BOYS' BASKETBALL

Oxford 59, Afton 21

OXFORD - Oxford held Afton to one basket or less in three of the four quarters, as it grabbed is third win of the season at home on Thursday evening.

Ethan Fleury, Donovan Rickard, and John Rovente combined for 47 of the Blackhawks' points in the victory.

Fleury scored 18, Rickard 16, and Rovente 13.

Fleury hit both of his 3s in and eight-point third quarter that extended Oxford's lead to 43-19 over the Crimson Knights.

Afton:  Hunter Baciuska 4, Equan Patterson  8, Tyler Kelly 6, Braden Salemire 2. Totals  FG-7, FT 5-11-21.

Oxford (3-9):  John Rovente 13, Ethan Fleury 18, Donovan Rickard 16, Colby Crandall 3, Troy  Simpson 9. Totals: FG-25, FT 4-9-59.

Score by quarters

Afton   1   2   16   2--21

Oxfd.  11  11 21  16--59

Three-point goals:  Afton 2 (Patterson, Kelly). Oxford 5 (Fleury 2, Rovente, Crandall, Simpson)

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Unadilla Valley 42, Cooperstown 40

COOPERSTOWN - Unadilla Valley halted a recent losing streak as a depleted Storm roster received 17 points from Zach Smith in Thursday's road victory.

Smith did his best work in the middle two periods scoring 13 of his points. It was in the third quarter that UV grabbed a one-point lead, 32-31.

In the fourth quarter, UV's Trason Murray canned two of his three three-pointers to hold off the host Hawkeyes.

Unadilla Valley (2-9):  Dakota Johnson 3, Matt Bogdan 1, Zach Smith 17, Trason Murray 9, Trent Marinelli 4, Kaden Butts 8. Totals:  FG-18, FT 3-5-42

Cooperstown:  Ethan Kukenberger 6, Kalen Dempsey 6, P.J. Kluber 3, Troy Davis 5, Charlie Lambert 20. Totals:  FG-15, FT 5-8-40.

Score by quarters

UVall  6  13  13  10--42

Coop.  11  10  10  9-40

Three-point goals: Cooperstown 5 ( Lambert 4, Kukenberger).  Unadilla Valley 3 (Murray 3)

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GIRLS' BASKETBALL

New York Mills 40, Otselic Valley 12

SOUTH OTSELIC - Jenna Jordan was red-hot out of the gate for New York Mills in Thursday's win over Otselic Valley.

Jordan finished with a game-high 21 points, but 16 of those came in the opening two periods lifting her club to a 22-7 advantage.

Tori Foster and Madison Bartlett each scored five points for OV.

NYM: Lauren Kulpa 7, Karen Osaka 6, Kathryn Williams 2, Jenna Jordan 21, Ciara Lape 4. Totals:  FG-16, FT 6-9-40.

Otselic Valley:  Tori Foster 5, Emily Smith 2, Madison Bartlett 5. Totals: FG-5, FT 1-3-12.

Score by quarters

NYM 11  11 14  4-40

Ovall  3   4   0   5--12

Three-point goals: NYM 2 (Osaka 2). Otselic Valley 1 (Foster)

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WRESTLING

Norwich 48, Oneonta 30

NORWICH - Norwich's return to the mats after a two-week hiatus was a successful one as the Tornado matmen secured their fifth win of the season over Oneonta on Thursday evening.

Regan Roach (132) gave Norwich the 12-6 lead with a pin over Nolan Stark, and he was followed by wins from teammates Brady Smith (145) and Ashton Jenkins (160) - both by pins - that put Norwich in the lead for good.

Rob McIntyre (215) put a bow on the Norwich victory with a pin over Jaden Bellisimo, and Maverick Beckwith (102) added another victory by pinfall for the Purple.

Results

118:  Evan Meek (N) won by fft.  126: Isreal Nadal (O) fall over Nico Derensis (N), :41. 132: Regan Roach (N) fall over Nolan Stark, 1:52:  138:  Reilly Waltz (O) won by fft. 145:  Brady Smith (N) fall over Alanmichael Rubin, 1:34: 152: Tyler Hasbrouck  (O) won by fft.. 160:  Ashton Jenkins (N) fall over Ardell Wellman, 2:18. 172:  Caden Moore (N) won by fft. 189: Braden Reid (N) won by fft. 215:  Rob McIntyre (N) fall over Jaden Bellisimo, 3:55. 285: Connor Asheforth (O) fall over Garrett Powers, 4:46. 102: Maverick Beckwith (N) fall over Tanner Tanner Tubia, 1:55. 110:  Alan Little (O) won by fft.