Norwich weathers stiff challenge from Black Knights
Boys’ Basketball
Norwich 63, Windsor 52
WINDSOR – If there is a better four-win team in Section IV out there, Norwich coach Tom Collier would like to see it.
Norwich weathered a tough test from the Black Knights asserting control of Friday night's game late in the third quarter. "We expected a tough game; Windsor has always been a tough place to play," said Norwich coach Tom Collier. "They have a lot of size, and we have trouble with big teams."
Norwich mixed inside play with the three-point shot to turn the game in its favor. Michael Oralls scored a season-high 19 points, nine in the second half as he worked the high-low post game with Jamison Luke and Zan Stewart.
Carlos Ithier hit clutch threes in each of the final two quarters, Jordan Vinal canned a dagger three in the fourth, and Stewart also nailed a pivotal three. Stewart finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds, and Luke scored 10 for Norwich, who remained unbeaten in Southern Tier Athletic Conference division play.
"We were able to execute our offense better in the second half," Collier said. "We didn't play as well in the first half, but we did hit some big shots in the second. We were able to get some stops and steals to change the momentum."
Collier pegged Ithier's defensive ball pressure on Windsor's point guards as critical, although Windsor did manage some success inside with leading scorer Michael Beebe touching up the Tornado for 18 points.
"Credit to Windsor, they had a good game plan for us and played well," Collier said. "They gave us a good battle; we needed to be tested."
Norwich hosts Susquehanna Valley on Tuesday.
Norwich captured the JV game, 83-48, behind 22 points from Michael Carson and 15 from Alex Wehrli.
Norwich: Jake Walsh, 0; Chris Trevisani, 0; Michael Oralls, 6 7-12-19; Matt Parrella, 0; Carlos Ithier, 3 0-1-9; Cameron Edwards, 1 0-0-3; Colin Stewart, 0 2-2-2; Zan Stewart, 7 2-3-17; Tre Bonham, 0; Jordan Vinal, 1 0-0-3; Jamison Luke, 5 0-1-10. Totals: 23 11-19-63 .
Windsor: Jake Woodrow, 0 2-2-2; Marc Latini 3 1-1-8; Nate Wrighter, 3 3-4-9; Michael Beebe, 7 4-7-18; Nate Hagerman, 0; Dustin Blake, 3 0-0-7; Stephen Centorani, 0; Jake Conroy, 1 2-2-4; Corey Hagerman, 0 4-6-4. Totals: 17 16-22-52.
Norw. 12 16 20 15–63
Winds. 13 15 15 9–52
Fouled out: (N) C. Stewart. Three-point goals: (N) Ithier 3, Edwards, Z. Stewart, Vinal. (W) Latini, Blake. JV: Norwich won 83-48.
Sherburne-Earlville 56, Holland Patent 52
SHERBURNE – A fourth-quarter push allowed Sherburne-Earlville to hold off upset-minded Holland Patent in Friday night’s game.
Holland Patent, just a one-win club in Center State Conference play, took the lead by one after a strong third quarter. With S-E’s leading scorer Ben Khoury on the bench mending an injury, the visiting club seemed to take control.
“They challenged us, just like they did up at their place,” said S-E coach Kevin Vibbard.
Leading by just three with 90 seconds to go, S-E’s Keith Rose had a big offensive rebound and putback. After Rose missed the free throw on a three-point play attempt. Gavin Giroux was fouled on the offensive rebound. Giroux hit two free throws to secure the win. Holland Patent nailed a meaningless three as time ran down.
“We’ve done a good job of finishing games, but as a one-win team, Holland Patent has played us as well as anyone in our division,” Vibbard said.
Khoury, who returned in the fourth quarter, led S-E with 18 points, and Brady Elderkin finished with 13.
The Marauders face Sauquoit Valley Wednesday.
HP: Sam Miles, 0; Stephen McGahey, 8 3-5-19; Turner Reinold, 0 0-1-0; Jake Storsburg, 4 1-2-13; Fernando Chavez, 0 ; Brandon Batson, 1 2-2-5 ; Colton Litz, 1 2-2-4; Matt Hughes, 0; Matt Harter, 3 5-5-11 . Totals: 17 13-17-52.
S-E: Ian Fleming, 0 ; Matt Hull, 3 1-5-7; Dylan Seymour, 3 0-0-6 ; Derek Capria, 1 0-0-2 ; Keith Rose, 2 0-1-4 ; Ben Khoury, 5 7-10-18 ; Brady Elderkin, 3 6-6-13; Jonah Piatti, 0; Gavin Giroux, 2 2-2-6 . Totals: 19 16-24-56.
HPat 9 14 19 10-52
S-E 17 13 11 15-56
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (SE) Khoury, Elderkin. (HP) Storsburg 4, Batson.
Sidney 70, Bainbridge-Guilford 31
SIDNEY – Bainbridge-Guilford struggled to put points on the board Friday night in a road loss to Sidney.
Nick Meno and Wyatt McKee had 17 points apiece for the Warriors.
Zach Smith had more than half of B-G’s points finishing with 16 in the loss.
B-G: Trevor Halaquist, 0; Adam Bauerle, 0; Bailey Green, 1 0-0-3; Sean Jones, 1 0-0-3; Dylan Moffitt, 1 0-0-2; Ryan Jones, 1 3-4-5; Kyle Hanvey 1 0-0-2; Zach Smith, 6 2-4-16; Alex DeGroat, 0 . Totals: 11 5-8-31.
Sidney: Nick Meno, 7 0-0-17; Brandon Bessett, 1 0-0-2; Anthony Ruling, 1 0-0-2; Kyle McMillan, 0; Trevor Dutton, 3 0-1-8; Alex Hoskins, 1 1-3-3; Wyatt McKee, 6 5-6-17; Tom Hoskins, 1 1-2-3; Zak Green, 3 3-5-10; Riley Howland, 0 1-4-1; Trey Larson, 2 2-4-6. Totals: 26 13-25-70.
