Boys’ Basketball
Seton Catholic Central 51, Norwich 33
NORWICH – Seton Catholic Central looked nothing and playing nothing like a team that had lost five games in a row.
The Saints snapped that slump in a big way ending Norwich’s eight-game winning streak with a convincing victory over the Tornado (9-3) Tuesday.
Playing a brand of man-to-man defense that was better than any club Norwich had faced this season, the Saints contested every Norwich pass and every Norwich shot. Nothing was a sure thing, and the abundance of Tornado turnovers was more than head coach Mark Abbott would ever like to count. “That was the best halfcourt defense I’ve seen in a long time,” said Norwich coach Mark Abbott. “We’ve play some great defensive games, but I don’t think we’ve play that good. From a basketball perspective, it was impressive.”
Seton scored the first 12 points of the second quarter to unlock a 9-9 tie. Steve Armstrong started the salvo with the first four points, and Matt Meier’s pull-up jumper at 4:16 made it 21-9.
The Saints continued to grow their lead in the second half, and led 42-20 early in the fourth quarter after a Chris Furner basket and Pat Matthews three ball in the left corner.
“They had lost five games in a row, but those losses were to five really good teams,” Abbott. “I tried to tell the players that Seton would play us harder than anyone we have faced all year. Saying and doing are different things. They just took us out of anything we wanted to do on offense.”
Furner scored 12 points to lead the Saints.
David Carson had eight points for the Tornado (9-3) who play at Windsor Friday. “It’s been a long time since we have lost, but it was just one game,” Abbott said. “We need to learn from it and get better.”
In the junior varsity matchup that featured two unbeaten clubs, Norwich extended its perfect record with a 56-54 win. Derek Hughes led NHS with 18 points and Richie Bonney had 10.
SCC: Meier, 2 3-4-8; Johnson, 1 0-0-2; Matthews, 4 0-0-10; Kolpakas, 1 0-0-2; Wan, 1 0-0-2; Armstrong, 2 2-2-6; Dan Gosney, 4 1-3-9; Kane, 0; Garbade, ; Smothers, 0; Chris Furner, 6 0-1-12.Totals: 21 6-10-51.
Norwich: Tim Clark, 1 3-5-5; Chris Mattingly, 1 0-0-2; Jeff Handy, 0; Patrick Coates, 2 3-6-7; Corey Dietrich, 1 0-0-2; Nate Foote, 0; Josh Borfitz, 1 0-0-3; Vaughn Labor, 0; Tyler Saroka, 2 1-2-6; David Carson, 4 0-1-8; Brian Wightman, 0; Justin Ballin, 0 0-2-0; Cory Law, 0; Craig Berg, 0. Totals: 12 7-16-33.
SCC 9 16 12 14–51
NHS 9 4 7 13–33
fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (S) Matthews 2, Meier, (N) Saroka, Borfitz. JV: Norwich won 56-54. Officials: Szelkowski, Vinsevich.
Afton 62, B-G 38
AFTON – Afton senior Bryant Winans shot past the 1,000-point mark scoring 32 points in victory over visiting B-G Tuesday.
Needing four points to reach the milestone, Winans had 22 of his team’s 29 points at halftime, and his total is at 1,028 and climbing. “We went to a man-to-man defense in the thrid quarter, and we were able to take control of the game,” said Afton head coach Dick Winans.
Jacob Snyder added 11 points for Afton (5-5), who play at Deposit Saturday.
Chris McGinnis scored 13 points for B-G (1-10).
B-G: Steve Patten, 1 0-0-2, Greg Dicks, 0 3-4-3, Ben Roosa, 1 0-0-2; Travis Dickey, 0, Tim Feyerabend, 4 0-0-8, Dylan Whitaker, 1 1-4-3; Ricky Marjorum, 3 0-0-6, Chris McGinnis, 6 1-6-13, Justin Pepper, 0 1-2-1. Totals: 16 6-16-38.
Afton: Bryant Winans, 11 6-10-32; Jacob Snyder, 4 2-2-11; Conor Tarbell, 4 0-0-8; Casey Mohrein, 0 2-8-2; Co. Mohrein, 1 0-0-2; Jacob Metch, 3 1-2-7; Matt McArthur, 0; Travis Jones, 0. Totals: 23 11-22-62 .
B-G 5 14 14 5–38
Afton 12 17 17 16–62
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (A) Winans 4, Snyder 1. JV: Afton won.
