Hamilton girls basketball advances

Stockbridge Valley, Madison eliminated

Girls Basketball

ALEXANDRIA BAY 58, STOCK

BRIDGE VALLEY 33 >> Stockbridge Valley’s girls basketball team was eliminated from the Class D playoffs with a 58- 33 loss to Alexandria Bay Friday.

Lorraine Beard and Rachel Calhoun scored 17 points apiece to lead the hosts in the victory. Olivia Marshall scored 14 to lead coach Jackie Fort’s Cougars in defeat.

“A lot of people didn’t think the ‘ Fab Five’ was going to do anything in Stockbridge,” said Fort of her five- player team. “They proved them wrong. These girls have battled through some games. I’m very proud of these girls.”

HAMILTON 54, OLD FORGE 23

>> Hayden Nolan scored 18 points of the bench to lead Hamilton’s girls basketball team to a 54- 23 victory over Old Forge in their Class D playoff game Friday.

Jess Welsh added 15 for the seventh- seeded Emerald Knights in the victory.

“We were a little sluggish at the beginning but we started to make some plays in transition that got us going,” said Hamilton coach Gary Weeks.

“Hayden has provided a spark for us off the bench, and we needed it tonight as Lauren Weeks got into early foul trouble. We can’t afford to let that happen on Wednesday ( against New York Mills) but it was nice to see the other girls step up. Jess Welsh was huge on both ends of the court for us tonight and we need her to play big for us from here on out.”

Boys Volleyball

WESTMORELAND 3, CHIT

TENANGO 2 >> Westmoreland’s boys volleyball team overcame a 2- 1 deficit to beat Chittenango 14- 25, 25- 21, 1625, 25- 16, 25- 16 Friday. Jake Landry’s 19 kills and 18 assists led the Bulldogs in victory while Brandon Woodward had 12 kills to lead the Bears’ offense in defeat.

VVS 3, LITTLE FALLS 1 >> VernonVerona- Sherrill’s boys volleyball team won its fourth match in four tries this week with a 25- 27, 25- 20, 25- 17, 2514 victory over Little Falls Friday.

Jarrett Durant had 12 kills and Jacob Bitz added 11 to lead the Red Devils’ offense while Josh Albro had 17 digs to lead the defense. Mat Armlin’s 25 kills led Little Falls.

“( VVS) contained Mat Armlin as the match progressed, which is the only way to be successful against Little Falls,” said VVS coach Jim Burton.

THURSDAY’S RESULTS

Boys Volleyball

ONEIDA 3, CHITTENANGO 0 >> Oneida’s boys volleyball team beat Chittenango 25- 17, 25- 19, 25- 21 Thursday to stay in a tie for first place in the league with VVS.

VVS 3, WESTMORELAND 0 >> Vernon- Verona- Sherrill’s boys volleyball team remained in first place in the league with a 27- 25, 22- 25, 25- 18, 25- 16 win against Westmoreland on Thursday.

Jarrett Durrant and Jake Bitz teamed for 17 kills and Devin Vallee had 13 assists to lead the Red Devils ( 6- 1, 11- 3).

Girls Bowling

TVL TOURNAMENT >> Rome Free Academy won and Camden wound up fifth at Wednesday’s Tri- Valley League Girls Bowling Tournament, held at King Pin Lanes. Proctor won the 5- man competition with 2,281 pins, RFA’s Megan Durgan and Courteney Fiorenza won doubles with 1,165 pins and New Hartford’s Heather Badger won singles with a 671 series and had high game of 242. New Hartford was second, Whitesboro took third and Proctor was fourth.

Boys Swimming

SECTION III CHAMPIONSHIP >> Two Madison sophomores took part in Section III’s Class B boys swimming championship on Wednesday and both placed in two events.

And the best news for the members of SherburneEarlville’s team is both claimed a title in the meet at Rome Free Academy. Dillon Moyer won the 100 breaststroke crown in 1: 02.62 and was runner- up in the 200IM.

Teammate Gavin Lopata won the 500 freestyle in 5: 06.84 and was third in the 200 freestyle. Both will compete in Saturday’s Section III Championship at Hamilton College. Oneida’s boys varsity swim team showed no effects of a two- week layoff at Wednesday’s Class B swimming championship.

Mark Toro f inished fourth in the 100 butterfly with a time of 1: 02.15 to lead coach Kristin Hicks’ team. Toro and his teammates will not find out until Thursday night if their times will qualify them for the Section III finals Saturday at Hamilton College. Toro also had a personal record of 1: 12.35 in the 100 breaststroke but missed making the top eight, but he did anchor the 4x100 freestyle relay team to a 4: 02.87 for fifth.

Aaron Griffith, Andrew Palmer and Zach DiLego opened the relay for Oneida.. Griff ith was seventh in the 500 freestyle in 5: 53 and ninth in the 200 freestyle with a 2: 08.40. Despite not placing, DiLego, Palmer and Jarrett Swasey had PRs. DiLego went 26.36 in the 50 free and 59.07 in the 100 free, Palmer went 26.43 in the 50 free and Swasey went 1: 01.42 in the 100 free.

“The boys did a fantastic job last night representing Oneida in their first sectional showing since the start of the boys varsity team,” said Hicks. “It was a great experience, and we are looking forward to tonight’s results to see if we can move to the next round.”

Indoor Track and Field

STATE QUALIFIERS >> Cazeno- via’s Ashley Winn won the 55 meter dash at the Section III Indoor Track and Field Finals at SRC Arena on Wednesday.

The Lakers senior posted a 7.30 to beat her nearest rival by an impressive .14 seconds and earned a return trip to the state meet at Cornell. Winn also led off for the 4x200 team which finished second by just .45.

Sarah Willard, Jessie Matt and Clare Costello rounded out the team for Cazenovia. Costello also took fourth in the 300 with a 42.75. Ashley Kent and Jeanette Cudney were Cazenovia’s other placewinners on the girls side. Kent ran a 9.43 in the 55 hurdles for fifth and Cudney ran a 4: 57.49 for sixth in the 1500. Oneida’s best effort came from David Carroll in the shot put. He put the shot 466.5 for third.

Boys Volleyball

ONEIDA 3, CANASTOTA 0 >> Oneida’s boys volleyball team improved to 9- 3 with a 25- 18, 25- 16, 25- 13 sweep of Canastota Wednesday. Tyler Colvin led Oneida with 27 assists and added seven kills to go with David Kann’s team- high nine. Avery Brennan’s six kills led Canastota in defeat.

Boys Basketball

CHITTENANGO 61, SYRACUSE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 58 >> Making a game- winning 3- pointer at the buzzer to upset a favored opponent is a memorable moment in any basketball player’s career. For Chittenango’s Sean Cliff it will be the final moment of his career. The senior made a fadeaway 3- pointer at the buzzer to give the Bears a 61- 58 win over Syracuse Academy of Science Wednesday. Cliff finished with 13 points while Devin Phelps scored 17 to lead the Bears in the victory. Phelps also made the assist on the game- winning basket, marking the second time this year the duo has connected on a game- winning basket. Phelps also assisted on Cliff’s game- winning layup against Marcellus