NORWICH – Norwich took a business-like approach to its final home game of the season, and after four quarters of action, punched out with a 63-37 victory over Susquehanna Valley in the Section IV Class B semifinals.

Norwich, who won the Class A title a year ago, play for the Class B boys’ basketball championship on Friday night against Seton Catholic Central at 7:45 p.m. at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena. The last back-to-back sectional titles for the Tornado came in 1993-’94 when they went on to win consecutive state titles. “It would be nice to go back-to-back, and it certainly will not be easy,” said Norwich coach Mark Abbott. “The whole focus of this program is beating good people and winning championships.”

Norwich (18-3) posted one of its most impressive wins of the season in the first meeting the with the Sabers administering an 81-41 drubbling.

This time around, SV (8-11) got off to an 8-3 lead in the first quarter highlighted by Matt Cornwell’s driving two-handed dunk. Norwich responded with a 22-2 spurt including 20 points over the last 3:45 of the first quarter.

Norwich took its first lead on Richie Bonney’s spot up three making it 10-8, but Cornwell tied it one final time for the Sabers on a driving layup at the 2:36 mark.