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CHENANGO VALLEY – Norwich suffered their second loss this week to Chenango Valley 6-2.

From the first minute of the game, Purple Tornado head coach Doug Coggins said his defense was on their heels.

The Lady Warriors took full advantage of that, scoring their first two goals within eight minutes of play.

“Chenango Valley moved the ball and controlled the midfield,” said Coach Coggins. “Their overlapping and creative play caused confusion for our young group.”

Norwich Sydney Coggins did score two goals in the contest, avoiding the shut-out. Her first goal came from the foot of Nicole Jeffrey on the right side of the field.

Mackenzie Hess assisted on Sydney Coggins second goal, sending a seam pass to the near post. Coggins then rifled it past the Warriors keeper.

The Tornado were without regular goalie Saige Benedict, bringing up JV goalie Bree McCann. “Bree filled in and did a nice job for us,” said Coach Coggins. Norwich also lost Abby Flynn and Margaret Dougher due to injury during the game, both are valuable defenders.

Monday afternoon, the Lady Purple Tornado lost a tough game at home to the Yellowjackets of Oneonta 2-1.

After a scoreless first half, Norwich’s Mackenzie Hess made a great play in the midfield area to gain possession. After a few passes of the ball, the Purple Tornado’s Sydney Coggins found Jeffrey who then fired the ball past the Oneonta keeper for the first goal of the contest.  

The Lady Tornado held onto the one goal lead until 17 minutes remaining when the Yellowjackets’ Anika Buzzy received a pass from Angela Burr. Buzzy’s shot ended up in the back of the net, tying the game at 1-1.

Minutes later, Buzzy set up teammate Martine Hitchcock with a pass for the second Oneonta goal, which proved to be the game winner for the visiting team. 

Norwich outplayed Oneonta for much of the game according to Coach Coggins.

“This was winnable and once again we came up short,” said Coach Coggins of Monday’s game. “The positives are still our determination and never quit attitude but our fundamentals shut down in certain portions of the game. Our defense and goal keeping need to be on all the time, some points we are too casual and need to play how the game is played. We are often waiting for the ball and then moving instead of being fluid.”

Oneonta finished with a total of 17 shots on goal and Norwich goalie Saige Benedict 12 to keep the game within reach for the Purple Tornado.

Unatego 8, Greene 1

OTEGO – Seven different Spartans scored in the 8-1 win for Unatego over Greene Wednesday afternoon.

Two goals came from the Spartans’ Dana Stepp while Hali Lucia recorded one goal and one assist. The other five goals were tallied by Morgan Newman, Leah Hamm, Kylie Mussaw, Katie Ostrander

Unatego’s Morgan Perry assisted three goals and Jenna Faulkner assisted one.

The shutout for the Trojans was avoided as a Spartans’ defensive miscue led to the Greene’s lone goal.

The Trojans’ Katelyn Pratt made 18 saves in the net for Greene.

Greene will head to Otselic Valley Thursday evening for the first game of the Vikings tournament. The Trojans face Fabius-Pompey at 4 p.m. The winner will play in the championship game on Saturday night.