Chenango County football rumbles into opening weekend
Bainbridge-Guilford holds off Whitney Point 20-14
BAINBRIDGE – For the first time in some half a decade the Bainbridge-Guilford Bobcats varsity football team has secured an opening night win – a 20-14 game against visiting Whitney Point.
“It went real good. We should have won by more but it was the first game and we have some guys in some different spots,” said Bainbridge-Guilford head coach Israel Lorimer, before adding a comment on continuing their winning streak from the 2016 season. “We won five in a row now, it has been a long time since we have done that.”
The Bobcats took advantage of their senior halfback, Ben Bivar, who managed to set them up nicely in the first half with a first quarter 25 yard scurry to the end zone. Kick failed.
In the second quarter, Whitney Point snagged the lead in the Friday night contest with a 34 yard run coming from Andy Davis – 25 carries for 152 rushing yards – this coupled with a Travis Milner run for the two-point conversion put Whitney Point up 8-6 in the later moments of the second period.
Then there was Ben Bivar – punching his way into the end zone to take the first half lead with a two-yard run, kick failed.
“We fumbled in the third quarter and they scored. Then we were inside the 20 yard line two other rimes and didn't get points,” said coach Lorimer.
The third quarter fumble from the Bobcats resulted in a Tanner Kallfelz two-yard run for another lead change, as WP took back over with a 14-12 score.
While Bivar provided a lot of the horsepower in the win, it was Alan Terzo and converted soccer athlete Trevor Halaquist who truly came through for the Bobcats.
Terzo finished with just 28 yards on the ground, but snagged two passes for 43 yards and a fourth quarter strike – putting B-G up in the game, late in the fourth quarter. Ben Bivar added a two-point conversion run for the final 20-14 score.
“Trevor Halaquist, basketball and soccer player in the past, he's playing quarterback this year and he did a really nice job, but this was his first varsity game of his life. He is such an athlete, such a gamer,” said coach Lorimer. “He has been a very positive influence, we have to make up for a little inexperience, but he has sports experience the kid is a natural.”
Due to Seton Catholic Central dropping out of the football season for 2017 – joining the 8-man league – this has added a bye week to many teams schedules. For Bainbridge-Guilford, this bye week comes early, as they will now have no game scheduled for week two of the regular season.
“It gives us an extra week to get ready for our first division opponent in Delhi. We went and watched them play Harpursville-Afton,” said coach Lorimer. “They (Delhi) lost to Harpursville and then Tioga is pretty tough, so they could be 0-2 potentially and be pretty banged up. I am hoping we are going to be as healthy as we can be for that game.”
Next up for Bainbridge-Guilford football (1-0 overall), they will play at Delhi on September 16, at 1:30 p.m.
BG: 6 6 0 8– 20
WP: 0 8 6 0– 14
Rushing:
Whitney Point: Tanner Kallfelz 6-12, Brandan Smith 1-1, Andy Davis 25-152, Noah Hurst 5-1. B-G: Ben Bivar 18-95, Alan Terzo 6-28, Trevor Halaquist 8-26, Nick Petrutoni 13-91.
Passing:
Whitney Point: Andy Davis 12-16, 110 yards; Tanner Kallfelz 0-2. B-G: Trevor Halaquist 6-9, 74 yards.
Receiving:
Whitney Point: Tanner Kallfelz 3-38, Travis Milner 2-(minus-3), Andy Davis 1-8, Hunter Reynolds 4-45, Keith Maxwell 1-2, Hunter James 1-30. B-G: Mason Brown 1-13, Alan Terzo 2-43, Trevor Halaquist 1-4, Nick Petrutoni 1-(-1), Garrett Ives 1-15.
Watkins Glen opens with dominating show, defeats Greene 32-22
ODESSA – Consistent pressure. Opportunistic scoring. And the ability to wear down an opponent, that is what happened on opening night for Watkins Glen/Odessa Montour – they slowly eroded the ranks of the Trojans.
