Boys’ Basketball
Oneonta 58, Norwich 52
ONEONTA – Norwich suffered its first league loss and first defeat to a Section IV Class B school in three seasons Thursday night at Oneonta.
George Foti had a four-point play early in the fourth, and hit another three that raised the lead to 50-39 with 3:15 remaining as the Yellowjackets held off the Purple Tornado.
“Any time you play over at Oneonta, it’s a tough game,” said Norwich coach Tom Collier. “We survived over there last year, and this year we didn’t.”
Foti scored 18 points for the Yellowjackets, who have just four losses on the season. One of those was a 16-point defeat at Norwich when the Tornado had a relatively easy time putting the ball in the basket.
Coming off a subpar third quarter in which it scored just six points, Norwich didn’t eclipse the 40-point mark until the final three minutes of the game. Junior Carlos Ithier led a furious NHS rally scoring 13 points in the final period on his way to a season- and career-high 18 points.
“Carlos played really well and he tried to put us on his back in the fourth quarter,” Collier said. “He does all of the dirty work covering the other team’s best guard. Tonight he really shined.”
Ithier’s play was one of the few bright spots for Norwich, Collier said, who gave up several key offensive rebounds in the fourth quarter when it was trying to rally, and was consistently beaten to 50-50 loose balls.
“We couldn’t match Oneonta’s emotion or intensity tonight, and that’s a credit to them,” Collier said. “Our defense wasn’t there tonight and we were a step slow...Oneonta played well and deserved to win.”
A key spurt early in the fourth keyed the ‘Jackets’ victory. After Zan Stewart’s three cut the Oneonta lead to 39-37, Foti responded with his “and-one” three-pointer in which he was fouled while making a three ball.
Noah Sheehan had two buckets during an 11-2 spurt, and Sheehan finished with 12 points. “It was their senior night and they came out and played with the mission of beating Norwich, and they did,” Collier said of Oneonta.
In the junior varsity game, Michael Carson hit the game-winning basket with six seconds left in a 54-52 victory. Carson scored 22 to lead the Tornado juniors, Dashawn King added 15, and Ky’sawn Veale added 12.
Norwich: Jake Walsh, 2 0 -0-6; Michael Oralls, 2 2-4-6; Carlos Ithier, 5 6-6-18; Cameron Edwards, 0 Colin Stewart, 2 1-2-5; Zan Stewart, 3 0-0-7; Tre Bonham, 1 2-4-4; Jordan Vinal, 0; Jamison Luke, 3 0-0-6. Totals: 18 11-16-52.
Oneonta: David Wessells, 2 0-0-4; Daniel Njoku, 2 0-1-4; Skylar Thompson, 0 1-2-1; George Foti, 5 4-6-18; Brock Eichler, 0 2-2-2; Noah Sheehan, 5 2-3-12; Albert Odero, 4 3-7-11; Josh Davi, 1 1-3-4; Willy Harrison, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 20 13-24-58.
Nor. 12 14 6 20–52
Onta. 12 17 10 19–58
Fouled out: (N) Bonham. Three-point goals: (N) Walsh 2, Ithier 2, Z. Stewart. (O) Foti 4, Davi. JV: Norwich won 54-52.
Sherburne-Earlville 55, Central Valley Academy 28
ILION – A 19-4 third quarter put the game out of reach as Sherburne-Earlville doubled up Central Valley Academy Thursday.
Ben Khoury had eight points in the third including a three, and Brady Elderkin nailed both of his three balls to push the lead to 47-21. “We switched to a zone in the third quarter, and we really got out and ran in transition,” said S-E coach Kevin Vibbard. “We had a lot of ball pressure, and turned them over quite a few times.”
Khoury and Gavin Giroux had 14 points apiece to led S-E, who host Camden tonight. The junior varsity game starts at 5 p.m.
S-E: Matt Hull, 1 2-4-4; Dylan Seymour, 3 1-2-7; Derek Capria, 2 3-4-8; Keith Rose, 0; Ben Khoury, 5 2-4-14; Jared Jillson, 0; Brady Elderkin, 2 2-4-8; Ian Fredricks, ; Jonah Piatti, ; Gavin Giroux, 5 4-6-14. Totals: 18 14-24-55.
CVA:  Alexander, 0; Michael Slaughter, 0; Steve Bergin, 1 1-2-3; Connor Day, 4 1-2-10; Matthew Klosner, 1 1-2-3 Cameron Madigan, 1 0-2-2; Will Murray, 3 0-1-6; Zach Waldren, ; Phillip Bodwell, 0; Mark Brough, 0; Tyler Miller, 1 0-0-2; Michael Bergin, 0 2-2-2; Kamryn Perez, 0 . Totals: 11 5-11-28.
S-E 12 16 19 8–55
CVA 5 12 4 7-28
Three-point goals: (SE) Khoury 2, Elderkin 2, Capria. (C) Day.
Unadilla Valley 55, Greene 49 (OT)
NEW BERLIN – On a night when its offense struggled, UV relied on its defense to defeat Greene in overtime Thursday.
