Tornado capture UV Holiday Tournament championship over Marauders
The Norwich Purple Tornado Boys Basketball team captured the Unadilla Valley Holiday Tournament Championship on Saturday after defeated Sherburne-Earlville 73-54. Norwich senior Carson Maynard was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player and teammate Tommy Flanagan earned All-Tournament Team honors as well. The Purple Tornado defeated Vestal in the opening round on Friday 67-60. (Submitted Photo)
UV downed in consolation game by Vestal
NEW BERLIN – The Purple Tornado captured their sixth straight win of the 2019-2020 season as well as the Unadilla Valley Holiday Tournament championship by defeating inter-county foe Sherburne-Earlville 73-54 Saturday night.
The host Storm fell in the consolation game to Southern Tier Athletic Conference opponent Vestal 53-45.
Norwich’s Carson Maynard was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player after leading in the scoring column of both the championship and consolation games. Maynard opened up the tournament with 23 in the Tornado’s win over Vestal. The Norwich senior then tallied 19 against the Marauders to record the game’s highest point total in both.
In the title game, S-E and the Purple Tornado were separated by just three points after the opening quarter. However, the Norwich team defense took over as they held Sherburne-Earlville to just seven in the second quarter while the offense put 13 on the scoreboard, taking a nine point lead into the locker room at the break.
The Tornado’s offense didn’t stop there.
Maynard, Tommy Flanagan, JT Vinal and Carson Thornton combined to score 25 points after the halftime intermission as Norwich pulled ahead by 17. In the fourth, the Purple Tornado added another 20 point quarter as Maynard scored seven of his 19 in the final stanza. Teammate Jahlil Jones added five in the last eight minutes of play.
The Marauders found their offensive rhythm in the second half as well, scoring a total of 35 points but Norwich’s second and third quarter was too much for S-E to overcome.
Gabe Irwin of Sherburne-Earlville finished with 14 points to lead his team in the loss. The S-E senior, who was named the All-Tournament Team, led the Marauders to the championship game after dropping a game-best 18 points in the first-round win over the host UV, 60-48.
Irwin hit six 3-point field goals, making up 18 of his 28 while Robert Hill tallied 17 in the win over the Storm.
Hill also finished in double figures against Norwich, scoring 12 – six of which came from behind the 3-point arc.
Caleb Parker had 23 points – draining all four of his team’s 3-pointers – to lead Unadilla Valley in the loss against S-E the first night. He also grabbed 14 rebounds to come away with a double-double.
Sherburne-Earlville made it to the championship game after ending the first quarter with a four point lead. The Marauders then gradually added to the margin before coming away with 12 point lead.
Norwich reached the finals by defeating Vestal 67-60 Friday night.
The Tornado held a 10 point lead at the half but the Golden Bears chipped away at the deficit and brought the difference to just four points. Norwich held on in the fourth as Flanagan tallied eight points with two 3-pointers and Maynard went a perfect 4-for-4 at the free throw line down the stretch.
Flanagan finished the game with six made 3-pointers for 18 of his 21 points.
Vestal’s Tafari Carty, Andrew Carr and Sean Lewis all finished the game with double digits in the scoring column with Carty scoring a team-best 19 but Flanagan’s 21 and Maynard’s 23 point totals along with stingy Norwich defense was too much for the Golden Bears.
Vestal then topped UV in the consolation game behind Lewis’ 19 points and a tough shooting day for the Storm.
The Golden Bears outscored the host in the first three quarters of the game before UV was able to edge out their opponent in the fourth 13-9. Vestal, however, held a 12 point lead by that point in the contest.
Cameron Osborne led Unadilla Valley with 10 points and eight rebounds while Parker added eight points. Brock Davis chipped in nine points.
Brock Davis scored nine points, all-tournament selection Caleb Parker contributed eight points, Devon Fairchild recorded seven points, Dylan Nichols registered five points, Blaine Rifanburg tallied four points and Joe Ray added two points.
Flanagan was selected to the all-tournament team for Norwich while Hill was named to the team for S-E. Parker was Unadilla Valley’s honoree while Vestal’s Carr was the final selection.
