Field Hockey
Greene 4, Sidney 0
GREENE – Playing its third game in three days and fifth contest since last Friday, the Trojans showed no worse for wear blanking Sidney to stay unbeaten on the season.
“Last night we played really well, and tonight we played much better in the second half,” said Greene coach Sue Carlin. “We were holding on to the ball too much in the first half tonight and just weren’t connecting. We made an adjustment to release the ball sooner and get the ball moving ahead. We had some pretty passing combinations.”
Jahna Driscoll scored off a Brandee Schoonmaker feed for the only goal of the opening half. Early in the second half, a penalty corner play worked to perfection. Driscoll took the entry pass, dumped it to Colleen Dietrich near the goal, and Dietrich slid the ball to Emily Gascon for the tally. Driscoll would add a second goal, and Paige Castle found the cage for the second time in as many games.
Greene will be idle until Nov. 5 when it hosts Vestal in the Section IV Class A finals. “It will be good to have some time off to get everyone healthy,” Carlin said. “We also have time to tweak some things.”
Summary
(1-0 at half)
Goals-assists: (G) Jahna Driscoll, 2-1; Emily Gascon, 1-0; Paige Castle, 1-0; Brandee Schoonmaker, 0-1; Colleen Dietrich, 0-1.
Shots-corners: (G) 12-9, (S) 2-1.
Saves: (S) Julia Amell, 1, (S) Kelsey Decker, 7.
Sauquoit Valley 1, S-E 0
SHERBURNE – In a closely played contest, Mallory Mazurowski scored with 10:55 left in the second half to give Sauquoit Valley a one-goal edge over the Marauders Thursday.
S-E lost to SV 3-0 in the first meeting, but was in striking range of tying the game and forcing at least an overtime battle. “We played really well, and it would have been nice if it was our 1-0 game,” said S-E coach Sheila Cooman. “We had the ball in their defensive 25 the last few minutes and kept hammering them. We just couldn’t put one in.”
S-E plays Cooperstown today.
Summary
0-0 at half
Goals-assists: (S) Mallory Mazurowski, 1-0; Maria Orsino, 0-1.
Shots-corners: (S) 9-12, (SE) 5-5.
Saves: (S) Jessica Jecko, 4. (SE) Katherine Robertson, 7
Hancock 3, Oxford 0
OXFORD – Oxford traded runs of momentum with Hancock Thursday afternoon, and the Wildcats were finally able to create some breathing room in the final 10 minutes in a shutout victory.
Sayla Kane made it a 2-0 game with 10 minutes to play, and the Wildcats scored an insurance goal with just 54 seconds left. “The game went back and forth, and it wasn’t like they had the ball in our defensive end the whole time,” said Oxford coach Crystal Aukema.
Summary
(0-0 at half)
Goals-assists: (H) Megan Smith, 1-1; Sayla Kane, 1-0; Lea Newman, 1-1; Kelly Newman, 0-1.
Shots-corners: (H)12-6 (O) 3-3.
Saves: (H) 3 (O) K. Towndrow, 9.
Volleyball
Johnson City 3, Norwich 1
NORWICH – Norwich was unable to hold slim leads over the Wildcats in the opening two games, and that was enough for Johnson City to edge the Norwich Thursday, 25-23, 25-20, 24-26, 25-21.