This resulted in a 32-22 loss for Greene – a 2016 state ranked playoff team – who failed to find the end zone more than once in a quarter, and not at all in the fourth quarter.
A 7-6 game in favor of Greene, after the first quarter – followed by a 15-12 game in favor of the visiting Trojans. A hard-fought close game had all the fans on the edge of their seat.
Watkins Glen relied heavily on Zach Elliot, who cracked the goal-line first with his four-yard run in the first quarter. Elliot finished the game with an astounding 28 carries for 197 yards. Despite allowing the Watkins Glen to strike first, it was Greene who would take and maintain the lead for a majority of the game.
Coy Austin ran in a 15 yard run coupled with a Mitchell Walters kick to claim the early lead.
At the half, Elliot and and Austin exchanged rushing touchdowns at 25 and 28 yards, respectively – making the halftime score 15-12 in favor of Greene.
The game looked to be in the bag for the Trojans, after Nate Erickson punched in a one-yard run, extending the Greene lead to 22-12. That is when the Trojans hit a wall and Watkins Glen hit the jets.
Watkins Glen flipped the game on its end, scoring 20 points in the last one and half quarters for the come from behind win.
Following Greene's last touchdown, Elliot smashed in a one-yard run to cap off a third quarter with a 22-16 score. Couple that with a four-yard run in the fourth quarter – and Elliot amassed nearly 200 yards and four rushing touchdowns on the usually tough Greene defense.
Elliott put Watkins Glen up, 26-22, with 8:44 left in the game. Greene was flailing, and with no chance to readjust, a costly fumble from the Trojans allowed Watkins Glen's Joe Chedzoy to snatch up the fumble – returning it for a touchdown – all of which came on the very next play after Elliot's run.
Greene (0-1 overall), will now take to the road once again for a game against Groton on September 8, at 7 p.m.
W: 6 6 8 12– 32
G: 7 8 7 0– 22
Rushing:
Greene: Nate Erickson 8-39, Coy Austin 15-96, Justin Carman 5-15, Logan Kennedy 1-4. Watkins Glen: Zach Elliott 28-197, Joey Chedzoy 19-93, Casen Weeden 8-33, Derrick Lewis 6-3, Noah Angle 1-5.
Passing:
Greene: Austin 5-9, 69 yards, int. Watkins Glen: Lewis 1-2 (-1) yard.
Receiving:
Greene: Erickson 2-30, Carman 2-23, Isaac Hadac 1-9. Watkins Glen: Elliott 1 (-1).
Oxford gets blanked to begin new season
DEPOSIT – A road game to begin a new season is hard enough, however, add in an inexperienced team with a new head coach dealing with multiple injuries – a building year for Oxford varsity football was dealt a tough 44-0 loss on opening night.
The tough Deposit/Hancock team defended their home field with strength against the inexperience of the Oxford Blackhawks – earning a 38-0 halftime score.
“It was rough. I was talking to my other coaches and people around the community. We are week three into what we hope is a 20-year program,” said Oxford head coach Jon Carey. “It is going to take time, Rome wasn't built in a day. We just need to keep pushing what our ideals are and just keep going forward.”
By the end of the first quarter Deposit/Hancock saw Jackson Miller dash his way for a 19 run for a touchdown, Jackson Miller kick. This came on their very first drive in the game.
What happened on Oxford's first drive? A fumble on the third play – a move that proved to indicate just how the game was to go.
“Our numbers are low for us too, seven or eight kids have never played football before. We're going to keep going with it. We're all about Oxford, we love this place and that is why we are all here,” said coach Carey. “It is a bump in the road but we are going to keep going. We did have five turnovers, (and it doesn't help that we fumbled on the third play of the game.”
Five turnovers, three interceptions and two fumbles. Oxford's offense struggled mightily, while the defensive efforts attempted to keep up.
“We are young and inexperienced,” said coach Carey.
