Boys’ Basketball
Norwich 54, Oneonta 32
NORWICH –The ibuprofen must have kicked in for Norwich during halftime.
Riddled by illness all week, the Norwich lineup resembled the walking dead throughout the first half. It was a far cry from the group of young men that was vivacious and tenacious in a Tom Schwan tournament win last weekend.
“We don’t like to make excuses, but we just didn’t play with any energy in the first half,” said Norwich head coach Tom Collier. “But we talk about coming out and playing a strong third quarter, and we did what we needed to do. Obviously we didn’t think we would outscore them 19-1.”
Norwich’s defense was sparked by Danny Carson, Mike Oralls, and Kyle Edwards during the third-quarter salvo. Carson had four of his seven steals, Oralls held first-half scoring leader Alec Picinich without a point, and Edwards did not allow OHS’s leading scorer this season Paul Bischoff to score.
Edwards drove for the opening basket of the second half 13 seconds in, and Carson followed with five straight points driving for a layup, then converting a three-point play after a steal and layup. Edwards scored six more points during the quarter, and Mike Sutton finished the quarter with a hesitation dribble and blow-by layup.
Sutton canned two threes in the fourth quarter and led Norwich with 13 points, while Carson finished with a career-high 12.
“We obviously didn’t have much on offense, but no matter how poorly you play on offense, you can make up for that by continuing to play good defense,” Collier said. “We turned it up in the third quarter like we seem to do, and obviously it was our defense that was the big key.”
JV: Norwich’s junior varsity team also improved to 3-0 beating Oneonta, 49-44. Brendon Budd and Carlos Ithier had 14 and 13 points in the win, and Jordan Vinal pulled down 10 rebounds.
Oneonta: Skylar Thompson, 2 1-2-7; Ben Southern, 1 0-0-2; Mike Wolstenholme, 0; Paul Bischoff, 1 0-0-2; Noah Sheehan, 1 0-0-2; Alec Picinich, 5 1-2-11; Kevin Smith, 0; Trevor Wolf-Gould, 0 2-2-2; Taharen Williams, 1 2-2-4; Mitchel Couch, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 12 6-8-32.
Norwich: Kyle Edwards, 4 0-0-8; Danny Carson, 5 0-0-12; Mike Oralls, 3 1-4-8; Michael Sutton, 5 0-0-13; Kingsley Thomas, 0 2-4-2; Matt Burke, 0 1-2-1; Storm Cook, 2 0-0-4; Michael D’Abbraccio, 0 0-0-0; Grant Brightman, 1 0-0-2; Cody Barnes, 2 0-1-4. Totals: 22 4-11-54.
CVa. 8 15 1 8–32
Norw. 13 9 19 13–54
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (N) Sutton 3, Carson 2, Oralls. (O) Thompson 2. JV: Norwich won 49-44. Officials: Barker, Haynes.
Sherburne-Earlville 46, Sauquoit Valley 39
SAUQUOIT - Sherburne-Earlville overcame early foul trouble to defeat Sauquoit Valley Thursday evening for its third victory in less than a week.
With starting forwards Sam Caton and Austin Jasper on the bench most of the first half after picking up two fouls, S-E head coach Kevin Vibbard was forced to juggle his lineup. “We had to go small and use different guys, and they stepped up for us tonight,” Vibbard said.
Matt Smith had five points in the first half for S-E, and often found himself defending on the inside. Smith led his club with 10 points, and his three to start the third quarter tied the game at 24-24. Jasper hit the go-ahead bucket, and Kevin Vibbard Jr.’s three ball raised the advantage to six. “Sauquoit Valley has a good, active zone, and we struggled finishing on the inside,” Vibbard said, whose club takes a three-game winning streak into next week’s league opener. “We’ve bounced back pretty strong, and now we can work on the things we need to improve on.”
S-E: Elijah Morris, 1 4-6-6; Jesse Yerton, 0 2-2-2; Sam Caton, 1 3-4-5; Carter Cole, 0; J Julienne Alsheimer, 3 1-2-7; Mick Khoury, 1 2-2-5; Austin Jasper, 4 0-0-8; Matt Smith, 4 1-2-10; Kevin Vibbard, 1 0-0-3; J.P. Osborne, 0. Totals: 15 13-18-46.
Sauquoit Valley: Rob Slibinski, 5 0-0-12; Ethan Harris, 0; Kyle Jones, 1 0-0-2; Brady Murphy, 1 2-3-4; Collin Jackson, 3 2-2-8; Alec Boce, 4 0-0-11; Justin Dempsey, 0; Cory Lewandrowski, 0 2-2-2. Totals: 14 6-7-39.
S-E 10 8 16 12–46
SV 7 14 4 14–39
Fouled out: (SV) Boce. Three-point goals; (SE) Khoury, Smith, Vibbard, (SV) Slibinski 2, Boce 3. JV: S-E won 50-24.
Wrestling
Greene 58, Walton 30
GREENE – As will be the case most of this season, Greene dominated the upper weights in a dual meet win over visiting Walton Thursday.
The Trojans won every weight class from 160 pounds and up beginning with Tim Foote’s pin at 160. Trevor Parrish added a win by fall, and Joel Roselle (182) was impressive in blanking 2012 Section IV Division II runner-up Mike Beers, 10-0.
Results
99:  Levi Meagley (G) won by fft. 106: Tyler VanValkenburg (W) pinned Robert Kozak, 2:49. 113: Logan Robinson (W) pinned Nate Banks, 5:40. 120: Dylan Wood (W) pinned Zach Orzell, 5:06. 126: Brendan Wheeler (G) pinned Dakota Coffey, 1:21. 132: Ben Kinney (G) won by fft. 138: Tyler Dickman (G) pinned John McCrabie 2:52. 145: Dawson Beers (W) pinned Joe Phillips, :52. 152: Hunter McCall (W) pinned Christian Klecha, 3:24. 160: Tim Foote (G) pinned Quinn Harby, 4:31. 170: Trevor Parrish (G) won by fall. 182: Joel Roselle (G) dec. Mike Beers, 10-0. 195: Christian Dietrich won by fft. 220: Nick Adams (G) won by fft. 285: Dan Haskell (G) won by fft.
