Girls’ Basketball
Chenango Valley 62, Greene 41
CHENANGO BRIDGE – A late third-quarter burst for Chenango Valley, fueled by a technical foul on the Greene bench and some ill-placed Trojans passes, led to the Warriors advancing in the Class B playoffs Friday.
A controversy over a shot that caromed off the top of the backboard led to the technical foul, and the Warriors finished the third quarter on a 9-2 run. A series of turnovers compounded the damage as CV moved its lead to as many as 23 points in the fourth.
“We were right there in the third quarter, but we’re a younger team and we had a bunch of turnovers,” said Greene coach Bill Case. “Chenango Valley plays great team defense, and once they got the lead up to 10, they were using all of the shot clock and executing well.”
The Trojans rallied in the second and third quarters from double-digit deficits to close CV’s lead to five points on two occasions. The Warriors ended the first half on an 11-4 run to lead 34-22.
In the third, Jessica Smith hit two three balls, and Megan McDermott’s driving layup with 2:06 left in the stanza pared that 12-point deficit to 41-36.
Liz Heller had 19 points for CV including four three balls, and Stephanie Hoffman canned a trio of treys to wind up with 11.
Smith scored 13 to pace Greene.
Greene: Barb Borst, 1 2-2-5; Holly Davis, 0; Candice Browning, 0; Erin Smith, 1 0--2; Monica Puglisi, 0; Megan McDermott, 4 0-1-8; Lizzy Buhl, 2 1-2-5; Liz Wentlent, 3 2-3-8; Jessica Smith, 5 0-0-13. Totals: 16 5-8-41.
CV: Ruffo, 0; Donna Cross, 5 1-2-11; Allanna Cooney, 1 0-1-2; Kermidas, 0; Cashman, 0; Aswad, 0; Katie Lowell, 3 5-5-11; Liz Heller, 7 1-1-19; Stephanie Hoffman, 4 0-0-11; Chelsey Dean, 3 2-2-8. Totals: 23 9-11-62.
Score by quarters
Gre. 12 10 16 3–41
C.V. 17 17 16 12–62
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (G) J. Smith 3, Borst, (CV) Heller 4, Hoffman 3. Officials: Carey, Ewing.
Maine-Endwell 47, Norwich 34
CHENANGO BRIDGE – For the third time this season against Maine-Endwell, Norwich’s offense went into neutral in the fourth quarter in its Class A semifinals loss to the Spartans Friday night.
The Tornado executed on offense getting quality shot after quality shot, defended well against the Spartans, but found themselves looking up at an 11-point deficit with two minutes to play in the game before scoring a point in the last stanza.
“You certainly can’t fault the effort of our players, but you can’t wish it, sometimes you just need to believe you can win,” said Norwich coach Bob Branham.
The Spartans made just two field goals the entire fourth quarter – one a three ball at the 30-second clock buzzer late in the game. Instead, Norwich put the Spartans on the line to extend the contest, and were penalized by the hot-shooting Spartans. Taylor Kucharski was 4-for-4 from the stripe in the last quarter, and as a team, M-E finished 11-for-14 from the foul line in the last stanza.
“We’ve been in contention entering the fourth quarter all three times,” Branham said. “You have to give them credit: They rebound it well, play good team defense, and they are well-coached.”
Kyra Collier had 12 points to lead Norwich, while Alicia Testani netted 11.
NHS: Brittany Cargill, 0; Alicia Testani, 3 3-6-11; Krissie Collier, 1 0-0-2; Emily Tackabury, 0; Melinda Moore, 3 0-0-7; Kyra Collier, 6 0-1-12; Brooke Abbott, 1 0-0-2; Kala Haltner, 0; Michelle Testani, 0. Totals: 14 3-7-31.
M-E: Laura Mastro, 0 1-2-1; Taylor Kucharski, 0 4-4-4; Amanda Zdimal, 1 0-0-2; Katlin Bushnell, 4 0-0-9; Erica Spera, 5 2-2-13; C.Bushnell, 0; Megan Jacoby, 2 3-4-7; Michelle Phillips, 5 1-2-11. Totals: 17 11-14-47.
Score by quarters