Girls’ Basketball
B-G 59, Afton 46
AFTON – Bainbridge-Guilford won its eighth straight game pulling away from Afton’s stiff challenge Tuesday.
Mariah Schaeffer scored 16 points, Dani Conway had 15, and Liz Holbert added 11, her second double figures game of the season. “We expected a tough game from (Afton),” said B-G coach Bob Conway, whose club by only five at halftime. “They have five kids that can score, so they’ll always be in the ballgame.”
Perhaps the best news for the Bobcats was the increased scoring of Ellery Gager, Kim Hart, and Brittney Fahringer, who each exceeded their season averages combining for 17 points. “They other kids are helping us a lot, and every game I see us getting better and better,” Conway said.
Jessica Winans led Afton with 16 points.
B-G: Mariah Schaeffer, 7 2-4-16; Ellery Gager, 2 3-8-7; Liz Holbert, 5 1-2-11; Brittney Fahringer, 2 0-0-4; Dani Conway, 3 8-10-15; Kimberly Hart, 3 0-0-6; Samantha DeGroat, 0. Totals: 22 14-24-59.
Afton: Stephanie Parsons, 0; Abby Martin, 1 0-0-2; Jessica Winans, 6 3-4-16; Heather Simonds 3 0-0-9; Ashley Winans 2 0-0-4; Hannah Westfall 1 1-4-3; Cheyenne Greenier, 0; Melissa Oswald, 4 2-4-10. Totals: 18 6-12-46.
B-G 14 16 17 12–59
Aft. 14 11 13 8–46
Three-pointers: (B) Conway, (A) Simonds 3, Winans. JV: B-G won.
Greene 53, Unadilla Valley 38
NEW BERLIN – Barb Borst and Megan McDermott completed three-point plays in the fourth quarter to stretch the Trojans’ lead to double digits and push their team’s winning streak to eight games.
“I thought we did a good job of boxing out most of the game, but they had a couple easy putbacks after missed foul shots, and we had too many fouls in the fourth quarter,” said UV coach Brandi Backus.
Borst scored 18 for the Trojans, while McDermott and Liz Wentlent netted 11 points apiece.
Jessica Lorence scored eight points for UV and Hannah Johnson pulled down 11 rebounds.
Greene: Barb Borst, 6 6-11-18; Abbey Wentlent, 0; Erin Smith, 3 0-0-7; Megan McDermott, 3 5-9-11; Lizzy Buhl, 3 0-0-6; Liz Wentlent, 3 5-8-11; Megan Kinne, 0; Amanda Burnett, 0. Totals: 18 16-28-53.
UV: Hannah Johnson, 3 1-2-7; Emily Sugar, 0; Jenna Rudnitsky, 0; Jessica Lorence, 3 1-2-8; Katelyn Ross, 2 0-1-4; Katrina Benson, 2 3-4-7; Catherine Thomas, 0; Cierra Izard, 0; Sarah Talbot, 3 0-0-6; Amanda Button, 1 0-0-2 ; Kristen Elliott, 0; Sally Hartwick, 2 0-0-4. Totals: 16 5-9-38.
Greene 15 10 13 15–53
UVall. 10 8 13 7–38
Fouled out: (UV) Benson. Three-point goals: (UV) Lorence. (G) Smith. JV: UV won 44-33. Officials: Cole, Green.
Oxford 64, Deposit 35
DEPOSIT – Oxford bucketed its highest point total of the season by 14 points to easily handle Deposit Tuesday evening.
Haley Witchella had her second straight double figures game scoring 17 points for the Blackhawks (6-4). Chelsea Farrell added 10 points and Christi Baker scored nine for Oxford, who stretched a 13-point halftime lead to 24 in the third quarter.
Oxford: Daisy Murphy, 0; Alyshia Crawford, 1 3-4-5; Jenna Farwell, 3 0-0-6; Christi Baker, 4 1-2-9; Chantel Crandall, 1 2-3-4; Chelsea Farrell, 5 0-2-10; Hollyann Branham, 2 1-2-5; Felicia Tynan, 4 0-0-8; Haley Witchella, 7 3-12-17; Erin Law , 0. Totals: 27 10-25-64.
Deposit: Emily Cecere, 5 2-2-14; B. Stanton, 0 1-4-1; Lindsey Wagner 1 0-0-2; L. Krembs, 0; N. Russell, 3 0-0-7; T. Scott, 0; Brittni Merrill, 0 3-5-3; Tara Mason, 0; C. Russell, 1 6-10-8; C. Ward, 0. Totals: 10 12-21-35.
