WRESTLING

BINGHAMTON - Two Chenango County wrestlers punched their ticket to the New York State Division II state championships later this month capturing individual titles on Saturday at Visions Veterans Memorial Arena.

Darren Florance of B-G/Afton/Harpursville extended his unbeaten season rolling to the 102-pound title, while Greene-Oxford's Hunter Page was victorious in the 172-pound championship match.

Florance is returning to the state tournament after placing sixth in the 99-pound division two years ago as a sophomore.

Florance captured his championship winning by technical fall, 17-0, over Odessa-Montour/Watkins Glen's Lucas Hoffman.

Page avenged a loss to Windsor's Dominick Weaver from earlier this season.

Page fell to Weaver 9-7 at the Windsor Tournament in December, but turned the tables grabbing a 5-3 decision win.

Tioga dominated the finals matchups coming away with seven individual champions, and a runaway point total to claim the team championship.

B-G/Afton/Harpursville placed third to lead local team entries. Unatego-Unadilla Valley was fifth; Greene-Oxford placed 11th, and Norwich was 12th.

Top-three finishers earned automatic bids to the state tournament.

Joey Florance (118), and Brady Buttice (160) qualified for B-G/A/H as each wrestler placed second.

Unatego-UV's Caleb Cole (110) placed second; Brady Smith (145) of Norwich was second, while Aiden Marcin (132) of Greene-Oxford also finished second.

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BOYS' BASKETBALL

Otselic Valley 74, Brookfield 58

SOUTH OTSELIC - Just two weeks ago, Otselic Valley appeared headed toward a losing season. Five straight wins later, not only did the Vikings qualify for the Section III tournament, but they significantly improved their likely seed.

OV canned 13 three-pointers on 52 percent shooting from behind the arc to effectively bury the Beavers.

"The boys ran the offense, got great looks, and hit them," said Vikings coach Jacob Preston.

Braeden Davis had his fifth 30-point game of the season and third in six games finishing with an even 30 to go with 12 rebounds.

Davis scored 21 of his points in the opening half as OV brought a 40-29 lead into halftime.

Matthew Wetterer, picked up his scoring in a big third period netting nine of his 19 points as the lead grew to 24 points. Wetterer also grabbed 12 rebounds.

Drew Sibila added a season-high 14 points for OV.

The boys run the offensive and got great looks and hit them

Brookfield:  Spencer Warner 26, Drake Alsante 1, Quentin Moon 22, Kaden Ondrako 7, Derek Blush 2. Totals:  FG-20, FT 12-29-58.

Otselic Valley (10-8):  Drew Sibila 14, Levi Lyon 6, Braeden Davis 30, Matthew Wetterer 19 Cole Warren 3 , Thomas Stanley 2.  Totals:  FG 28, FT. 5-9-74

Score by quarters

B'field   9  20  10  19--58

OVall   17 23  22  12--74

Three-point goals:  Brookfield 6 (Warner 5, Ondrako). Otselic Valley 13 (Davis 5, Sbila 4, Lyon 2, Wetterer 2)

 

Greene 53, Afton 17

GREENE - Greene started fast against an outmanned Afton lineup to grab its fifth win of the season on Friday.

Bill Dunlap scored seven in the first quarter sparking the Trojans (5-13) to a 20-2 advantage. 

Aiden Pickard was steady throughout the first half scoring 10 points, and he finished with a game-high 16. Dunlap added nine points.

Afton:  Baciuska 2, Patterson 3, Kelly 3, MacNaught 4, Stiner 2, Palmetier 3. Totals: FG-7, FT 1-6-17.

Greene (5-13):  Liam Flanagan 2, Joel Vielandi 7, Kloden Rapp 4, Terriek Brown 6, Joey Gibbs 4, M. Swift 2, Jaden Eroshevich 1, J. Ledford 2, Aiden Pickard 16, Bill Dunlap 9. Totals: FG-25, Ft 2-4-53.

Score by quarters

Afton   2   5   6   4--17

Greene   20  16  14  3--53

Three-point goals: Greene 1 (Vielandi). Afton 2 (Baciuska, Patterson)

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GIRLS' BASKETBALL

 

Cooperstown 74, Sherburne-Earlville 30

COOPERSTOWN - Cooperstown defeated Sherburne-Earlville for the second time in as many games, and for the third time this season on Friday.

Liana Williams and Gabby Woeppel combined for 35 points to pace the Hawkeyes, who put the game on ice with a 22-2 advantage in the third quarter.

Chesnee Miller scored 10 points to lead S-E (2-17).

S-E (2-17):  Alex Gryzmkowski 2, Chesnee Miller 10, Alyse Brown 2, Alexis James 3, Abigail Shaver 4, Hannah Todd-Rogers 3, Trinity Thornton 5, Amelia Moyer 1. Totals:  FG-11, FT 8-17-30.

Cooperstown (13-7):  M. Niles 4, Gabby Woeppel 17, Liana Williams 18, S. Feik 4, A. Lewis 10, C. Jensen 2, C. Koffer 3, Dani Seamon 9, S. Kirkby 7. Totals:  FG-30, FT 12-18-74

Score by quarters

S-E  7  10  2  11--30

Coop.  20  19  22  13--74

Three-point goals: S-E 0.  Cooperstown 2 (Woeppel, Williams)

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BOWLING

Midstate Athletic Conference Final Standings

Boys

Hancock 43-5, Unadilla Valley 37-11, B-G 34-14, Sidney 29-19, Deposit 12-36, Greene-Oxford 12-36, Afton-Harpursville 1-47.

High average (local bowlers):  Nate Rumovicz (Unadilla Valley), 5th, 200.78

Girls

Unadilla Valley 48-0, Sidney 36-12, Greene-Oxford 36-12, Hancock 21-27, B-G 15-33, Afton-Harpursville 8-40, Deposit 4-44.

High average (Local bowlers):  Halia Tallett (Greene-Oxford), 1st, 185.11; Bryn Grant (Unadilla Valley), 2nd, 181.00; Phalen Hill, (Unadilla Valley), 3rd (180.00); Pyper Kneale (Unadilla Valley) 5th, 177.17.