Unadilla Valley (2-5, 1-0) will host Greene at 7 p.m. Monday and Sherburne-Earlville is set to take on Holland Patent Saturday at Utica College. Norwich is off until January 7 when they travel to Seton Catholic at 7:15 p.m.
Norwich 73, Sherburne-Earlville 54 (Championship game)
Norwich: Torin Lawrence 1 1-1 3, Carson Thornton 3 0-0 9, Andrew Mullen 0, Carson Maynard 9 1-3 19, Keegan Franklin 0, Lex Genute 0, Tommy Flanagan 4 2-2 12, Logan Ford 2 0-0 4, Anthony Cathcart 1 0-0 2, JT Vinal 8 0-0 16, Shane Lawrence 0, Kyle Shepard 0, Jahlil Jones 3 1-2 7. Totals: 31 6-10 73.
Sherburne-Earlville: John Oley 4 0-1 8, Ethan Simonds 0, Taylor Grymkowski 0, Aiden Slater 1 0-0 3, Preston Eaves 2 0-0 4, Gabe Irwin 4 2-2 14, Jacob Sutherland 0 Robert Hill 4 2-2 12, Troy Fleming 3 0-0 6, Noah Posson 3 3-7 9. Totals: 19 7-12 54.
3-point field goals: (N) Flanagan 2; (S-E) Irwin 2, Hill 2, Slater 1.
Vestal 53, Unadilla Valley 45 (Consolation Game)
Vestal 14 15 15 9 – 53
UV 11 9 12 13 – 45
Vestal: Anksuh Sadhi 0 0-0 0, Jamar Johnson 1 0-0 3, Danny Harding 2 0-0 5, Sean Lewis 9 1-1 19, Andrew Carr 5 1-2 13, Caleb Parsons 0 0-0 0, Noah Johnston 0 0-0 0, Tafari Carty 1 6-6 9, Brian Vandervort 1 2-4 4. Totals: 19 10-13 53.
Unadilla Valley: Brock Davis 3 1-3 9, Devon Fairchild 3 0-0 7, Danny Anderson 0 0-0 0, Dylan Nichols 1 3-6 5, Caleb Parker 3 2-2 8, Blaine Rifanburg 1 2-3 4, Cameron Osborne 3 4-5 10, Tim Postma 0 0-2 0, Joe Ray 1 0-0 2. Totals: 15 12-21 45.
3-point field goals: (V) Carr 2, Johnson 1, Harding 1, Carty 1; (UV) Davis 2, Fairchild 1.
Norwich 67, Vestal 60
Norwich: Torin Lawrence 1 0-0 2, Carson Thornton 1 0-0 2, Andrew Mullen 0, Carson Maynard 7 8-8 23, Keegan Franklin 0, Lex Genute 0, Tommy Flanagan 7 1-2 21, Logan Ford 0, Anthony Cathcart 0, JT Vinal 3 3-4 9, Shane Lawrence 1 0-0 2, Kyle Shepard 0, Jahlil Jones 4 0-0 8. Totals: 24 12-14 67
Vestal: Anksuh Sadhi 0 3-4 3, Jamar Johnson 0, Danny Harding 3 0-0 9, Sean Lewis 6 1-1 13, Andrew Carr 6 1-2 14, Caleb Parsons 0 0-0 0, Noah Johnston 0 0-0 0, Tafari Carty 5 5-7 19, Brian Vandervort 1 0-0 2. Totals: 21 10-14 60.
3-point field goals: (N) Maynard 1, Flanagan 6; (V) Harding 3, Carr 1, Carty 4.
Sherburne-Earlville 60, Unadilla Valley 48
S-E13 15 19 13 – 60
UV9 13 15 11 – 48
Sherburne-Earlville: John Oley 0 0-2 0, Taylor Grymkowski 0 0-0 0, Preston Eaves 2 0-0 4, Gabe Irwin 6 10-13 28, Jacob Sutherland 0 0-0 0, Robert Hill Hill 7 2-3 17, Troy Fleming 1 0-2 2, Noah Posson 3 3-3 9. Totals: 19 15-23 60.
Unadilla Valley: Brock Davis 0 0-2 0, Devon Fairchild 2 0-0 4, Danny Anderson 0 2-2 2, Dylan Nichols 3 4-6 10, Caleb Parker 9 1-1 23, Blaine Rifanburg 2 2-2 6, Cameron Osborne 0 3-4 3, Tim Postma 0 0-1 0, Joe Ray . Totals:16 12-18 48.
