Girls’ Basketball
Sherburne-Earlville 59, Fulton 38
SHERBURNE - Just three baby!
The Marauders drilled nine three-pointers Friday, seven from freshman sniper Savannah Irwin in a first-round Section III playoff win Friday.
Ahead by just one after a single period, an Irwin three started a 12-5 spurt to end the first half. Jordan Van Althuis nailed a three, and chased that with a layup lifting the S-E margin to 30-19 by halftime.
The Marauders' superior firepower offset a somewhat shaky night of intermittent turnovers along with allowing a few more offensive rebounds to Fulton than head coach Karen Mulligan would have liked. "We didnt do a very good job of defensively rebounding," Mulligan said. "But it was a game of runs, and fortunately we had enought spurts to take control."
Irwin had a game-high 23 points, and her 48 threes this season are an S-E freshman record. Fellow freshman Lilly Berg had 14 points and seven rebounds, and Van Althuis dished out nine assists to go with her seven points. S-E plays the winner of Cazenovia and Bishop Ludden on Tuesday.
Fulton: Alex Polito, 0; Chelsie Delperuto, 2 0-0-4; Gianna Penissi, 0; Angela Frateschi, 0; Jackie Gardner, 3 2-2-9; Nicole Antonacci, 0 0-3-0; Taylor Guinta, 6 2-2-14; Corrine Scoville, 0; Kelly Nolan, 1 0-0-3; Courtney Napolitano, 1 0-0-2; Julie Gardner, 2 2-2-6. Totals: 15 6-9-38.
S-E: Stacia Beckwith, 1 0-0-2; Mikayla Solloway, 0; Jordan Van Althuis, 2 2-2-7; Bridgette McDaniel, 1 0-0-2; Savannah Irwin, 8 0-2-23; Kelsie Christian, 4 0-0-8; Sydney Palmer, 0; Lilly Berg, 6 2-6-14; Mattie Dowdall, 1 0-0-3. Totals: 23 4-10-59.
Fult. 12 7 10 9–38
S-E 13 17 15 14–59
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (SE) Irwin 7, Van Althuis, Dowdall. (F) Gardner, Nolan.
Boys’ Basketball
Oriskany 66, Otselic Valley 65
ORISKANY – For the fourth time this season, OV lost by one bucket or less. This time, however, the Vikes’ season came to an end.
Austin Smith was fouled on a fast break with 1.9 seconds left, and sunk the winning free throws as Oriskany advanced in Section III, Class D play.
“It was probably our best game of the year,” said OV coach Dave Loomis. “Oriskany is a good ballclub, and we led most of the way.”
OV scored the first six points of the game, and still maintained a four-point lead entering the final quarter.
Brandon Huntley led the Vikings with 17 points, and Tyler Armstrong added 16.
“We had a couple of opportunities under the basket at the end, and there was a lot of pushing and shoving going on,” Loomis said. “But at this point, it is the sectionals and you play on. We played hard again, and we improved as the season went on.”
OV: Travis Sheldon, 3 0-0-9; Brent Rasmussen, 1 0-0-2; Brandon Huntley, 6 2-4-17; Angel Marshall, 0; Trevor Marston, 4 0-0-8; Matt Neal, 2 2-2-6; Tyler Armstrong, 8 0-0-16; Jason Olin, 3 1-2-7; Howard Straight, 0. Totals: 27 5-8-65 .
Oriskany: Austin Smith, 5 1-2-13; Pckard, 2 2-6-7; Ross, 4 2-4-10; Martell, 0; Ryan Schmadel, 7 0-0-15; Liddy, 1 0-0-2; Cody Murphy, 8 2-3-19. Totals: 27 7-15-66.
OV  20 14 14 17–65
Oris 15 16 13 22–66
Team fouls: (O) 8, (OV) 13. Three-point goals: (OV) Sheldon 3, Huntley 3. (O) Smith 2, Pickard, Schmadel, Murphy. Officials: Cornish, Deck.