Deposit/Hancock saw Tyler Young catch a 16 yard pass from Darren Shaver, with a Jackson Miller kick – all followed by a 19-yard run by Darren Shaver – resulting in a 22-0 first quarter score.
Of the efforts on both sides of the ball, coach Carey pointed out that Mickerson Clune led the team in tackled from the linebacker spot with 12.
Deposit-Hancock added another 19-yard run from Shaver and a 52-yard punt return from James Bowie to their scorecard in the second quarter.
Oxford's defense regrouped and impressively blanked the home team for the third quarter before allowing one final score late in the fourth quarter – a two-yard run from Caleb Decker.
Next up for Oxford football (0-1 overall), they will be opening up at home on September 8, at 7 p.m. when Newfield comes to town.
D/H: 22 16 0 6– 44
OX: 0 0 0 0– 0
Rushing:
Oxford: Owen Davis 7-21, Dakota Friedel 5-4, Paul Baker 3-(-2), Darren Law 3-(-7), Mickerson Clune 3-12. D/H: Jackson Miller 16-140, Darren Shaver 5-69, Cooper Hall 7-13, Austin Lenio 3-16, Dominic Wormuth 4-30, Caleb Decker 4-11.
Passing:
Oxford: Darren Law 1-8, 3 yards. D/H: Darren Shaver 4-10, 42 yards; Jackson Miller 0-1.
Receiving:
Oxford: Mickerson Clune 1-8. D/H: Austin Lenio 2-20, Tyler Young 1-16, James Bowie 1-16.
Harpursville-Afton Hornets sting Delhi for 21-7 win
HARPURSVILLE – One year removed from being a state ranked football team and Harpursville-Afton has begun the season with a big 'W', grinding their way to a 21-7 win over visiting Delhi.
In fact, Delhi was blanked in the game until a last quarter score – a pass from Nate Craft to Christian Aloisio for 74 yards. That 74 yard touchdown pass and catch resulted in the avoidance of the shutout, but accounted for nearly 43 percent of all of their passing attack on the day.
The Hornets relied on their speedy back, Josh Wilson, for their ground and pound style of attack. Wilson amassed 162 rushing yards off of 21 carries – with Tyler King earning 13 carries and Talon Rezucha landing 10, resulting in 58 rushing yards and 35, respectively.
Following an early Josh Wilson, eight-yard run in the first quarter it was defense that stepped up to produce some points for the Hornets. Rezucha snatched a bad pass from Delhi right out of the air and returned the ball for a 22 interception return, Tyler King added the extra point kick for the 14-0 game at the end of the first.
The score remained deadlocked at 14-0 for the second and third quarters – however, it was the Hornets who got stirred up once again, this time sending Tyler King in for a three-yard run and touchdown, a King kick made the score 21-0.
The late 74 yard pass accounted for the only touchdown made by Delhi, helping to provide some motivation to the Hornets – to possibly improve their pass defense in their run-heavy schemes.
Up next for Harpursville-Afton football (1-0 overall), they will be on the road against Walton on September 9, at 1:30 p.m.
D: 0 0 0 7– 7
H-A: 14 0 0 7– 21
Rushing:
Delhi: Nate Craft 16-61, Eric Gullow 9-34, Mike Scarimbolo 1-1, Mike Griswold 2-0. H/A: Josh Wilson 21-162, Tyler King 13-58, Talon Rezucha 10-35, Greg Akulis 5-19, Slater Collins 1-(-3).
Passing:
Delhi: Nate Craft 2-7, 106 yards; Mike Griswold 3-11, 69 yards. H/A: Greg Akulis 0-2.
Receiving:
Delhi: Christian Aloisio 4-160, Eric Gullow 1-14. H/A: none.
Sports Editor Note: Unadilla Valley varsity football earned a solid 40-22 win over Newfield on Sept. 2. The specific stats and details were not reported to The Evening Sun prior to press time, due to the holiday weekend. Next up for Unadilla Valley (1-0 overall), will play away at Thomas A. Edison on September 9, at 1:30 p.m.
