Boys’ Basketball
Cooperstown 77, Sherburne-Earlville 46
SHERBURNE – Sherburne-Earlville may not play a Class B team in the Section III tournament that is as good as Class C Cooperstown.
The state-ranked Redskins are that good.
Sherburne-Earlville gained some confidence in the first minute of the third quarter closing Cooperstown’s lead to 33-30 after Austin Jasper’s layup. Over the last seven minutes of the quarter, the momentum of the game went decidedly Cooperstown’s way.
Mike Moakler had 10 points in a 24-4 run to end the quarter, and the Marauders committed six of their 27 turnovers as the contest quickly slipped away. Cooperstown built its lead to as many as 32 points in the fourth quarter, and was nearly perfect in every aspect of the game finishing with 15 straight made free throws.
“They’re like that. They can get hot, and they’re all good shooters,” said S-E coach Kevin Vibbard of Cooperstown. “We need to play almost a perfect game to beat them. But we turned it over too much, and that led to some easy buckets for them.”
Jeff Flynn came off the bench to score 14 points, and he hit a single three-pointer in each of the quarters. Point guard Jay Davine scored nine points, but easily assisted on at least double that number of points, plus he pocketed about a half-dozen steals as the front man on a harassing defense. “They have just about everyone back from last year’s team that reached the sectional finals,” Vibbard said. “They’re experienced, and they’re good.”
The Marauders led 12-10 at the first turn with Paul Romanenko and Cole Hodges each sinking a pair buckets. Romanenko’s second three of the first half moved S-E in front 15-12 before Cooperstown rattled off nine straight points to take the lead for good. Harrison Clinton hit two three-pointers in the second stanza, and Flynn added another trey.
Randy Briggs scored 12 points to top the Marauders, who host Marcellus Tuesday night in the first round of the Section III playoffs. Romanenko added 10 markers.
Coop: Hanui, 0; J. Davine, 3 3-4-9; Jeff Flynn, 5 0-0-14; Harrison Clinton, 3 2-2-10; Bliss, 1 0-0-2; Mike Rowley, 1 4-4-6; B. Pierson, 1 0-0-3; Sam Bowen, 2 4-4-8; D. Liner, 1 0-0-2; Mike Moakler, 8 3-5-19; Jeremiah Ford, 1 2-2-4. Totals: 26 18-21-77.
S-E: Randy Briggs, 3 5-9-12; C. Cole, 0; J. Yerton, 1 0-0-2; S. Caton, 2 2-4-6; P. Romanenko, 4 0-0-10; C. Hodges, 2 0-0-4; M. Khoury, 0 1-2-1; A. Jasper, 3 1-4-7; M. Smith, 1 0-0-2; C. Marquard, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 17 9-19-46.
Coop. 10 23 24 20–77
S-E 12 14 8 12–46
Fouled out: (SE) Hodges. Three-point goals: (Co) Flynn 4, Clinton 2, Pierson. (SE) Romanenko 2, Briggs. JV: S-E won 61-33. Officials: Carson, Bennett.
Edmeston 52, G-MU 34
COPES CORNERS – G-MU shot just 24 percent from the field, and was held under 40 points for the second time in three days in Friday’s home loss to Edmeston.
“We came out and executed our offense, but we didn’t put a whole lot of shots into the basket,” said G-MU coach Bill Hartman, whose club was 3-for-14 from the field in the first quarter. “It didn’t get much better after that.”
Tanner Ray scored 18 points and Logan Vibbard 10 for the Panthers. Edmeston stretched its lead out in the fourth quarter burying three three-pointers.
“We needed to shoot well from the field and shoot well from the free throw line. We didn’t do either one well,” Hartman said. “Edmeston has a nice club. They’re athletic and have five kids that can compete.”
DeMario Reed scored 12 and Greg Delaney 11 for the Raiders (11-7), who are idle until sectional play starts later this month.
Edmeston: Tanner Ray, 7 1-1-18, Logan Vibbard, 4 2-2-10, Thomas Parker, 1 1-3-4, Brandon Fallon, 4 0-1-8, Clayton Hawes, 2 0-0-5; Justin Kucera, 2 1-2-5. Totals: 21 5-9-52.
G-MU: DeMario Reed, 4 4-7-12; Greg Delaney, 4 2-2-11; Jason Barrows, 0 0-1-0; Eddie Ray Cotton, 1 3-4-5; Tim French, 1 2-6-4; Austin Burnside, 0; Ryan West, 0; Derek Musson, 1 0-0-2 . Totals: 11 11-20-34.
Edm 11 13 11 17–52
GMU 8 8 11 7–34
Fouled out: (G) Reed. (E) Parker, Ray 3, Hawes. (G) Delaney. JV: Edmeston won.
Cincinnatus 57 Otselic Valley 39
CINCINNATUS – Cincinnatus clinched the Central Counties League division title upending Otselic Valley Friday night.
The Red Lions held a one-game lead over the Vikes and McGraw, and a win by OV would have created a three-way tie for the division crown.
“We just had trouble scoring again,” said OV coach David Loomis. “We’ve had trouble with that from time to time this season. We started the game strong and stayed with them in the first half, but we just couldn’t get things together in the second half.”
Joe Peri scored 21 points for Cincy, who opened a 17-point lead in the fourth after outscoring OV 19-8 in the third.
Brandon Huntley nailed three treys and led OV with 11 points.
OV: Alan Lewis, 0 1-2-1; Mike Larkin, 2 1-1-5 ; Brandon Huntley, 4 0-0-11; Trevor Marston, 1 1-2-4; Jason Olin, 4 0-0-9; Shawn LaFlair, 0; Gideon Schena, 4 1-1-9 Chuck Bishop, 0; Howard Straight,0 . Totals: 15 4-6-39.
Cincy: Joe Peri, 7 4-6-21; Troy Halstrom, 0 2-2-2; Jason Lindley, 2 1-2-6; Rheinheimer, 4 1-1-9; Loomis, 1 0-0-2; McKee, 1 1-1-3 Warner, 2 2-4-6; Otto, 0 1-2-1; Underwood, 2 0-0-5; Nick Lindley, 0; Nick Peri, 0; Mickey Halstrom, 0; Jingelski, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 20 12-19-57.
OV 8 11 8 12–39
Cincy 10 15 19 13–57
Three-point goals: (OV) Huntley 3, Marston, Olin, (C) Joe Peri 3, Lindley, Underwood. JV: Cincinnatus won. Officials: Harvey, Gilleland.
