Greene nearly reaches century mark

Boys’ Basketball

Greene 97, Harpursville 25

GREENE – Greene advanced to the finals of its own tip-off tournament tonight against Whitney Point in a blowout of Harpursville Saturday.

Trevor Johnson came off the bench to score a game-high 17 points to lead four Trojans in double figures scoring. Mike Porter added 15 points, nine steals and five assists, Chris Engler added 12 points, Donny Amell had 10 to go with five steals, and Ben Williams added nine points, five steals, and four assists. “Harpursville was pressuring us full-court into the fourth quarter, so that didn’t help keeping the score down,” said Greene coach Jeff Paske.

Greene (1-1) finished 60 percent from the field and plays Whitney Point at 8:15 p.m.

Harpursville: Fuller, 0; Chris Baxter, 4 0-0-8; Snow, 0; JP Anderson, 0; Adam Neer, 2 0-0-4; Kendricks, 0; John McLaughlin, 2 0-0-4; Louis Swearengin, 1 1-2-3; Ben Andrews, 0; Matt Makis, 3 0-3-6; Eric Sterbenz, 0. Totals: 12 1-5-25.

Greene: Trevor Johnson, 7 1-1-17; Corey Breck, 4 0-0-9; John Carlin, 4 0-0-8; Mike Porter, 7 0-0-15; Donny Amell, 5 0-1-10; Chris Engler, 5 2-2-12; Anthony McDanils, 1 1-3-3; Ben Williams, 3 3-4-9; Dustin Turner, 3 0-0-6; Cameron Daniels, 4 0-0-8. Totals: 43 7-11-97.

Score by quarters

Harp. 12 5 8 0–25

Gre. 22 23 26 26–97

Three-pointers: (G) Johnson 2, Breck, Porter. JV: Greene won.

we spread it around pretty well

S-E Tip-Off Tournament

Sherburne-Earlville 61, Rome Free Academy 48

Westhlll 77, Unadilla Valley 45

SHERBURNE – Sherburne-Earlville moved onto the finals of its own tournament beating Rome Free Academy, and it will play Westhill Dec. 16, who defeated Unadilla Valley in Saturday’s preliminary game.

RFA closed a 10-point halftime deficit to four points in the third quarter before Gabe Fowler ignited the S-E offense rattling off nine straight points to move the margin back to 13. All the while, S-E held the RFA offense in check throughout.

“We were a good defensive team last year, and we’re trying to make that our ‘M.O.’ this year as well,” said S-E coach Kevin Vibbard.

Wilson Rose led S-E with 20 points and 10 boards, Fowler scored 19, and Jon Pinney 14. The Marauders host Hamilton Tuesday.

Westhill used its superior court speed and quickness to move a one-point first-quarter lead to 13 at halftime. Jim Ross scored 13 points in the second quarter, and led the winners with 24 points.

“We tried to switch defenses, but it didn’t matter what we played,” said UV coach Matt Osborne. “They hit the open shots, and they also moved the ball around a lot and got good penetration.”

Matt Potter had 14 points for UV and Raffi Perry added 11. UV is at Oxford Tuesday.