<em>Girls’ Basketball</em>
NORWICH – While the weather outside dipped below zero Friday night, Norwich’s offense reached the lower 90s inside Jack Jones Gymnasium.
The Tornado scored their highest point total in at least 20 seasons as everyone on the roster found the scoring column in a 92-28 blowout of a young Chenango Forks club.
Down 4-2 to the Blue Devils less than 90 seconds in, the Purple Tornado’s relentless full-court pressure forced 10 Forks turnovers in the first quarter. Norwich went on a 16-0 run over a four-minute stretch of the first quarter to quickly pull away. That spurt was complemented by a 9-0 spurt in the second quarter and a 14-0 salvo in the third.
Jennifer Borfitz scored 19 points in the victory, reserve Caitlyn Brown hit four three-pointers on her way a career-high 14 points, Carin Kuhn netted 12, and Breanna Cashman had 10. The Norwich bench totaled 43 points to easily outdistance the Blue Devils’ collective output.
“We did a great job of finding the open man and knocking down shots,” said Norwich coach Josh Bennett after the win. “We also did a much better job with receiving passes.”
Norwich’s junior varsity set the tone for prolific night of offense reaching 50 points by halftime in a 75-21 whitewashing. Bridget Murphy scored 21 points in the win, Gabby Mirabito had 12, and Macalyn Bonner 10.
Chenango Forks: Taylor Gibbore, 2 0-0-6; Sara Clark, 0; Alex Yoest, 5 1-2-11; Haley Benscoter, 0; Alyssa Bubniak, 0; Lyndsey Stone, 3 0-0-7; Tara Grospin, 0; Kayla Williams, 0; Hanna Layton, 0; Alaijah Cheeseman, 2 0-0-4. Totals: 12 1-2-28.
Norwich: Carin Kuhn, 6 0-0-12; Caitlyn Brown, 5 0-0-14; Breanna Cashman, 5 0-1-10; Alexis Race, 3 0-0-6; Jennifer Borfitz, 5 6-7-19; Kassidy Seary, 3 0-0-6; Makenzie Maynard, 3 3-3-9; Meghan Komendarek, 0 2-2-2; Ashley Murphy, 1 0-0-2; Savannah Williams, 1 1-2-4; Shelby Benjamin, 3 0-0-6; Courtney Scheer, 0 2-4-2. Totals: 35 14-19-92.
CFks 10 4 7 7–28
Nor. 25 19 30 18–92
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (CF) Stone, Gibbore 2. (N) Brown 4, Borfitz 3, Williams. JV: Norwich won 75-21. Officials: Greene, Haynes.
Chenango Valley 39, Bainbridge-Guilford 27
FENTON – Chenango Valley led by 11 at halftime, and stretched the lead to nearly 20 points in the second half in a win over Bainbridge-Guilford.
Hannah Elliott scored 15 points for the Warriors.
B-G’s Morgan Bullis had 10 points, and Abbey Smith scored nine.”Defensively, we held our own, but we are struggling to put the ball in the bucket,” said B-G coach Bob Conway. “We’re getting shots, and I hope we can turn it around.”
B-G: Megan Ferrara, 0; Abbey Smith, 3 3-6-9; Marissa Thornton, 0; Morgan Bullis, 5 0-3-10; Taylor Palmatier, 2 0-0-4; Becca Reyes, 1 0-0-2; Cadi Barber, 0; Betsy Holden, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 12 3-9-27 .
CV: Maggie Gross, 1 0-0-2; Maddie Staiger, ; Dani Forbidussi, 2 0-2-4; Jennifer Kipp, 3 0-0-6; Olivia Trumino, 0; Emily Hammond, 1 0-0-2; Chelsea Henige, 0 2-6-2; Hannah Elliott, 6 3-5-15; Ashleigh Weir, 4 0-1-8. Totals: 17 5-15-35
BG 6 6 4 11–27
CV 14 9 10 6–39
Three-pointers: None.
<em>Boys’ Basketball<em/>
Norwich 64, Chenango Valley 40
NORWICH – Norwich held Chenango Valley without a field goal in the first quarter, and doubled its halftime lead in the third quarter to pull away for its seventh straight win of the season Saturday.
The Warriors overcame a slow start stay within 11 at halftime, 34-23. The Norwich lead grew quickly, however, thanks to a full-court press that forced four CV turnovers in the first two minutes of the second half. Mike Sutton had two layups off turnovers, and Zan Stewart added a layup. Six Norwich players scored in a third quarter that left Norwich with a 53-31 advantage with eight minutes to play.
“January is the time when we will tell where we are going as a team,” said Norwich coach Tom Collier. “We’ve started well, but now we are getting into the strength of our schedule, and will have many tough games coming up.”
Norwich suffered some early foul trouble, but didn’t miss a beat. Jamison Luke came off the bench for five rebounds and three blocked shots, and Colin Stewart had nine points in a reserve role. Sutton led all Norwich players with 18 points and Zan Stewart added 10.
