Evening Sun Report

Football

Union-Endicott 54, Norwich 23

NORWICH - Just as Norwich coach Mike Chrystie suspected, Union-Endicott’s offense was explosive and dangerous.

In a non-league tussle Friday night, the Tigers racked up over 625 yards of total offense, and scored with lightning-quick efficiency in a blowout victory.

U-E had over 300 yards of rushing and 300 yards of passing, while averaging nearly 10 yards a play. Sammy Davis ran for 139 yards and three touchdowns to lead the offensive onslaught, and quarterback Joey Orlando went 13-for-24 for 304 yards and three scores. C.J. Krowiak hauled in a 67-yard bomb from Orlando for his first of two TDs, then raked in a 14-yard score from Nick Yesensky to put the Tigers up 28-9 at halftime.

Norwich had its moments on offense in the second half, but simply could not keep up with the fast-break U-E attack. “Early on it was a game, but we were not moving it well enough offensively,” said Norwich coach Mike Chrystie.

U-E fumbled a punt inside its own five early in the second, and Norwich recovered at the two to set up Mike Sutton’s two-yard TD run. A short while later, Norwich recorded a defensive safety to make it 14-9. “We were feeling pretty good at that point, but then they hit us with a couple of deep balls, and the flood gates opened,” Chrystie said.

U-E scored four touchdowns in a seven-minute span covering the end of the first half and the early part of the third to create a wide bulge. “They were very athletic on the outside and Orlando throws a good ball,” Chrystie said. “We never could stop them when we needed to.”

Norwich scored twice in the second half, the first on Mike Oralls’ 68-yard dash, and second on Mike Sutton’s 27-yard TD pass to Zan Stewart. Norwich (3-3) plays at Susquehanna Valley next weekend.

JV notes: Norwich failed to score on four trips into the red zone in an 8-6 loss to U-E’s JV. Nick Murphy led the Tornado offense with 128 yards rushing and one touchdown.

Score by quarters

U-E 14 14 19 7–54

NHS 0 9 6 8–23

Scoring Summary

U-E: Sammy Davis 1 run (C.J. Krowiak kick)

U-E: C.J. Krowiak 67 pass from J. Orlando (C.J. Krowiak kick)

N: Mike Sutton 2 run (Zan Stewart kick)

N - Safety (U-E running back tackled in end zone)

U-E: S. Davis 2 run (S. Davis run)

U-E: C.J. Krowiak 14 pass from N. Yesensky (kick blocked)

U-E: O. Barwari 51 pass from J. Orlando (kick blocked)

U-E: S. Davis 6 run (kick failed)

N: Mike Oralls 68 run (pass failed)

U-E: N. Yesensky 32 pass from J. Orlando (C.J. Krowiak kick)

U-E -H. Morhan 14 run (C.J. Krowiak kick)

N: Zan Stewart 27 pass from M. Sutton (Tristan Rifanburg pass from M. Sutton)

Individual statistics

Rushing: (U-E) Sammy Davis 16-139, Heze Morgan 7-69, Lucas DePofi 6-48, Collin Nixon 1-5, Chris Wright 5-42. Joey Orlando 1-(-8), Nick Yesensky 2-15, Team, 4-0. (N) Michael Oralls 9-80, Michael Sutton 9-42.Matt Burke 1-(-2), Keagan Franklin 10-18, Jaden MacRabie 3-5, Team, 1-0.

Passing : (U-E) Joey Orlando 13-24-1 302 yds Nick Yesensky 1-2-0 14 yds Norwich, Michael Sutton 5-12-0-67.

Receiving: (U-E) C.J. Krowiak 7-153, Nick Yesensky 4-77, Drew Hogan 2-29, Lucas DePofi 1-20, Osama Barwari 1-51. (N) Jaden MacRabie 2-18, Michael Oralls 1-18, Zan Stewart 1-27. Matt Burke 1-4.

Walton 53, Unadilla Valley 8

WALTON – Walton’s reliable ground game churned out 302 yards of rushing in a win over Unadilla Valley Saturday.

Quinn Harby ran for three touchdowns to lead the Warriors, who finished with seven rushing touchdowns.

Unadilla Valley’s lone touchdown came in the second quarter when Ryan Postma hit Hank deGlee on a nine-yard TD pass. “Ryan was able to keep calm and deliver the ball, but we shot ourselves in the foot here and there,” said UV coach Mark Segina.

Score by quarters

UV 0 8 0 0—8

Wa. 13 27 7 6—53

Scoring Summary

W: Quinn Harby 2 run (kick failed)

W: Austin Kilmer 7 run (Robert Merrill kick)

W: Harby 10 run (kick failed)

W: Colin Adam 5 run (Harby run)

W: Derek Mead 7 run (run failed)

W: Kilmer 15 run (Merrill kick)

UV: Hank deGlee 9 pass from Ryan Postma (deGlee pass from Postma)

W: Harby 12 run (Merrill kick)

W: Logan Robinson 29 run (kick failed)

Individual statistics

Rushing: (W) 45-302. (UV) Alex Avolio, 5-25; Mason Fernette, 6-3; Ryan Postma, 6-3; Dillon Rifanburg, 3-(-1).

Passing: (W) Blake Hitt, 1-1-0, 24 yds. (UV) Postma, 5-14-4, 67 yds.

Receiving: (W) Jacob Wright, 1-24. (UV) Brett Hanslmaier, 2-40; Sponable, 1-11; Mason Fernette, 1-7; Hank deGlee, 1-9.

Chenango Forks 69, Greene 0

CHENANGO – Greene turned it over on its first two possessions of the game, both of which led to Chenango Forks scores in a decisive win by the Blue Devils Saturday.

The Trojans connected on a 20-plus yard pass play on their opening drive only to fumble the ball away on the play. Shortly thereafter, JC Sweeney hit Andrew Ziegenfus on a 42-yard scoring pass. Following an interception on Greene’s next offensive sequence, Forks running back LJ Watson scooted 39 yards to paydirt.

Sweeney threw two more scoring passes, and the Blue Devils added a fumble return for a touchdown along with a blocked punt return for a score in the second half. “It definitely was not our day, and we couldn’t match them physically in certain spots,” said Greene coach Dave Gorton. “We moved the ball, we just had some breakdowns.”