Boys’ Basketball
Norwich 61, Chenango Valley 47
FENTON - In a battle of state-ranked unbeatens, Norwich won a rematch of last year’s Section IV Class B final dominating the second half to pull away for the win.
Grant Brightman scored a career-high 15 points off the bench, and Kyle Edwards scored 12 to go with seven rebounds. Michael Sutton added 10 assists, and the Tornado finished with 18 assists and a season-low eight turnovers.
“It was really good for us to go into a hostile environment against a good team and get the win,” said Norwich coach Tom Collier. “But we’re not going to make more of the win that that. We came into the game well prepared, and our kids were confident. It showed on the court tonight.”
Norwich stretched a two-point halftime lead to 45-34 at the end of the third, and a Brightman basket with under two minutes to play had Norwich up by 20.
Edwards was equally effective on the defensive side of the ball checking CV’s high-scoring forward, Zack Collins. Collins was limited to 11 points on three three-pointers. “Collins is one of the best players in our league taking the ball to the rim, and to hold him without a two-point field goal, that was just a tremendous defensive effort by Kyle,” Collier said. “We had great defense from our entire team tonight, but it all started with Kyle.”
Norwich used all 11 men on its roster, and eight different players had at least two baskets. “Our game plan all season is to pressure teams, and wear them down,” Collier said. “We were able to do that tonight.”
Norwich is idle until next Tuesday when it plays at Windsor.
Norwich: Kyle Edwards, 5 0-0-12; Danny Carson, 2 0-0-6; Mike Oralls, 3 0-0-6; Michael Sutton, 4 0-0-8; Kingsley Thomas, 0 0-0-0; Zan Stewart, 2 0-0-5; Matt Burke, 0; Storm Cook, 2 1-1-5; Michael D’Abbraccio, 0; Grant Brightman, 5 5-7-15; Cody Barnes, 2 0-0-4. Totals: 25 6-8-61.
CV: Gavin Ashman, 2 0-0-4, Brian Ball, 0, Shane Callan, 0, Zach Cole, , Zach Collins, 3 2-4-11, Kasey Edwards, 0 , John Ferranti, 0, Evan Grunder, 0, Luke Grunder 0, Robby Hess, 0, Pat Norris, 3 0-0-8, Matt Personius, 1 0-2-3, Chris Ruffo, 7 4-6-21, Eric Silvanic, , David Trudeaux, 0 . Totals: 16 6-12-47.
NHS 11 13 20 17–61
CVa. 9 13 12 13–47
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (N) Edwards 2, Carson, Stewart. (CV) Collins 3, Ruffo 3, Personious, Norris 2. JV: Chenango Valley won.
Richfield Springs 65, G-MU 33
COPES CORNERS – For the second straight game, G-MU struggled out of the box trailing 26-2 after one period in Wednesday’s loss to Richfield Springs.
Brandon Smith scored 14 points for Richfield Springs to lead three players in double figures. “We keep digging ourselves big holes,” said G-MU coach Rick Mohrein. “We’re slow starters for some reason, and we need to work through those tough beginnings. When you’re playing from behind the whole game, it changes your philosophy of the game.”
Tim French scored 12 points for G-MU, who play at Milford Friday.
Richfield Springs: Keegan Wheelock-Tanner, 3 1-2-7; Luke Van Riper, 5 2-2-12; Joe Kelly, 3 0-0-6; T. Worobey, 2 0-2-6; Siver, 0; Young, 0 1-2-1; Singh, 0; Holland, 2 0-0-6; Huila, 4 2-2-10; Swartout, 1 1-2-3; Brandon Smith, 6 2-4-14. Totals: 26 9-16-65.
G-MU: Jason Barrows, 3 0-0-6; David Laman, 1 0-0-2; Jesse Theodore, 1 0-0-3; Austin Burnside, 2 0-0-4; Brandon Lindenthaler, 1 0-0-2; Tim French, 4 2-2-12; Nate Fuller, 2 0-0-4; Rian West, 0; Nate Whitehill, 0. Totals: 14 2-2-33.