B-G 7 7 9 8-31
Sidn 14 20 20 16-70
Three-point goals: (S) Meno 3, Dutton 2, Green. (BG) Smith 2, Jones, Green. JV; Sidney won.
Edmeston 68, G-MU 21
COPES CORNERS - G-MU will surely try to put the memory of its first quarter with Edmeston Friday behind it in a hurry.
The Panthers piled up a 29-0 lead after one quarter, and led 41-4 at the halftime break. "I'd be surprised if they missed more than one shot in the first quarter," said G-MU coach Greg Bonczkowski of Edmeson. "Everything they put up went in the basket. It's not like we were giving them 15 points on layups. There were contested shots."
Conversely, the Raiders were ice-cold from the field for two quarters. "We had good offensive sets and good looks in the first half, and they didn't go in," Bonczkowski said. "My guys got a little deflated by that."
To the Raiders' credit, they had their best quarter after halftime outscoring the Panthers, 14-10. "We talked at halftime about pride and competing, and we set a goal of winning the third quarter," Bonczkowski said. "We were able to do that."
G-MU hosts Bainbridge-Guilford today in a non-league game.
Edmeston: Linton Wainright, 4 0-0-8; Thomas Dane, 0; Dante Cornnell, 4 2-5-10; Jordan Cornnell, 3 0-0-7; Trey Harrington, 1 0-0-2; Jon Dunham, 0; Kyle King, 4 0-0-9; Clayton Lyon, 6 0-0-12; Austin Axtell, 1 0-0-3; Hunter Fistrowicz, 3 1-2-7 ; Justin Nicolosi, 3 4-4-10; Glade Baldwin, 0. Totals: 29 7-11-68.
G-MU: Hunter Lockwood, 0; Devon Fitch, 0 1-3-1; Nate Winans, 0; Matt Lyons, 0; Matt Ward, 0; Matt Delaney, 0; Colin Wind, 1 1-3-3 ; Nathan Fuller, 2 0-3-4; Mickenson Clune, 3 1-2-7; Nate O'Hara, 2 0-0-6. Totals: 8 3-11-21.
Edm 29 12 10 17–68
GMU 0 4 14 3–21
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (G) O’Hara. (E) J. Cornnell, King, Axtell. JV: Edmeston won. Officials: Tilley, Brady.
Greene 67, Afton 55
AFTON – Jordan Harrington scored a career-high 29 points for Greene, and Luke Erickson along with Joe Miranda also reached double figures scoring in Saturday’s victory over Afton.
“We played great man-to-man defense in the first half, but were forced to play some zone in the second half due to foul trouble,” said Greene coach Rick Smith. “We gave up some threes, but overall, we played well.”
Erickson added 13 points and Miranda tacked on 12. Greene plays at Delhi Wednesday.
Afton: Joe DeVona, 3 0-0 6, Caleb Stevens 1 1-2 3, Caleb Stulir 1 5-6 7. Conor Graven-Briggs 3 3-4 10, Jared Harp 0 0-0 0, Darien Heath 7 0-0 19, Kyle Hinman 4 2-3 10, Shaun McGovern 0 0-1 0. Totals 19 11-16 55.
Greene: Jordan Harrington 9 9-10 29, Luke Day 2 2-2 8, Luke Erickson 5 2-10 13, Breven Gilmore 1 1-2 3, John Hadac 1 0-0 2, Josh Harrington 0 0-1 0, Brian Leone 0 0-0 0, David Borchardt 0 0-1 0, Joe Miranda 5 2-3 12. Totals 23 16-19-67.
Afton 8 10 15 22––55
Gre. 16 17 10 24––67
Three-point goals (A) Conor Graven-Briggs, Darien Heath 5, (G) Luke Day 2, Luke Erickson , Jordan Harrington 2.
Otselic Valley 72, DeRuyter 70
Tyburn Academy 62, Otselic Valley 53
SOUTH OTSELIC – Otselic Valley stole a page from North Carolina State's 1983 national championship win over Houston.
On the final possession of the game, the Vikings scored on an impromptu bucket, much like Lorenzo Charles did for the Wolfpack.
After DeRuyter banged home a three to tie the game at 70, OV inbounded the ball with 24 seconds left, eschewing a timeout. "We tried to set up a play to free someone up inside, and that didn't work," said OV coach Dave Loomis of the final play. "We tried something else, that didn't work well, either."
What resulted was an airball from long range that was caught just under the basket by Vikings reserve Chris O'Hara, who put the ball in left-handed - his only two points - with 0.5 seconds left for the game-winner.
Austin Reynolds scored a career-high 25 points for OV in the victory, who extended its winning streak to four games. Angel Marshall added 17 points, and Matt Neal had 12. "It was a game that could've gone either way, and sometimes you win games like this," Loomis said. "DeRuyter played really well, but we'll take it."
Saturday, Tyburn Academy controlled the fourth quarter to halt the Vikes’ four-game winning streak. Matt Faiola led Tyburn with 24 points. “We were a little shorthanded with injuries and kids that couldn’t make the game,” Loomis. “We were playing on a college-sized court and we had some tired legs, but Tyburn is a pretty good team leading its division, and we stayed with them most of the game.”
Neal poured in 23 points to lead OV, and Jordan Baerga finished with 13.
DeRuyter: Wheeler 6 9-9-22; Wising, 2 1-4-5; Booth, 2 0-0-4; Furlow, 0; Glissen, 9 8-13-26; Cuddleback, 1 0-0-2; Phelps, 5 0-0-12; Moade, 0. Totals: 24 18-26-70.
OV: Jordan Baerga, 3 0-1-9; Angel Marshall, 6 2-4-17; Austin Reynolds, 8 9-12-25 ; Matt Neal, 6 0-0-12; Coleman O’Hara, 2 1-2-5 ; Hunter Mills, 0; Chris O’Hara, 1 0-0-2; Jason Olin, 1 00-2. Totals: 27 12-19-72.
