercepted a Watkins Glen pass in the third returning it 11 yards for his final touchdown. In the fourth, Lucas Butcher kicked a 23-yard field goal, and junior Pedro Aparicio scored on a 10-yard run.
“Mike has come on the last two weeks, but our offensive line really has improved from day one, and we had some great blocking,” said B-G coach Tim Mattingly. “The kids are still excited, and this young group has really jelled and raised their play up to the varsity level. The entire coaching staff is pleased.”
B-G (2-6) will close its season this week against an undetermined opponent.
Score by quarters
B-G 21 0 7 10–38
WG 6 0 0 0–6
Scoring Summary
BG: Cole Webb 27 pass to Mike Carlin (Butcher kick)
BG: Webb 34 pass to Carlin (Butcher kick)
WG: #3 2 run (run failed)
BG: Carlin 4 run (Butcher kick)
BG: Mike Carlin 11 interception return (Butcher kick)
BG: Butcher 23 field goal
BG: Pedro Aparicio 10 run (Butcher kick)
Individual Statistics
Rushing: (WG) Total– 48-200, (BG) Mike Carlin, 16-75, Dylan Moffitt, 11-125, Cole Webb, 4-12; Pedro Aparicio, 6-87, Lucas Butcher, 2- (-1), Spenser Stevens, 2-8. Total: 41-306
Passing: (WG) 1-7-2 14 yds. (BG) Webb, 2-3-0, 62 yds, 2 TDs.
Receiving: (BG) Carlin, 2-62. (WG) not available.
Unadilla Valley 27, Oxford 14
NEW BERLIN – Unadilla Valley shook off an early deficit to rally for its first win of the season Friday night against visiting Oxford.
Emotions ran a bit higher on this evening as the Storm players and coaching staff took the field hoping to honor the passing of former head coach Jack Loeffler, who was still working with the football program as recently as the preseason. “After the game, I said to the kids, ‘we did it,’” said UV coach Mark Segina. “It was pretty emotional for all of us.”
Oxford drove for a touchdown early in the first quarter, a four-yard tote by senior Nik Hansen, and forced a UV turnover later in the quarter. It was the first of two first-quarter turnovers by the host club, who survived both miscues unscathed.
UV’s Mason Fernette recovered an Oxford fumble early into the second quarter, and that set the stage for the Storm’s first scoring drive. Ryan Postma hit Brett Hanslmaier on a pair of slant passes, the latter going for 18 yards and a TD. Late in the half, UV took the lead for good when Postma threw his second TD strike to Hanslmaier, this one covering 15 yards.
UV extended the lead behind the running of junior Alex Avolio. Avolio, who finished with 140 yards, ran 40 yards for his team’s third touchdown.
Oxford cut into the lead on Joe Jackson’s one-yard score early in the fourth, but another long drive by the Storm polished off the victory. Dillon Rifanburg scored on a one-yard run to open a 13-point lead. “Everything is starting to piece together,” Segina said. “They’re seeing that the stuff we’re doing works, and they’ve bought into it 100 percent.”
Hansen rushed for 121 yards to lead Oxford (1-7). “It’s disappointing for us, and we just did not tackle well,” said Oxford coach Ray Dayton.
Score by quarters
Oxf. 8 0 0 6–14
UVa. 0 13 6 8–27
Scoring Summary
First quarter
O: Nik Hansen 4 yard run (Hansen run)
Second quarter
UV; Ryan postma 19 pass to Brett Hanslmaier (run failed)
UV: Postma 15 pass to hanslmaier (Hanslmaier kick)
Third quarter
UV: Alex Avolio 40 run (run failed)
Fourth quarter
O: Joe Jackson 1 run (conversion failed)
UV: Dillon Rifanburg 1 run (Postma pass to Avolio)
Individual Statistics
Rushing: (UV) Dillon Rifanburg, 9-26; Avolio, 20-140, Bob Sponable, 2- (-7), Ryan Ppostma, 5- (-20) (O) Nik Hansen, 21-117; Nick Neer, 11-56; Bryan Simpson, 6-55; Joe Jackson, 4-27.
