Evening Sun Report
BOYS’ SOCCER
Norwich 4, Afton 1
NORWICH - Norwich defeated Afton for third time in as many seasons, and earned its third win of the season in the process on Wednesday evening.
Curtis Woodard put Norwich up a goal early, then a Woodard crossing pass to Cameron Prime was finished on the far right post for the two-goal halftime lead. “We possessed the ball better today and played much better defense,” said Norwich coach Steve Prime. “We only made two mistakes and one of them led to a goal, but we had the ball in their end quite a bit instead of defending in our end all of the time.”
Prime and Chris Trevisani had second-half goals for Norwich (3-6), who play at Seton Catholic Central Friday.
Summary
(2-0 Norwich at half)
Goals-assists: (A) Josh Davy, 1-0; C. Briggs, 0-1; (N) Curtis Woodard, 1-1, Chris Trevisani, 1-0; Cameron Prime, 2-0.
Shots-corners: (N) 26-6, (A)  8-1.
Saves: (N) Tyle rEaton 5. (A) M. Olin, 10.
Unadilla Valley 1, Bainbridge-Guilford 0
NEW BERLIN – In a continuation from Monday night’s tie game, Unadilla Valley emerged with the one-goal edge over the Bobcats Wednesday.
Jared Hanslmaier scored on a free kick late in the first half. The ball skipped past the B-G keeper and just crossed the goal line. “Both teams had plenty of opportunities to score, but the goalies from both teams frequently came up with brilliant saves,” said UV coach Ryan Houck.
Kyle King made 11 saves for UV (6-2-1); Brandt McCall had five stops for the Bobcats (3-4-1).
Summary
(1-0 UV at half)
Goals: (UV) Jared Hanslmaier, 1-0.
Shots-Corners: UV) 10-4; BG) 16-6
Saves: (UV) Kyle King 11; (BG) Brandt McCall 5
Greene 6, Walton 1
GREENE – At Greene Wednesday, five different players scored goals for a Greene team that compiled a goal-scoring bonanza in the second half.
The Trojans scored five of their goals in the second 40 minutes, and did so on just 13 total shots. Luke Day was the lone two-goal scorer for the Trojans. Alex Leone, Brian Leone, Karl Zaengle, and Kurt Bartholomew also found the Walton net.
Summary
(1-1 at half)
Goals-assists: (G) Alex Leone, 1-1; Brian Leone, 1-1; Luke Day, 2-0; Karl Zaengle, 1-0; Kurt Bartholomew, 1-0; Neil Barker, 0-1; Mike Anderson, 0-1; Tyler Rivera, 1-0; nate Piper, 0-1.
Shots-corners: (G) 13-10, (W) 8-0.
Saves: (G) Connor Moriarty, 3, Marcus Phelps, 4, (W) Josh Rolfe, 6.
FIELD HOCKEY
Sherburne-Earlville 3, Herkimer 2 (OT)
HERKIMER – Sustained offensive aggression paid off for the Marauders Wednesday afternoon.
Shelby Scheffler completed a hat trick scoring the game-winning goal at the 5:55 mark of overtime to lift the Marauders to a road victory. S-E never led in the game until the final goal, and needed a Scheffler goal with eight minutes left in regulation to send the game into extra minutes.
“Shelby plays on the weak side, and a lot of deflections come her way,” said S-E coach Sheila Cooman. “She was very patient, and it was almost like she stood for a moment (with the ball) on the last goal. She didn’t panic and took a good shot.”
The win was the second this season for S-E in five games. The Marauders play Whitesboro on Saturday at 4 p.m. at SUNY Oneonta.
Summary
(2-1 Herkimer at half)
Goals-assists: (SE) Shelby Scheffler, 3-0; Alix Hutchins, 0-1; Megan Viera, 0-1. (H) Bri Parks, 1-0; Krista Green, 1-1; Kyria Plunkett, 0-1.
Shots-corners: (SE) 11-12, (H) 6-4.
Saves:  (SE) Katherine Robertson, 4. (H) Haley Servidone, 4.
GIRLS’ TENNIS
Owego 5, Norwich 2
NORWICH – Owego stopped Norwich’s seven-game winning streak winning all three three-set matches in Wednesday’s STAC non-division matchup.
It was a major improvement for the Tornado over the first meeting this season, said NHS coach John Stewart, who had wins from Kristi Orioli at first singles and Breanna Cashman at third singles. “The first time we played Owego this season, it was a 6-1 final and we never had a shot,” Stewart said. “This late in the season, we were right on the cusp of beating them. It shows we have improved and are still our there competing, but it’s still tough to lose the close ones.”
