Girls’ Basketball
Norwich 41, Owego 40
NORWICH – Norwich made two defensive stops in the final 20 seconds to hold on against Owego Tuesday night at Jack Jones Gymnasium.
In a seesaw fourth quarter that saw five ties or lead changes, Norwich took the lead for good when Breanne Cashman hit two free throws to make it 40-40, and Jenny Borfitz made one of two charity tosses with 1:24 left for the one point lead.
Two possessions later, Owego had the ball with under 30 seconds to play. Norwich’s frontcourt trapped the Owego ballhandler forcing a bad pass that was stolen by NHS senior Hailey Dietrich.
After Bryn Loomis missed the front end of a one-and-one free throw for Norwich, Owego had one final opportunity to take the lead. Courtney Malia drove the right baseline toward the hoop, but her shot bounced around the rim and was knocked out of bounds with 0.8 seconds remaining. The ensuing inbounds pass never found an Owego player’s hands as time expired.
In was was easily the most closely contested Norwich game of the season, neither team led by four points at any time in the game. Owego took a 28-25 lead with 1:57 left on the third quarter after Katelyn Simpson hit a spot-up jumper from the left elbow following a feed from Jill Silvanic.
Norwich closed the quarter on a 6-0 run of its own. Reserve Taylor Cook, playing her most significant minutes of the season, put back an offensive rebound, Cassie Sutton drained a baseline shot on the right wing, and Cashman netted a deuce with Sutton lending the helper.
Not one Norwich player scored in double figures, the first time that has happened this season. Borfitz led with eight points, and Dietrich scored seven. Sutton added five assists to go with her six points.
Owego: Katelyn Simpson, 5 1-3-11; Sam Slavetkas, 0; Morgan Phelps, dnp; Ciarra Bodnar, 0 0-2-0; Shannon Hilliker, 1 0-0-2; Kira Thalacker, 0; Chelsea Murphy, 0; Courtney Malia, 1 3-5-5; Rachel Merrill, 5 2-5-12; Kayla Houle, dnp; Jill Silvanic, 3 2-3-9; Bridget Quaranta, 0 1-2-1. Totals: 16 9-20-40.
Norwich: Miranda Costin, 0; Breanna Cashman, 2 2-2-6; Jennifer Borfitz, 1 5-8-8; Cassie Sutton, 3 0-0-6; Bryn Loomis, 2 0-2-4; Hailey Dietrich, 3 1-1-7; Sophie Stewart, 1 2-2-4; Taylor Cook, 3 0-0-6. Totals: 15 10-15-41.
Owe. 11 10 7 12–40
NHS 12 8 11 10–41
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (N) Borfitz, (O) Silvanic. JV: Owego won 51-33. Officials: Howard, Dadamio.
Unadilla Valley 55, Sidney 35
NEW BERLIN – Unadilla Valley extended its winning streak to four games behind the high scoring trio of Amanda Off, Jordan Anderson, and Taylor Davis.
The Storm threesome scored 45 total points led by Off’s 19 points. Davis added 14, while Anderson scored 12. Davis had eight in the opening quarter and Anderson six lifting UV to a 20-6 lead after one period of play.
“They’re having fun, and it’s different learning to play with the lead rather than constantly coming from behind,” said UV coach Brandi Backus. “We’ve been pretty consistent on offense, and the bench is stepping up when they need to. We finished a lot of fast breaks tonight, and Sidney had a hard time getting it past halfcourt against our press.”
Sidney: Meridith Delello, 2 1-2-5; Bethany Karl, 2 0-0-4; Hannah Wood, 0; Kelsey Decker, 5 1-1-13 ; Nicole Smith, 0; Brianna McClenon, 1 0-4-2; Shelby Bourn, 1 0-0-2; Melia Wakeman, 4 1-1-9. Totals: 15 3-8-35.
UV: Corrine Izard, 2 0-0-4; Taylor Davis, 6 2-2-14; Amanda Off, 9 1-4-19; Jenn Elliott, 2 0-1-4; Morgan Weidman, 1 0-0-2 ; Jordan Anderson, 3 6-6-12 ; Gabby Miner, 0; Bridget Converse, 0; Brittany Fairchild, 0; Mikayla Fowler, 0. Totals: 23 9-13-55 .
