FIELD HOCKEY

GREENE – Greene’s field hockey tradition began with Nancy Bromley and was carried forward by her longtime assistant, Nancy Barrows. What has also become an annual rite is a championship victory in the Barrows and Bromley Tournament as the host Trojans won the annual tourney for the fourth time in as many years defeating Whitney Point Saturday night, 4-1.

It was Greene’s third win in five days against state-tournament-caliber competition. Friday, a late second-half goal allowed the host club to squeak by Maine-Endwell, 1-0. Just three days earlier, Greene beat Spartans in another hard-fought league game.

“There is a big tradition here, and the kids understand who Nancy Bromley is and what she means to our program,” said Greene coach Sue Carlin, who played for Bromley during the first years of the program. “Before the final game, we invited Nancy to drop the ball at midfield. She walked out with the team. It was a special moment.”

Just as special was Greene’s offense in the second half. After Whitney Point’s Amanda Collins tied the game at 25:25, the Trojans fired right back with the go-ahead goal 62 seconds later. Jahna Driscoll blasted in a shot following a penalty corner pass from Emma Anderson. “Amanda made a phenomenal reverse-stick shot in the circle,” Carlin said. “You could see that it fired up our kids because we came right back and scored.”

Seven minutes after Driscoll’s goal, Anderson was awarded a penalty stroke, and made her shot true for the two-shot margin. Anderson added another goal later in the half with Driscoll providing the assist.

Friday night, the Trojans struggled to make anything happen on the left side, that is, until Carlin substituted reserve Shiann Johns. Johns, who fills in at midfield, left wing or right wing, took no more than a minute to provide the margin of victory.

Greene cleared out a M-E free hit to Driscoll, who drove up the right side of the field and toward the right side of the penalty circle. Driscoll’s accurate pass to the left wing was one-timed into the cage by Johns with 8:39 left.

“It was really tight, and we knew it was going to be a battle Friday,” Carlin said. “We just couldn’t get anything going against their right side, but Shiann was able to step up. Different people were stepping up for us the whole game, and Shiann came in and got the job done.”

The Trojans, now 13-0, placed Driscoll, Anderson, Colleen Dietrich, and Emily Conroe on the all-tournament team.

Finals

Greene 4, Whitney Point 1

Summary

(Greene 1-0 half)

Goals-assists: (G) Jahna Driscoll, 1-1; Colleen Dietrich, 1-0; Emma Anderson, 2-1; Emily Conroe, 0-1. (WP) Amanda Collins, 1-0.

Shots-corners: (G) 17-11, (WP) 5-2.

Saves: (G) Julia Amell, 2, (WP) Tatiana Zudoffsky, 9.

Friday

Greene 1, Maine-Endwell 0

( 0-0 at half)

Goals-assists; (G) Shiann Johns, 1-0; Jahna Driscoll, 0-1

Shots-corners: (G) 6-3, (ME) 5-2.

Saves: (G) Julia Amell, 4, (ME) Cassie Banker, 5.

All-tournament team: G- Jahna Driscoll, Colleen Dietrich, Emily Conroe, Emma Anderson. WP-Taylor Clink, Lexie Benscoter, Rachel Burchell, Kasey Knapp. Marathon-Amanda Horton, Shelby Underwood, Ashton Hawks. M-E-Victoria Dean, gabby Stein, Joxie Trichka.

Clinton 1, Sherburne-Earlville 0 (OT)

CLINTON – Hard-luck Sherburne-Earlville suffered another one-goal defeat Friday against Clinton losing in sudden-victory overtime.

Clinton’s Natalie Fiore scored on a one-on-one play against S-E keeper Katherine Robertson with 6:22 expired in the extr period. “We definitely had our opportunities, but could not finish,” said S-E coach Sheila Cooman.

The Marauders (5-10) had a final penalty corner at the end of regulation. Cooman said the play was executed well, but her team was unable to supply the winning shot. “We had great offensive push in the overtime period and a chance to score that just missed,” Cooman said.

Summary

(0-0 end of regulation, Clinton scores in OT)

Goals: (C) Natalie Fiore.

Shots-corners: (C) 8-5, (SE) 8-7.

Saves: (C) Nicole Murdoch, 8. (SE) Katherine Robertson, 7.

BOYS’ SOCCER

Sherburne-Earlville 4, Ilion 1

ILION – Sherburne-Earlville, losers of just one game over the last eight contests, set a strong early pace in Friday’s road victory over Ilion.

Elijah Morris scored on a set play getting a pass on a direct kick from Carter Cole. Cole added a goal and one more assist, Kevin Vibbard tallied once and set up Dan Galvez’s header for the three-goal margin.

Ilion’s lone goal came on a penalty kick following an S-E handball in the 18-yard box. “Other than that one handball, we pretty much had our way tonight,” said S-E coach Mike Rodriguez.

The Marauders improved their overall record to 9-4-2.

Summary

(2-1 S-E at half)

Goals-assists: (SE) Elijah Morris, 1-0; Carter Cole, 1-2; Kevin Vibbard, 1-1; Dan Galvez, 1-0; (I) Zach Terry, 1-0 (PK)

Shots-corners: (SE) 15-2, (I) 7-2.

Saves: (SE) Sam Caton, 3. (I) Clay Colburn, 5.

Edmeston 4, G-MU 0

EDMESTON - G-MU finished the 2012 season with a 2-13 record in a shutout loss to Tri-Valley League rival Edmeston Friday.

Linton Wainright had two goals for the Panthers, who tallied twice in each half.

Summary

(2-0 at half)

Goals-assists: (E) Linton Wainright, 2-0; Clayton Hawes, 1-0; Chris Simmons, 1-0.

Shots-corners: (E) 12-5, (G) 3-1.

Saves: Nate Truax, 3, (G) Austin Burnside, 4; Lucas Seneck, 3.