Boys’ Soccer
Greene 3, Delhi 1
GREENE – All it took for Greene to pick up the pace was find itself on the short end of the scoreboard.
Delhi’s Carson King scored with 18:34 left in the first half giving the Bulldogs the early lead. From that point on, it was all Greene, who scored three unanswered goals in the second half, and defeated Delhi for the first time in three years.
“We weren’t playing with any momentum or passion, and (Delhi’s) goal lit a fire under us,” said Greene coach Rick Tallman. “Whether the score reflected it or not, I thought we dominated the first half. Their sweeper is phenomenal and made it difficult for us, but once we started playing it outside and put good passing combinations together, we were able to step up and score.”
The Trojans tied the game eight minutes into the second half after a foul in the penalty box led to Alex Driscoll’s penalty kick. Driscoll netted the go-ahead goal four minutes later beating a Delhi defender and netting the tally into the left side of the net.
Eli Marks tacked on an insurance goal getting a feed from Evan Moxley. “This is a big win for us, especially considering how good Delhi has been the last two years,” Tallman said. “We’ve known the past two years that we could play with them. This should give us a good momentum boost.”
Greene plays Unatego this Friday at 6 p.m. in the Oxford Tournament.
Summary
(1-0 Delhi at half)
Goals-assists: (D) Carson King, 1-0; Lucas Cipperly, 0-1. (G) Alex Driscoll, 2-0, Eli Marks, 1-0, Evan Moxley, 0-1.
Shots-corners: (D) 4-2, (G) 10-9.
Saves: (D) Pat Cobane, 5, (G) Curtis Richards, 2.
Oneonta 6, Norwich 0
NORWICH – Oneonta revved up its offense in the first half, and put its first goal on the board after a Norwich miscue.
A crossing pass by the Yellowjackets in front of the Norwich keeper was errantly knocked into the goal by a Tornado defender attempting the clear the ball out of the zone at 7:35.
Eric Deemer followed that up with three goals for Oneonta, who finished with a 23-3 edge in shots on goal.
Norwich plays at Maine-Endwell Friday.
Summary
(5-0 at half)
Goals-assists; (O) own goal, 1-0; Eric Deemer, 3-0; Aaron Foreman, 1-0; Eric Michelitsch, 1-0; Sean Murphy, 0-1; Jacob Joseph, 0-1.
Shots-corners: (O) 23-5, (N) 3-1.
Saves: (O) Alex Messch, 0, Sean Cobstill, 3, (N) David Layman, 5, Nate Perry, 9.
Girls’ Soccer
Sidney 2, Unadilla Valley 1 (OT)
SIDNEY – Sidney rallied to tie the game and force overtime, and leading scorer Dani Gravel gave the Warriors the victory in the second 10-minute overtime, Wednesday.
The Storm, who have an overtime loss on the books already this season, grabbed the lead at 27:53 of the second half when Emily Hutchinson scored off an Amanda Tumilowicz feed.
Nearly 20 minutes later, Sidney’s Kristen Witten tied the contest forcing extra minutes. Gravel, who was contained most of the game, had a ball played back to her, and second connected with the winner at the 6:57 mark.
“I thought we played well and I’m not disappointed with the effort at all,” said UV coach Chris Bieniek. “There were a lot of opportunities all over the field, they were just able to get loose a couple of times.”