Sidn. 6 13 6 10–35
UVa 20 14 11 10–55
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (S) Decker 2. JV: UV won 33-28. Officials: Mabie, Porter.
Greene 27, Afton 20
AFTON – Despite shooting 17 percent from the field, Greene was able to pull away from Afton in the second half with its usual brand of tough defense.
Trailing the Crimson Knights 12-9 at halftime, Greene allowed just eight points over the final two quarters, and the shooting improved slightly during that time. “We didn’t give them any easy baskets in the second half, and we played with a lot more energy,” said Greene coach Dave Gorton.
Kaitlin Gorton scored seven points for Greene, who did not score in the first quarter, and shot 2-for-32 from the field to trail by three. “We didn’t rebound it well, handle it well or shoot it well. We were lucky to be in the game,” Gorton said.
Kate Werth and Payton Cutting had eight points apiece for Afton.
Greene: Sierra Stoppkotte, 0; Paige Castle, 0; Jessica Brooks, 2 0-1-6; Kaitlin Gorton, 2 2-2-7 ; Natalie Greene, 2 2-2-6; Rebecca Hanrahan, 1 0-0-2; Shannon Gregory, 2 2-6-6. Totals: 9 6-11-27.
Afton: Sierra Palmatier, 0, Mikala Sherman, 0, Makalliah Harris-Palladino, 0, Bailey Sherman, 0, Payton Cutting, 2 4-4-8, Annette Vernon, 1 0-0-2, Katerina Werth, 4 0-0-8, Subrina Brotzman 0 0-0 0, Ashley Rogalski, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 8 4-4-20.
Greene 0 9 9 9–27
Afton 2 10 4 4–20
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (G) Brooks 2, Gorton. JV: Greene won.
Otselic Valley 36, Cincinnatus 19
SOUTH OTSELIC – Otselic Valley won for the third time this season getting a double-double from Kayla Thorp Tuesday against Cincinnatus.
Thorp had 10 points and 10 rebounds, and Amber Monroe added 12 rebounds to go with her six points. Nine of the Vikings’ 10 players found the scoring column in producing the club’s best offensive game of the season. “If we keep building on what we have been doing, we’ll be alright,” said OV coach Ron Graham. “We were really active on defense in the first half, and we were able to get some easy baskets. They tried pressing us a couple of times and we scored layups both times, so they dropped that. We’re gaining.”
Cincy: Martin, 0; Wood, 1 0-0-2; Cobb, 1 0-0-2; Keymack, 2 0-0-4; Golicki, 1 0-0-2; Devin Blanchard, 4 1-1-9; Jen Rowe, 0 0-2-0; C. Schroeder, 0 0-1-0; Winginbeck, 0. Totals: 9 1-4-19.
OV: Ni. Olin, 1 2-6-4; H. Reynolds, 2 0-1-4; K. Thorp, 4 2-4-10; L. Bard, 1 0-0-2; J. Lidell, 1 0-0-2; J. Loomis, 1 0-2-2; A. Monroe, 3 0-0-6; K. Delee, 1 0-0-2; K. Manwarren. 2 0-2-4; A. Pitts, 0. Totals: 16 4-13-36.
Cin. 2 2 11 4–19
OV 7 12 12 5–36
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: none. JV: OV won.
Franklin 46, G-MU 41
FRANKLIN – Franklin sophomore, Jordan Beers, had another huge night against G-MU.
The Devils sophomore, who recently surpassed 1,000 career points, had 37 points against the Raiders to almost single-handedly defeat G-MU. “We held everyone else to almost nothing. She’s just something else,” said G-MU coach Jim Johnson of Beers. “We were maybe a hair late getting out to her a couple of times, but she was making shots you just don’t see made in a girls’ basketball game. She’s that good.”
Beers had 21 of her team’s 25 points in the first half to keep her club in the game. G-MU raced to a 20-6 edge in the first quarter behind 11 points from Sabrina Brooks. Brooks nailed three three-pointers on her way to a 14-point night.
