Boys’ Basketball
Norwich 55, Johnson City 42
JOHNSON CITY – Friday’s night’s game at Johnson City could have been one of those “trap games.” Coming off a intense, gratifying division win over Seton Catholic Central earlier, the Norwich machine trudged forward with a workmanlike sixth straight victory over an improved Wildcats club.
“Johnson City has a decent record, and they’ve lost some tough, close games. They are athletic and competitive,” said Norwich coach Mark Abbott. “They gave us our money’s worth.”
Derek Hughes provided a necessary spark for Norwich off the bench in a 13-7 third stanza that stretched the Tornado’s four-point halftime lead to 43-33. Hughes had a pair of assists and a pair of steals during the pivotal eight minutes that gave Norwich breathing room.
Meanwhile, the Norwich limited Johnson City’s leading scorer, Ronald Teekasingh, to just six points. Teekasingh had averaged over 18 points a game over the last six contests. Too, Norwich did not allow its opponent a double figures scorer, one of several times that has happened during a 15-2 season. “Teekasingh and Troy Robinson are good scorers for them, but if you look at our season as a while, the only scorers we’ve had trouble with were Alex Mirabito (Oneonta) and the one night we played Windsor,” Abbott said. “Other than that, we’ve been able to ‘D up’ the other team’s best options pretty good.”
Corey Dietrich scored 13 points for Norwich, and Vaughn Labor had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Tim Clark led with seven assists and David Carson pocketed three steals.
Norwich won the rebounding battle, 32-25, finished 20-for-48 from the field, and limited JC to 17-for-56 (30 percent) shooting.
Norwich hosts Owego Tuesday.
Norwich: Casey Edwards, 1 0-0-2; Richie Bonney, 2 0-0-5; Corey Dietrich, 5 2-2-13; Tim Clark, 1 1-2-3 ; Josh Borfitz, 3 1-1-9; Vaughn Labor, 5 2-3-12; Seth Thomsen, 0; David Carson, 2 2-2-6; Derek Hughes, 1 3-4-5; Cory Law, 0; Christian Hotaling, 0. Totals: 20 11-14-55.
JC: Dominic Dellos, 2 0-0-5; Braden Kuzel, 2 0--5; Jake Spalik, 1 0-0-3; Josky Yebo, 0; Ronald Teekasingh, 2 1-2-6; Troy Robinson, 3 0-0-7; Gil Choi, 0; Jason Phillips, 1 0-0-2; Zach Matuszak, 1 2-2-4; Taylor Kettle, 1 0-02; Daquan Jones, 3 0-0-6 Powell, 1 0-0-2.. Totals: 17 3-4-42.
NHS 19 11 13 12—55
JC 13 13 7 9—42
Foueld out: none. Three-point goals: (N) Borfitz 2, Bonney, Dietrich. (HC) Dellos Kuzel, Spalik, Teekasingh, Robinson. JV: JC won 67-52. Officials: Killian, Barber.
Otselic Valley 55, Cincinnatus 19
CINCINNATUS – Otselic Valley smothered the Cincinnatus offense, and cruised to an easy win Friday night.
Brad Wentworth scored 15 points and Justin Shapley 11 for the Vikings.
Cincinnatus had just six points in the first half. “We changed up defenses, and they couldn’t get anything going offensively,” said OV coach Dave Loomis.
Otselic Valley is at Edmeston tonight.
OV: Troy Rasmussen, 0; Adam Duell, 0 0-1-0; David Cerasani, 4 0-1-9; Tyler Davis, 1 0-0-2; Brad Wentworth, 4 6-8-15; Christopher Neal, 0 2-3-2; Justin Shapley, 5 1-3-11; Garth Hubbard, 0 0-1-1; Michael Sawyer, 0; Brandon Coye, 0; Matthew Williams, 1 1-2-3; Ethan Rounds, 1 0--02; Dusty Davis, 1 0-0-2; Jefferson Pittsley, 4 1-1-9; Jamin Selan, 0. Totals: 21 11-20-55.
Cin: Halstrom, 0; Brown, 0; Eaton, 0 1-2-1; Rheinheimer 1 0-1-2; Perkins, 1 0-0-2; Monroe, 0; Wilcox, 0; Commack, 2 0-0-4; Silverstein, 5 0-1-0. Totals: 9 1-5-19.
OV 14 15 19 7–55
Cin. 4 2 8 5–19
Fouled out: Monroe, Silverstein. Team fouls: (C) 21, (OV) 10. JV: Cincinnatus won. Officials: Hartnett, Martins.
Greene 59, Unatego 53
GREENE – Combined with Walton’s defeat on Friday, Greene moved into sole possession of first place in MAC’s Division One with a home win over Unatego Friday night.
Unatego closed to within 54-50 on Kyle Ray’s basket with under two minutes to play. Greene answered on the next sequence when Evan Moxley assisted Dan Carlin on a layup. A defensive stop later, and Greene’s Scott Gorton tacked on a pair of free throws.
“Our bench came up huge tonight,” said Greene coach Jeff Paske. “We had only gotten two points from our bench the last two games, and tonight we had 17.”
Mark McDermott had 11 off the bench and reserve Mark Day netted six. The duo ignited the Greene offense in the second quarter splitting 10 points evenly in an 18-10 quarter. The big second stanza lifted Greene to a six-point halftime advantage.
Gorton, who was bottled up in the first half by Unatego’s defense, scored 12 of his 15 points in the second half. Carlin added six assists for Greene (6-2, 12-5), who can clinch a tie for the division title with a win at Walton Wednesday.
Unatego: Cody Komenda, 5 3-3-16; Charlie D’Angelo, 3 0-0-6; Will May, 5 0-0-11; Carter Carey, 0; Chet Davis, 1 1-2-3; Kyle Ray, 6 5-9-17; Dale Rifanbark, 0. Totals: 20 9-14-53.
Greene: Mark Day, 0; Evan Moxley, 2 0-0-6; Scott Gorton, 4 3-4-15; Brian Day, 2 2-5-6; Ethan Buhl, 0; Mark McDermott, 4 3-4-11; Booker Davis, 1 4-4-6; Dustin Turner, 3 2-4-8; Dan Carlin, 3 1-3-7. Totals: 19 15-24-59.
