Boys’ Swimming
Norwich 92, Susquehanna Valley 91
NORWICH – Down by five points entering the last event, Norwich rallied for its fourth win in five meets this season taking first and third in the 400-yard freestyle relay to defeat the Sabers by one point Friday night.
Scott Cihocki, Curtis Woodard, Talon Schroeder, and Lucas Follett easily claimed victory in the last event, but it was the third-place finish of Joe Stagliano, Jordan Osterhout, Dan Zieno, and Greg Todd that catapulted the Tornado to the win. “Sus Valley gave us a good run, but the team pulled together and gave us the win,” said Norwich coach Jon Aikins. “I’m proud of my swimmers. Their hard work is paying off.”
Schroeder, Todd, Follett, and Zieno all came through with individual wins, although SV was able to hang in the meet with narrow first-place finishes in the 100-yard backstroke (15 hundreths of a second) and 100-yard breaststroke (12 hundreths of a second) that preceded the final event.
The Tornado will host Chenango Forks on Friday, Jan. 21 at 5:30 p.m. Before the meet, the Tornado will recognize 50 years of Norwich swimming. Members of the Tornado swimming alumni are asked to attend the meet to commemorate the anniversary.
Results
200-yard medley relay: (N), 1:54.07, Lucas Follett, Nick Mooney, Curtis Woodard, Scott Cihocki. 200 free: (N) Talon Schroeder, 1:59.16; 200 IM: (N) Greg Todd, 2:21.81. 50 free: (N) Follett, 24.26. Diving: (SV) Derek Linebaugh, 290.20. 100 fly: (N) 1:01.17. 100 free: (N) Scott Cihocki, 54.96. 500 free: (N) Dan Zieno, 5:54.57. 200 free relay: (SV), 1:44.14. 100 back: (SV) Matt Christian, 1:01.24. 100 breaststroke: (SV) Neil Chapel, 1:13.19. 400 free relay: (N) 3:47.16, Cihocki, Woodard, Schroeder, Follett.
Boys’ Bowling
Norwich 4, Johnson City 1
NORWICH – Norwich moved within one point of STAC Central Division leader Johnson City Friday night taking all but one point from the Wildcats at Plaza Lanes.
Darrel Humphrey led the Tornado (34-21) with a 628 series, and Joe Bazarnik added a season-best 605 triple. The Tornado marked in 49 out 50 possible frames in posting a 1,095 total in the second game. JC nearly stole the match as the Tornado slumped to an 845 total in the final game.
Norwich is at Windsor Wednesday.
Varsity honor scores
NHS (2,920): Ben Barnes, 214; Arden Hamstra, 222; Darrel Humphrey, 200, 216, 212, 628; Joe Bazarnik, 216, 216, 605; Kevin Rooney, 225.
JC (2,882): Tyler Lewis, 235; Steve Czumak, 233; Micah Neiss, 216; Art Hrotowski, 253.
