Greene three-peats at Oxford

Evening Sun Report

Boys’ Soccer

Oxford Blackhawks Tournament

Greene 4, Norwich 1

Oxford 3, G-MU 1

OXFORD – Some who may have overlooked Greene at the start of the season, especially after an opening loss, will not be doing so now.

The Trojans won their fourth straight game and captured their third straight Oxford Blackhawks Tournament title Saturday beating Norwich for the second straight season.

Mike Thomas and Brad Van wert each had two goals for Greene, and Van wert’s tally at 26:27 of the second half moved the Trojans to a 3-1 advantage. “We had two of our role players score two goals tonight, and that kind of fired up our team,” said Greene coach Rick Tallman. “It showed the rest of our team that we do not have to rely on our two main players (Mike Porter, Ben Williams). This was an important tournament victory from the standpoint of keeping the Greene tradition alive, and winning this is a big part of our momentum.”

Norwich hung close in the first half getting a goal from Christoff Knapp off an Alex Fanelli pass.

Oxford gave up an early goal to G-MU in the first five minutes, but had three tallies to answer the Raiders to win the consolation game, 3-1.

Taylor Bates tied the game with 5:31 left in the opening half, and Scott Seiler headed in the go-ahead goal following an Alex Parks shot with just under 12 minutes remaining. Oxford added insurance just 40 seconds later with Arik Nisbet knocking home the goal after another Parks shot richocheted off the G-MU goalie.

Peter Schmidt had G-MU’s goal. “This gets us back on track and some momentum heading back into the league,” said Oxford coach Tim Paden. “I was afraid what might happen to the rest of the season if we didn’t win this game.”

In Friday’s contests, Peter McBride had two goals for Norwich including the tie-breaking tally in the second half in the Tornado’s 4-2 victory over the Raiders. Meanwhile, Porter and Williams supplied the Greene offense in a 2-0 shutout of the Blackhawks.

Greene 4, Norwich 1 (Finals)

Score by half

NHS 1 0-1

Gre. 2 2-4

Mike Thomas, 2-1, Brad Van Wert, 2-0, Mike Porter, 0-1, Andy Williams, 0-1. (N) Christoff Knapp, 1-0; Alex Fanelli, 0-1.

Shots-cornerkicks: (G) 8-4, (N) 5-2.

Saves: (G) John Flanagan, 4, (N) Joe Krug, 2.

Oxford 3, G-MU 1 (consolation game)

Score by half

GMU 1 0-1

Oxf. 1 2-3

Goals-assists: GMU) Peter Schmidt, 1-0; (O) Taylor Bates, 1-0, Scott Seiler, 1-0, Arik Nisbet, 1-0, Chris Parks, 0-3.

Shots-corners: (G) 9-3, (O) 16-1.

Saves: (G) Peter Simon, 7, (O) larry Gill, 7.

All-tournament team: (GMU) Luke Hall, Peter Schmidt, Drew Hartman, (O) Kilean Maynard, Jared Mack, Arik Nisbet. (N) Pete McBride, Christoff Knapp, Andy Finnegan, Alex Fanelli. (G) Mike Porter, John Flanagan, Harry Haggard, Ben Williams.

Friday’s games

Norwich 4, G-MU 2

Score by half

GMU 2 0-2

Norw 2 2-4

Goals-assists: (N) Peter McBride, 2-0; Evan Wendt, 1-1; Carlos Pullas, 1-0; Sado Borcilo, 0-1. (G) not available.

Shots-cornerkicks: (N) 14-3, (G) 13-4.

Saves: (N) Joe Krug, 11, (G) 10

Greene 2, Oxford 0

Score by half

Gre. 0 2-2

Oxf. 0 0-0

Goals-assists: (G) Mike Porter, 1-0; Ben Williams, 1-0.

Shots-corners: (G) 14-5, (O) 14-3.

Saves: (G) John Flanagan, 7, (O) Larry Gill, 8.

Girls’ soccer

Norwich 2, Windsor 1

NORWICH – Norwich won for the third time in four games, and beat its first Southern Tier Athletic Conference opponent in two seasons Friday against Windsor.

Carly Law scored two goals for the Tornado on breakaway runs to the goal – both coming in the first half and one off an assist from Elisha Eddy.

“Our defensive line was a little flat, but the midfield and front lines played outstanding,” said Norwich coach Scotty Decker.

Norwich goalie Amy Clemens made 14 saves.

Score by half

NHS 2 0-2

Win. 0 1-1

Goals-assists: (N) Carly Law, 2-0, Elisha Eddy, 0-1; (W) L. Bankhead, 1-0.