DeR 8 15 23 24–70
OV 10 18 18 26–72
Fouled out: (OV) Neal, Olin. Team fouls: (D) 20, (OV) 22. Barega 3, Marshall 3. Officials: Mirabito, Fletcher. JV: DeRuyter won.
Tyburn Academy 62, Otselic Valley 53
OV: Jordan Baerga, 5 0-0-13; Angel Marshall, 3 0-0-8; Austin Reynolds, 2 2-2-6; Matt Neal, 9 5-6-23; Chris O’Hara, 0; Jason Olin, 1 1-2-3. Totals: 20 8-10-53.
Tyburn Academy: Matt Faiola, 8 8-13-24; Whittaker, 3 1-2-7; Joe Mioni, 7 5-7-19; Casper, 0; Zabriskas, 0; Fallon, 0; Hogan, 6 0-0-12. Totals: 18 14-22-62.
OV 15 11 19 8–53
TA 12 14 18 18–62
Team fouls: (T) 8, (OV) 19. Three-point goals: (OV) Baerga 3, Marshall 2. (T) Mioni 2.
Girls’ Basketball
Norwich 78, Windsor 41
NORWICH – In between the whistles, Norwich was pretty good Friday night in a foul-marred blowout victory over Windsor.
The Tornado jumped out to a 15-0 lead in the game's first four minutes. Carin Kuhn had the opening two buckets, one off a steal, Caitlyn Brown hit a three, Shelby Benjamin had a three-point play, and Makenzie Maynard scored to end the early spurt.
Windsor made just four field goals in the game, but converted 33 foul shots on 48 attempts benefiting for 36 Norwich personal fouls. All told, 55 fouls were called in the game. "I was very happy to hold them to just four field goals for the game, regardless of how many fouls we committed," said Norwich coach Josh Bennett. "That tells me we are making the other team earn it."
Kuhn scored a season-high 16 points to lead the Purple Tornado, Maynard had 15, and Savannah Williams had 14 in a reserve role. Shelby Benjamin added eight points, five rebounds, and five steals. "I was happy with the effort, the energy, and intensity," Bennett said. "That's something we have talked about a lot the past few days, and to see them being that into the game made me happy."
Windsor: Haile Balachick, 1 5-9-7; Hastings, 0; Mohammed, 1 1-4-3; White, 1 10-12-12; Moran, 0 7-10-7; Brittany Kay, 1 4-6-6; Sisson, 0 6-8-6; Wickizer, 0. Totals: 4 33-49-41.
Norwich: Caitlyn Brown, 3 0-2-7; Carin Kuhn 6 2-3-16; Jordan Murphy, 0; Kassidy Seary, 1 0-0-2; Makenzie Maynard, 6 3-7-15; Carey Sheldon, 0; Meghan Komendarek, 3 1-3-7; Bridget Murphy, 2 1-2-6; Savannah Williams, 5 1-2-14; Shelby Benjamin, 2 4-5-8; Courtney Scheer, 0 1-2-1; Ashley Murphy, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 29 15-28-78.
Win 10 13 11 7–41
NHS 28 16 15 19–78
Fouled out: (N) Maynard, B. Murphy. Team fouls: (W) 19, (N) 36. Three-point goals: (N) Kuhn 2, Brown, B. Murphy. JV: Norwich won 59-28. Officials: Van Woert, Killian.
Holland Patent 64, Sherburne-Earlville 59
SHERBURNE - Holland Patent's top three scorers accounted for 48 points in a road victory over Sherburne-Earlville (11-5) Friday night.
Holland Patent erased an early eight-point deficit taking the lead for good in the third quarter, and building the advantage up to nine points in the fourth. "I thought we played a good first half, but defensively, we had some letdowns and missed assignments," said S-E coach Karen Mulligan. "You can't have those against good teams."
Lilly Berg had 19 points, 19 rebounds, and five blocked shots for S-E, but all but two of her points were in the first half. Savannah Irwin scored 23 for the Marauders, 16 of those coming in the second half. "We had a hard time getting Lilly the ball in the second half, and we're still looking for a consistent third scorer," Mulligan said.
S-E hosts Clinton Thursday.
HP: Riley Reinold, 2 2-3-7; McKenna Williams, 0; Allie Livesey, 3 8-10-16; Kelsey Litz, 0; Skyler Kelkelian, 4 0-0-9; Shannon Harrison, 7 1-2-17; Avery Crossley, 6 2-5-15; Emily West, 0. Totals: 22 13-20-64.
S-E: Stacia Beckwith, 2 0-0-4; Miranda Wright, 1 0-2-2; Lexi Elderkin, 2 0-0-5; Savannah Irwin, 8 4-6-23; Emily Stanton, 1 2-2-4; Sydney Palmer, 1 0-0-2; Lilly Berg, 9 1-2-19. Totals: 24 7-12-59 .
HPat 13 14 15 22–64
S-E 21 10 8 20–59
Fouled out: (SE) Elderkin. (HP) Reinold. Three-point goals: (HP) Reinold, Livesey 2, harrison 2, Crossley 1. Kelkelian. (SE) Irwin 3, Elderkin. Officials: King, Legg.
Bainbridge-Guilford 51, Sidney 33
SIDNEY – Bainbridge-Guilford separated from Sidney with a dominant third quarter, but not before enduring a full half of difficulties from a pesky Sidney outfit.
Down 6-1 early in the game, B-G eighth-grader Abi Selfridge came off the bench to right the ship scoring six points. In the third, with the Bobcats leading by just two, Morgan Bullis and Taylor Palmatier scored six points apiece in an 18-3 quarter to extend the margin to 17.
“We just totally controlled the third quarter with good defense,” said B-G coach Bob Conway. “Our man-to-man was really solid, and we didn’t give them any open looks.”
Bullis had 15 points, 16 rebounds, and five steals in the win, and Palmatier finished with 11. The victory extended B-G’s winning streak to 11 games.
