Boys’ Basketball
Norwich 67, Owego 59
OWEGO – The week and a half layoff appeared to hurt Norwich early, who rallied from a 10-point deficit in the first quarter to remain unbeaten on the season.
Harley Edwards canned two three-pointers, and had eight of his team’s points in a 12-2 salvo at the outset. “Owego is off to a pretty good start, and they were playing with confidence,” said Norwich coach Mark Abbott. “We took a timeout in the first quarter, which I almost never do, just to get composed. We were able to work ourselves back into the game.”
Norwich held a one-point lead after three periods, and pulled away in the fourth quarter. Josh Borfitz scored 11 of his 13 points after halftime. Vaughn Labor and David Carson had a pair of buckets over the final quarter, and the Tornado made 7-of-9 free throws down the stretch to seal the win. Corey Dietrich was 3-for-4, while Richie Bonney and Labor made a pair of charity tosses.
“We did a nice job in the fourth quarter of taking what the defense gave us,” Abbott said. “We slowed it down and pounded it inside to Vaughn and David.”
Labor led with 18 points, Dietrich scored 10, Tim Clark netted nine, and Bonney was next with eight markers. “We got back to the good balanced scoring with five guys close to double figures,” Abbott said. “We need multiple scoring threats and contributors, and it was a good night from that standpoint.”
Norwich (4-0) hosts Johnson City tonight.
Norwich: Casey Edwards, 0; Richie Bonney, 3 2-2-8; Corey Dietrich, 3 3-4-10; Tim Clark, 2 5-6-9; Josh Borfitz, 5 0-0-13; Vaughn Labor, 6 4-8-16; Seth Thomsen, 0; David Carson, 3 0-0-6; Derek Hughes, 2 1-6-5; Andrew Austin, 0. Totals: 24 15-26-67.
Owego: Hand, 0; Middendorf, 0; Harley Edwards, 5 3-4-16; Kevin Kie, 4 5-5-15; Ryan Bullock, 5 0-3-10; McAndren, 1 0-0-2; Linehan, 0 1-2-1; Sharpe, 1 4-7-6; Merritt, 3 3-5-9. Totals: 19 16-26-59.
NHS 13 17 15 22–67
Owe. 16 13 15 15–59
Fouled out: (O) Bullock, Linehan. Three-point goals: (O) Edwards 3, Kie 2. (N) Borfitz 3, Dietrich. JV: Norwich won 64-38. Officials: Killian, Carey.
Sherburne-Earlville 63, Waterville 37
SHERBURNE – Sherburne-Earlville won its Center State Conference opener in impressive fashion knocking off a Waterville team that had won its first two league contests.
Sean Boise canned a trio of three-pointers in the first quarter scoring 11 of his game-high 18 points as S-E led 21-10 early. “I was really happy with the balance we had on offense,” said S-E coach Kevin Vibbard. “We shared the ball well, and defensively we played pretty well.”
Caleb Brown added 15 points in the win, while Cody Schraft scored eight points and pulled down eight rebounds.
S-E (2-2) plays at Cooperstown Friday.
Waterville: Mike Purcell, 0; Taylor Jacquays, 2 0-0-4; Donny March, 0; Garth Curtis, 0; Robert Hughes, 1 0-0-2; Jordan Orendorff, 1 0-0-2; RJ Baumgarten, 1 4-7-6; Viktor Selyuzhitky, 4 0-3-8; Brett Baumgarten, 2 5-6-9; Dylan Hull, 3 0-1-6. Totals: 14 9-17-37.
S-E: Brett Nelson, 1 0-0-2; Caleb Brown, 6 2-2-15; Ethan Johnson, 1 0-0-2; Andrew Parks, 0; Branden McDaniel, 3 0-0-6; Sean Boise, 7 0-0-18; Phil Price, 3 0-0-6; Ryan Collins, 3 0-0-6; Cody Schraft, 4 0-0-8. Totals: 28 2-2-63.
Wat. 10 10 9 8–37
S-E 21 12 18 12–63
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (SE) Boise 4, Brown 1. JV: S-E won 61-47. Officials: Reynolds, Bennett.
Unadilla Valley 67, Deposit 44
DEPOSIT – Unadilla Valley received a career-high 27 points from Jimmy Jachim to even its mark at 2-2 on the season Tuesday night at Deposit.
Jachim, who added 12 rebounds and seven assists, scored 11 points in the third quarter to move the UV lead to 13 points. “We were able to get the ball inside to Josh Thomsen and Jimmy – they had a big height advantage,” said UV coach Matt Osborne. “(Jachim) will have to be a leader for us offensively this season.”
Paul Smith just missed a double-double totaling 11 points and nine assists. The Storm (2-2) host Afton Friday.
UV: Josh Thomsen, 4 0-0-8, Paul Smith, 5 1-3-11, Jimmy Jachim, 11 5-9-27, Ryan Harrington, 2 2-2-6, Dakota Davis, 1 0-0-2, Mike Burchill, 1 0-0-2, Mike Schowe 3 1-3-7, Tom Wallace, 0 2-2-2, Dan Keefe, 0, Tom Fenton, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 28 11-19-67
