Boys’ Basketball
Sherburne-Earlville 63, Mt. Markham 58
WEST WINFIELD – Sherburne-Earlville defeated Center State Conference Division II leader Mt. Markham on Friday, and moved to within one game of the Mustangs in the standings.
In a game of runs, the Marauders (5-3, 8-7) had the last one, a 6-0 salvo to break away from a 55-54 game. Cameron Yerton hit a three-pointer, and Sean Boise converted essential free throws to close out the win.
Early in the game, S-E finished the first quarter on a 12-1 salvo, and built its lead to 30-14 with three minutes left in the first half. Mt. Markham bundled together an 18-2 rush to knot the game by halftime. “I felt we showed a lot of character, especially on the road, to bounce back and play a good second half,” said S-E coach Kevin Vibbard.
Boise led the Marauders with 25 points on 8-for-13 shooting, and Yerton scored 11.
S-E hosts Waterville on Tuesday.
S-E: Randy Briggs, 0 0-1-0; Cameron Yerton, 4 0-0-11; Andrew Parks, 1 0-0-2; Paul Romanenko, 3 1-2-8; Doug Parks, 1 4-4-6; Sean Boise, 9 5-6-25; Ethan Johnson, 1 2-3-5; Matthew Piazzi, 2 2-2-6. Totals: 21 14-18-63 .
MM: Troy Barrett, 2 0-1-4; Matt Casale, 6 0-0-13; Jack Caraher, 4 3-7-11; Derek Seifried, 0; Rich Lusby, 0; Brad Niederlander, 5 0-0-11; Josh Diehl, 0 1-2-1; Dan Spicer, 0 1-2-1; Tyler Curtain, 8 1-2-17. Totals: 25 6-14-58.
S-E 18 14 15 16
MM 10 22 16 10
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (SE) Yerton 3, Romanenko, Boise 2, Johnson. (MM) Neiderlander, Casale. JV: MM won 47-42. Officials: Grimaldi, Jones.
Otselic Valley 70, Cincinnatus 57
SOUTH OTSELIC – Otselic Valley regrouped in the second half, and erased Cincinnatus’ seven-point halftime lead to win for the 11th time this season.
Dusty Davis came alive with a career-high night. Davis, who was averaging under 10 points a game coming into the contest, was mired in a recent scoring slump averaging just 5.5 points over the last four games. The junior forward broke through in a big way netting 34 points.
“Thirty-four points is a big night for anybody,” said OV coach Dave Loomis. “(Davis) had been struggling to find his range, but he was able to take the ball inside, and did a nice job for us.”
Ethan Rounds added his second straight double-double finishing with 11 points and 12 rebounds. “Cincinnatus came to play tonight, and they gave us more than we could handle in the first half,” Loomis said. “We made a little adjustment at halftime, and tightened up defensively.”
Cinc: Shevalier, 1 2-2-5; Joe Peri, 5 3-6-15; Lindley, 4 5-7-14; Rheinheimer, 4 4-5-12; Loomis, 4 2-4-10; Brown, 0 1-4-1; Baldwin, 0; Bowman, 0. Totals: 18 17-28-57.
OV: Trevor Marston, 0; Brock Rounds, 1 2-2-4; Chris Neal, 3 2-3-8; Dusty Davis, 13 7-7-34; D. Comfort, ; Karl Graham, 1 5-8-7; E. Rounds, 5 1-1-11; Jeff Pittsley, 3 0-16. Totals: 26 17-22-70.
Cincy 11 23 10 13–57
OV 11 16 22 21–70
Fouled out: (OV) Pittsley. Three-point goals: (OV) Davis. (C) Lindley, Peri 2. JV: OV won in overtime to improve to 14-1 overall. Officials: Ferrarese, Carson.
Walton 69, Greene 46
WALTON – Tyler Magnis scored 25 points for Walton, and had 14 of those markers in the opening two quarters as the Warriors fashioned a 32-21 halftime advantage.
