Wrestling
Norwich 51, Chenango Forks 27
NORWICH – Norwich honored its four seniors, and rallied from a 24-point hole to capture a meet victory over Chenango Forks Wednesday in its final home match of the season.
The proceedings before the wrestling commenced noted the accomplishments of outgoing seniors Tristan Rifanburg, Frank Garcia, Trey Muserallo, and first-year senior Stephen Kuhn. Rifanburg, Garcia, and Muserallo have nearly 500 combined wins during their long varsity careers, and Rifanburg and Garcia have racked up three state titles and seven Section IV championships between them.
Rifanburg and Garcia didn’t disappoint on the mat either with each recording pins in less than two minutes of combined time. “It’s not just about the wins and losses,” said Norwich coach Terry Hagenbuch of his standouts. “It’s their leadership and all of the intangibles we see in practice every day. They’re great kids.”
Norwich lost the first five matchups to the Blue Devils, the last two by forfeit at 220 and 285. From there, it was almost all Norwich.
Following a forfeit win at 99 pounds, Norwich’s Nick Glanville (106) pinned Guari Reyes in 1:54; Ty Rifanburg (120) added a pin; Carter Hubbard (126) won by technical fall; Cole Rifanburg (132) earned a pin; Nick Murphy (138) rode out a 10-0 major decision; while Brennan Slater (145), Tristan Rifanburg (152), and Garcia (160) piled on the points with pins.
Hagenbuch was not concerned about the early deficit, and based on where the match started (170 pounds), he knew he would be giving up some points before getting to the meat of his lineup. “If we get the kids to wrestle the way they are capable, we’re a pretty tough team to beat,” Hagenbuch said.
Norwich competes in the STAC Tournament Friday and Saturday at Johnson City, then wraps up its dual meet season next Tuesday at Greene.
Results
(started at 170 pounds)
170: Jakob Krupp (CF) dec. Trey Muserallo, 7-2. 182: Chri Pohlhamus (CF) dec. Jakob Franklin, 12-8. 195: Caleb Gould (CF) pinned Eli Kwasnik, :50. 220: Taylor Robinson (CF) won by fft. 285: Klayton DuBois (CF) won by fft. 99: Eli Rodriguez (N) won by fft. 106: Nick Glanville (N) pinned Guari Reyes, 1:54. 113: Patrick Borelli (CF) dec. Dalen Geislinger, 5-1. 120: Ty Rifanburg (N) pinned Chris Borelli, 4:17. 126: Carter Hubbard (N) tech. fall over Jack Abbey, 15-0, 5:49. 132: Cole Rifanburg (N) pinned Jimmy Dyer, 3:16. 138: Nick Murphy (N) dec. Jeremiah Allen, 10-0. 145: Brennan Slater (N) pinned Ethan Dave, 1:51. 152: Tristan Rifanburg (N) pinned Justin Mallory, 1:10 160: Frank Garcia (N) pinned Michael Riggins, :39.
Boys’ Basketball
Greene 59, Bainbridge-Guilford 40
BAINBRIDGE – Greene maintained its share of the Midstate Athletic Conference division lead finishing the first half on a strong run to create some separation from B-G Wednesday night.
Four Trojans players scored in double figures led by Luke Day’s game-high 16 points. Jordan Harrington added 15, Luke Erickson scored 13, and Joe Miranda had 10. The rest of the Greene lineup accounted for just one basket and five total points.
“They really hurt us on runouts, and we just struggled offensively tonight,” said B-G coach Greg Warren. “We couldn’t get any rhythm going.”
B-G was down by double digits in the first half before trimming the margin to seven. “We forced things on a couple of possessions, and they were able to get their lead back up,” Warren said.
Zach Smith had 10 points and seven rebounds for B-G, and Sean Jones grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds.
B-G plays at Sidney Friday.
Greene: Jordan Harrington, 5 2-2-15; Brian Leone, 1 0-0-2; Luke Day, 6 4-6-16; Josh Harrington, 0; Luke Erickson, 3 7-8-13; Breven Gilmore, 0 0-2-0; Joe Miranda, 4 2-3-10; Dave Borchardt, 0; John Hadac, 0 3-4-3. Totals: 19 18-25-59.
B-G: Trevor Halaquist, 0; Adam Bauerle, 2 1-1-5; Bailey Green, 2 1-4-6; Sean Jones, 3 2-5-8; Dylan Moffitt, 1 0-0-2; Ryan Jones, 1 0-0-2; Kyle Hanvey 2 3-4-7; Zach Smith, 4 2-5-10; Alex DeGroat, 0. Totals: 15 9-19-40.
Gre. 16 18 17 8–59
B-G 6 14 8 12–40
Fouled out: (B) Ryan Jones. Three-point goals: (G) Jor. Harrington 3. (BG) Green. JV: Greene won 57-37. Officials: Ciotoli, Lessler.