B-G: Shayla Baldwin, 0; Megan Ferrara, 0; Abigail Selfridge, 2 4-6-8; Marissa Thornton, 0; Morgan Bullis, 5 5-11-15; Cadi Barber, 1 1-2-3; Casey Davis,1 0-0-2 ; Darcy McElligott, 0; Rebecca Reyes, 1 0-0-3; Spake, 0; Megan Palmatier, 3 5-8-11; Taylor Palmatier, 4 1-2-9. Totals: 17 16-29-51 .
Sidney: Mackenzie Gravelin, 0; Kaylyn Gravel, 1 0-0-2; Jenna McDonald, 4 1-2-9; Taylor Barnes, 3 0-0-6 ; Caroline Pierce, 1 2-4-4; Eccleston, 0; Connor Decker, 1 0-0-3; Teagan Howard, 1 0-2-2; Jolene Krom, 3 0-2-7; Hailey Newell, 0. Totals: 14 3-10-33.
B-G 11 11 18 11–51
Sidn 10 10 3 10–33
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (BG) Reyes. (S) Decker, Krom. Officials: Haus, Coleman. JV: B-G won 39-15.
Unadilla Valley 41, Greene 31
GREENE – Unadilla Valley took advantage of a Greene club that was coming off a hard-fought loss a night earlier to B-G winning on the road Friday.
The Storm received 17 points from Breanna Christian, 12 of those on four three-pointers to help UV extend its winning streak to four games.
Katie Carey had 13 for Greene, who netted just 16 points through the first three quarters of play.
UV: Sierra Badger, 1 2-3-4; Breanna Christian, 4 5-8-17; Hunter Lakin, 1 0-0-2; Shannon McIntyre, 2 3-6-7; Hannah Lazarus, 1 4-5-7; Shelby Meade, 0; Kaleigh Fairchild, 0 2-6-2; Emily Anderson, 0 0-1-0; Michaela Williams, 0; Gina DelSontro, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 10 16-29-41.
Greene: Kathleen Hanrahan, 0; Kristie Haskell, 2 2-2-6; Alyssa Sands, 1 1-2-4; Emily Montelione, 0 2-2-2; Maria Brown, 0; Nicole Flohr, 1 1-2-3; Madeline Brink, 0 ; Margo McDermott, 0 3-4-3; Audrey Platta, 0; Katie Carey, 5 2-3-13; Laura Montelione, 0. Totals: 9 11-15-31.
UVa 8 9 15 9–41
Gr 6 6 4 15–31
Three-point goals: (G) Carey, Sands. (UV) Christian 4, Lazarus. JV; Greene won 28-25.
Afton 39, Oxford 35
OXFORD – Down by as many as 12 in the fourth quarter, Oxford closed to within two points in the final minute before dropping a four-point final to Afton Friday.
Bailey Sherman made two free throws in the final minute to seal the victory for the Crimson Knights. "It was a valiant effort coming back, and the girls left everything on the floor," said Oxford coach Chris Palmer. "We just couldn't get over the hump."
Vada Mack and Rachel Seiler keyed the Oxford comeback. Buckets by Mack and Seiler closed the margin to 33-30 with 1:38 remaining. After four Afton made free throws, Seiler hit a three, and followed that with a deuce with under a minute left drawing the Blackhawks to within 37-35.
Mack and Seiler finished with 13 points apiece to lead Oxford.
Paige Polizzi scored 13 for Afton, Sherman scored 10, and Shakari Coss netted nine. Coss hit two threes in the first quarter lifting her club to a 12-3 lead after one period.
Afton: Shakari Coss, 3 0-2-9; Paige Polizzi, 4 4-13-12; Camp, 0; Keegan Winans, 0 0-4-0 ; Bailey Sherman, 2 6-8-10; Tanya Hatton, 1 1-3-3; Brittany Palmatier, 0; Alex Alford, 1 3-4-5; Tristan Van Valkenburg, 0. Totals: 11 14-34-39.
Oxford: Sara Hodge, 0 0-2-0; Katelyn Diamond, 0; Jessica Houghtaling, 0; Leah Karn, 2 0-0-4; Patti Simpson, 1 3-9-5; Sarah Pratt, 0; Rachel Seiler, 3 6-11-13; Vada Mack, 4 5-8-13. Totals: 10 14-30-35.
Afton 12 6 12 9–39
Oxf. 3 8 6 18–35
Three-point goals: (O) Seiler. (A) Coss 3. JV: Oxford won. Officials: Sullivan, Barber
Edmeston 38, G-MU 29
EDMESTON – Edmeston started the fourth quarter on a 9-0 run to raise its lead to 10 points in Friday's home victory over the Raiders.
Catherine Johnson hit a three to start the fourth to immediately raise the Panthers' lead to four, and Johnson led Edmeston with 13 points.
G-MU jumped out to a 13-8 lead getting seven from Christina Hawkins and six from Meghan Meers. "We had a real solid first quarter," said G-MU coach Jim Johnson. "In the fourth quarter, we had good shots; probably better looks than (Edmeston) was getting. They just didn't go in."
Meers led G-MU with 13 points, who close the season Tuesday at home against Franklin.
G-MU: Maggie Clune, 0; Katie Schultes, 0 ; Tayler Nichols, 3 0-1-7; Meghan Meers, 4 5-7-13; Jenna Bakhuizen, 0; Christina Hawkins, 3 1-6-7; Kelsey Ross, 1 0-1-2; Jillian Butts, 0. Totals: 11 6-15-29.
Edmeston: Kristina Smith, 1 0-0-3; Danyelle Ruffles, 0; Nina Koch, 0 0-2-0; Sydney Smith, 3 5-7-11; Catherine Johnson, 6 0-2-13; Amanda Tersigni, 1 2-2-4; Sarah Lawrence, 2 3-4-7; Erin DeVries, 0; Jaci Slentz 0; Kaitlyn Gott, 0. Totals: 13 10-17-38.
G-MU 13 4 7 5–29
Edm. 8 7 10 13–38
Fouled out: none. Team fouls: (E) 16, (G) 17. Three-point goals: (E) Smith, Johnson (G) Nichols. JV: Edmeston won 42-38. Officials: Vroman, Mulligan.
