Girls’ Basketball
Unatego 47, Greene 41
GREENE – MacKensey O’Hara led a six-point surge for Unatego midway through the fourth quarter to help her club stay unbeaten on the season Wednesday.
After Megan McDermott’s basket put Greene up 34-32, O’Hara scored on an inside move, then assisted teammate Blake Shelton on consecutive back-door layups to put her club up by four. O’Hara also blocked a shot late in the game and hit two three-pointers in the first half leading her club with 16 points.
“We just didn’t execute down the stretch, and they did,” said Greene coach Bill Case. “We didn’t defend as well as we needed to, and we made poor decisions on offense.”
Jessica Smith scored 12 points for Greene and McDermott tallid eight of her 10 points in the second half.
Unatego: Ashley Walke 0, Chelsie Dalton 3 2-2-9, Katya Harris 0 2-2-2, Colleen O’Hara 4 0-3-9, MacKensey O’Hara, 7 0-0-16, Blake Shelton 5 1-4-11. Totals: 19 5-11-47.
Greene: Barb Borst, 3 1-4-8; Holly Davis, 0; Erin Smith, 2 0-0-4; Monica Puglisi, 0; Megan McDermott, 4 2-4-10; Lizzy Buhl, 3 1-2-7; Liz Wentlent, 0; Jessica Smith, 4 3-4-12. Totals: 16 7-14-41.
Unat. 8 12 12 15–47
Gre. 9 4 15 13–41
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (U) M. O’Hara 2, C. O’Hara, Dalton, (G) Smith, Borst. JV: Greene won 43-36, Officials: Cicciarelli, Andrews.
B-G 80, Hancock 11
BAINBRIDGE – B-G won its ninth straight game in its most lopsided contest of the season Wednesday at home.
Marcie Day (19), Mariah Schaeffer (18), and Jen Patten (17) accounted for 54 of the Bobcats’ points. Patten added 10 assists and eight steals, and B-G (13-2) had 32 steals as a team. Sam Spalholz grabbed a team-high eight rebounds.
Hancock: Alicia Jones, 0; Jordan Leet, 0; Sh. Anderson, 1 0-0-2; Deanne Ogden, 0; Sam Weyrauch, 0; Kane, 3 0-0-6; Fayth Schror, ; Megan Martin, 0; Ashley Raymond, 1 1-4-3; Amber Raymond, 0. Totals: 5 1-6-11.
B-G: Sam Spalholz, 3 0-0-6; Mariah Schaeffer, 8 1-2-18; Jen Patten, 6 4-6-17; Liz Holbert, 2 1-2-5; Brittany Fahringer, 3 0-0-7; Nicole Conway, 2 4-6-8; Marcie Day, 9 1-2-19. Totals: 33 11-18-80.
Hanc 0 2 2 7–11
B-G 19 20 21 20–80
Three-point goals: (BG) Schaeffer, Patten, Fahringer. JV: B-G won. Officials: Haynes, Kniskern.
S-E 77, Cincinnatus 23
SHERBURNE – Five Sherburne-Earlville players reached double figures in its team-record ninth straight victory Wednesday night.
Erin Dowdall had a game-high 15, Karli Harris scored 14, Samantha Crandall netted a season-high 11, while Adrienne Cross and Danielle Green scored 10 apiece for S-E (13-4). “The intensity was there tonight right from the start,” said Marauders coach Jeff Barry.
S-E is at Poland Friday.
Cincinnatus: Savannah Ward, 1 0-0-2; Heather Wehner, 0; Danielle Mulhern, 2 0-0-5; Kim Wehner, 4 0-2-8; Macumber, 2 0-0-4; McKenzie Heath, 2 0-0-4. Totals: 11 0-2-23.
S-E: Courtney Kurtz, 4 1-2-9; Megan Welshko, 1 0-0-2; Brenda Hoefler, 1 0-0-2; Adrienne Cross, 5 0-0-10; Samantha Crandall, 4 2-2-11; Megan Record, 2 0-0-4; Leah LoPresti, 0; Danielle Green, 4 0-0-10; Karli Harris, 6 0-0-14; Erin Dowdall, 7 0-0-15. Totals: 34 3-4-77.