BAINBRIDGE – For the first time in some half a decade the Bainbridge-Guilford Bobcats varsity football team has secured an opening night win – a 20-14 game against visiting Whitney Point.
“It went real good. We should have won by more but it was the first game and we have some guys in some different spots,” said Bainbridge-Guilford head coach Israel Lorimer, before adding a comment on continuing their winning streak from the 2016 season. “We won five in a row now, it has been a long time since we have done that.”
The Bobcats took advantage of their senior halfback, Ben Bivar, who managed to set them up nicely in the first half with a first quarter 25 yard scurry to the end zone. Kick failed.
In the second quarter, Whitney Point snagged the lead in the Friday night contest with a 34 yard run coming from Andy Davis – 25 carries for 152 rushing yards – this coupled with a Travis Milner run for the two-point conversion put Whitney Point up 8-6 in the later moments of the second period.
Then there was Ben Bivar – punching his way into the end zone to take the first half lead with a two-yard run, kick failed.
“We fumbled in the third quarter and they scored. Then we were inside the 20 yard line two other rimes and didn't get points,” said coach Lorimer.
The third quarter fumble from the Bobcats resulted in a Tanner Kallfelz two-yard run for another lead change, as WP took back over with a 14-12 score.
While Bivar provided a lot of the horsepower in the win, it was Alan Terzo and converted soccer athlete Trevor Halaquist who truly came through for the Bobcats.
Terzo finished with just 28 yards on the ground, but snagged two passes for 43 yards and a fourth quarter strike – putting B-G up in the game, late in the fourth quarter. Ben Bivar added a two-point conversion run for the final 20-14 score.
“Trevor Halaquist, basketball and soccer player in the past, he's playing quarterback this year and he did a really nice job, but this was his first varsity game of his life. He is such an athlete, such a gamer,” said coach Lorimer. “He has been a very positive influence, we have to make up for a little inexperience, but he has sports experience the kid is a natural.”
Due to Seton Catholic Central dropping out of the football season for 2017 – joining the 8-man league – this has added a bye week to many teams schedules. For Bainbridge-Guilford, this bye week comes early, as they will now have no game scheduled for week two of the regular season.
“It gives us an extra week to get ready for our first division opponent in Delhi. We went and watched them play Harpursville-Afton,” said coach Lorimer. “They (Delhi) lost to Harpursville and then Tioga is pretty tough, so they could be 0-2 potentially and be pretty banged up. I am hoping we are going to be as healthy as we can be for that game.”
Next up for Bainbridge-Guilford football (1-0 overall), they will play at Delhi on September 16, at 1:30 p.m.
BG: 6 6 0 8– 20
WP: 0 8 6 0– 14
Rushing:
Whitney Point: Tanner Kallfelz 6-12, Brandan Smith 1-1, Andy Davis 25-152, Noah Hurst 5-1. B-G: Ben Bivar 18-95, Alan Terzo 6-28, Trevor Halaquist 8-26, Nick Petrutoni 13-91.
Passing:
Whitney Point: Andy Davis 12-16, 110 yards; Tanner Kallfelz 0-2. B-G: Trevor Halaquist 6-9, 74 yards.
Receiving:
Whitney Point: Tanner Kallfelz 3-38, Travis Milner 2-(minus-3), Andy Davis 1-8, Hunter Reynolds 4-45, Keith Maxwell 1-2, Hunter James 1-30. B-G: Mason Brown 1-13, Alan Terzo 2-43, Trevor Halaquist 1-4, Nick Petrutoni 1-(-1), Garrett Ives 1-15.
Watkins Glen opens with dominating show, defeats Greene 32-22
ODESSA – Consistent pressure. Opportunistic scoring. And the ability to wear down an opponent, that is what happened on opening night for Watkins Glen/Odessa Montour – they slowly eroded the ranks of the Trojans.