Norwich 63, Windsor 52
WINDSOR – If there is a better four-win team in Section IV out there, Norwich coach Tom Collier would like to see it.
Norwich weathered a tough test from the Black Knights asserting control of Friday night's game late in the third quarter. "We expected a tough game; Windsor has always been a tough place to play," said Norwich coach Tom Collier. "They have a lot of size, and we have trouble with big teams."
Norwich mixed inside play with the three-point shot to turn the game in its favor. Michael Oralls scored a season-high 19 points, nine in the second half as he worked the high-low post game with Jamison Luke and Zan Stewart.
Carlos Ithier hit clutch threes in each of the final two quarters, Jordan Vinal canned a dagger three in the fourth, and Stewart also nailed a pivotal three. Stewart finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds, and Luke scored 10 for Norwich, who remained unbeaten in Southern Tier Athletic Conference division play.
"We were able to execute our offense better in the second half," Collier said. "We didn't play as well in the first half, but we did hit some big shots in the second. We were able to get some stops and steals to change the momentum."
Collier pegged Ithier's defensive ball pressure on Windsor's point guards as critical, although Windsor did manage some success inside with leading scorer Michael Beebe touching up the Tornado for 18 points.
"Credit to Windsor, they had a good game plan for us and played well," Collier said. "They gave us a good battle; we needed to be tested."
Norwich hosts Susquehanna Valley on Tuesday.
Norwich captured the JV game, 83-48, behind 22 points from Michael Carson and 15 from Alex Wehrli.
Norwich: Jake Walsh, 0; Chris Trevisani, 0; Michael Oralls, 6 7-12-19; Matt Parrella, 0; Carlos Ithier, 3 0-1-9; Cameron Edwards, 1 0-0-3; Colin Stewart, 0 2-2-2; Zan Stewart, 7 2-3-17; Tre Bonham, 0; Jordan Vinal, 1 0-0-3; Jamison Luke, 5 0-1-10. Totals: 23 11-19-63 .
Windsor: Jake Woodrow, 0 2-2-2; Marc Latini 3 1-1-8; Nate Wrighter, 3 3-4-9; Michael Beebe, 7 4-7-18; Nate Hagerman, 0; Dustin Blake, 3 0-0-7; Stephen Centorani, 0; Jake Conroy, 1 2-2-4; Corey Hagerman, 0 4-6-4. Totals: 17 16-22-52.
Norw. 12 16 20 15–63
Winds. 13 15 15 9–52
Fouled out: (N) C. Stewart. Three-point goals: (N) Ithier 3, Edwards, Z. Stewart, Vinal. (W) Latini, Blake. JV: Norwich won 83-48.
Sherburne-Earlville 56, Holland Patent 52
SHERBURNE – A fourth-quarter push allowed Sherburne-Earlville to hold off upset-minded Holland Patent in Friday night’s game.
Holland Patent, just a one-win club in Center State Conference play, took the lead by one after a strong third quarter. With S-E’s leading scorer Ben Khoury on the bench mending an injury, the visiting club seemed to take control.
“They challenged us, just like they did up at their place,” said S-E coach Kevin Vibbard.
Leading by just three with 90 seconds to go, S-E’s Keith Rose had a big offensive rebound and putback. After Rose missed the free throw on a three-point play attempt. Gavin Giroux was fouled on the offensive rebound. Giroux hit two free throws to secure the win. Holland Patent nailed a meaningless three as time ran down.
“We’ve done a good job of finishing games, but as a one-win team, Holland Patent has played us as well as anyone in our division,” Vibbard said.
Khoury, who returned in the fourth quarter, led S-E with 18 points, and Brady Elderkin finished with 13.
The Marauders face Sauquoit Valley Wednesday.
HP: Sam Miles, 0; Stephen McGahey, 8 3-5-19; Turner Reinold, 0 0-1-0; Jake Storsburg, 4 1-2-13; Fernando Chavez, 0 ; Brandon Batson, 1 2-2-5 ; Colton Litz, 1 2-2-4; Matt Hughes, 0; Matt Harter, 3 5-5-11 . Totals: 17 13-17-52.
S-E: Ian Fleming, 0 ; Matt Hull, 3 1-5-7; Dylan Seymour, 3 0-0-6 ; Derek Capria, 1 0-0-2 ; Keith Rose, 2 0-1-4 ; Ben Khoury, 5 7-10-18 ; Brady Elderkin, 3 6-6-13; Jonah Piatti, 0; Gavin Giroux, 2 2-2-6 . Totals: 19 16-24-56.
HPat 9 14 19 10-52
S-E 17 13 11 15-56
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (SE) Khoury, Elderkin. (HP) Storsburg 4, Batson.
Sidney 70, Bainbridge-Guilford 31
SIDNEY – Bainbridge-Guilford struggled to put points on the board Friday night in a road loss to Sidney.
Nick Meno and Wyatt McKee had 17 points apiece for the Warriors.
Zach Smith had more than half of B-G’s points finishing with 16 in the loss.
B-G: Trevor Halaquist, 0; Adam Bauerle, 0; Bailey Green, 1 0-0-3; Sean Jones, 1 0-0-3; Dylan Moffitt, 1 0-0-2; Ryan Jones, 1 3-4-5; Kyle Hanvey 1 0-0-2; Zach Smith, 6 2-4-16; Alex DeGroat, 0 . Totals: 11 5-8-31.
Sidney: Nick Meno, 7 0-0-17; Brandon Bessett, 1 0-0-2; Anthony Ruling, 1 0-0-2; Kyle McMillan, 0; Trevor Dutton, 3 0-1-8; Alex Hoskins, 1 1-3-3; Wyatt McKee, 6 5-6-17; Tom Hoskins, 1 1-2-3; Zak Green, 3 3-5-10; Riley Howland, 0 1-4-1; Trey Larson, 2 2-4-6. Totals: 26 13-25-70.
