Oneonta holds off Norwich, 53-46


Girls’ Basketball

Oneonta 53, Norwich 46
NORWICH – Norwich’s furious fourth-quarter comeback fell shy in its season-opening game Tuesday evening
Oneonta, the perennial defending Section IV Class B champions, stalled the Tornado’s momentum hitting five out of six free throws over the final 48 seconds. Division I recruit Mariah Ruff had three of those charity tosses to finish with a game-high 30 points.
After Norwich scored the first basket of the second half, Oneonta ripped off nine straight points to grab its biggest lead of the game, 37-21. Ruff, who had 20 in the first half, deferred to her teammates until the latter stages of the fourth quarter.
Brittany Herrick had five of the ‘Jackets’ points in the third quarter, and Oneonta cruised into the fourth quarter with a 40-27 lead.
Norwich chipped away at the deficit behind the scoring of Kassidy Seary and Breanna Cashman. Seary came off the bench to score eight of her 12 points in the fourth, and Cashman had six of her 14 in the final quarter.
Down 46-37, Seary scored on back-to-back sequences, and Shelby Benjamin canned a 15-footer from the right baseline drawing the host club to 46-43 with just under two minutes to play.
Oneonta answered two possessions later with four straight foul shots – two from Meg Burns and two from Ruff.
After Ruff, no other Oneonta player scored more than six points.
In the junior varsity contest, Norwich picked up a 37-24 win. Bridget Murphy scored 13 and Kara Evans 11 to lead NHS.
Oneonta: Abby Picinich, 0; Kendall Gillette, 0; Brie Baker, 3 0-0-6; Ceili Getman, 0; Meg Burns, 1 3-4-5; Rachel Wessells, 0 0-2-0; Mariah Ruff, 8 11-12-30; Brittney Herrick, 2 2-4-6; Maria DiMartin, 2 0-0-4; Gabby Richardson, 0 2-2-2; Madison Miller, 0. Totals: 16 18-24-53.
Norwich: Carin Kuhn, 2 0-0-5; Caitlyn Brown, 0; Breanna Cashman, 5 1-2-14; Alexis Race, 0; Jennifer Borfitz, 2 3-4-9; Kassidy Seary, 5 2-3-12; Makenzie Maynard, 0; Meghan Komendarek, 1 0-4-2; Ashley Murphy, 0; Savannah Williams, 0; Shelby Benjamin, 2 0-2-4; Courtney Scheer, 0. Totals: 17 6-15-46
OHS 11 17 12 13–53
NHS 11 8 8 19–46
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (N) Cashman 3, Borfitz 2, Kuhn. (O) Ruff 3. JV:  Norwich won 37-24. Officials: Reynolds, Dadamio.

Laurens 31, G-MU 29
COPES CORNERS – Down to Laurens most the game and trailing by 12 entering the second half, G-MU closed to within one point late in the fourth before falling for the third time in as many games.
Claire Frazier made a single free throw for Laurens with 15 seconds left for the final margin of victory.
G-MU did have its chances missing a 17-footer for the lead, while also failing to secure a pair of rebounds after missed Laurens free throws. “They beat us up a little bit in the first half, but it was a good comeback,” said G-MU coach Jim Johnson. “The defense stayed solid and we were able to get back into it.”
Meghan Meers scored 12 points to lead G-MU, and Makenzie Talbot added eight. G-MU plays at Edmeston Monday.
Laurens: Steph Jenkins, 0; Cassidy Barker, 0; Lindsey Lainge, 0; Taylor Kessler, 0 6-10-6; Courtney Sherry, 0; Amanda Cruz, 0; Claire Frazier, 0 1-2-1; Shalyn Tilley, 2 1-2-5; Charlotte Lee, 8 0-0-19. Totals: 10 8-14-31.
G-MU: Mackenzie Talbot, 3 2-5-8; Maggie Clune, 0; Tayler Nichols, 1 0-0-2; Meghan Meers, 5 2-4-12; Jenna Bakhuizen, 0; Christina Hawkins, 1 5-6-7; Kelsey Ross, 0 0-2-0 . Totals: 10 9-17-29.
Laur. 11 9 7 4–31
G-MU 5 3 8 13–29
Fouled out: none. Team fouls: (L) 18, (G) 13. Three-point goals: (L) Lee 3. JV: Laurens won. Officials: Palmer, Curtis.

