Field Hockey
Greene 4 Windsor 0
WINDSOR – Just two games into the season, Greene coach Sue Carlin was quick to praise the amount of improvement in her team since its first scrimmage three weeks ago. “Today was the best that we’ve played as far as scrimmages and our two games,” Carlin said. “We passed it well, we saw the open player, and people were cutting and receiving.”
Greene received all the scoring it would need when Andrea Day tallied off a pass from Jahna Driscoll, and senior midfielder Abbey Wentlent followed in her own shot after a penalty corner to put away the game’s second tally for the 2-0 halftime lead.
Three of Greene’s four goals came off penalty corners with Emily Conroe and Driscoll finding the Windsor cage in the second half. “We executed really well in the circle tonight,” Carlin said. “They were making the extra pass, and it made a big difference.”
Greene (2-0) plays at Oxford tonight at 7 p.m.
Summary
(2-0 at half)
Goals-assists: (G) Andrea Day, 1-1, Abbey Wentlent, 1-0 Emily Conroe, 1-0, Jahna Driscoll, 1-1.
Shots-corners: (G) 13-17, (W) 3-3.
Saves: (G) Devyn Staley, 2, (W) Baldwin, 2, Goetz, 7.
Boys’ Soccer
Oxford 8, Afton 1
OXFORD – Oxford made it two straight routs to start the season as Justin Schray had a career-best five-goal game in the Blackhawks’ blowout win over Afton.
Four of Schray’s goals came in a 5-1 first half. Jacob Carr had one goal and three assists, while Ryan Moore and Evan Landau found the Afton net.
“We just pressured the ball really well and got some turnovers in their defensive third,” said Oxford coach Dennis Smith. “We were able to put the balls away when we got the chances.”
Oxford plays Unadilla Valley next Wednesday.
Summary
(5-1 Oxford at the half)
Goals-assists: (A) Josh Askar, 1-0 (PK). (O) Justin Schray 5-0, Jacob Carr, 1-3, Ryan Moore, 1-0, Evan Landau, 1-0.
Shots-cornerkicks: (O) 19-5, (A) 6-3.
Saves: (O) Branden McConnell, 5. (A) Matt Olin, 8.
Greene 4, Delhi 1
DELHI – Greene found itself in a first-half hole, and answered with four straight goals.
Making some on-the-fly adjustments, Greene scored three times in the first half to take the lead. Alex Driscoll had the opening goal, Corey Dietrich the go-ahead goal, and Driscoll made it a two-goal advantage. Driscoll had the second-half goal to complete his second straight hat trick.
“Delhi has had that knack to score early, and we’ve had to adjust to what they were doing,” said Greene coach Rick Tallman. “They were overloading one side. We made the adjustment to defend tha,t and then put ourselves in position to counter...and it worked.”
It was just the second game for Greene, who had a week layoff between contests. Tallman wasn’t sure what to expect against a Bulldogs team that has given Greene trouble in recent years. “They have a couple of good players that we had to worry about,” he said. “Without having a lot of information on them, we had to put in the best game plan we could.”
Greene (2-0) plays at Sidney on Monday.
Summary
(3-1 Greene at half)
Goals-assists: (G) Alex Driscoll, 3-0, Corey Dietrich, 1-0, Nate Patrick, 0-1, Evan Moxley, 0-1, Mikki Brown, 0-1. (D) Carson King, 1-0.
Shots-corners: (G) 13-4, (D) 5-1.
Saves: (G) Curtis Richards, 4. (D) Roche, 5.
Hamilton 5, Sherburne-Earlville 0
HAMILTON – At the Hamilton Optimist tourney, Daniel Kraynack scored two early goals for Hamilton, who rolled to a shutout win over S-E Thursday night.
S-E took a step backward, said head coach Mike Rodriguez, after a strong performance in the Marauders’ tournament last weekend. “Give credit to Hamilton, they have a good team,” Rodriguez said, “but we did not play well and could not do anything right tonight.”
S-E plays in the tournament’s consolation game on Saturday against DeRuyter.
Summary
(3-0 Hamilton at half)
Goals-assist: (H) Daniel Kraynack, 2-0, Brandon Thomas, 1-0, Sam Owens, 1-1, Lucas Rhyde, 1-0, Noah Fry, 0-1.
Shots-cornerkicks: (H) 25-7, (SE) 3-0.
Saves: (H) Kinnon Nolan-Finkle, 0. (SE) Sam Caton 6, James Behret, 4.
Girls’ Soccer
Johnson City 3, Norwich 1
JOHNSON CITY – All of the game’s scoring came in the final 20 minutes of play as Johnson City defeated Norwich on Thursday.
Maddie Gowean scored twice for JC, the second capping the scoring with 3:29 to play. The Wildcats unlocked a scoreless game when Rachel Hamlin beat the Norwich defense to tally with 19 minutes remaining.