This resulted in a 32-22 loss for Greene – a 2016 state ranked playoff team – who failed to find the end zone more than once in a quarter, and not at all in the fourth quarter.
A 7-6 game in favor of Greene, after the first quarter – followed by a 15-12 game in favor of the visiting Trojans. A hard-fought close game had all the fans on the edge of their seat.
Watkins Glen relied heavily on Zach Elliot, who cracked the goal-line first with his four-yard run in the first quarter. Elliot finished the game with an astounding 28 carries for 197 yards. Despite allowing the Watkins Glen to strike first, it was Greene who would take and maintain the lead for a majority of the game.
Coy Austin ran in a 15 yard run coupled with a Mitchell Walters kick to claim the early lead.
At the half, Elliot and and Austin exchanged rushing touchdowns at 25 and 28 yards, respectively – making the halftime score 15-12 in favor of Greene.
The game looked to be in the bag for the Trojans, after Nate Erickson punched in a one-yard run, extending the Greene lead to 22-12. That is when the Trojans hit a wall and Watkins Glen hit the jets.
Watkins Glen flipped the game on its end, scoring 20 points in the last one and half quarters for the come from behind win.
Following Greene's last touchdown, Elliot smashed in a one-yard run to cap off a third quarter with a 22-16 score. Couple that with a four-yard run in the fourth quarter – and Elliot amassed nearly 200 yards and four rushing touchdowns on the usually tough Greene defense.
Elliott put Watkins Glen up, 26-22, with 8:44 left in the game. Greene was flailing, and with no chance to readjust, a costly fumble from the Trojans allowed Watkins Glen's Joe Chedzoy to snatch up the fumble – returning it for a touchdown – all of which came on the very next play after Elliot's run.
Greene (0-1 overall), will now take to the road once again for a game against Groton on September 8, at 7 p.m.
W: 6 6 8 12– 32
G: 7 8 7 0– 22
Rushing:
Greene: Nate Erickson 8-39, Coy Austin 15-96, Justin Carman 5-15, Logan Kennedy 1-4. Watkins Glen: Zach Elliott 28-197, Joey Chedzoy 19-93, Casen Weeden 8-33, Derrick Lewis 6-3, Noah Angle 1-5.
Passing:
Greene: Austin 5-9, 69 yards, int. Watkins Glen: Lewis 1-2 (-1) yard.
Receiving:
Greene: Erickson 2-30, Carman 2-23, Isaac Hadac 1-9. Watkins Glen: Elliott 1 (-1).
Oxford gets blanked to begin new season
DEPOSIT – A road game to begin a new season is hard enough, however, add in an inexperienced team with a new head coach dealing with multiple injuries – a building year for Oxford varsity football was dealt a tough 44-0 loss on opening night.
The tough Deposit/Hancock team defended their home field with strength against the inexperience of the Oxford Blackhawks – earning a 38-0 halftime score.
“It was rough. I was talking to my other coaches and people around the community. We are week three into what we hope is a 20-year program,” said Oxford head coach Jon Carey. “It is going to take time, Rome wasn't built in a day. We just need to keep pushing what our ideals are and just keep going forward.”
By the end of the first quarter Deposit/Hancock saw Jackson Miller dash his way for a 19 run for a touchdown, Jackson Miller kick. This came on their very first drive in the game.
What happened on Oxford's first drive? A fumble on the third play – a move that proved to indicate just how the game was to go.
“Our numbers are low for us too, seven or eight kids have never played football before. We're going to keep going with it. We're all about Oxford, we love this place and that is why we are all here,” said coach Carey. “It is a bump in the road but we are going to keep going. We did have five turnovers, (and it doesn't help that we fumbled on the third play of the game.”
Five turnovers, three interceptions and two fumbles. Oxford's offense struggled mightily, while the defensive efforts attempted to keep up.
“We are young and inexperienced,” said coach Carey.
Deposit/Hancock saw Tyler Young catch a 16 yard pass from Darren Shaver, with a Jackson Miller kick – all followed by a 19-yard run by Darren Shaver – resulting in a 22-0 first quarter score.