3-point field goals: (S-E) Irwin 6, Sutherland 1; (UV) Parker 4.
NEW BERLIN – The Purple Tornado captured their sixth straight win of the 2019-2020 season as well as the Unadilla Valley Holiday Tournament championship by defeating inter-county foe Sherburne-Earlville 73-54 Saturday night.
The host Storm fell in the consolation game to Southern Tier Athletic Conference opponent Vestal 53-45.
Norwich’s Carson Maynard was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player after leading in the scoring column of both the championship and consolation games. Maynard opened up the tournament with 23 in the Tornado’s win over Vestal. The Norwich senior then tallied 19 against the Marauders to record the game’s highest point total in both.
In the title game, S-E and the Purple Tornado were separated by just three points after the opening quarter. However, the Norwich team defense took over as they held Sherburne-Earlville to just seven in the second quarter while the offense put 13 on the scoreboard, taking a nine point lead into the locker room at the break.
The Tornado’s offense didn’t stop there.
Maynard, Tommy Flanagan, JT Vinal and Carson Thornton combined to score 25 points after the halftime intermission as Norwich pulled ahead by 17. In the fourth, the Purple Tornado added another 20 point quarter as Maynard scored seven of his 19 in the final stanza. Teammate Jahlil Jones added five in the last eight minutes of play.
The Marauders found their offensive rhythm in the second half as well, scoring a total of 35 points but Norwich’s second and third quarter was too much for S-E to overcome.
Gabe Irwin of Sherburne-Earlville finished with 14 points to lead his team in the loss. The S-E senior, who was named the All-Tournament Team, led the Marauders to the championship game after dropping a game-best 18 points in the first-round win over the host UV, 60-48.
Irwin hit six 3-point field goals, making up 18 of his 28 while Robert Hill tallied 17 in the win over the Storm.
Hill also finished in double figures against Norwich, scoring 12 – six of which came from behind the 3-point arc.
Caleb Parker had 23 points – draining all four of his team’s 3-pointers – to lead Unadilla Valley in the loss against S-E the first night. He also grabbed 14 rebounds to come away with a double-double.
Sherburne-Earlville made it to the championship game after ending the first quarter with a four point lead. The Marauders then gradually added to the margin before coming away with 12 point lead.
Norwich reached the finals by defeating Vestal 67-60 Friday night.
The Tornado held a 10 point lead at the half but the Golden Bears chipped away at the deficit and brought the difference to just four points. Norwich held on in the fourth as Flanagan tallied eight points with two 3-pointers and Maynard went a perfect 4-for-4 at the free throw line down the stretch.
Flanagan finished the game with six made 3-pointers for 18 of his 21 points.
Vestal’s Tafari Carty, Andrew Carr and Sean Lewis all finished the game with double digits in the scoring column with Carty scoring a team-best 19 but Flanagan’s 21 and Maynard’s 23 point totals along with stingy Norwich defense was too much for the Golden Bears.
Vestal then topped UV in the consolation game behind Lewis’ 19 points and a tough shooting day for the Storm.
The Golden Bears outscored the host in the first three quarters of the game before UV was able to edge out their opponent in the fourth 13-9. Vestal, however, held a 12 point lead by that point in the contest.
Cameron Osborne led Unadilla Valley with 10 points and eight rebounds while Parker added eight points. Brock Davis chipped in nine points.
Brock Davis scored nine points, all-tournament selection Caleb Parker contributed eight points, Devon Fairchild recorded seven points, Dylan Nichols registered five points, Blaine Rifanburg tallied four points and Joe Ray added two points.
Flanagan was selected to the all-tournament team for Norwich while Hill was named to the team for S-E. Parker was Unadilla Valley’s honoree while Vestal’s Carr was the final selection.
Unadilla Valley (2-5, 1-0) will host Greene at 7 p.m. Monday and Sherburne-Earlville is set to take on Holland Patent Saturday at Utica College. Norwich is off until January 7 when they travel to Seton Catholic at 7:15 p.m.
