Evening Sun Report
Boys’ Basketball
Norwich 52, Windsor 33
NORWICH – A sluggish start preceded a prototypical Norwich performance to end the first half Wednesday in the Tornado’s 19-point sectional playoff victory.
Norwich (15-4), winners of 10 out of 11 games, finished the final 12 1/2 minutes of the first half on a 35-7 run to take the Black Knights completely out of the game. The victory sets up a third encounter with Chenango Valley on Saturday at home.
“Windsor is a much better team than people think, and they’ve beaten some teams this year,” said Norwich coach Tom Collier. “Their big guys hurt us early, but we were able to put the press on and get some turnovers.”
Mike Oralls’ two free throws started a 14-2 spurt to finish out the first quarter. Zan Stewart canned a three following a Windsor turnover, and the quarter ended with Oralls’ trifecta making it 16-8.
“Zan was the difference coming off the bench for us,” Collier said.  ‘He hit that early three, and that kind of opened the flood gates.”
Windsor offered little resistance to the Norwich offense in the second half as the momentum picked up steam. A 20-5 period was highlighed by back-to-back treys by Stewart two buckets from Kyle Edwards, and Matt Burke’s steal and layup with under 10 seconds to play raising the halftime lead to 36-13.
Stewart, a reserve for the Tornado, led with 13 points and Oralls netted 12. Mike Sutton dished out six assists as well.
Windsor: Logan Doolittle, 0; Mike Niggli, 0 0-1-0; Cody Pratt, 0; Josh Cady, 2 0-0-4; Andrew King, 1 0-1-2; Frank Martino, 1 0-0-3; Carey Mott, 0; Steven Laryea, 0; Chris Swartwood, 0; Tyler Kost, 0; Mike Beebe, 0 1-2-1 Jake Conroy, 3 0-0-7; Ben Rivera, 2 4-4-8; Nate Wrighter, 3 2-2-8. Totals: 12 7-10-33 .
Norwich: Kyle Edwards, 3 0-0-6; Danny Carson, 1 0-0-2; Mike Oralls, 4 3-4-12; Michael Sutton, 3 1-2-7; Zan Stewart, 5 0-0-13; Matt Burke, 2 0-0-5; Storm Cook, 0; Michael D’Abbraccio, 0; Grant Brightman, 1 1-2-3; Cody Barnes, 2 0-0-4. Totals: 21 5-8-52.
Wind. 8 5 11 9–33
NHS 16 20 12 4–52
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (N) Stewart 3, Burke, Oralls. (W) Conroy, Martino. Officials: Adrian, Blair.
Greene 64, Newfield 54
GREENE – Dan Treadwell carried Greene in the first half, and junior Zach Wentlent helped bring home the Trojans’ first home playoff win in nearly 20 years.
Wentlent scored 14 points in Greene’s 22-14 fourth quarter hitting two threes, two deuces and was 4-for-4 from the foul line on his way to an 18-point night.
Treadwell steered Greene (13-5) to 32-24 halftime lead scoring 18 of his game-high 24. “We were really moving the ball well, and Dan and Zach were taking good shots,” said Trojans third-year coach Rick Smith. “We had some defensive breakdowns, but luckily the shots were going in tonight.”
The victory moves Greene into the next round of sectionals against Moravia on Saturday. Smith said his club has already accomplished two big goals. “We wanted to finish in the top four in our league, and we did that,” Smith said. “We also wanted to win a sectional game. We’re making progress and changing the whole mindset of the program.”
Newfield: Banfield, 1 0-0-2; Pakkala, 1 0-0-3; Miller, 1 0-0-3; Alex Fuller, 5 2-3-12; Chris Byrd, 4 3-4-12; Moshier, 1 0-0-3; Kyle Bacorn-Royce, 3 2-2-9; Cooper, 3 1-2-7; Milton Owens, 1 0-0-3. Totals: 20 8-11-54.
Greene: Dan Treadwell, 9 4-4-24; Zach Wentlent, 5 8-8-20; Luke Day, 0; Cole Browning, ; Cameron Race, 1 2-2-4; Justin Ekstrom, 1 2-3-4; Lane Whittaker, ; Brandon Davis, 5 0-0-10; Andy Walker, 0; Colin Brooks, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 22 16-17-64.
Newf 14 10 16 14–54
Gre. 20 12 10 22–64
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (G) Treadwell 2, Wentlent 2. (N) Pakkala, Miller, Mosher, Bacorn-Royce, Owens, Byrd.
Lansing 72, Bainbridge-Guilford 52
LANSING - In the battle of the Bobcats, Lansing shook off a strong start by B-G’s Bobcats to pull away for the 20-point victory Wednesday.
Four Lansing players reached double figures scoring with Ellington Hopkins topped the quartet with 17 points. Lansing, down 24-13 after a period, trimmed the deficit to three by halftime, and dominated B-G (10-9) over the final two quarters.
“Their height advantage and their depth were factors, especially in second half,” said B-G coach Greg Warren. “We were also in foul trouble, and we weren’t able to contest shots like we did in the first half.”
B-G senior Austin Bauerle had 26 points and 15 rebounds in his final varsity basketball game. Brooks Harmon scored 12 points in the defeat.
B-G: Dylan Moffitt, 0; Lucas Butcher, 1 0-0-2; Mike Carlin, 2 2-3-6; Nick Gronowski, 0; Jones, 0; Corbin Palmer, 2 2-3-6; Tyler Johnson, 0; Austin Bauerle, 10 3-4-26; Brooks Harmon, 4 2-2-12. Totals: 19 9-12-52.
Lansing: Nate MacIntosh, 3 0-0-9; Tyler Winslow, 1 0-0-2; Ellington Hopkins, 5 3-6-17; Logan Osterman, 1 0-0-2; Thomas Lange, 1 0-0-3; Ben Rourke, 5 0-0-10; Greg Lehr, 2 0-0-4; Thomas Townes, 6 3-6-15; Jack Stevens, 4 2-2-10. Totals: 28 8-14-72.
B-G 24 11 7 10–52