Of the efforts on both sides of the ball, coach Carey pointed out that Mickerson Clune led the team in tackled from the linebacker spot with 12.
Deposit-Hancock added another 19-yard run from Shaver and a 52-yard punt return from James Bowie to their scorecard in the second quarter.
Oxford's defense regrouped and impressively blanked the home team for the third quarter before allowing one final score late in the fourth quarter – a two-yard run from Caleb Decker.
Next up for Oxford football (0-1 overall), they will be opening up at home on September 8, at 7 p.m. when Newfield comes to town.
D/H: 22 16 0 6– 44
OX: 0 0 0 0– 0
Rushing:
Oxford: Owen Davis 7-21, Dakota Friedel 5-4, Paul Baker 3-(-2), Darren Law 3-(-7), Mickerson Clune 3-12. D/H: Jackson Miller 16-140, Darren Shaver 5-69, Cooper Hall 7-13, Austin Lenio 3-16, Dominic Wormuth 4-30, Caleb Decker 4-11.
Passing:
Oxford: Darren Law 1-8, 3 yards. D/H: Darren Shaver 4-10, 42 yards; Jackson Miller 0-1.
Receiving:
Oxford: Mickerson Clune 1-8. D/H: Austin Lenio 2-20, Tyler Young 1-16, James Bowie 1-16.
Harpursville-Afton Hornets sting Delhi for 21-7 win
HARPURSVILLE – One year removed from being a state ranked football team and Harpursville-Afton has begun the season with a big 'W', grinding their way to a 21-7 win over visiting Delhi.
In fact, Delhi was blanked in the game until a last quarter score – a pass from Nate Craft to Christian Aloisio for 74 yards. That 74 yard touchdown pass and catch resulted in the avoidance of the shutout, but accounted for nearly 43 percent of all of their passing attack on the day.
The Hornets relied on their speedy back, Josh Wilson, for their ground and pound style of attack. Wilson amassed 162 rushing yards off of 21 carries – with Tyler King earning 13 carries and Talon Rezucha landing 10, resulting in 58 rushing yards and 35, respectively.
Following an early Josh Wilson, eight-yard run in the first quarter it was defense that stepped up to produce some points for the Hornets. Rezucha snatched a bad pass from Delhi right out of the air and returned the ball for a 22 interception return, Tyler King added the extra point kick for the 14-0 game at the end of the first.
The score remained deadlocked at 14-0 for the second and third quarters – however, it was the Hornets who got stirred up once again, this time sending Tyler King in for a three-yard run and touchdown, a King kick made the score 21-0.
The late 74 yard pass accounted for the only touchdown made by Delhi, helping to provide some motivation to the Hornets – to possibly improve their pass defense in their run-heavy schemes.
Up next for Harpursville-Afton football (1-0 overall), they will be on the road against Walton on September 9, at 1:30 p.m.
D: 0 0 0 7– 7
H-A: 14 0 0 7– 21
Rushing:
Delhi: Nate Craft 16-61, Eric Gullow 9-34, Mike Scarimbolo 1-1, Mike Griswold 2-0. H/A: Josh Wilson 21-162, Tyler King 13-58, Talon Rezucha 10-35, Greg Akulis 5-19, Slater Collins 1-(-3).
Passing:
Delhi: Nate Craft 2-7, 106 yards; Mike Griswold 3-11, 69 yards. H/A: Greg Akulis 0-2.
Receiving:
Delhi: Christian Aloisio 4-160, Eric Gullow 1-14. H/A: none.
Sports Editor Note: Unadilla Valley varsity football earned a solid 40-22 win over Newfield on Sept. 2. The specific stats and details were not reported to The Evening Sun prior to press time, due to the holiday weekend. Next up for Unadilla Valley (1-0 overall), will play away at Thomas A. Edison on September 9, at 1:30 p.m.
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