Boys’ Basketball

Sherburne-Earlville 65, Frankfort-Schuyler 45
FRANKFORT - Sherburne-Earlville head coach Kevin Vibbard could not remember the last time his team took less than five outside shots in a game.
In fact, Vibbard recalled just two jump shots by his club the entire night, one that ended splendidly at Frankfort-Schuyler Tuesday evening.
“We went to the basket strong, and most of our shots came off penetration or with our post players finishing inside,” Vibbard said. “I really likely the consistency of our scoring, too.”
Austin Jasper had 15 of his game-high 19 points in the first half to lead S-E. Four other Marauders players scored eight, and one more had six. “We only have one starter back and some guys are stepping into new roles,” Vibbard said. “I was pleased with the way we spread things around tonight.”
The Marauders play RFA on Friday at 7:45 p.m.
S-E: Elijah Morris, 2 4-4-8; Adam Palmer, 0; Cody Marango, 4 0-0-8; Julienne Alsheimer, 1 2-2-4; Derek Capria, 0 2-2-2; Ben Khoury, 3 2-2-8; Austin Jasper, 9 1-3-19 ; Brady Elderkin, 0; Keith Rose, 2 0-0-4; Nathan Arnold, 1 0-0-2; Kevin Vibbard Jr., 2 1-4-6 ; JP Osborne, 2 0-0-4. Totals: 26 12-17-65.
FS: Richard Morocco, 4 3-3-12; Corey LaValla, 0; Mark Spina, 5 2-3-14; Ryan DeRollo, 0 0-2-0; Mitchel Shortt 0 2-3-2; Parker Goldsmith, 2 0-0-4; Nick Spina, 1 2-2-5; Tasheem Capirci, 1 1-1-3; Jason Jodsaas, 1 0-0-3; Zach Adams, 0; Shawn Welch, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 15 10-14-45.
S-E 13 19 17 16–65
F-S 6 10 17 12–45
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (SE) Vibbard, (FS) Morocco, M. Spina 2, N. Spina, Jodsaas. JV: S-E won 45-40.

Otselic Valley 47, Stockbridge Valley 32
SOUTH OTSELIC – Otselic Valley did not have its best shooting night, but the defense more than made up for that limiting Stockbridge Valley to just 18 points through three quarters in Tuesday’s win.
Matt Neal and Tyler Armstrong posted double-doubles for the Vikings. Neal had 13 points and 11 rebounds, and Armstrong scored 12 and pulled down 11 boards. Angel Marshall added 11 points, nine of those coming on three three-pointers.
“It was kind of a rough, ragged game,” said OV coach Dave Loomis. “It was our first game, and we still have some wrinkles to work out.”
OV plays at McGraw Friday.
SV: John Slater, 1 0-0-2; Renner, 1 0-0-2; Jordan Jacobs, 1 0-0-3; Berger, 1 0-0-2; Piersall, 1 0-0-2; Bartlett, 0 0-2-0; Kiehn, 2 4-6-8; Andrew Jacobs, 3 1-2-7; Gerbey, 2 0-0-4; Harrington, 1 0-0-2. Totals; 13 5-10-32.
OV:  Darnell Marshall, 0 0-1-0; Angel Marshall, 4 0-0-11; Connor Smith, 2 3-6-7; Austin Reynolds, 1 0-0-2; Tyler Armstrong, 5 2-4-12; Matt Neal, 5 3-4-13; John Liuzzo,0 ; Ben Brown, ; Peter Robinson, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 18 8-19-47.
SV 1 9 8 14–32
OV 11 8 14 14–47
Team fouls: (S) 14, (OV) 12. Three-point goals: (OV) A. Marshall 3, (SV) J. Jacobs. Officials: Mirabito, Paul.

Wrestling

Norwich 45, Oneonta 30
ONEONTA – Norwich was victorious in the return of former head coach Terry Hagenbuch.
Hagenbuch, who has served as an assistant or head coach for Norwich the better part of two decades, had nearly a full lineup at his disposal Tuesday, and dominant performances from the lightweights and middleweights keyed the opening win.
“We are filling the lineup a little better than we have in the past,” Hagenbuch said. “We still have some holes and had to shuffle people around, but we’ll be better off in another week or so.”
Ty Rifanburg (99) began a slew of NHS wins. Dalen Geislinger (106), Carter Hubbard (126), Cole Rifanburg (132), Tristan Rifanburg (145), Frank Garcia (152), and Nick Murphy (160) helped create a 39-13 lead. First-year wrestler, Jacob Perrone (220) finished off the match with a his first-ever varsity pin.
Norwich competes in the 51st Annual Clyde Cole Tournament this Friday and Saturday at Oxford.
Results
285: Kris Walrath (O) won by fft. 99: Ty Rifanburg (N) pinned Lucas Chiappisi, 1:52. 106: Dalen Geislinger (N) pinned Jimmy Verrelli, 3:24. 113: Benji Blacklack (O) dec. Chris Brown, 15-6. 120: no match. 126: Carter Hubbard (N) pinned Mitchell Spaziani, 4:55. 132: Cole Rifanburg (N) pinned Billy Thomas, 3:07. 138: Dan Decker (O) dec. Trey Muserallo, 5-0. 145: Tristan Rifanburg (N) pinned Dalton Ormsby, 1:45. 152:  Frank Garcia (N) tech fall over James Longo, 6:00, 16-1. 160: Nick Murphy (N) pinned Austin Scheer, 3:41. 171: Sam Sherrill (O) pinned Bill Clipston, 1:37. 182: Kirkland Dolan (O) pinned Colton Langille, 1:48, 195: Chrisham Choppra (O) pinned Nate Scheer, 3:07. 220: Jacob Perrone (N) pinned Jason Yung, 1:23.

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