NORWICH – Seth Thomsen hit two free throws in the final minute and Cory Dietrich added the critical winning point from the free throw line with under 10 seconds to play in a 49-48 Norwich victory over Jamesville-DeWitt at the LeMoyne Team Camp Tournament earlier this summer.

Check that: Norwich beats Jamesville-Dewitt?

A quick Google search on the Internet revealed that J-D was the New York State Class A state champion in Glens Falls last March. It was a team that blew out East Hampton in the finals, and rolled over perennial power Peekskill in the semis. Many of those championship players have moved on, or in the case of prodigy Brandon Triche, were not on hand at LeMoyne. Still, J-D is a “program” in the truest sense of the word, and will be darn good this coming season.

The win over J-D and the tournament run was the culmination of an excellent offseason of basketball for the Norwich-based squad.

Beginning with a 22-game AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) schedule, and followed by team camp tournaments and summer league schedules in Norwich and Johnson City, Norwich finished with an impressive 55 victories in 69 games.