Mike Deluca's 17 points led three double-digit scoring efforts for Morris on Friday, when the Mustangs clinched the Tri-Valley League West Division championship with a 61-57 boys basketball victory at Edmeston.
"They've got our number so far," said Edmeston coach Darren Belden, whose team dropped a first-round game in the Ray Clement Tournament to host Morris, 38-31, on Dec. 27.
The state-ranked Mustangs (12-2, 12-0) took a 32-30 lead into halftime, but Edmeston (11-2, 8-2) answered with a 12-8 third quarter. Levi Decker helped Morris regain control with two three-point field goals in the final quarter, when the Mustangs outscored the Panthers, 21-15.
"We were down six or eight points a lot in the fourth quarter," Belden said. "We got it to four, but Decker hit two big threes. We left him alone and he drained them."
Decker finished with three threes and 15 points for Morris, which received 10 points from Skylar Maricle and seven apiece from Zach Doyle and Kerry Smith.
Justin Kucera had 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Panthers, who got 10 points apiece from Thomas Parker and Brandon Fallon. Logan Vibbard and Tanner Ray each scored nine points for Edmeston, which is at Richfield Springs on Monday.
Morris 61, Edmeston 57
MORRIS (12-2, 12-0): Zach Doyle 2 1-2 7, Scott Maricle 1 1-2 3, Justin Schaffer 1 0-0 2, Skylar Maricle 4 2-3 10, Mike Deluca 6 4-8 17, Levi Decker 5 2-2 15, Kerry Smith 3 1-2 7. TOTALS: 22 11-19 61.
EDMESTON (11-2, 8-2): Jordan Ruffles 0 0-0 0, Logan Vibbard 3 2-2 9, Thomas Parker 3 2-2 10, Brandon Fallon 5 0-5 10, Tanner Ray 4 0-0 9, Justin Kucera 7 1-4 15, Clayton Hawes 1 2-2 4. TOTALS: 23 7-15 57.
Morris ..... 13 19 8 21 _ 61
Edmeston ..... 15 15 12 15 _ 57
Three-point field goals: M 6 (Doyle 2, Decker 3, Deluca); E 4 (Vibbard, Parker 2, Ray). JV score: Edmeston won.
Unatego 68, UV 55
Travis Woods scored a game-high 21 points for Unatego, which rallied from two points down at halftime for a MAC road win.
"We played our best first half of the season," Unadilla Valley coach Matt Osborne said. "We played with intensity and we defended and we hit open shots. In the third quarter, they just got it inside to Woods."
The Spartans (14-1, 10-0) fell behind, 33-31, at halftime but came back with a 21-8 third quarter. Woods and Kellen Komenda scored seven points apiece in the period.
"He was a guy we weren't really focused on stopping and he stepped up for them," Osborne said of Komenda, who finished with 11 points.
Dan Shelton contributed 14 points and Tyler Butler had 10 for the Spartans, who won despite a 6-for-16 effort at the free throw line.
Justin Hofer had 16 points and 10 rebounds to pace the Storm (5-9, 4-6), who received 10 points apiece from Jesse Ranger and Jack Wilcox.
UV, which went 6-for-18 at the foul line, visits Delhi on Tuesday.
Unatego 68, UV 55
UNATEGO (14-1, 10-0): David VanAlstine 0 0-2 0, Kellen Komenda 5 0-1 11, Tyler Butler 5 0-1 10, Phil Youngs 1 2-4 4, Dan Kleeschulte 1 0-0 2, Dan Shelton 6 1-3 14, Travis Woods 9 3-5 21, Quinn Barnhart 3 0-0 6. TOTALS: 30 6-16 68.
UNADILLA VALLEY (5-9, 4-6): Justin Hofer 7 2-4 16, Brandon Miles 0 1-4 1, Jesse Ranger 4 1-5 10, Brett Smith 3 0-0 7, Jack Wilcox 4 2-5 10, Kurt Haycook 2 0-0 4, Nate Mackey 0 0-0 0, Nate Shackelton 2 0-0 4, Kevin Thomas 1 0-0 3. TOTALS: 23 6-18 55.
Unatego ..... 14 17 21 16 _ 68
Unadilla Valley ..... 14 19 8 14 _ 55
Three-point field goals: Unat 2 (Shelton, Komenda); UV 3 (Thomas, Smith, Ranger). JV score: UV won.
B-G 62, Delhi 55
Ryan Porter scored 12 of his team-high 18 points in the first half, helping Bainbridge-Guilford to a MAC road win.
