Boys’ Basketball
Norwich 70, Chenango Forks 37
NORWICH – A surge midway through the third quarter helped Norwich quiet Chenango Forks’ comeback hopes in Friday night’s Purple Tornado victory.
Carlos Ithier led a balanced Norwich scoring lineup with 12 points. Ithier was central to Norwich’s big third-quarter spurt that turned a 35-22 game into a 47-24 advantage.
Ithier hit a jumper off a steal, canned a three after a kickout pass from Mike Oralls, then pumped in another trey with Oralls again providing the helper.
With both clubs’ reserves on the court for much of the fourth quarter, the Tornado reserves steamrolled the Blue Devils finishing the last six minutes on a 20-5 spurt.
Tre Bonham had eight in the final quarter and Chris Trevisani seven.
“I thought our offensive execution, especially the second half, was very good,” said Norwich coach Tom Collier, who credited the passing of Oralls and Zan Stewart.
Norwich (10-2) dictated with its defense creating 27 turnovers in the game, while committing just four turnovers itself. Combined with a 21-assist team total, Norwich amassed game statistics that typically lead to good results.
“I thought we played better this game than the first time we played them,” Collier said. “Our ball pressure was great up top, and we extended their offense so they couldn’t get the ball in the low post. All of the kids played well tonight.”
Jamison Luke added 11 points for Norwich, who play at Windsor on Friday.
In the JV game, Norwich improved to 8-3 overall winning 65-39. Mike Carson led with 13 points, Zach Race added 11, and Dashawn King netted 10.
Chenango Forks: Lucas Tiberi, 0; Caleb Link, 2 3-3-8; Keno Tio, 1 0-0-2; Chad Raychel, 1 0-0-3; Rob Story, 4 2-4-10; Zach Locke, 1 0-0-3; Keenan Hall, 0; Trevor Borchardt, 4 1-1-9; CJ Watson, 1 0-0-2; Ryan Ehrets, 0. Totals: 14 6-8-37.
Norwich: Jake Walsh, 1 0-0-3; Chris Trevisani, 3 0-0-7; Michael Oralls, 4 0-0-8; Matt Parrella, 2 0-0-4; Carlos Ithier, 5 0-0-12; Cameron Edwards, 0; Colin Stewart, 2 0-0-5; Zan Stewart, 2 0-0-4; Tre Bonham, 4 0-0-8; Jordan Vinal, 3 0-0-8; Jamison Luke, 5 1-2-11. Totals: 31 1-2-70.
CForks 8 7 15 7–37
NHS 17 14 16 23–70
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (CF) Link, Rachel, Locke. (N) Ithier 2, Vinal 2, Trevisani, Walsh, C. Stewart. JV: Norwich won 65-39. Officials: Woody, S. Berg.
Sherburne-Earlville 60, Canastota 45
SHERBURNE - Sherburne-Earlville avenged an early-season loss to Canastota – the last team to beat it – to extend its winning streak to 10 games Friday
The Raiders trimmed an 11-point S-E halftime lead to 32-26 with 5:26 left in the third quarter. From there, S-E finished the quarter on a 14-4 run keyed by three balls from Derek Capria and Matt Hull.
Ben Khoury, who led S-E with 21 points, hit back-to-back threes in the first minute of the fourth to help extend the Marauders' lead to 52-31. "The last time we played them, we were coming off a snowstorm and two days off, and we just didn't shoot it well," said S-E coach Kevin Vibbard. "We stayed in that game because of our defense. Tonight we spread it around pretty good. The kids were definitely fired up for this game."
Capria added 12 points in the win, Hull scored nine, and Gavin Giroux finished with eight points and seven rebounds. The Marauders (11-2) host Holland Patent Friday.
Canastota: Ryan Zophy, 1 2-3-4; Chris Bigas, ; Bailey Curtis, 2 0-0-5; Jamie Cellamare, 1 0-0-3; Jon Keator, 0; Trenton Zophy, 0; Brandon Lawrence, 1 2-2-4; Jeff Olden, 8 1-2-17; Zarin Martin, 2 2-2-6; Tanner Watts, 1 0-0-3; Ed Brooks, 1 1-2-3; Jake Purdy, 0. Totals: 17 8-11-45.
