Boys’ Basketball

Norwich 57, Chenango Valley 35

NORWICH – How much has Norwich progressed this season? The answer is a simple comparison between its opening STAC league game and this past Friday night’s offering.

The Purple Tornado scored the game’s first 10 points, led 20-4 after one period, and was never challenged in a blowout victory over the Warriors. Seven weeks earlier, Norwich opened its league schedule against this same CV club, and escaped with an eight-point win.

It was a night-and-day performance for NHS, now 13-2 on the season and unbeaten against Class B competition for three-plus seasons.

Michael Oralls had his second straight 20-point performance for Norwich finishing with a team-high 21 points, and he authored what may have been the first alley-oop three-pointer. Jamison Luke scored 10 points and had seven boards, and Zan Stewart dished out six assists to go with seven rebounds.

“We made a lot of mistakes down there earlier this season, and still came away with the win,” said Norwich coach Tom Collier. “We played a lot better tonight. Of course playing at home helps, and it energizes our guys.”