Norwich’s Steven Dowdall finishes with 20 points in loss to Chenango Valley. (Photo by Morgan Golliver)

NORWICH - On Saturday afternoon, the Norwich Purple Tornado boys basketball team hosted Chenango Valley for the first home game of the 2022 season. The Warriors dominated on both sides of the court to win 61-47.

Steven Dowdall led the Tornado with 20 points with four three-pointers as Wyatt Thornton and Jerell Stokes both finished with nine points. Thornton’s nine points came from three three-point shots.

While both sides competed strongly, the Purple Tornado could not shut down CV’s Jordan Benowski as he had 20 points with six three’s. He also shared the wealth with teammates Nate Edwards and Chase Hanyon who helped put the game away in the fourth quarter with Norwich threatening. Norwich was down by 10 points with a minute left to play but got into some late foul trouble.

After two challenging games under their belt, Norwich will aggressively prepare for their next game, which will be against Seton Catholic on Wednesday at 7:15 p.m.

Score by Quarters

CV 17 12 9 23 –61

NO 11 11 12 13 –47

CV (1-0): Jordan Benowski 20, Chase Hanyon 13, Nate Edwards 12, Aiden Granger 7, Jeter King 4, Warren Walters 3, Mike Doyle 2.

NO (0-2): Steven Dowdall 20, Wyatt Thornton 9, Jerell Stokes 9, Mitchell Collins 7, Collin Olds 2.

Three-Pointers: CV 9 (Benowski 6, Edwards 2, Granger 1); NO 9 (Dowdall 4, Thornton 3, Stokes 1, Collins 1).