Soccer
Unadilla Valley/Bainbrige-Guilford
BAINBRIGE - In a local match-up on Wednesday, September, 9, the Bainbrige-Guilford boys’ varsity soccer team took on the Unadilla Valley Storm in a close game, ultimately winning 2-0.
Both teams came out of the gate ready to play, but it was B-G’s Aidan Nolan who scored first. After a rain soaked ball slipped from UV goal keepers Adam Lamont’s grasp, Nolan was there to get the rebound and put the ball into the net, making the score of the game 1-0. Not much later in the game Nolan scored the match’s final goal on a header off of a B-G corner kick, putting the Bobcats up 2-0 at the end of the half. Neither team would score again the rest of the game.
Unadilla Valley’s best chance to score came from a penalty kick that missed just wide right. “Overal this game was a good learning experience for our young team,” said Unadilla Valley head coach Ryan Houck. “We plan to grow and learn from our mistakes.”
UV plays next Monday, September, 14, when Edmeston comes to town while Bainbrige-Guilford will travel to Sidney this weekend to play in an invitational tournament.
Individual statistics: Unadilla Valley; Adam Lamont, 8 saves. Bainbridge-Guilford; A. Nolan, 2 goals. S. Jones, 5 saves.
Team statistics: Goals; (UV) 0, (BG) 2. Shots on goal; (UV) 9, (BG) 10. Corner kicks; (UV) 7, (BG) 7. Saves; (UV) 8, (BG) 5.
Greene
GREENE - In a tight game Johnson City traveled to Greene to take on the Trojan’s boys’ varsity soccer team. After a close first half Johnson City pulled away and won the match 5-3.
In the first half Johnson City struck first will a Harris Brkovic goal off of a Minh Chau assist. It wasn’t long after that when Greene’s Luke Day netted his first of two goals of the day to tie the game up at one goal each. To start off the second half Brkovic scored again just four minutes into the half, puting JC up 2-1 on Greene. 15 minutes later Greene’s Brian Leone netted a shot to tie the game up again with time winding down in the second half.
After Leone’s goal JC would go on to score three goals straight to put the Wildcats up 5-2. “We kept right up there with them going goal for goal until they hit three straight on us,” said Greene Coach Rick Tallman.
Day would finish off the match for Greene with his second goal of the game, but it would be too little too late for the Trojans as the score now stood 5-3 to end the game.
Greene is back in action Monday, September, 14, when they play Seaton Catholic on their home turf.
Individual statistics: Johnson City; Harris Brkovic, 2 goals, 1 assist. Minh Chau, 1 goal, 1 assist. Listero Calvo, 1 goal, 1 assist. Greene; Luke Day, 2 goals. Brian Leone, 1 goal, 2 assists.
Team statistics: Goals, (JC) 5, (G) 3. Assists, (JC) 3, (G) 2. Shots on goal, (JC) 7, (G) 9. Corner kicks, (JC) 2, (G) 4.
Volleyball
Norwich
NORWICH - Starting 1-1 on the season the Norwich girls' varsity volleyball team played against Windsor Wednesday, September, 9, and lost, but won last night against Unadilla Valley.
Wednesday night's match-up ended in three sets with Windsor winning 25-20, 25-9, and 25-6. An experienced team with a lot of discipline, Windsor pulled away from the Norwich team in the final two sets of the night. In the final two sets Windsor only allowed 15 total team points for Norwich while keeping their offense in high gear. Norwich would go on to play Unadilla Valley the next night.
Individual statistics: Windsor; Kassi Hastings, 20 assists. Kendyl Gorick, 12 Kills. Sarah Bobier, 8 kills. Maddie Farr, 9 digs. MaKenna Corbin, 1 ace, 1 block. Norwich; Kara Evans 2 blocks, 1 kill. Meghan Komendarek 1 kill, 1 block. Vanessa Salerno 5 digs, 1 kill. Jessica Dye, 5 digs. Leahanne Humphrey, 2 assists. Kaitlyn Jackson, 2 assists.
Team statistics: Assists, (W) 10, (N) 4. Kills, (W) 20, (N) 3. Digs, (W) 9, (N) 10. Blocks, (W) 1, (N) 3.
The very next night Norwich turned around and played Unadilla Valley, this game was a much different story for the Purple Tornado. Norwich would win the day in three sets 25-4, 25-14, 25-17. "We came ready to play tonight," said Norwich coach Shelly Alger. "I have a young team this year and hopefully things will start to click for them after this win."
Serving up 18 straight points for Norwich was Kaitlyn Jackson. Jackson would end the night with five aces and six assists. Norwich will play their final of three games in a row today when they travel to Owego.
Individual statistics: Unadilla Valley; Hannah Lazarus, 5 kills. Blaize Kolvik, 4 assists. Norwich; Meghan Komendarek, 8 kills, 5 blocks. Kaitlyn Jackson, 5 aces, 6 assists. Vanessa Salerno, 4 aces, 3 kills, 2 digs. Leahanne Humphrey, 2 aces, 3 assists. Kalie Binelli 3 kills, 1 ace.
Team statistics: Assists, (UV) 4, (N) 9. Kills (UV) 5, (N) 15. Digs, (UV) 0, (N) 2. Blocks, (UV) 0, (N) 5. Aces, (UV) 0, (N) 12.
