Girls’ Basketball

More Than a Game Foundation Tournament
Baldwinsville 82, Norwich 69
BALDWINSVILLE – Norwich's second straight comeback bid in the More Than a Game Foundation Tournament fell short, as the Tornado fell to Class AA state-ranked Baldwinsville Saturday afternoon.
The Bees had all five starters finish in double figures scoring led by guards Hope DeFazio and Emily Pascale, who had 22 and 20 points respectively in handing Norwich its first loss.
Norwich trimmed a 15-point deficit to start the fourth down to five at one point behind the scoring of Savannah Williams and Shelby Benjamin. The two junior forwards combined for 17 points in the last stanza, and senior Carin Kuhn canned a big three-pointer.
The Bees wrapped up the win hitting 14-of-14 free throws in the final quarter with Pascale a perfect 8-for-8 from behind the charity stripe.
"This might sound horrible, but we actually played pretty well, and still gave up 82 points," said Norwich coach Josh Bennett. "That is a very good team that is very big, and has guards that shoot it well."
Complementing Pascale and DeFazio were 6-foot-4 Rachael Miller (16 points) and 6-foot-1 Riley Carlucci (12 points). Baldwinsville was easily the biggest team Norwich has seen this year, and may see the rest of the way.
"DeFazio definitely shot it well, and we made a considerable effort to get out to her," Bennett said. "But then they would just dump it into the big kid, and we couldn't do anything to stop her because we were too stretched out. It was a case of picking your poison."
Baldwinsville clung to five-point halftime lead, but surged in the third quarter behind DeFazio, who netted 13 of her team's 24 points to raise the lead to 58-43.
Norwich received consistent scoring throughout from Meghan Komendarek, who had four points in every quarter to finish with a team-high 16. Williams and Benjamin tossed in matching 15-point nights, and Kuhn wound up with 11.
Norwich plays at Utica Proctor tonight.
Norwich: Caitlyn Brown, 0; Carin Kuhn 4 0-0-11; Kassidy Seary, 2 0-1-4; Makenzie Maynard, 1 5-6-8; Meghan Komendarek, 5 6-6-16; Bridget Murphy, 0; Savannah Williams, 5 2-2-15; Shelby Benjamin, 5 5-8-15; Courtney Scheer, 0; Ashley Murphy, 0. Totals: 22 18-23-69.
Baldwinsville: Emily Pascale 5 10-12-20; Kaylee Lammers 1 0-0-2; Foertch, 0; Katie Walsh, 4 2-4-10; Riley Carlucci, 4 4-4-12; Rachael Miller, 5 6-6-16; Hope DeFazio, 8 4-4-22. Totals: 27 26-30-82
Norwich 10 19 14 26–69
Baldwin. 18 16 24 24–82
Fouled out: (B) Lammers. Three-point goals: (B) DeFazio 2. (N) Kuhn 3, Williams 3, Maynard.

Boys' Basketball

Tyburn Academy 62, Otselic Valley 56
SOUTH OTSELIC – A strong second half lifted Tyburn Academy to a comeback victory over Otselic Valley Saturday afternoon.
Bill Simmons led Tyburn with 21 points, who trailed by six at halftime to the Vikings.
OV was led by Angel Marshall's 17 points, Matt Neal scored 13, and Jason Olin along with Austin Reynolds scored 11 apiece.
"We played pretty well for three quarters, but we couldn't keep it going into the fourth," said OV coach Dave Loomis. "Our free throw shooting was horrendous (1-for-8), and we had a lot of chances on the inside that we missed."
The Vikings host Madison Tuesday.
OV: Jordan Baerga, 0; Angel Marshall, 6 0-0-17; Connor Smith, 2 0-0-4; Austin Reynolds, 5 1-1-11; Matt Neal, 6 0-2-13; Coleman O’Hara, 0 ; Hunter Mills, 0; Chris O’Hara, 0; Jason Olin, 4 0-5-11.Totals: 23 1-8-56 .
Tyburn Academy: Matt Faiola, 4 7-11-16; Hogan, 3 0-0-6; Casper, 4 0-0-11; Fallon, 1 0-0-2; Whittaker, 3 0-0-6; Bill Simmons, 7 5-7-21. Totals: 22 12-18-62
TA 19 11 18 14–62
OV 23 13 13 7–56
Fouled: (OV) Reynolds. Team fouls: ( TA) 11, (OV) 16. Three-point goals: (OV) Marshall 5, Olin 3, Neal. (T) Faiola, Casper 3, Simmons 2. Officials: Reynolds, Carson.

Wrestling

Oneonta Rotary Tournament
ONEONTA – B-G/Afton/Harpursville ran away with the team title at the Oneonta Rotary Tournament.
The Bears picked up four individual titles led by Chris Cirigliano (113), Ryan McMahon (120), Madison Hoover (152), and Austin Carr (160).
Richie Conklin (285) had Unadilla Valley's lone title as the Storm placed ninth, and Sherburne-Earlville was 11th with Jack Buell (195), Garrett DuVall (220), and Cole Mikalunas (285) all taking home runner-up finishes.

Norwich fourth at Stan Elinsky Tournament
DEPOSIT – Despite bringing an abbreviated lineup, Norwich placed fourth out of 12 teams at the 34th Annual Stan Elinsky Tournament.
State champions Tristan Rifanburg and Frank Garcia did not participate, nor did Dalen Geislinger, Ty Rifanburg or Cole Rifanburg, said Norwich coach Terry Hagenbuch, as each wrestler is scheduled to compete in the prestigious Eastern States Classic later this month.
Norwich had a pair of runner-up finishes in Brennan Slater (138) and Nick Murphy (145). Eli Rodriguez (99), Brenden Gager (106) and Zach Mills (113) all took third.
Oxford's Garyn Huntley (220) and Kordell Huntley (285) placed second to lead the Blackhawks.