Boys’ Basketball
Norwich 58, Chenango Forks 33
CHENANGO FORKS – Coupled with Susquehanna Valley’s loss to Oneonta Tuesday night, Norwich gained sole possession of first place in the STAC Central Division cruising to a victory over Chenango Forks Tuesday evening.
Norwich seniors Seth Thomsen and Dennis Oralls had 12 and 10 points respectively, and sophomore Michael Sutton contributed 11 points. The Tornado starters were subbed out liberally in the first half, and after the first four minutes of the third quarter, took a seat for the rest of the evening. “We were able to jump out to a big lead, which we wanted to do,” said Norwich coach Tom Collier. “We established some things with our press, mixing defenses, and working in guys that needed to play. We wanted to make sure we got a 20-point lead and play some more guys. Guys that haven’t played much this season got a lot of minutes tonight.”
Norwich led 34-15 at the half, and upped the advantage over 25 points midway through the third stanza. Twelve of the 13 NHS players that dressed found the scoring column.
Norwich plays at Susquehanna Valley Friday, and visits Johnson City next week. “Right now, the division title is within our grasp, but we need to win our next two games,” Collier said.
Norwich: Kyle Edwards, 1 0-0-3; Danny Carson, 0 2-2-2; Dennis Oralls, 4 1-2-10; Michael Sutton, 5 1-2-11; Nate Ashton, 1 0-0-2; Robbie Wheeler, 1 0-0-2; Grady Thompson, 1 0-0-2; Seth Thomsen, 4 4-6-12; Ian Weaver, 2 2-2-6; Eric Walling, 0 3-4-3; Storm Cook, 0; Grant Brightman, 1 1-3-3; Michael D’Abbraccio, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 21 14-21-58.
Chenango Forks: Christian Melvin, 1 6-6-8; Cannon, 1 5-5-7; Ziegerfus, 3 0-0-7; Link, 0; Dan Gridley, 1 0-0-2 ; Robert Story, 1 0-0-3; Chris Miner, 3 0-0-6. Totals: 10 11-11-33.
NHS 15 19 16 8–58
CFks 5 11 11 6–33
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (N) Edwards, Oralls, (CF) Ziegerfus, Story. JV: Norwich won 73-28.
Sauquoit Valley 44, Sherburne-Earlville 39
SAUQUOIT – Other than its bigs on the interior, Sherburne-Earlville found little success on offense Tuesday night at Sauquoit Valley.
Colin Jackson scored six straight points for SV in the fourth quarter, and S-E went without a field goal the last 3:25 of the game as Sauquoit finished the game on a 7-1 run.
“We didn’t shoot it well from the perimeter, and that obviously hurt us,” said S-E coach Kevin Vibbard. “You’re not going to win half your modified games scoring only 39 points. We just didn’t play with the intensity necessary to win a varsity basketball game.”
Forwards Sam Caton and Austin Jasper had 15 and 10 points respectively, and Matt Smith added 10 for the Marauders (8-3).
S-E hosts Adirondack Friday.
S-E: Randy Briggs, 0; Carter Cole, 0; Jesse Yerton, 0; Sam Caton, 5 5-7-15; Paul Romanenko, 0; John McDaniel, 0; Cole Hodges, 0 2-4-2; Mick Khoury, 0 2-6-2; Austin Jasper, 5 0-2-10; Matt Smith, 2 5-8-10. Totals: 12 14-27-39.
SV: Richard Spinelli, 0; Robert Slivinski, 1 0-1-3; Ryan Stalker, 1 2-4-5; Kyle Jones, 0; Aaron LoPiccolo, 4 1-2-11; Gary Falchi, 0; Justin Jarecki, 0; Mark Martin, 2 2-5-6; Alec Voce, 2 0-0-4 ; Colin Jackson, 4 2-2-10; Dylan Wheelock, 2 0-2-5; Ryan Drake, 0 . Totals: 16 7-16-44.
S-E 15 6 11 7–39
SV 12 12 7 13–44
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (SE) Smith, (SV) Slivinski, LoPiccolo 2, Wheelock, Stalker. JV: S-E won 56-34.
Wrestling
Windsor 45, Norwich 39
NORWICH – Norwich coach Joe Downey juggled his lineup, but was unable to plug all of the holes in Tuesday evening’s defeat to Windsor on Senior Recognition Night.