Norwich 73, Sherburne-Earlville 54 (Championship game)
Norwich: Torin Lawrence 1 1-1 3, Carson Thornton 3 0-0 9, Andrew Mullen 0, Carson Maynard 9 1-3 19, Keegan Franklin 0, Lex Genute 0, Tommy Flanagan 4 2-2 12, Logan Ford 2 0-0 4, Anthony Cathcart 1 0-0 2, JT Vinal 8 0-0 16, Shane Lawrence 0, Kyle Shepard 0, Jahlil Jones 3 1-2 7. Totals: 31 6-10 73.
Sherburne-Earlville: John Oley 4 0-1 8, Ethan Simonds 0, Taylor Grymkowski 0, Aiden Slater 1 0-0 3, Preston Eaves 2 0-0 4, Gabe Irwin 4 2-2 14, Jacob Sutherland 0 Robert Hill 4 2-2 12, Troy Fleming 3 0-0 6, Noah Posson 3 3-7 9. Totals: 19 7-12 54.
3-point field goals: (N) Flanagan 2; (S-E) Irwin 2, Hill 2, Slater 1.
Vestal 53, Unadilla Valley 45 (Consolation Game)
Vestal 14 15 15 9 – 53
UV 11 9 12 13 – 45
Vestal: Anksuh Sadhi 0 0-0 0, Jamar Johnson 1 0-0 3, Danny Harding 2 0-0 5, Sean Lewis 9 1-1 19, Andrew Carr 5 1-2 13, Caleb Parsons 0 0-0 0, Noah Johnston 0 0-0 0, Tafari Carty 1 6-6 9, Brian Vandervort 1 2-4 4. Totals: 19 10-13 53.
Unadilla Valley: Brock Davis 3 1-3 9, Devon Fairchild 3 0-0 7, Danny Anderson 0 0-0 0, Dylan Nichols 1 3-6 5, Caleb Parker 3 2-2 8, Blaine Rifanburg 1 2-3 4, Cameron Osborne 3 4-5 10, Tim Postma 0 0-2 0, Joe Ray 1 0-0 2. Totals: 15 12-21 45.
3-point field goals: (V) Carr 2, Johnson 1, Harding 1, Carty 1; (UV) Davis 2, Fairchild 1.
Norwich 67, Vestal 60
Norwich: Torin Lawrence 1 0-0 2, Carson Thornton 1 0-0 2, Andrew Mullen 0, Carson Maynard 7 8-8 23, Keegan Franklin 0, Lex Genute 0, Tommy Flanagan 7 1-2 21, Logan Ford 0, Anthony Cathcart 0, JT Vinal 3 3-4 9, Shane Lawrence 1 0-0 2, Kyle Shepard 0, Jahlil Jones 4 0-0 8. Totals: 24 12-14 67
Vestal: Anksuh Sadhi 0 3-4 3, Jamar Johnson 0, Danny Harding 3 0-0 9, Sean Lewis 6 1-1 13, Andrew Carr 6 1-2 14, Caleb Parsons 0 0-0 0, Noah Johnston 0 0-0 0, Tafari Carty 5 5-7 19, Brian Vandervort 1 0-0 2. Totals: 21 10-14 60.
3-point field goals: (N) Maynard 1, Flanagan 6; (V) Harding 3, Carr 1, Carty 4.
Sherburne-Earlville 60, Unadilla Valley 48
S-E13 15 19 13 – 60
UV9 13 15 11 – 48
Sherburne-Earlville: John Oley 0 0-2 0, Taylor Grymkowski 0 0-0 0, Preston Eaves 2 0-0 4, Gabe Irwin 6 10-13 28, Jacob Sutherland 0 0-0 0, Robert Hill Hill 7 2-3 17, Troy Fleming 1 0-2 2, Noah Posson 3 3-3 9. Totals: 19 15-23 60.
Unadilla Valley: Brock Davis 0 0-2 0, Devon Fairchild 2 0-0 4, Danny Anderson 0 2-2 2, Dylan Nichols 3 4-6 10, Caleb Parker 9 1-1 23, Blaine Rifanburg 2 2-2 6, Cameron Osborne 0 3-4 3, Tim Postma 0 0-1 0, Joe Ray . Totals:16 12-18 48.
3-point field goals: (S-E) Irwin 6, Sutherland 1; (UV) Parker 4.
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