Girls’ Tennis
OWEGO – All four of Norwich’s entries in the Class B Tennis Tournament won at least one match, and the Tornado doubles team of Jennifer Borfitz and Breanna Cashman advanced to the doubles finals after Thursday’s opening day.
Norwich is just one point out of first place behind first-place Seton Catholic Central. “We were the only team in the tournament that had each of its players win at least one match,” said Norwich coach John Stewart. “This really has been a team effort so far.”
Borfitz and Cashman won their quarterfinals and semifinals matches in straight sets, and play for the title today at 3:30 p.m. against Owego’s Coco Heitmann and Talia Lewis. Also alive is freshman Makenzie Maynard, who plays for third place in the singles competition. Maynard easily won her first two matches before falling to Abby Galyon of Seton Catholic Central in the semifinals. Maynard, the third seed, plays Seton’s Maya Haykel in the consolation finals today as well. “We played really good tennis right from the beginning, and that why we are where we are,” Stewart said.
Also picking up first-round wins were Caroline Stewart in singles and the doubles team of Stef Elder and Cohley Acenowr. Stewart and the doubles pair fell in the quarterfinals.
Field Hockey
Canastota 3, Sherburne-Earlville 1
CANASTOTA – Sherburne-Earlville dropped its second straight game this week falling to Canastota on the road Thursday.
Kelly Mason scored the first of her two goals 10 minutes into the game, the only tally of the first half. The Raiders extended their lead to three goals before S-E’s Taylor Jordan scored off a Megan Rodman pass with one minute left in the contest.
“There were some things we did really well, we just didn’t do them consistently,” said S-E coach Sheila Cooman. “I thought we had gotten over the hump, but we seem to have back-pedaled a bit.”
S-E (5-8-1) hosts Morrisville-Eaton on Wednesday.
(Summary)
(1-0 Canastota at half)
Goals-assists: (C) Kelly Mason, 2-0, Morgan Lynd, 1-0; Alex Jones, 0-3. (SE) Taylor Jordan, 1-0; Megan Rodman, 0-1.
Shots-corners:  (C) 12-9, (SE) 5-11.
Saves: (C) Nicole Delaney, 4. (SE) Allison Johnson, 9.
Greene 1, Seton Catholic Central 0
GREENE - Greene returned to the victory column Thursday night as senior Katherine Klecha scored on a picture-perfect penalty corner.
Shiann Johns made the insertion pass into the circle, and Laura Durdon blasted a hard shot that was tipped in by Klecha. The Trojans (7-5) created more scoring opportunties and had one goal called back against an improved Seton club. Goalie Julia Amell made three saves for the shutout, and she was aided by the defensive efforts of Sierra Kennedy, Jess Kehoe, and Katie Anderson.
Greene plays Whitney Point on Tuesday.
Summary
(1-0 at half)
Goals-assists:  (G) Katherine Klecha, 1-0; Laura Durdon, 0-1.
Shots-corners: (G) 7-12, (S) 3-0.
Saves: (G) Julia Amell, 3, (S) Tate Ackerman, 3.
Boys’ Soccer
Otselic Valley 2, DeRuyter 0
SOUTH OTSELIC – Otselic Valley evened its overall record at 6-6 Thursday as the Vikings blanked DeRuyter.
Austin Reynolds scored the first header for OV this season taking a pass from Jason Olin in the 25th minute of the opening half. A DeRuyter foul in the box gave the Vikings a second-half penalty kick, and Olin deposited the shot into the right side netting for the two-goal advantage. Tyler Armstrong made two saves in goal to earn the shutout with defenders Connor Smith and Coleman O’Hara giving Armstrong a big lift.
The Vikings play at Stockbridge Valley today.
Summary
(1-0 at half)
Goals-assists: (OV) Austin Reynolds, 1-0; Jason Olin, 1-1.
Shots-corners: (OV) 14-2, (D) 14-0.
Saves: (OV) Tyler Armstrong 2, (D) Robert Cuddleback, 4.
S-E 2, Central Valley Academy 1
ILION – Unlike its first meeting with CVA where it played with the lead, S-E had to counter an early disadvantage to pull off the comeback win Thursday.
Felipe Zenteno scored for CVA 10 minutes into the game before red-hot Elijah Morris netted the tying goal for the Marauders 10 minutes later. The winning goal came on a quick counter in the 17th minute of the second half.
A clear off a CVA corner kick was sent up the right side to speedy Brian Mead. Mead sent a through pass to Nathan Piazza who one-timed it for the goal. “We pretty much had the better of the play, they just caught us early,” said S-E coach Mike Rodriguez.
The Marauders (8-3, 9-5) play at Utica Notre Dame Saturday.
Summary
(1-1 at half)