Receiving: (UV) Dillon Rifanburg, 1-36 Mike Patrick, 2-25 Jared White, 1-15, Hanslmaier, 4-53. (O) Cameron Heggie, 4-38.
Passing: (UV) Postma, 8-13-1, 129, 2 Tds. (O) Lane Barry, 4-12-1, 38 yds.
Greene 26, Trumansburg 6
GREENE – Greene halted a five-game losing streak Friday night with perhaps its best performance of the season.
After Trumansburg gained the early advantage, it was all Trojans (3-5), who rushed for over 300 yards. “It was nice for the kids, and we did so many things well,” said Greene head coach Dave Gorton.
The Raiders returned the opening kickoff into Greene territory, and put the first points on the board just 35 seconds in on Colin Fellows’ 38-yard run.
The Trojans answered right away with a ball-control drive capped by Luke Erickson’s 14-yard score. Brendan Wheeler returned a T’burg fumble 24 yards for a touchdown in the second, the Greene built its lead to 19-7 at halftime when Joe Beckwith connected with Shawn Brigham on a 30-yard scoring strike.
The Beckwith to Brigham combo worked again in the fourth quarter as Brigham raked in a 40-yard scoring strike. Greene had two other long drives of over 60 yards that did not result in points, but at a minimum, kept the Trumansburg offense off the field for long stretches of time.
“It was raining pretty hard at times, and considering the weather, we played very well,” Gorton said. “We had a nice mix of kids running the ball, and running it effectively.”
Erickson had a game-high 103 yards rushing, Cole Nelson gained 92, Beckwith carried it for 63 yards, and Wheeler had 55 rushing yards.
Score by quarters
T’burg 6 0 0 0–6
Gr. 7 12 0 7–26
Scoring Summary
T: Colin Fellows 38 run (pass failed)
G: Luke Erickson 14 run (Wyatt Johns kick)
G: Brendan Wheeler 24 fumble recovery (kick failed)
G: Shawn Brigham 30 pass from Joe Beckwith (pass failed)
G: Brigham 42 pass from Beckwith (Johns kick)
Individual Statistics
Rushing: (T) (32-159) Zachary Kenney 8-61, Colin Fellows 9-39, Dylan Mosher 8-44, Keenan Cooper 5-9, Team: 2-6. (G) Joe Beckwith 10-63, Luke Erickson 17-103, Brendan Wheeler 5-55, Tristan Carter 2-2, Cole Nelson 12-92, Tyler Dickman 4-26, Lucian Austin 1-8.
Passing: (T) Zachary Kenney 1-12-1-9, Colin Fellows 4-12-1-33. (G) Joe Beckwith 4-8-0-93, 2 Tds.
Receiving: (T) Mike Gorton 1-5, Zachary Kenney 2-20, Ty Iannone 1-9, Team, 1-8. (G) Zach Lindow 1-5, Shawn Brigham 2-72, Lucian Austin 1-16.
Johnson City 55, Norwich 7
JOHNSON CITY – Norwich will have to be better, much better, when it meets Johnson City this coming weekend in the Section IV Class B playoffs.
In a clash to determine the number two seed Friday evening – and the right to host a first-round playoff game – it was all Wildcats from the second quarter forward as the Wildcats trounced the Purple Tornado (4-4).
Anthony Johns scored three touchdowns for JC, and ran for 139 of his team’s 317 rushing yards. Norwich also turned it over six times, three in a disastrous second quarter when the Wildcats expanded a 6-0 first-quarter lead to 34-0 at the halftime break.
“We couldn’t get anything going in the second quarter, and we put it on the ground and gave them short fields,” said Norwich coach Mike Chrystie. “When we didn’t turn it over, they ran it down our throats.”
Johnson City blocked a Norwich punt in the first quarter, and put the first points on the board on Johns’ six-yard TD run. Norwich fumbled the ball on the first play of its next possession, but survived that mishap recovering a Wildcats fumble straight away.
Norwich failed to capitalize on that fortune, and punted the ball back to JC after just three plays. The Wildcats proceeded to drive for their second score early in the second, and the damage continued to mount. Connor Halladay returned a Norwich fumble seven yards for a touchdown to raise the lead to three scores.