The Storm, down by seven entering the fourth quarter, held the Trojans to just 11 points over the fourth quarter and overtime. A Brett Hanslmaier free throw tied the game at 46 to force overtime, and two overtime buckets from Hank deGlee during the overtime period put the host team in front. Ryan Postma connected on three free throws in overtime as well.
“We didn’t shoot it well and were fighting an uphill battle all game,” said UV coach Matt Osborne. “We kept chugging along, played solid defense, and rebounded well.”
Postma led UV with 18, Ethan Grey scored 14, and deGlee had 10 for UV (13-5).
Luke Day’s 15 points led Greene, and Joe Miranda chipped in with 14 points.
Greene: Jordan Harrington, 2 4-4-9; Luke Day, 6 2-3-15 ; Josh Harrington, 0; Luke Erickson, 3 0-1-6; Breven Gilmore, 2 1-2-5; Joe Miranda, 5 4-8-14; John Hadac,0 ; Dalton Brower, 0. Totals: 18 11-18-49 .
UV: Ryan Postma, 4 8-14-18; Dylan Thomsen, 1 1-2-4; Steven Gillette, ; Jon Schermerhorn, 0; Ethan Grey, 5 3-5-14; Tyler Simmons, 0 ; Kyle Brewer, ; Brett Hanslmaier, 1 3-4-5; Sam Tuttle, 2 0-0-4; Hank deGlee, 5 0-3-10. Totals: 18 15-28-55.
Gre. 17 5 16 8 3–49
UVa 10 7 14 15 9–55
Fouled out: (G) Jor. Harrington. Three-point goals: (UV) Postma 2, Grey, Thomsen. (G) Jor Harrington, Day. JV: Greene won. Officials: VanDeusen, Neske.
Unatego 71, Oxford 62
OTEGO – Tanner Winchester and Braeden Beadle were a formidable one-two punch as Owego downed Oxford Thursday night.
Winchester and Beadle staked their club to an eight-point lead in the first scoring all 19 of their team’s points. Winchester led with 32 points, and Beadle scored 25. “When two guys combine for 57 points on this level, that’s pretty impressive,” said Oxford coach Tim Davis.
Winchester helped seal the game in the fourth hitting 9 of 11 free throws.
Oxford (7-12) was led by Kevin Davis, who scored 24 points and pulled down a career-high 24 rebounds. “We did a good job of spreading them out and getting some easy buckets around the basket, but we didn’t shoot well from the perimeter all night long,” Davis said.
Oxford: Kyle Crawford, 1 0-0-3; Josh Nelson, 4 1-6-9; Damon Maricle, 0; Daniel Lawton, 1 0-0-2; Trenton Lyons, 2 0-0-4; Francisco Quintana, 3 3-4-9; Jon Heggie, 4 3-4-11; Kevin Davis, 8 5-8-24; David Gregory, 0. Totals: 24 12-22-62 .
Unatego: Jared Smith, 1 0-0-2; Kyle Spalding, 3 0-0-6 ; Austin Dunn, 0; Tanner Winchester, 10 9-14-32; Braeden Beadle, 11 2-4-25; Dean Reed, 1 0-2-2; Dawson Wilsey, 0; Derek Beames, 2 0-0-4; Jared Jones, 0. Totals: 28 11-20-71.
Oxf. 11 16 10 25–62
Unat. 19 15 16 21–71
Fouled out: (U) Reed. Three-point goals: (U) Winchester 3, Beadle. (O) Davis, Crawford. JV: Unatego won.
Cincinnatus 53, G-MU 45
CINCINNATUS – Cincinnatus had an answer for every G-MU run in the fourth quarter in Thursday’s intersectional matchup.
Three times the Raiders closed to within four points of the Red Lions. Twice, Josh Enders banged in a three, and on the third occasion, Cody Beckwith scored a traditional two-point bucket.
“Cincinnatus is a team that has improved throughout the season, and be in the game until the final two or three minutes, I couldn’t be happier,” said G-MU coach Greg Bonczkowski.
Cincy took control in the third when Collin McKee scored eight points to give the host club a seven-point lead entering the fourth. McKee finished with a game-high 21 points.
Nate O’Hara led G-MU (3-16) with 16 points.
G-MU: Hunter Lockwood, 1 1-1-3; Devon Fitch, 0; Matt Ward, 0; Matt Delaney, 1 0--0-2; Colin Wind, 3 2-3-8; Nathan Fuller, 4 0-0-8; Mickenson Clune, 4 0-0-8 ; Nate O'Hara, 5 6-7-16. Totals: 18 9-11-45.
Cincy: Jacob Crane, 1 0-0-2; Josh Enders, 4 0-0-11; Dalton Sudbrink, 2 0-2-4; Daulton Brown, 0 ; Cody Beckwith, 6 3-5-15; Tyler Enright, 0; Justin Heath, 0; Collin McKee, 8 5-8-21; Kyle Loomis, 0. Totals: 21 8-15-53.
G-MU 10 9 8 18–45
Cincy 13 7 14 19–53
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (C) Enders 3. JV: Cincy won.
