<strong>Wrestling</strong>
Sherburne-Earlville 50, Norwich 29
SHERBURNE – Sherburne-Earlville coach Bim Palmer said his team was just hanging on by a thread while it waited for injured wrestlers to return.
The healthy bodies Palmer put on the mat against visiting Norwich Thursday evening were certainly no slouches, and the Marauders earned their first dual win of the season stunning the previously-unbeaten Purple Tornado matmen.
“We brought some of our young kids up. They fought against some of their better kids, and kept them from getting extra points,” Palmer said. “And there were a couple of matches that went our way that we didn’t plan on.”
Norwich was down early in the meet, but looked to close the gap at 132 pounds. NHS’s Cole Rifanburg led the Marauders’ Hunter Owen by six points entering the final period, but Owen pulled off the big throw and subsequent pin. Later, at 195 pounds, S-E’s Cody Marshall trailed Jacob Perrone by two points midway through the second, but rallied for the comeback pin.
“We just got outwrestled tonight. Plain and simple,” said Norwich coach Terry Hagenbuch. “I think we had some guys resting on what they have done rather than what they want to accomplish.”
S-E senior Kevin Dunshee (126) opened the meet with a technical fall victory, Jared Jillson (138) and Arron Welch earned back-to-back decision wins for the hosts to help pad the advantage.
Norwich closed to with 23-18 after wins from Tristan Rifanburg (152), Frank Garcia (160), and Colton Langille (182). Marshall’s victory would quickly halt the NHS momentum.
Results
(Started at 126 pounds)
126: Kevin Dunshee (SE) tech fall over Carter Hubbard, 18-2. 132: Hunter Owen (SE) pinned Cole Rifanburg, 4:38. 138: Jarrod Jillson (SE) dec.Trey Muserallo, 3-1. 145: Arron Welch (SE) dec. Nick Murphy, 8-4. 152: Tristan Rifanburg (N) pinned Brian Mead, :39. 160: Frankie Garcia (N) won by fft. 170: Darren Knapp (SE) pinned Billy Clipston, 1:17. 182: Colton Langille (N) pinned Terrin Pierce, 1:06: 195: Cody Marshall (SE) pinned Jacob Perrone, 3:06. 220: Gavin Paul (SE) won by fft. 285: Garrett DuVall (SE) dec. Brad Chesebro, 3-0. 99: Dalen Geislinger (N) won by fft. 106: Ty Rifanburg (N) tech fall over Tanner Manwarren, 16-0. 113: Hunter Zybdniewski (SE) pinned Chris Brown, 5:46. 120: Mike Trask (SE) won by fft.
Mount Markham 66, Unadilla Valley 6
Results
(Started at 220 pounds)
220: Sier Ferrell (M) pinned Kurtis Wilson, :39. 285: Jeff Roberts (M) won by fft. 99: No match. 106: no match. 113: Aspen Effner (M) pinned Ben Avolio, 2:13. 120: Caleb Simons (UV) pinned Shane Wormuth, :59. 126: Montana Wellenstein (M) pinned Brandon Brown, 2:33. 132: Tanner Christian (M) pinned Austin Lewis, 2:34. 138: Brandon Lewis (M) won by fft. 145: John Weir (M) pinned Abby Avolio, 3:00. 152: Joe Magieri (M) pinned C.J. Hayes, 1:18. 160: Josh Fargo (M pinned Nia Borden, 1:09. 170: Zach Tennant (M) pinned Jared White, 3:43. 182: No match. 195: Walter Kiehn (M) won by fft.
Exhibition: 195-Grey Bennis (Edmeston) pinned Keith Coffin, 1:32.
<strong>Boys’ Swimming</strong>
Sherburne-Earlville 53, Utica Proctor 44
SHERBURNE – Sherburne-Earlville’s Gavin Lopata and Ethan Kurth set new school records in the Marauders’ meet victory over visiting Utica Proctor Thursday evening.
Lopata, who already re-broke his records in the 200- and 500-yard freestyles earlier this season, broke the 100 freestyle record set in 1998 clocking 52.13. Kurth, meanwhile, raised the bar on his own diving record accruing 205.5 points for first place.
Lopata also won the 50 freestyle, while teammates Cole Yankowski and Ethan French added individual victories. The Marauders closed out the victory with a win in the 400 freestyle relay.
Results
200 medley relay: (U), 1:55.28. 200 IM: Cole Yankowski (SE), 2:32.13. 200 free: Ruyem Karpovich, 2:25.62. 50 free: Gavin Lopata, 24.44. Diving: (SE) Ethan Kurth, 205.05 (school record). 100 fly: Karpovich (U), 1:00.51 (pool record). 100 free: Lopata (SE), 52.13 (school record). 500 free: Ethan French (SE), 7:03.40. 200 free relay: (U) 1:43.42. 100 back: Vadim Potapchuck (U), 1:12.27. 100 breaststroke: Craig Sexton (U), 1:17.67. 400 free relay: (SE), 4:12.74, Britton, French, Sofranko, Lopata.
<strong>Girls’ Basketball</strong>
Bainbridge-Guilford 45, Afton 40
AFTON – Missing three starters, Bainbridge-Guilford hung on in the fourth quarter Thursday at Afton in its opening game of the season.
After Afton closed to within two points late, Abbey Smith hit one free throw, and Cadi Barber added a put-back basket. Afton pared the margin back to three, 43-40, one more time on Paige Polizzi’s bucket, but Smith sealed the win with two more free throws.
“To be honest, I think we got a little tired,” said B-G coach Bob Conway. “We came out and had a pretty good first quarter, but it kind of went downhill after that.”
Smith had 13 points, and Morgan Bullis had 10 points and nine rebounds.
Payton Cutting led Afton with 14 points.