Norwich fell behind 55-0 early in the fourth when Mike Oralls broke up the shutout for the Tornado scoring on a 69-yard run.
“We know we didn’t play well, but the playoffs are different from the regular season, and it’s a brand-new start,” Chrystie said. “I’ve been on both sides of it as a player and a coach where we destroyed a team in the regular season, then lost in the playoffs.
“We didn’t execute well or stay on our blocks, but those are all things we can fix.”
Oralls ran for 133 yards in the loss, the top bright spot for NHS.
NHS and Johnson City meet in the Class B semifinals Saturday at 7 p.m. at Binghamton Alumni Stadium.
Score by quarters
NHS 0 0 0 7–7
JC 6 28 14 7–55
Scoring Summary
First quarter
JC: Anthony Johns 6 run (kick failed)
Second quarter
JC: Reggie Williams 3 run (Nick Neferis pass from Rick Balles)
JC: Conner Halladay 7 fumble return (Corey Cochrane kick)
JC: Williams 8 run (Cochrane kick)
JC: Johns 6 run (kick failed)
Third quarter
JC: Quinton Johnson 42 pass from Balles (Cochrane kick)
JC: Johns 40 run Cochrane kick)
Fourth quarter
JC: Nykiem Social 4 run rush (Cochrane kick)
N: Michael Oralls 69 run (Zan Stewart kick)
Individual Statistics
Rushing: (N) Mike Oralls, 16-133; Keagan Franklin, 3-18; Matt Murke, 2-0; Jaden MacRabie, 3- (-6); Team, 1- (-11), Jordan Vinal, 4- (-19). (JC) Nykiem Social 10-96, Rick Balles 7-28, Dominic Nadz 4-16, Anthony Johns 15-139, Reggie Williams 5-38, Nick Neferis 1-5.
Passing: (N) Vinal, 0-3-1, 0 yds; (JC) Rick Balles, 6-9-0, 95 yds, 1 TD.
Receiving: (JC) Anthony Johns 1-7, Adam Korutz 4-47, Quinton Johnson 1-42.
Bainbridge-Guilford 38, Watkins Glen 6
WATKINS GLEN – Bainbridge-Guilford is starting to peak as the 2013 season is drawing to a close.
The Bobcats ran for 306 yards, and Mike Carlin scored his team’s first four touchdowns in Friday’s road win over the Senecas.
Carlin hauled in TD passes of 27 and 34 yards from senior quarterback Cole Webb, and had a four-yard TD run for the 21-6 halftime lead.
Carlin then intercepted a Watkins Glen pass in the third returning it 11 yards for his final touchdown. In the fourth, Lucas Butcher kicked a 23-yard field goal, and junior Pedro Aparicio scored on a 10-yard run.
“Mike has come on the last two weeks, but our offensive line really has improved from day one, and we had some great blocking,” said B-G coach Tim Mattingly. “The kids are still excited, and this young group has really jelled and raised their play up to the varsity level. The entire coaching staff is pleased.”
B-G (2-6) will close its season this week against an undetermined opponent.
Score by quarters
B-G 21 0 7 10–38
WG 6 0 0 0–6
Scoring Summary
BG: Cole Webb 27 pass to Mike Carlin (Butcher kick)
BG: Webb 34 pass to Carlin (Butcher kick)
WG: #3 2 run (run failed)
BG: Carlin 4 run (Butcher kick)
BG: Mike Carlin 11 interception return (Butcher kick)
BG: Butcher 23 field goal
BG: Pedro Aparicio 10 run (Butcher kick)
Individual Statistics
Rushing: (WG) Total– 48-200, (BG) Mike Carlin, 16-75, Dylan Moffitt, 11-125, Cole Webb, 4-12; Pedro Aparicio, 6-87, Lucas Butcher, 2- (-1), Spenser Stevens, 2-8. Total: 41-306
Passing: (WG) 1-7-2 14 yds. (BG) Webb, 2-3-0, 62 yds, 2 TDs.
Receiving: (BG) Carlin, 2-62. (WG) not available.
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