GIRLS' BASKETBALL

Greene 61, Harpursville 37

HARPURSVILLE  - Greene produced a prolific first-half offensive performance putting 43 points on the board through two quarters in Wednesday's road victory over Harpursville.

It was the fourth straight victory for the Trojans (12-3), which was led by Olivia Kennedy's season-high 27 points.
"We played very well again," said Greene coach Dave Gorton. "Payton (Yahner) had nine assists, controlled our offense, and really sparked our break. Olivia was a force scoring 14 in the first to get us the lead. I was very happy with our effort."

Cassie Butler added 10 points, and Yahner had nine points to go with her assists.

Greene's faces Bainbridge-Guilford on Saturday.

Greene (12-3):  Olivia Kennedy 27, Cassie Butler 10, Abby Yahner 6, Payton Yahner 9, Claire Flanagan 3, Lyla Biefeldt 6. Totals:  FG-23, FT 9-19-61

Harpursville:  Amber Kochmar 4, Abby Lyon 3, Ghia Medovich 19, Cadence Ryder 11.  Totals:  FG-14, FT 6-12-37.

Score by quarters

Greene 19  23  12  7--61

Harp.  9  11  11  6--37

Three-point goals: Harpursville 3 (Medovich 2, Lyon). Greene 6 (Kennedy 3, Butler 2, P. Yahner).

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WRESTLING

The Section IV qualifier tournaments are scheduled for Saturday at Greene and Windsor high schools with both events starting at 10 a.m.

Greene, which hosts the A qualifier, has an attendance policy of two spectators per athlete, while Windsor did not set an attendance limitation. Admission is $6 for adults and $4 for students.

In the B qualifier, Norwich has two number one seeds and two number two seeds among the 10 wrestlers it is sending to the tournament.

Brady Smith (145, 23-6 record) and Ashton Jenkins (160, 23-7) enter the tournament as number one seeds for the Purple Tornado. Maverick Beckwith (102) and Evan Meek (118) are number two seeds.

In the A qualifier, B-G/Afton/Harpursville's Darren Florance (102) earned a number one seed, and brings an unblemished 18-0 mark into the tournament.

Also earning a top seed was Greene-Oxford's Hunter Page at 172 pounds.

Traditionally, place-finishers in the qualifier tournaments earn a trip to the Section IV wrestling tournament for the right to represent Section IV in the state tournament later this month.