Boys' Tennis
BINGHAMTON – Norwich seniors Colin and Zan Stewart earned a third straight trip to the New York State tennis tournament placing second at the Section IV State Qualifier, Saturday at the Binghamton Tennis Center.
After rolling to wins in the quarterfinals and semifinals, the Tornado duo was beaten in three sets by Ithaca's number one doubles team, Steven Carman and Jonathan Gomes, 7-6 (7-5), 2-6, 6-4, in the championship matchup.
"It was just phenomenal tennis and an unbelievable serving battle," said Norwich coach John Stewart of the match. "(The Ithaca kids) put a lot into the first set, and our guys took the second set quite easily.
"In the third set, they won two deuce points in the first three games to go up 3-0. We battled back and held off one match point, we just came up short. That was a very good Ithaca team that played out of their minds, and they had to in order to beat us."
Also competing for Norwich were Matt Craig in singles and Brendon Budd along with Alec Weaver in doubles. Both suffered first-round losses and subsequently lost their first-round consolation matches.
Greene doubles team Karl Zaengle and Michael Anderson went 1-2 in three matches with the Trojans earning a 6-4, 7-5 victory in their consolation round match against Norwich's Budd and Weaver.
Softball
South Jefferson 11, Sherburne-Earlville 3
ADAMS – South Jefferson slugged four home runs led by winning pitcher Janessa Vaadi in Friday's Section III Class B playoff victory over visiting Sherburne-Earlville.
In addition to striking out 12, Vaadi went deep twice driving in four runs. Emily Eastham and Alexis Gravelle also homered, and sophomore Shauna Schafer drove in three runs.
"We played well, they just played better," said S-E coach Michelle Parker. "I was pleased with our overall performance this season, and we'll have a strong returning presence again next season."
Kaylee Scott tripled and drove in a run for S-E, and Miranda Wright went 2-for-3 with two runs scored.
S-E 100 001 1 3 6 3
SJeff 112 052 x 11 11 3
WP–Janessa Vaadi. LP–Emma Hodges. Doubles: (SJ) Alexis Gravelle. Triples: (SE) Kaylee Scott. HR: (SJ) Gravelle, Emily Eastham. Janessa Vaadi (2).
Track and Field
STAC Championships
ENDICOTT – Norwich junior David Bernstein won two STAC titles Thursday at Union-Endicott taking the shot put and discus.
Bernstein had throws of 45-5 1/2 in the shot put and 145 even in the discus. NHS junior Katelyn Shaver won the girls’ shot put with a throw of 35-1 1/2, and second-place finishes came from Morgan Hagenbuch in the 100-meter hurdles (16.3) along with Caroline Stewart in the triple jump (34-3).