RS 26 11 20 8–65
GMU 2 13 13 5–33
Fouled out: (G) Fuller. Three-point goals: (RS) Worobey 2, Holland 2. (G) French 2, Theodore. JV: Richfield Springs won. Officials: Eichler, Brady.
Milford 59, Unadilla Valley 47
MILFORD – Payton Griffiths led a third-quarter surge for Milford as it built its lead to as many as 19 points in a non-league win over Unadilla Valley Wednesday.
Griffiths hit three of his team’s six three-pointers in the third quarter extending the lead to 49-34 at the end of the third. Griffiths finished with 29 points.
“We switched from zone to man, and when he wasn’t shooting threes, he was driving and kicking out,” said UV coach Matt Osborne of Griffiths. “He’s really good at pulling up and shooting off the dribble, and he had good range. He was a tough cover.”
David Dufresne led UV with 15 points and Justin Hofer added 11. UV hosts Delhi on Friday.
UV: Bryant Maynard, 3 1-1-7; Nate Mackey, 1 2-4-4; Kurt Haycook, 1 0-0-2; Dalton Miner, 0; Justin Hofer, 4 2-2-11; Nick White, 1 0-0-2; Jared Hanslmaier, 0; David Dufresne, 6 1-1-15; Kyle King, 0; Nate Shackleton, 3 0-0-6; Mason Alford, 0; Hank DeGlee, 0. Totals: 19 6-8-47.
Milford: Elliott, 1 0-0-2; Payton Griffiths, 12 1-3-29; Kevin Musser, 0; Steven Banks, 0 0-2-0; Will Ward, 3 0-1-9; Eli Colley, 2 2-2-6; Paul Van Waner, 3 0-0-7; Brian Atwell, 9; Max Laing, 1 1-5-3; Parker Fish, 0; Eli Rutledge, 1 1-2-3. Totals: 24 5-15-59.
UV 11 11 12 13–47
Milt. 11 15 23 10–59
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (M) Griffiths 4, Ward 3, Van Warner. (UV) Dufresne 3, Hofer. JV: UV won.
Girls’ Basketball
Greene 37, Sidney 33
GREENE – Greene finished the game on an 11-4 run to even its record at 2-2 on the season Wednesday.
Greene senior Kaitlin Gorton hit a three to tie the game at 29-29, and freshman Katie Carey had the go-ahead basket moments later. Rebecca Smith added a basket in the final minute, and finished with 15 points and 13 rebounds. “It was probably one of the better rebounding games we’ve had since I’ve been here,” said Greene coach Dave Gorton. “We just didn’t convert our offensive rebounds. If you saw the way we rebounded and the number of times we went to the foul line (30), you would have thought we were ahead by more.”
Kaitlin Gorton added 10 points and Carey finished with 12 boards. Greene totaled 23 offensive rebounds in the contest, 17 of those in the first half.
Sidney: Rileigh Gennung, 2 0-0-4; Dawn Savino, 0 2-3-2; Bethany Karl, 0; Hannah Wood, 1 0-0-2; Taylor Krom, 0; Kelsey Decker, 4 5-6-15; Nicole Smith, 0; Brianne McClennon, 4 2-3-10. Totals: 11 9-12-33.
Greene: Tiffany Borst, 1 0-3-2; Sierra Stoppkotte, 0 1-2-1; Paige Castle, 1 0-1-2; Jessica David, 0 0-2-0; Kaitlin Gorton, 3 3-10-10; Rebecca Smith, 6 3-8-15; Shawn Ayers, 0; Katie Carey, 2 3-4-7. Totals: 13 10-30-37.
Sidn. 10 3 8 12–33
Gre. 9 7 9 12–37
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (G) Gorton, (S) Decker 2. JV: Sidney won. Officials: Reynolds, Wahila.
