Girls’ Basketball
Oxford 57, Hancock 27
OXFORD – On senior recognition night, Oxford raced to a 14-1 lead in the opening quarter to win its eighth straight game on Thursday. The Blackhawks improved to 9-2 in league, and will occupy either the second, third or fourth seed in next week’s Midstate Athletic Conference Tournament.
Playing little more than half the game, Haley Witchella led the Blackhawks with 21 points, and Jackie Heggie added 13. Kayla Golden, one of four Oxford seniors, added a season-high eight points.
“We wanted to come out and get a jump them early,” said Oxford coach Chris Palmer. “We believed we were the better team, and we were able to come out and do what we wanted to do.”
Oxford’s seniors honored before the game were Witchella, Golden, Ginny Burdick, and Allie Nelson.
Hancock: Jordan Geer, 0 3-4-3, Kortni Figura, 1 2-6-4; Bri Kravetsky, 0 2-4-2; Cassandra Letosky, 2 2-2-7; Lindsay McGraw, 2 0-0-6; Sayla Kane, 1 1-2-3; Ashley Banicky, 0 0-0-0; Stephanie Caucci, 0 0-0-0. Totals: 7 10-18-27 .
Oxford: Emily Smith, 0 0-2-0, Allie Nelson, 2 0-0-4; Ginny Burdick, 2 0-0-5, Jackie Heggie, 5 3-4-13, Julie Heggie, 1 0-0-2; Kayla Golden, 4 0-0-8; Lacey Barry, 1 0-0-2, Brooke Noble, 1 0-0-2, Haley Witchella, 10 0-0-21. Totals: 26 3-6-57.
Han. 1 9 9 8–27
Oxfd. 14 20 14 9–57
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (O) Witchella, Burdick, (H) Letosky, McGraw 2. Officials: Dadamio, Berg.
S-E 52, Mount Markham 30
WEST WINFIELD – Sherburne-Earlville moved one victory from clinching a tie in the Center State Conference beating Mount Markham on the road Thursday night.
Briana Vibbard had 10 points in the opening half as S-E jumped out to a 32-11 lead. Vibbard had 12 points and six steals, while Cassie Beaver led the Marauders with 13 points. Vibbard’s point total was her varsity high. “We’ve been asking Briana to look for her shot more because she is more than capable of putting it in the basket,” said S-E coach Karen Mulligan. “She played great defense tonight, and this scoring can only help us down the road.”
Four other players had at least six points for the balanced Marauders, who host Cooperstown on Monday. “Everyone got a lot of minutes tonight, and it was nice to see other people in the scoring column,” Mulligan said.
S-E: Sierra Morris, 0; Briana Vibbard, 4 3-3-12; Jordan Van Althuis, 3 0-0-8; Caitlynn Adams, 2 2-4-6; Karly Wagner, 3 0-0-6; Bridget Irwin, 2 3-3-7; Katherine Robertson, 0; Cassie Beaver, 4 5-5-13. Totals: 18 13-15-52.
MM: Stacy Collins, 1 0-0-2; Stephanie Carnegie, 0 0-2-0; Jenna Waite, 0; Brianne Scanlon, 2 1-2-5; Megan Pearson, 0; Angela Bartlett, 0; Tori Roberts, 10 3-5-23; Morgan Westbrook, 0. Totals: 13 4-11-52.
S-E 15 17 8 12–52
MM 3 8 10 9–30
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (SE) Vibbard, Van Althuis 2. JV: S-E won 37-32.
Greene 34, Sidney 20
GREENE – Greene held Sidney to just two field goals in the second half to earn a win Thursday night.
Andrea Day hit three three-pointers to finish with 11 points, Rebecca Smith scored nine, and Rachel Turner had eight for the Trojans. “Our defense was awesome tonight, and they didn’t get a lot of good looks,” said Greene coach Dave Gorton. “On offense, we worked the ball inside really well. In the first half we were settling for too many jump shots.”
Sidney: Meridith Delello, 0 0 -2-0; Katelyn Philpott, 1 1 -2-3; Sarah Theobald, 0; Lyndsay Delello, 2 3-6-7; Kelsey Decker, 3 1-2-8; Rachel Decker, 1 0-1-2; Melia Wakeman, 0; Shelby Bourn, 0; Bethany Karl, 0. Totals: 7 5-13-20.
Greene: Rachel Turner, 3 2-4-8; Andrea Day, 3 2-4-11; Emily Conroe, 0; Jessica Brooks, 1 1-5-3; Kaitlin Gorton, 1 0-6-3; Rebecca Smith, 3 3-9-9; Natalie Greene, 0; Alisha Montelione, 0; Shannon Gregory, 0. Totals: 11 8-28-34.
Sidn 6 6 4 4–20
Gre. 8 9 10 7–34
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (G) Gorton, Day 3, (S) K. Decker. JV: Greene won. Officials: Kroh, Hendrickson.
Unadilla Valley 50, Delhi 18
NEW BERLIN – Two sophomores and a freshman combined for 42 of UV’s points Thursday as the Storm picked up their fourth league victory.
Sophomore Jordan Anderson had 15 points in the opening half as UV built a 30-12 lead. Anderson finished with 18 points. Freshman Taylor Davis had her best varsity game scoring 13 points and picking up nine steals. Sophomore center Amanda Off added 12 points.
Delhi: Amber Brown, 2 0-0-4; Marisa Chytalo, 1 2-4-4; Jackie Newkerk, 2 0-0-4; Horohoe, 0; Payne, 1 0-0-2; Sam Howard, 0; B. Merriman, 0; Kacie Anderson, 0; Kaitlin Haynes, 1 0-0-2; Libby Buel, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 8 2-4-18.
UV: Kayla Winnicki, 0; Amanda Off, 4 4-6-12; Maggie Avolio, 0; Lindsay Avolio, 2 0-0-4; Taylor Davis, 6 1-3-13; Charlee Weidman, 0 1-2-1; Jordan Anderson, 6 6-12-18 ; Carly Lorence, 0 0-20; Brittany Fairchild, 0; Mikayla Fowler, 1 0-0-2 . Totals: 19 12-25-50 .
Delh 6 6 2 4–18
UVa. 17 13 12 8–50
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: none. JV: UV won. Officials: Krista Porter, Jeff Curtis.
B-G 61, Afton 33
BAINBRIDGE – Bainbridge-Guilford shrugged off a slow start to dominate the second half Thursday against Afton, and clinch one of four playoff spots in the Midstate Athletic Conference.
Afton, with only one league victory to date, hung within 22-20 at halftime. “We didn’t come ready to play at the start, and it seemed like a lot of kids weren’t focused and took this for granted,” said B-G coach Bob Conway. “We came out with a lot more intensity in the third quarter, and we started running up and down the court a little better.”
Randi Conway hit two three-pointers and scored 10 points in a 25-6 B-G third quarter. Conway’s night included 14 points, 11 assists, seven steals, and six rebounds. Shania Vandermark led with 16 points and 16 rebounds.
B-G plays at Walton Friday night.
Afton: Palmatier, 0; Makalliah Harris-Paladino, 2 0-0-4; B. Sherman, 0; Payton Cutting, 2 1-2-5; A. Rogalski, 0 1-2-1; Kartrina Werth, 2 2 -4-6; Britney Patten, 6 1-4-13; Taylor Briggs, 2 0-2-4; Mikayla Sherman, 0; Sabrina Brotzman, 0 0-1-0; Jessica Wenner, 0. Totals: 14 5-15-33.