B-G 7 7 9 8-31
Sidn 14 20 20 16-70
Three-point goals: (S) Meno 3, Dutton 2, Green. (BG) Smith 2, Jones, Green. JV; Sidney won.
Edmeston 68, G-MU 21
COPES CORNERS - G-MU will surely try to put the memory of its first quarter with Edmeston Friday behind it in a hurry.
The Panthers piled up a 29-0 lead after one quarter, and led 41-4 at the halftime break. "I'd be surprised if they missed more than one shot in the first quarter," said G-MU coach Greg Bonczkowski of Edmeson. "Everything they put up went in the basket. It's not like we were giving them 15 points on layups. There were contested shots."
Conversely, the Raiders were ice-cold from the field for two quarters. "We had good offensive sets and good looks in the first half, and they didn't go in," Bonczkowski said. "My guys got a little deflated by that."
To the Raiders' credit, they had their best quarter after halftime outscoring the Panthers, 14-10. "We talked at halftime about pride and competing, and we set a goal of winning the third quarter," Bonczkowski said. "We were able to do that."
G-MU hosts Bainbridge-Guilford today in a non-league game.
Edmeston: Linton Wainright, 4 0-0-8; Thomas Dane, 0; Dante Cornnell, 4 2-5-10; Jordan Cornnell, 3 0-0-7; Trey Harrington, 1 0-0-2; Jon Dunham, 0; Kyle King, 4 0-0-9; Clayton Lyon, 6 0-0-12; Austin Axtell, 1 0-0-3; Hunter Fistrowicz, 3 1-2-7 ; Justin Nicolosi, 3 4-4-10; Glade Baldwin, 0. Totals: 29 7-11-68.
G-MU: Hunter Lockwood, 0; Devon Fitch, 0 1-3-1; Nate Winans, 0; Matt Lyons, 0; Matt Ward, 0; Matt Delaney, 0; Colin Wind, 1 1-3-3 ; Nathan Fuller, 2 0-3-4; Mickenson Clune, 3 1-2-7; Nate O'Hara, 2 0-0-6. Totals: 8 3-11-21.
Edm 29 12 10 17–68
GMU 0 4 14 3–21
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (G) O’Hara. (E) J. Cornnell, King, Axtell. JV: Edmeston won. Officials: Tilley, Brady.
Greene 67, Afton 55
AFTON – Jordan Harrington scored a career-high 29 points for Greene, and Luke Erickson along with Joe Miranda also reached double figures scoring in Saturday’s victory over Afton.
“We played great man-to-man defense in the first half, but were forced to play some zone in the second half due to foul trouble,” said Greene coach Rick Smith. “We gave up some threes, but overall, we played well.”
Erickson added 13 points and Miranda tacked on 12. Greene plays at Delhi Wednesday.
Afton: Joe DeVona, 3 0-0 6, Caleb Stevens 1 1-2 3, Caleb Stulir 1 5-6 7. Conor Graven-Briggs 3 3-4 10, Jared Harp 0 0-0 0, Darien Heath 7 0-0 19, Kyle Hinman 4 2-3 10, Shaun McGovern 0 0-1 0. Totals 19 11-16 55.
Greene: Jordan Harrington 9 9-10 29, Luke Day 2 2-2 8, Luke Erickson 5 2-10 13, Breven Gilmore 1 1-2 3, John Hadac 1 0-0 2, Josh Harrington 0 0-1 0, Brian Leone 0 0-0 0, David Borchardt 0 0-1 0, Joe Miranda 5 2-3 12. Totals 23 16-19-67.
Afton 8 10 15 22––55
Gre. 16 17 10 24––67
Three-point goals (A) Conor Graven-Briggs, Darien Heath 5, (G) Luke Day 2, Luke Erickson , Jordan Harrington 2.
Otselic Valley 72, DeRuyter 70
Tyburn Academy 62, Otselic Valley 53
SOUTH OTSELIC – Otselic Valley stole a page from North Carolina State's 1983 national championship win over Houston.
On the final possession of the game, the Vikings scored on an impromptu bucket, much like Lorenzo Charles did for the Wolfpack.
After DeRuyter banged home a three to tie the game at 70, OV inbounded the ball with 24 seconds left, eschewing a timeout. "We tried to set up a play to free someone up inside, and that didn't work," said OV coach Dave Loomis of the final play. "We tried something else, that didn't work well, either."
What resulted was an airball from long range that was caught just under the basket by Vikings reserve Chris O'Hara, who put the ball in left-handed - his only two points - with 0.5 seconds left for the game-winner.
Austin Reynolds scored a career-high 25 points for OV in the victory, who extended its winning streak to four games. Angel Marshall added 17 points, and Matt Neal had 12. "It was a game that could've gone either way, and sometimes you win games like this," Loomis said. "DeRuyter played really well, but we'll take it."
Saturday, Tyburn Academy controlled the fourth quarter to halt the Vikes’ four-game winning streak. Matt Faiola led Tyburn with 24 points. “We were a little shorthanded with injuries and kids that couldn’t make the game,” Loomis. “We were playing on a college-sized court and we had some tired legs, but Tyburn is a pretty good team leading its division, and we stayed with them most of the game.”
Neal poured in 23 points to lead OV, and Jordan Baerga finished with 13.
DeRuyter: Wheeler 6 9-9-22; Wising, 2 1-4-5; Booth, 2 0-0-4; Furlow, 0; Glissen, 9 8-13-26; Cuddleback, 1 0-0-2; Phelps, 5 0-0-12; Moade, 0. Totals: 24 18-26-70.
OV: Jordan Baerga, 3 0-1-9; Angel Marshall, 6 2-4-17; Austin Reynolds, 8 9-12-25 ; Matt Neal, 6 0-0-12; Coleman O’Hara, 2 1-2-5 ; Hunter Mills, 0; Chris O’Hara, 1 0-0-2; Jason Olin, 1 00-2. Totals: 27 12-19-72.
DeR 8 15 23 24–70
OV 10 18 18 26–72
Fouled out: (OV) Neal, Olin. Team fouls: (D) 20, (OV) 22. Barega 3, Marshall 3. Officials: Mirabito, Fletcher. JV: DeRuyter won.
