Evening Sun Report
GIRLS’ TENNIS
Class B Tournament
OWEGO – Norwich juniors Breanna Cashman and Jennifer Borfitz played their way into the Section IV Class B doubles finals Thursday afternoon at Owego, and combined with senior Kristi Orioli’s strong singles run, the Tornado netters are in position to claim the team championship.
Norwich sits in second place with 34 points, four behind leader Seton Catholic Central, and four ahead of third-place Susquehanna Valley. While Borfitz and Cashman are playing for Norwich’s fourth straight Class B doubles title, Orioli is bidding for a third-place finish in singles. If Norwich wins both matches, the Tornado will surge past the Saints.
“I expected that we would compete and be one of the top three teams, but there are so many factors out of our control, especially in doubles,” said Norwich coach John Stewart. “We really did get the draw of all draws.”
Through the luck of a coin flip, Borfitz and Cashman were positioned on the bottom half of the doubles draw, opposite number one seed Kyra Thalacker and Coco Heitman of Owego. Borfitz and Cashman won all three of their matches in straight sets including a 6-3, 6-1 semifinals victory over Seton’s Lauren Crowley and Lauren Miller.
Orioli opened with straight sets wins in her first two matches before losing in the semifinals to second seed Abby Gaylon of Seton. Orioli, the fourth seed, meets number three seed Tiffany Hamden of Johnson City for third place.
Elsewhere, NHS eighth-grader Makenzie Maynard provided valuable team points with a first-round victory before bowing out of the tournament in the second round dropping a two-setter to Hamden.
“At the beginning of the season, I thought Jenni and Breanna would surprise themselves at how well they would do,” Stewart said. “This does not surprise me, and they’ve played in matches all year in the upper part of our singles linup. That has proven a good training ground for them all season.”
Action resumes today at Owego Free Academy at 3:30 p.m.
Results
Singles
Kristi Orioli (2-1) d. Chantell Judd (CV), 6-2, 6-0; d Marissa Whitney (SV), 6-0, 6-1; lost to num Abby Gaylon (SCC), 6-1, 6-0.
Makenzie Maynard (N) d. Amanda Kilbury (Wind), 6-3, 6-0; lost to Tiffany Hamden (JC), 6-2, 6-3.
Doubles
Jennifer Borfitz-Breanna Cashman: d. M-E Kelly Layton-Rose Natoli (ME), 6-2, 6-1; d. (O) Haley Bell-Emma Siemer (Ow), 6-4, 6-3; d. Lauren Crowley-Lauren Miller (SCC), 6-3, 6-1.
Cassie Sutton-Krissy Stroh lost to Catherine Loughlin-Samantha Koulkas (SCC), 6-2, 6-0.
BOYS’ SOCCER
Otselic Valley 2, Brookfield 0
BROOKFIELD – Otselic Valley extended its winning streak to four games on Wednesday blanking Brookfield.
Trevor Marston scored in the 31st minute of the first half getting a pass from Brandon Huntley. Brent Rasmussen netted his 17th goal of the season 20 minutes into the second half with Marston charting the assist.
“It was our coldest game of the season, but that did not stop us from playing the game the right way physically and skillfully,” said OV coach Jacob Preston. “Brandon Huntley played the best game he’s played this year. He possessed the ball and the distributed the ball with skill and precision.”
OV (9-3) plays Cincinnatus on Friday.
Summary
(1-0 at half)
Goals-assists: (OV) Trevor Marston, 1-1; Brent Rasmussen, 1-0; Brandon Huntley, 0-1
Shots-corners: (OV) 12-2, (B) 8-3.
Saves: (OV) Jon Liuzzo, 4 (B) Cody Beeding 8.
Norwich 0, Seton Catholic Central 0 (OT)
BINGHAMTON – In its next-to-last regular season game, Norwich played Seton Catholic Central to a standstill in an overtime tie Thursday.
Tyler Eaton made 13 saves for the Tornado including a clutch goal-saver early in the second half. “It was one of our better games of the year,” said Norwich coach Steve Prime. “Not only did Tyler come up with a big save, their goalie made some great saves to prevent us from scoring. I’m hoping this play carries over against Oneonta (Friday).”
Summary
(0-0 end of regulation and overtime)
Shots-corners: (S) 21-6, (N) 15-2
Saves: (S) Connor Legeitis, 10; (N) Tyler Eaton, 13.
Windsor 4, Afton 0
AFTON - Afton closed the 2012 season with a 1-14-1 record losing by shutout to Windsor in a non-league game Thursday.
Summary
(3-0 at half)
Goals-assists: (W) Saar, 2-0; Rahimi, 1-0; Jones, 1-0, Nikula, 0-1, Wells, 0-1, Digennaro, 0-1.
Shots-corners: (E) 16-10, (A) 11-1.
Saves: (W) Greenfield, 3, Williams, 3, (A) Olin, 8.
Cincinnatus 1, Greene 0
GREENE - Cincinnatus’ first-half goal stood up against Greene Thursday, who saw its 12-game winning streak come to an end Thursday evening.
Jesse Constantine scored for Cincy 10:13 into the game. The Red Lions finished with a 15-7 edge in shots on goal.
Summary
(1-0 at half)
Goals-assists: (C) Jesse Constantine, 1-0
Shots-corners: (C) 15-4, (G) 7-4.
Saves: (C) Shea Feehan, 4. (G) Connor Moriarty, 8.
GIRLS’ SOCCER
