Girls’ Basketball
Norwich 64, Susquehanna Valley 42
NORWICH – Norwich overcame Susquehanna Valley’s hot start making up an eight-point deficit, while producing its best offensive performance of the season Tuesday night.
SV led 10-2 early on after a Samantha Williams three ball at the 5:22 mark.
Hannah Runyon started an 11-4 Tornado spurt with two free throws. Elisha Eddy added two layups, Adrienne Sharpe scored three points, and Michelle Testani connected on a layup after an Eddy pass.
Norwich struggled to shake the Sabers until the midway point of the fourth quarter. Leading 48-37 at the 5:42 mark of the fourth, Eddy, who was in foul trouble most of the second half, scored 10 points in three minutes during a 14-2 run.
Eddy led with 20 points and 13 rebounds, Testani netted a season-high 17 points including three three-pointers, and Runyon finished with eight points, 15 rebounds and six assists. Tatyana Ithier also dished out six assists for Norwich (4-5).
SV: Samantha Williams, 5 1-1-11; Julie Castelli, 4 0-0-9; Sarah Haskell, 1 0-2-2; Mary Rood, 0; Britt Blazicek, 1 0-0-2; Sydney Williams, 1 0-0-2; Stephanie Freije , 0; Katheryn Dunn, 0 1-2-1; Kaylin Coe, 0 1-4-1; Kassandra Drake, 2 0-0-4; Jamie Drake, 4 1-3-10. Totals: 18 4-12-42.
Norwich: Gabrielle Testani, 2 1-2-5; Michelle Testani, 6 2-2-17; Kanako Takuume, 0 0-0-0; Sarah Bonnell, 0 0-0-0; Molly Demellier, 1 2-2-4; Elisha Eddy, 7 6-6-20; Hannah Runyon, 3 2-2-8; Adrienne Sharpe, 2 2-3-6; Tatyana Ithier, 2 0-0-4. Totals: 23 15-17-64.
SVal 14 9 10 9–42
NHS 13 16 14 21–64
Fouled out: none. Team fouls: (N) 11, (SV) 12. Three-point goals: (N) M. Testani 3, (SV) J. Drake, J. Castelli. JV: Sus Valley won 32-28. Officials: Berg, Scarinzi.
Boys’ Basketball
Oxford 56, Unadilla Valley 39
OXFORD – Oxford won for the fourth time in five games improving to 6-3 on the season Tuesday night.
The Blackhawks heard the charge of coach Tim Davis at halftime, and nearly pulled off his request. “At halftime I told them I wanted us up 20 points,” Davis said, whose club led 32-21 at the break. “Within three minutes, we were up 19. It was close.”
Alex Champlin had six of his 17 points in the third quarter, a stanza that left the Blackhawks with comfortable 17-point lead. “We did a better job running the fast break and getting easy conversions,” Davis said of the third quarter.
Cory Seiler added 16 points for Oxford, who play at Afton Monday.
Paul Smith led UV with 10 points.
UV: Josh Thomsen, 2 0-0-4, Paul Smith, 5 0-0-10, Jimmy Jachim, 3 2-4-8, Ryan Harrington, 2 0-2-4, Dakota Davis, 1 1-2-3, Mike Burchill, 1 0-0-2, Mike Schowe 1 2-2-4, Tom Wallace, 2 0-0-4, Dan Keefe, 0, Fred Hutchinson, 0 0-0 0, Tom Fenton, 0 0-0 0, August Marcy, 0 0-0 0. Totals: 17 5-10-39.
Oxford: Brett Trask, 2 1-2-5; Chris Covey, 0; Cory Seiler, 6 4-5-16; Alex Champlin, 7 3-5-17; Zack Barry, 2 0-0-4 ; Ethan Paul, 0 0-2-0; Devin Slater, 0; Ralph Renaud, 1 0-0-2; Jeremy Nelson, 2 0-0-4; Tom Gould, 4 0-0-8. Totals: 24 8-14-56.
UVall 9 12 8 10–39
Oxf 14 18 14 10–56
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: none. JV: Oxford won. Officials: Mike Vinsevich, D. Springer.
Sherburne-Earlville 70, Westmoreland 62
SHERBURNE – Sherburne-Earlville dealt Westmoreland – state-ranked up until a week ago – just its second loss of the season Tuesday.
