Wrestling
Norwich 60, Unadilla Valley 18
NORWICH – Norwich rebounded from three straight defeats to pick up its 10th win of the season Thursday evening in a non-league matchup with Unadilla Valley.
Norwich was awarded eight forfeits from UV, who held out several wrestlers that were in danger of exceeding allowable matches for the regular season.
Trey Muserallo (106) overcame an early deficit to pick up a win pinning Caleb Simonds in 2:42. Later on in the match, Norwich freshman Dan Conant (160), who has missed much of the season, pinned Hunter Meade in 1:40. “It was really good for Dan to have a match before the JV STAC Tournament,” said Norwich coach Joe Downey. “The kid Trey wrestled was a good kid. Trey was actually taken down and almost turned in the first period, but he was able to reverse the kid in the second period, bar him up, and get the pin. It was a nice confidence builder for him.”
UV’s Kalvin Abrams (99) gave his club its first victory pinning Cole Rifanburg in 3:23.
Norwich is idle until the varsity STAC Tournament Jan. 27-28 at Windsor High School.
Results
220: Chandler Rifanburg (N) won by fft. 285: no match. 99: Kalvin Abrams (UV) pinned Cole Rifanburg, 3:23. 106: Trey Muserallo (N) pinned Caleb Simonds, 2:42. 113: Alyssa Galati (UV) won by fft. 120: Tristan Rifanburg (N) pinned Brandon Brown, :45. 126: Josh Myers (N) pinned Michaela Watts, 1:23. 132: no match. 138: Matt Thompson (N) won by fft. 145: Frank Garcia (N) won by fft. 152: Tanner Cummings (N) won by fft. 160: Dan Conant (N) pinned Hunter Meade, 1:40. 171: Anthony Vitello (N) won by fft. 182: Kevin Prosser (UV) won by fft. 195: Kegan Levesque (N) won by fft.
Boys’ Basketball
Oxford 59, Unadilla Valley 53
OXFORD – Oxford started the fourth quarter on a 10-0 run to open a 12-point lead in Thursday’s home victory over Unadilla Valley.
Ryan Moore started the spurt on the Blackhawks’ first possession of the fourth canning a three ball. Andrew Golden followed with seven straight points, the last a three-point play with 5:37 left in the game that made it 53-41.
“We did a better job on offense against their zone in the fourth quarter,” said Oxford coach Tim Davis. “We also rebounded better. They were getting a lot of second chances in the first half. We had more size, but we weren’t going after it.”
Golden scored 14 points in each half finishing with 28 points and a fourth straight 20-point-plus game. Eric Dilfer scored 13 points for the Blackhawks, also his season-high game.
UV’s Justin Hofer had 24 points in the loss, and Jack Wilcox chipped in with nine markers.
UV: Kurt Haycook, 3 1-6-7; Jack Wilcox, 3 2-4-9; Jesse Ranger, 0; Brandon Miles, 0 2-2-2; Justin Hofer, 10 3-4-24; David Anderson, 2 2-2-6; Brett Smith, 2 0-0-5; Gunnar Sheldon, 0; Nate Shackelton, 0. Totals: 20 10-18-53.
Oxford: Justin Schray, 1 2-4-4; Ryan Moore, 1 2-2-5; Andrew Golden, 11 6-8-28; Paul Wonka, 0 0-1-0; Kevin Davis, 2 0-0-4; Eric Dilfer, 6 1-3-13; Caden Izard, 2 1-2-5. Totals: 23 12-20-59.
UVal 13 18 10 12–53
Oxfd 13 17 13 16–59
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (O) Moore. (UV) Hofer, Wilcox, Smith. JV: UV won 63-39. Officials: Legg, G. Bennett.