Cinc. 6 4 7 6–23
S-E 25 19 21 12–77
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (SE) Harris 2, Green 2, Dowdall, Crandall, (C) Mulhern. JV: S-E won. Officials: Reynolds, C. Miller.
Norwich 43, Oneonta 32
ONEONTA – Norwich avoided the fourth-quarter woes that had plagued it in three straight losses to defeat Oneonta for the second time this season and even its mark at 8-8.
Alicia Testani hit a trio of three-pointers in the first quarter scoring 11 of her 16 points as Norwich jumped out to an 18-0 lead. “We got off to a great start, and that certainly made things easier,” said Norwich coach Bob Branham.
Emily Tackabury had a season-best eight points, while Melinda Moore and Kala Haltner split 14 points down the middle. Norwich outscored Oneonta 13-5 in the third quarter and led by as many as 20 points, Branham said.
“We wanted to limit turnovers and get production out of more players,” Branham said. “Tackabury and Haltner stepped up and contributed today.”
Norwich hosts Johnson City Saturday.
NHS: Brittany Cargill, 1 0-0-3; Alicia Testani, 5 3-4-16; Krissie Collier, 0; Cassidy Griffin, 0; Emily Tackabury, 3 2-3-8; Melinda Moore, 2 3-3-7; Kyra Collier, 1 0-2-2; Chelsea Leibundgut, 0; Clare Sheldon, 0; Brooke Abbott, 0; Kala Haltner, 3 0-0-7; Michelle Testani, 0. Totals: 15 8-12-43 .
Oneonta: Ashlee Dunn, 1 0-0-2; Rachel Sason, 2 2-2-6; Madie Harlem, 8 0-2-19; Sarah Phillips, 0; Lauren Mahon, 1 0-0-2; Michelle Seeger, ; Sierra Wisse, 0; Meredith Ridgeway, 1 0-0-2; Kayla Fisher-Poling, 0; Caitlin Smith, 0 1-2-1. Totals: 13 3-6-32.
Norwich 18 1 13 11–43
Onta 0 12 5 15–32
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (N) Testani 3, Cargill, Haltner, (O) Harlem. JV: Oneonta won 41-39. Officials: Chilion, G. Cole.
Sidney 50, Unadilla Valley 42
SIDNEY – Stephanie Meno scored eight of her 17 points in the fourth quarter, and Maria Mirabito was 4-for-4 from the foul line in the final minute to seal Sidney’s win Wednesday.
Theresa Lazarus led UV with 13 points and Katelyn Ross had 10. It was the Storm’s eighth straight loss.
UV: Jenna Rudnitsky, 1 0-0-3; Caree Acre, 0; Jess Lorence, 0; Katelyn Ross, 2 5-6-10; Theresa Lazarus, 5 0-0-13; Cierra Izard, 3 0-0-6; Sarah Talbot, 1 0-0-2; Katrina Benson, 1 0-3-2; Sally Hartwick, 0; Brittni Fancher, 0; Hannah Johnson, 2 2-4-6. Totals: 15 7-13-42.
Sidney: Sierra Houck 1 0-0-2, Brittany Schunk 1 0-0-2, Maria Mirabito 3 4-5-11, Chelsea Pixley 0, Shannon Marble 1 0-0-2, Heather Hamilton 2 0-0-4, Theresa Mirabito 0 0-1-0, Stephanie Meno 8 0-0-17, Hillary Closs 0, Jessica Wormsley 5 2-4-12. Totals: 21 6-10-50.
UVall. 9 10 6 17–42
Sidn. 16 8 9 17–50
Three-point goals: (S) M. Mirabito, Meno, (UV) Lazarus 3, Rudnitsky, Ross. JV: UV won 36-32. Officials: Miller, Westfall.
Afton 60, Deposit 40
DEPOSIT – Afton finished the game on a 29-2 run to win for the sixth time this season.
