Boys’ Basketball
Norwich 66, Chenango Forks 50
CHENANGO – Norwich reached one of its preseason goals picking up its 10th win of the season Wednesday night at Chenango Forks.
With the Tornado perimeter shooters misfiring more than usual, senior Richie Bonney picked up the slack on the inside. Bonney had 21 points by halftime, and finished with a career-high 34. “Chenango Forks made a concerted effort to take away our perimeter game in the first half,” said Norwich coach Mark Abbott. “Unfortunately for them, they had no one to match Richie.”
Chenango Forks hung within 34-27 at halftime getting good dribble penetration through the Norwich defense. NHS held the Blue Devils to just eight points in the third quarter, and the three-point shooting finally came around.
Jon Foulds nailed two threes in the third, and Josh Borfitz a third as the lead grew to 16 after three periods, and as many as 22 points in the fourth quarter.
“Our effort on the defensive end was much better in the second half,” Abbott said. “I’m not sure what it was, but we didn’t come out in the first half with the intensity that we needed.”
Norwich (10-2) hosts Johnson City on Friday night, the third meeting between the two schools this season. Norwich won the first matchup at JC in December, but lost in the finals of the Stop-DWI tournament just over three weeks ago. Norwich trails STAC Central Division leader Maine-Endwell by one game, and needs a win Friday to stay in the division title hunt.
“Friday’s game is the biggest one we have on our schedule,” Abbott said. “We see Maine-Endwell here in a couple of weeks, but it won’t mean much if we don’t keep our record clean. Johnson City has proven they can beat us, so we need to be ready to play, no doubt.”
NHS: Casey Edwards, 0; Dennis Oralls, 1 0-0-3; Richie Bonney, 14 4-9-34; Jacob Kelly, 0; Frank Somich, 0; Josh Borfitz, 2 2-2-7; Seth Thomsen, 2 1-2-6; Jon Foulds, 3 0-0-8; Alex Williams, 0; Derek Hughes, 1 0-2-2; Andrew Austin, 2 1-2-6; Josh Favaloro, 0. Totals: 25 8-17-66 .
Chenango Forks: Pat Creagh, 2 9-11-14; Matt LeVasseur, 1 0-0-2; Derek Foster, 0 0-2-0; Corey Bruet, 3 1-3-8; Steve VanKuren, 4 0-0-9; Casey Redfern, 4 4-5-13; Dan Molter, 1 1-1-3; Corey Gildea, 0 1-2-1. Totals: 15 16-24-50.
NHS 18 16 17 15–66
CFks 12 15 8 15–50
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (N) Bonney 2, Foulds 2, Austin, Borfitz, Oralls, Thomsen. (CF) Redfern, Creagh, Bruet, Van Kuren. JV: Norwich won 79-47. Officials: Miller, Ehrie.
Sidney 65, Greene 49
SIDNEY – Sidney used a 12-0 run in the fourth quarter to pull away from the Trojans in Wednesday’s MAC divisional matchup.
Greene closed to within 50-46 early in the fourth when Mark McDermott hit a three-pointer on the second possession of the quarter.
Joe Petroski was fouled on Sidney’s next offensive sequence, and made the first of two free throws for his club. After Petroski missed the second free throw, Alex Heil put back the miss for a bucket to ignite his team’s spurt. Heil had eight in the fourth quarter to finish with 20.
“They just beat us up inside in the last quarter with offensive rebounds and second-chance points,” said Greene coach Jeff Paske. “We just needed to string together a few more defensive stops.”
McDermott scored 19 to lead the Trojans (2-3, 6-6), and Scott Gorton added 15.
Greene: Kyle Gorton, 1 1-2-3; Evan Moxley, 1 0-0-3; Brendan Kinne, 3 0-2-7; Scott Gorton, 5 3-4-15; Alex Driscoll, 1 0-1-2; Brian Day, 0; Mark McDermott, 9 0-0-19. Totals: 20 4-9-49.