Despite giving up three forfeits, Norwich was still in position to earn a dual meet win over the Black Knights, a Section IV dual meet qualifier. Josh Myers rallied from a 6-1 deficit to win his 126-pound match, 10-7; and Frank Garcia’s pin at 145 pounds put Norwich within 42-39 with one weight class remaining.
There, Matt Kitstner (152) took a 7-2 lead over Norwich’s John Marvin after two periods, survived back points from Marvin, and got a reversal of his own to grab a meet-closing 9-6 victory. “It was a total team effort with guys moving around,” said Norwich coach Joe Downey. “We pretty much moved up our entire lineup, and in some cases two weight classes. It was a barnburner, we just came up short.”
Norwich stalwarts Tristan Rifanburg (120), Garcia, Tanner Cummings (160), Anthony Vitello (170), and Kegan Levesque (182), all picked up pinfall victories. Also earning a pin was seventh-grader Cole Rifanburg at 99 pounds.
Myers’ victory provided the most excitement for the partisan Tornado crowd. Windsor’s Noah Zakrajsek controlled the action on his feet, and used two takedowns in the second period to build a 6-1 edge. Myers turned the momentum with a late reversal heading into the third.
Myers’ cradle in the third knotted the match at 6-6, but Zakrajsek regained the advantage with an escape. Myers, though, surged with his lone takedown with 53 seconds left, and he added a set of back points to finish off the victory.
“Windsor is a really tough team, and can’t take anything away from them,” Downey said. “We’re hoping to get healed up, and we have a couple weeks left in the regular season to get ready for the big tournaments.”
Norwich hosts Unadilla Valley Thursday in a non-league clash.
Results
160: Tanner Cummings (N) pinned Jamie Rolison, 1:10. 170: Anthony Vitello (N) pinned Austin Orshal, 5:03. 182: Kegan Levesque (N) pinned Luke Zakrajsek, 1:32. 195: Seth Gordon (W) won by fft. 220: Jesse Angevine (W) pinned Chandler Rifanburg, :50. 285: Matt Abbott (W) won by fft. 99: Cole Rifanburg (N) pinned Dalton Segrue, 2:29. 106: Nick Kennedy (W) pinned Trey Muserallo, 4:24. 113: Nate Hayes (W) won by fft. 120: Tristan Rifanburg (N) pinned Tyler Frear, 2:18. 126: Josh Myers (N) dec. Noah Zakrajsek, 10-7. 132: Matt Kenyon (W) pinned Cody Thompson, 1:23. 138: Jessy Williams (W) pinned Matt Thompson, 4:24. 145: Frank Garcia (N) pinned Austin Schmidt, 3:17. 152: Matt Kitstner (W) dec. John Marvin, 9-6.
Official: Dale Persons.
Greene 70, Unadilla Valley 15
NEW BERLIN – Greene took advantage of UV’s undermanned lineup accepting five forfeits in a dual meet win Tuesday night.
The Trojans, headed to the Section IV dual meet tournament, also parlayed six pins into a 70-point night. “We were giving up a lot, especially in experience,” said UV coach Jim DuVall. “Greene is good every year, and they never seem to rebuild. They plug kids in, and pick up where they left off.”
Kalvin Abrams (99) won for the Storm earning an 11-6 victory over Greene’s Braxton Howell.
Results
132: Dustin Badger (UV) won by fft. 138: Trevor Parrish (G) dec. Tyler Olson, 15-2. 145: Lawrence Gipe (UV) won by fft. 152: Dan Dickman (G) pinned Hunter Meade, :44. 160: Brett Ramsey (G) won by fft. 170: Mike Beckwith (G) won by fft. 182: Joel Roselle (G) pinned Kevin Prosser, :52. 195: Keegan Cerwinski (G) won by fft. 220: Kyle Stanton (G) pinned Alex Avolio, :42. 285: Chris Kehoe (G) won by fft. 99: Kalvin Abrams (UV) dec. Braxton Howell, 11-6. 106: Brendan Wheeler (G) pinned Caleb Simonds, 2:32. 113: Ryan Castle (G) pinned Darren Johnson, 2:35. 120: Zach Lindow (G) pinned Brandon Brown, 3:25. 126: Tyler Dickman (G) won by fft.
Johnson City 41, B-G/Afton 39