“They came right out and led 7-2, and I think we were a little shocked early on,” said Greene coach Jeff Paske. “We turned it over to much, and they were able to convert.”
Greene had a steal and layup from Scott Gorton near the end of the half to close a big deficit to 11 by halftime. A strong third stanza by Walton upped that margin to 20.
Mark McDermott led Greene with 17 points, who play at Unatego Wednesday.
Greene: Kyle Gorton 1 0-0 2, Evan Moxley 0 0-0 0, Brendan Kinne 5 0-0 10, Scott Gorton 3 0-0 9, Alex Driscoll 1 0-0 2, Brian Day 2 1-4 6, Mike Hollings 0 0-0 0, Mark McDermott 8 1-1 17. Totals: 20 2-6-46.
Walton: Matt Bartlett 2 0-0 5, Orrin James 0 0-0 0, Kyle Baxley 4 0-0 9, Phil Hanley 0 0-0 0, Tyler Magnis 11 1-1 25, Dale Morley 4 2-4 10, Justin Knapp 0 0-0 0, Steve Kaminsky 5 0-0 12, Dan Gehl 4 0-0 8. Totals: 30 3-5-69.
Greene 9 12 14 11–46
Walton 17 15 23 14–69
Three-point goals: (G) S. Gorton 3, Day; (W) Kaminsky 2, Magnis 2, Baxley, Bartlett. JV: Greene won 61-58.
Morris 29, G-MU 12
MORRIS – G-MU was held to its all-time low point total in converting just five field goals against Morris’ tough man-to-man defense.
For their part, the Raiders gave up just 69 points in two games against the Tri-Valley League front-runner. “They have the best size in the league and they’re athletic,” said G-MU coach Bill Hartman of the Mustangs. “When you hold an undefeated team to that many points, wow, you think you would have a good chance of winning. We weren’t even close in either game.”
No player on either team reached double figures scoring with Morris’ Jared Weidman’s eight points the game-high. The Mustangs scored 20 in the opening half, 12 of those come on three balls – two from Weidman.
G-MU (5-10) hosts Milford on Tuesday.
G-MU: DeMario Reed, 0 2-2-2; Kevin Davis, 0; Greg Talbot, 1 0-0-2; Eddie Ray Cotton, 0; Chris Steckline, 0; Ian Edwards, 0; Alex Schmidt, 3 0-0-6; Zach Agresta, 0; Andrew Delmar, 0 0-2-0; Jon Scofield, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 5 2-4-12.
Morris: Clayton Bard, 1 0-2-2; Justin Utter, 2 0-0-5; Cory Forgit, 0; Garrett Decker, 1 0-0-2; Brandon Hitchcock, 0 0-1-0; Jared Weidman, 3 0-0-8; Colby Hull, 0; Eric Smith, 1 1-2-4; Joe Utter, 1 1-2-3; Nick Rozanski, 1 2-2-4; Sean Forgit, 0 1-2-1; Josh Myers, 0. Totals: 10 5-11-29.
G-MU 4 2 2 4–12
Morr. 9 11 5 4–29
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (M) Weidman 2, Utter, Smith. JV: Morris won. Officials. Brady, Eichler.
Westport 62, B-G 49
WESTPORT – B-G coach Ben Nelson brought his team to one of his former stomping grounds, and Nelson’s Bobcats came up short Saturday against the state-ranked Eagles of Section VII.
Westport busted out to a 22-4 lead at the outset, and led 35-15 at the break behind 16 points from Nate Gay. Bo McKinley scored 16 in the second half to help his team maintain its lead. Over the final two quarters, B-G (5-7) held a 34-27 advantage.
“Their two good players (Gay and McKinley) killed us, although the bus ride (four hours) wasn’t too good either,” Nelson said, who worked at Camp Dudley in Westport for several years, and was an assistant girls varsity basketball coach for Westport as well. “We knew how we wanted to defend McKinley and Gay, we just didn’t do a very good job of stopping them.”
McKinley finished with 28 points and Gay 24.
Justin Pepper had 15 points to lead B-G, who play Delhi tonight.