Tyburn Academy 62, Otselic Valley 53
OV: Jordan Baerga, 5 0-0-13; Angel Marshall, 3 0-0-8; Austin Reynolds, 2 2-2-6; Matt Neal, 9 5-6-23; Chris O’Hara, 0; Jason Olin, 1 1-2-3. Totals: 20 8-10-53.
Tyburn Academy: Matt Faiola, 8 8-13-24; Whittaker, 3 1-2-7; Joe Mioni, 7 5-7-19; Casper, 0; Zabriskas, 0; Fallon, 0; Hogan, 6 0-0-12. Totals: 18 14-22-62.
OV 15 11 19 8–53
TA 12 14 18 18–62
Team fouls: (T) 8, (OV) 19. Three-point goals: (OV) Baerga 3, Marshall 2. (T) Mioni 2.
Girls’ Basketball
Norwich 78, Windsor 41
NORWICH – In between the whistles, Norwich was pretty good Friday night in a foul-marred blowout victory over Windsor.
The Tornado jumped out to a 15-0 lead in the game's first four minutes. Carin Kuhn had the opening two buckets, one off a steal, Caitlyn Brown hit a three, Shelby Benjamin had a three-point play, and Makenzie Maynard scored to end the early spurt.
Windsor made just four field goals in the game, but converted 33 foul shots on 48 attempts benefiting for 36 Norwich personal fouls. All told, 55 fouls were called in the game. "I was very happy to hold them to just four field goals for the game, regardless of how many fouls we committed," said Norwich coach Josh Bennett. "That tells me we are making the other team earn it."
Kuhn scored a season-high 16 points to lead the Purple Tornado, Maynard had 15, and Savannah Williams had 14 in a reserve role. Shelby Benjamin added eight points, five rebounds, and five steals. "I was happy with the effort, the energy, and intensity," Bennett said. "That's something we have talked about a lot the past few days, and to see them being that into the game made me happy."
Windsor: Haile Balachick, 1 5-9-7; Hastings, 0; Mohammed, 1 1-4-3; White, 1 10-12-12; Moran, 0 7-10-7; Brittany Kay, 1 4-6-6; Sisson, 0 6-8-6; Wickizer, 0. Totals: 4 33-49-41.
Norwich: Caitlyn Brown, 3 0-2-7; Carin Kuhn 6 2-3-16; Jordan Murphy, 0; Kassidy Seary, 1 0-0-2; Makenzie Maynard, 6 3-7-15; Carey Sheldon, 0; Meghan Komendarek, 3 1-3-7; Bridget Murphy, 2 1-2-6; Savannah Williams, 5 1-2-14; Shelby Benjamin, 2 4-5-8; Courtney Scheer, 0 1-2-1; Ashley Murphy, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 29 15-28-78.
Win 10 13 11 7–41
NHS 28 16 15 19–78
Fouled out: (N) Maynard, B. Murphy. Team fouls: (W) 19, (N) 36. Three-point goals: (N) Kuhn 2, Brown, B. Murphy. JV: Norwich won 59-28. Officials: Van Woert, Killian.
Holland Patent 64, Sherburne-Earlville 59
SHERBURNE - Holland Patent's top three scorers accounted for 48 points in a road victory over Sherburne-Earlville (11-5) Friday night.
Holland Patent erased an early eight-point deficit taking the lead for good in the third quarter, and building the advantage up to nine points in the fourth. "I thought we played a good first half, but defensively, we had some letdowns and missed assignments," said S-E coach Karen Mulligan. "You can't have those against good teams."
Lilly Berg had 19 points, 19 rebounds, and five blocked shots for S-E, but all but two of her points were in the first half. Savannah Irwin scored 23 for the Marauders, 16 of those coming in the second half. "We had a hard time getting Lilly the ball in the second half, and we're still looking for a consistent third scorer," Mulligan said.
S-E hosts Clinton Thursday.
HP: Riley Reinold, 2 2-3-7; McKenna Williams, 0; Allie Livesey, 3 8-10-16; Kelsey Litz, 0; Skyler Kelkelian, 4 0-0-9; Shannon Harrison, 7 1-2-17; Avery Crossley, 6 2-5-15; Emily West, 0. Totals: 22 13-20-64.
S-E: Stacia Beckwith, 2 0-0-4; Miranda Wright, 1 0-2-2; Lexi Elderkin, 2 0-0-5; Savannah Irwin, 8 4-6-23; Emily Stanton, 1 2-2-4; Sydney Palmer, 1 0-0-2; Lilly Berg, 9 1-2-19. Totals: 24 7-12-59 .
HPat 13 14 15 22–64
S-E 21 10 8 20–59
Fouled out: (SE) Elderkin. (HP) Reinold. Three-point goals: (HP) Reinold, Livesey 2, harrison 2, Crossley 1. Kelkelian. (SE) Irwin 3, Elderkin. Officials: King, Legg.
Bainbridge-Guilford 51, Sidney 33
SIDNEY – Bainbridge-Guilford separated from Sidney with a dominant third quarter, but not before enduring a full half of difficulties from a pesky Sidney outfit.
Down 6-1 early in the game, B-G eighth-grader Abi Selfridge came off the bench to right the ship scoring six points. In the third, with the Bobcats leading by just two, Morgan Bullis and Taylor Palmatier scored six points apiece in an 18-3 quarter to extend the margin to 17.
“We just totally controlled the third quarter with good defense,” said B-G coach Bob Conway. “Our man-to-man was really solid, and we didn’t give them any open looks.”
Bullis had 15 points, 16 rebounds, and five steals in the win, and Palmatier finished with 11. The victory extended B-G’s winning streak to 11 games.
