Owego comes on strong; Oxford finishes with winning record

Wrestling

Owego 52, Norwich 19

NORWICH – Owego finished with four pins over the final four matches to pull away from Norwich on the Tornado’s senior recognition night.

Jarred Quigley started the run at 130 pounds, and Josh Souto (145) finished the 24-point spurt. “It was a pretty close match to that point, and even those (last four) were evenly matched,” said Norwich coach Terry Hagenbuch. “Mike Shalna (130) nearly had a pin, and Eric Muserallo (140) was tied at 5-5.

“We have been giving up about 50 points a match, but tonight was a much better effort out of our kids. The score really wasn’t indicative of the matches.”

Josh Steward won by forfeit at 189 and Shawn Wood (215) added a pin to put the Tornado on the board. Mike Hull (112) grabbed an overtime decision win, while Rick Reihl gained a major decision victory at 125 pounds.

Norwich competes in the STAC Tournament at Johnson City Friday and Saturday.

Results

152: Tony Quaranta (O) pinned Casey Rogers, 5:47. 160: James Lipkowski (O) pinned Josh Smith, :57. 171: Richard Rosario (O) won by fft. 189: Josh Steward (N) won by fft. 215: Shawn Wood (N) pinned Rob Dietrich, 5:52. 103: Troy Forbes (O) dec. Tanner Cummings, 19-5. 112: Michael Hull (N) dec. Cody Johnson, 6-4 (OT), 119: John Elliott (O) pinned Kyle Boeltz, 1:00. 125: Rick Reihl (N) dec. AJ Mularkey, 13-4. 130: Jarred Quigley (O) pinned Mike Shalna, 4:23. 135: Jake Warner (O) pinned Teddy Jerome, 3:55. 140: Bob Slack (O) pinned Eric Muserallo, 5:04. 145: Josh Souto (O) pinned Dakota Kohout, 1:53.

Official: Karl Crouse.

Oxford wins a pair

OXFORD – Oxford won a pair of dual meets in a three-way matchup with Walton and Marathon Wednesday to close its season with a 10-9 overall mark.

Justin Crandall (171) and Andy Hadlock (189) picked up back-to-back pins in the Walton contest to help the Blackhawks build a 21-3 advantage en route to a 42-27 triumph.

Against Marathon, four forfeit wins and Jim Fagnani’s pin at 215 pounds were enough to escape with a 30-29 victory.

Oxford 42, Walton 27

145- Ox. Cameron Lints dec 10-3 over Evan Boyd

152- Wal. Cody Reed fall 3:58 over Victor Pier

160- Ox. Travis Frank fft

171- Ox. Justin Crandall fall 1:31 over Wal. Eric Besemer

189- Ox. Andy Hadlock fall :23 over Travis Rathmell

215- Wal. Richard Fletcher fall 3:36 Jim Fagnani

103- Ox. Devin Depew won by fft

112- Wal. Dustin Vanvolkenburg fft

119- Wal. Jon Conklin fft

125-Ox. Skyler Smith dec 8-1 over Jimmy Macdonald

130- Ox. PJ Hubman won by fft.

135- Ox. Ian Grundner won by fft.

140- Wal Ed Perez dec 4-0 over Ed Grundner

Oxford 30, Marathon 29

160- Ox. Travis Frank won by forfeit

171- Ox. Justin Crandall won by fft

189- Ox Andy Hadlock won by fft.

215 Ox. Jim Fagnani fall 3:25 over. Dustin Mejean

103- Mar. Frank Davis dec 4-3 over Devin Depew

112- Mar. Chris Santanastaso won by fft.

119- no match

125- Mar. Mikhail Brown dec 16-2 over Skyler Smith

130- Mar. Tyler Malmberg dec 9-0 over PJ Hubman

135- Mar. Kasey Bush dec 2-0 over Ian Grundner

140- Mar. Scott Torbitt dec 1-0 over Cameron Lints

145- Ox. Josh Jordan won by forfeit

152- Mar. Dan Morehouse fall 3:00 over Victor Pier.

Boys’ Basketball

Seton Catholic Central 50, Norwich 43

BINGHAMTON – Norwich suffered its fifth single-digit loss by seven points or less, and has lost its last three games by a combined 11 points.

Max Jones led the Saints with 18 points, and Dan Gosney pumped in a surprising 12 in the victory. “This gym has been difficult for us, but we were good tonight,” said Norwich coach Mark Abbott. “We just had some trouble finishing.”

In the last eight days Norwich lost by three to Chenango Valley in overtime, by one to Susquehanna Valley last Friday, and last night’s defeat ended the disappointing trio of setbacks. “We knew this would be a tough stretch, but it’s tough for us because we were right there in all of them,” Abbott said. “It was another good physical effort on our part, but we have to find a way to finish games. It’s tough being close and not coming out on top.”

Robert Martin scored 15 points for Norwich (8-6) and Nate Foote added 10. The Tornado play at Maine-Endwell Friday.

Norwich: Shane Thompson, 1 0-0-2; Chris Mattingly, 0; Patrick Coates, 0; Keegan Edwards, 0; Nate Foote, 2 4-4-10; Robert Martin, 3 7-8-15; Vaughn Labor, 0; Tyler Saroka, 2 0-0-6 ; Justin Ballin, 1 0-0-2; Wade Kornegay, 0; Amos Parry, 3 2-4-8; Craig Berg, 0. Totals: 12 13-16-43.

SCC: Anthony Kashou, 1 0-0-2; Matt Meier, 2 2-2-6; Shane O’Neil, 1 0-0-2; Max Jones, 7 4-10-18; Nick Wan, 2 0-0-4; Dan Gosney, 5 2-4-12; Pat Matthews, 1 0-0-2; Chris Furner, 2 0-2-4; Kit Kolpakas, 0. Totals: 21 8-18-50.