Sidney: Matt Vogul, 0, Alex Heil, 8 4-5-20, Aaron Wood, 3 0-0-6, Joe Petroski, 1 2-4-4, Andy Kozak, 2 0-1-5, Nick Burpoe, 2 1-2-5, Mike Neil, , Josh Wilce, 0 0-1-0, Dylan Umbra, 7 1-2-19, Tyler Pixley, , Corbin Curley, 0, Tyler Smith, 0, Tanner Westcott, 3 0-1-6, Logan Raymond, 0. Totals: 26 8-16-65.
Gre. 13 12 18 6–49
Sidn. 14 13 23 15–65
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (G) Gorton 2, Moxly, Kinne, McDermott, (S) Umbra 4, Kozak. JV: Sidney won 57-48 (OT), Officials: Griffin, Szelkowski.
Stockbridge Valley 46, Otselic Valley 45
MUNNSVILLE – Stockbridge Valley avenged an early-season seven-point defeat to the Vikings taking advantage of numerous OV turnovers.
“We had 28 turnovers, and coupled with poor shooting, just didn’t score enough points tonight,” said Vikes coach Dave Loomis. “We threw the ball away too much, and missed shots that we need to make. We hope to iron out those wrinkles by Friday.”
Jeff Pittsley scored 21 points for OV, who play DeRuyter on Friday.
OV: Trevor Marston, 0 4-8-4; Brock Rounds, 1 1-2-3 ; Chris Neal, 3 0-2-6; Dusty Davis, 1 0-0-2; D. Comfort, ; Karl Graham, 2 0-0-4 ; DJ Worden, ; D. Day, ; M. Sawyer, ; Brandon Coye, ; Matt Williams, 0; E. Rounds, 2 1-4-5; C. Fuller, ; Jeff Pittsley, 10 1-2-21. Totals: 19 7-18-45.
SV: Relyea, 3 3-4-11; Berger, 5 2-2-12; Wilson, 0; Netzbard, 3 1-3-8; Davison, 2 0-0-4; Hardle, 3 0-0-6; Mike Marshall, 1 1-2-3; Craig Marshall, 0 2-2-2. Totals: 17 9-13-46 .
OV 5 12 13 15–45
SV 7 8 19 12–46
Fouled out: (S) Davison, Team fouls: (S) 16, (OV) 14; Three-pointers: (SV) Relyea 2, Netzbard. Officials: Kemp, Hartz.
Delhi 70, Unadilla Valley 31
DELHI – Zach Newkerk had 22 points for Delhi, who padded their lead in the fourth quarter to blowout proportions.
“The first half and the third quarter, we did a great job against their press, we just missed some easy shots inside,” said UV coach Matt Osborne. “The last quarter, we turned it over quite a bit.”
Jason Peck scored 10 points to lead UV.
UV: Austin Glidden, 3 0-0-8; Garrett Mackey, 0; Ian Tuttle, 0; Ryan Harrington, 1 0-0-2; Tom Wallace, 1 0-0-2; Mike Schowe, 1 2-4-4; Dylan Webb, 0 1-2-1; Jason Peck, 4 0-0-10; Mason Talbot, 0; Mitchell MacDuff, 2 0-0-4. Totals: 12 3-6-31.
Delhi: Jaffeth Gotay, 1 0-0-2, Anthony Salerno, 2 2-2-6, Tyler McAteer, 2 0-0-4, Ethan Sackett, 1 0-0-2, Curt Beall, 0, Kevin O'Connell, 1 0-0-2, Lucas Cipperly, 4 0-0-8, Matt Nicholson, 4 4-4-12, Jacob Sackett, 0 1-2-1, Geoff Hartmann, 3 0-0-7, Zach Newkerk, 10 2-4-22, Jacob Haynes, 2 0-0-4. Totals: 30 9-12-70.
UVall 8 8 11 4–31
Delhi 20 17 12 21–70