B-G: Shayla Baldwin, 0; Megan Ferrara, 0; Abigail Selfridge, 2 4-6-8; Marissa Thornton, 0; Morgan Bullis, 5 5-11-15; Cadi Barber, 1 1-2-3; Casey Davis,1 0-0-2 ; Darcy McElligott, 0; Rebecca Reyes, 1 0-0-3; Spake, 0; Megan Palmatier, 3 5-8-11; Taylor Palmatier, 4 1-2-9. Totals: 17 16-29-51 .
Sidney: Mackenzie Gravelin, 0; Kaylyn Gravel, 1 0-0-2; Jenna McDonald, 4 1-2-9; Taylor Barnes, 3 0-0-6 ; Caroline Pierce, 1 2-4-4; Eccleston, 0; Connor Decker, 1 0-0-3; Teagan Howard, 1 0-2-2; Jolene Krom, 3 0-2-7; Hailey Newell, 0. Totals: 14 3-10-33.
B-G 11 11 18 11–51
Sidn 10 10 3 10–33
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (BG) Reyes. (S) Decker, Krom. Officials: Haus, Coleman. JV: B-G won 39-15.
Unadilla Valley 41, Greene 31
GREENE – Unadilla Valley took advantage of a Greene club that was coming off a hard-fought loss a night earlier to B-G winning on the road Friday.
The Storm received 17 points from Breanna Christian, 12 of those on four three-pointers to help UV extend its winning streak to four games.
Katie Carey had 13 for Greene, who netted just 16 points through the first three quarters of play.
UV: Sierra Badger, 1 2-3-4; Breanna Christian, 4 5-8-17; Hunter Lakin, 1 0-0-2; Shannon McIntyre, 2 3-6-7; Hannah Lazarus, 1 4-5-7; Shelby Meade, 0; Kaleigh Fairchild, 0 2-6-2; Emily Anderson, 0 0-1-0; Michaela Williams, 0; Gina DelSontro, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 10 16-29-41.
Greene: Kathleen Hanrahan, 0; Kristie Haskell, 2 2-2-6; Alyssa Sands, 1 1-2-4; Emily Montelione, 0 2-2-2; Maria Brown, 0; Nicole Flohr, 1 1-2-3; Madeline Brink, 0 ; Margo McDermott, 0 3-4-3; Audrey Platta, 0; Katie Carey, 5 2-3-13; Laura Montelione, 0. Totals: 9 11-15-31.
UVa 8 9 15 9–41
Gr 6 6 4 15–31
Three-point goals: (G) Carey, Sands. (UV) Christian 4, Lazarus. JV; Greene won 28-25.
Afton 39, Oxford 35
OXFORD – Down by as many as 12 in the fourth quarter, Oxford closed to within two points in the final minute before dropping a four-point final to Afton Friday.
Bailey Sherman made two free throws in the final minute to seal the victory for the Crimson Knights. "It was a valiant effort coming back, and the girls left everything on the floor," said Oxford coach Chris Palmer. "We just couldn't get over the hump."
Vada Mack and Rachel Seiler keyed the Oxford comeback. Buckets by Mack and Seiler closed the margin to 33-30 with 1:38 remaining. After four Afton made free throws, Seiler hit a three, and followed that with a deuce with under a minute left drawing the Blackhawks to within 37-35.
Mack and Seiler finished with 13 points apiece to lead Oxford.
Paige Polizzi scored 13 for Afton, Sherman scored 10, and Shakari Coss netted nine. Coss hit two threes in the first quarter lifting her club to a 12-3 lead after one period.
Afton: Shakari Coss, 3 0-2-9; Paige Polizzi, 4 4-13-12; Camp, 0; Keegan Winans, 0 0-4-0 ; Bailey Sherman, 2 6-8-10; Tanya Hatton, 1 1-3-3; Brittany Palmatier, 0; Alex Alford, 1 3-4-5; Tristan Van Valkenburg, 0. Totals: 11 14-34-39.
Oxford: Sara Hodge, 0 0-2-0; Katelyn Diamond, 0; Jessica Houghtaling, 0; Leah Karn, 2 0-0-4; Patti Simpson, 1 3-9-5; Sarah Pratt, 0; Rachel Seiler, 3 6-11-13; Vada Mack, 4 5-8-13. Totals: 10 14-30-35.
Afton 12 6 12 9–39
Oxf. 3 8 6 18–35
Three-point goals: (O) Seiler. (A) Coss 3. JV: Oxford won. Officials: Sullivan, Barber
Edmeston 38, G-MU 29
EDMESTON – Edmeston started the fourth quarter on a 9-0 run to raise its lead to 10 points in Friday's home victory over the Raiders.
Catherine Johnson hit a three to start the fourth to immediately raise the Panthers' lead to four, and Johnson led Edmeston with 13 points.
G-MU jumped out to a 13-8 lead getting seven from Christina Hawkins and six from Meghan Meers. "We had a real solid first quarter," said G-MU coach Jim Johnson. "In the fourth quarter, we had good shots; probably better looks than (Edmeston) was getting. They just didn't go in."
Meers led G-MU with 13 points, who close the season Tuesday at home against Franklin.
G-MU: Maggie Clune, 0; Katie Schultes, 0 ; Tayler Nichols, 3 0-1-7; Meghan Meers, 4 5-7-13; Jenna Bakhuizen, 0; Christina Hawkins, 3 1-6-7; Kelsey Ross, 1 0-1-2; Jillian Butts, 0. Totals: 11 6-15-29.
Edmeston: Kristina Smith, 1 0-0-3; Danyelle Ruffles, 0; Nina Koch, 0 0-2-0; Sydney Smith, 3 5-7-11; Catherine Johnson, 6 0-2-13; Amanda Tersigni, 1 2-2-4; Sarah Lawrence, 2 3-4-7; Erin DeVries, 0; Jaci Slentz 0; Kaitlyn Gott, 0. Totals: 13 10-17-38.
G-MU 13 4 7 5–29
Edm. 8 7 10 13–38
Fouled out: none. Team fouls: (E) 16, (G) 17. Three-point goals: (E) Smith, Johnson (G) Nichols. JV: Edmeston won 42-38. Officials: Vroman, Mulligan.
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