S-E: Ian Fleming, 0 1-2-1; Cody Marango, 1 0-0-2 ; Matt Hull, 3 1-3-9; Derek Capria, 4 2-2-12; Keith Rose, 1 0-0-2 ; Ben Khoury, 7 4-6-21 ; Jared Jillson, 0 1-2-1; Brady Elderkin, 1 2-2-4; Ian Fredricks, 0; Gavin Giroux, 3 2-4-8. Totals: 20 13-21-60.
Can. 8 10 12 15–45
S-E 12 17 17 14–60
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (C) Curtis, Cellamare, Watts. (SE) Khoury 3, Capria 2, Hull 2. JV: Canastota won 48-40. Officials: Washburn, Mattingly.
Bainbridge-Guilford 42, Oxford 33
OXFORD - Oxford shot an abysmal nine percent from the field in the second half and just 22 percent for the game in Friday's home loss to Bainbridge-Guilford.
Ryan Jones was red-hot for the Bobcats making 4 of 5 three-point attempts finishing with 15 points to lead the Bobcats. Zach Smith added 12 for B-G, who made seven threes in the game.
"Our shooting was just off," said Oxford coach Tim Davis. "We were getting offensive rebounds, but couldn't make the putbacks. It came down to putting the ball in the basket, and we failed to do that."
Kevin Davis led Oxford with 15 points, 16 rebounds, five steals, four blocked shots, and four assists.
Oxford plays at Unadilla Valley Tuesday.
B-G: Trevor Halaquist, 0; Adam Bauerle, 0 1-2-1 ; Bailey Green, 3 2-3-10; Sean Jones, 1 0-2-2; Ryan Jones, 5 1-2-15; Kyle Hanvey 0; Zach Smith, 5 1-2-12; Alex DeGroat,1 0-0-2 . Totals: 15 5-11-42.
Oxford: Kyle Crawford, 0; Josh Nelson, 3 2-4-8; Daniel Lawton, 0; Trenton Lyons, 0; Jon Heggie, 2 2-4-6 ; Kevin Davis, 4 5-8-15; Harry Oliver, 1 2-2-4; David Gregory, 0. Totals: 10 11-18-33.
B-G 10 11 9 12–42
Oxf 10 10 7 6–33
Fouled out: (O) Nelson. Three-point goals: (BG) Green 2, R. Jones 4, Z. Smith. (O).
Unadilla Valley 53, Harpursville 34
HARPURSVILLE – With Harpursville clogging up the inside, Unadilla Valley turned to the outside shot – and the three-pointer in particular – in Friday's road win.
Ethan Grey scored 10 in the first quarter for UV hitting two threes, and Ryan Postma had 10 in the third quarter, again with a pair of threes helping extend the lead 16 points.
"We moved the ball well in and out against their zone, and we played great defense holding them under 10 points in each quarter," said UV coach Matt Osborne.
The Storm (6-2, 9-4) hit a season-best eight threes for the game. Postma led with 15 points, while Grey and Brett Hanslmaier netted 13 apiece.
UV: Ryan Postma, 6 0-0-15; Steven Gillette, 0; Jon Schermerhorn, 1 1-2-4; Ethan Grey, 5 0-0-13; Tyler Simmons, 0; Brett Hanslmaier, 5 3-6-13; Dylan Thomsen, 1 0-1-3; Marcus Granger, 0; Sam Tuttle, 1 0-0-2; Hank deGlee, 1 1-1-3. Totals: 20 5-12-53 .
Harpursville: Devon Dean, 8 3-9-20; Dylan Karanka, 0; Dan Villano, 0; Mitch Livermore, 1 3-4-6; Dylan Smith, 0; Payton Dean, 3 0-2-6; Mason Townsend, 0 2-2-2. Totals: 12 8-17-34.