Porter also had 11 rebounds, five assists, three blocks and two steals.
Corbin Palmer contributed 14 points, Brooks Harmon had 10 and Ray Frederick came off the bench to score 10 for the Bobcats, who took a 34-26 lead into halftime.
"We could not contain their big men in the first half," Delhi coach Warren Kelly said. "They just had too much size for us."
Brandon Simonds scored 18 points and Ben Gifford (four three-pointers) had 16 to lead Delhi, which hosts Unadilla Valley on Tuesday.
B-G 62, Delhi 55
BAINBRIDGE-GUILFORD: Lucas Butcher 1 0-0 2, Corbin Palmer 4 4-5 14, Ryan Porter 7 4-7 18, Austin Bauerle 3 0-0 8, Brooks Harmon 4 1-2 10, Ray Frederick 5 0-0 10. TOTALS: 24 9-14 62.
DELHI: Ben Gifford 5 2-4 16, Brandon Simonds 8 0-0 18, Connor Tucker 1 0-0 2, Brandon Snyder 0 0-0 0, Tyler Hymers 4 0-0 8, Ben Denison 2 2-2 7, Zack Fogle 1 0-0 2, Brian Hannigan 0 2-2 2, Jimmy King 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 21 6-8 55.
Bainbridge-Guilford ..... 19 15 11 17 _ 62
Delhi ..... 13 13 10 19 _ 55
Three-point field goals: B 5 (Bauerle 2, Palmer 2, Harmon); D 7 (Gifford 4, Simonds 2, Denison). JV score: Delhi won.
Laurens 55, Franklin 31
Thane Weigl had 11 of his 14 points in the first half, helping the host Leopards to a 20-point lead en route to a Tri-Valley League victory.
Weigl also had nine rebounds. Teammate David Fraser contributed 14 points and eight rebounds, and Mike VanDeusen finished with 15 points.
"We pressed in the first quarter and in the second quarter we played halfcourt man and put a lot of pressure on the ball," Laurens coach Andy Carr said of his team holding Franklin to eight points in the first half.
Mitchel Barra grabbed eight rebounds for Laurens (4-10, 4-7), which plays host to Edmeston on Wednesday.
Derek Beers had 11 points to lead Franklin.
Laurens 55, Franklin 31
FRANKLIN: Derek Beers 4 3-3 11, Robert Cantwell 1 0-3 2, Garrett Martin 0 0-0 0, Alex Brownell 2 0-0 5, Cameron Evans 0 0-0 0, Dylan Costello 0 0-0 0, Zach McNeilly 4 1-3 9, Josh Cawley 0 0-0 0, Dan Brown 2 0-2 4. TOTALS: 13 4-11 31.
LAURENS (4-10, 4-7): Mitchel Barra 1 0-0 2, Pheonix Howard 1 0-0 2, Chris Bakhuizen 1 0-0 2, Thane Weigl 5 2-3 14, Mike VanDeusen 6 2-3 15, David Fraser 4 6-6 14, Bryan Segina 3 0-0 6, Jacob Nack 0 0-0 0, Josiah Wenck 0 0-0 0, Logan Barra 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 21 10-12 55.
Franklin ..... 4 4 12 11 _ 31
Laurens ..... 11 17 15 12 _ 55
Three-point field goals: F 1 (Brownell); L 3 (Weigl 2, VanDeusen). JV score: Laurens won.
Walton 61, Hancock 42
Justin DiJiulio scored his varsity high of 23 points and grabbed 18 rebounds to lead host Walton in the Midstate Athletic Conference.
Ben Conklin contributed 18 points, and Dalton Kaminsky finished with 16 points and 13 rebounds.
"He's getting his legs back," Walton coach Gary Williams said of Kaminsky, who missed most of the regular season with a right knee injury suffered during the football season. "It's nice for the guys who've been here all year long. They're stepping up, too. They're a doing a better job defensively and a better job executing offensively."
Tyler Phillips had 19 points to lead Hancock, the defending Section Four Class D champion.
"I thought we did a nice job defensively against a very good shooting team," Williams said. "We held them to five threes. Not only did we contest three-point shooters, but we also rebounded the ball."
The Warriors (6-9, 4-6) will see how far they've come Tuesday, when they host once-beaten Unatego.
Walton 61, Hancock 42
HANCOCK: Tom Banicky 3 0-0 9, Eli Holton 1 0-0 2, Tyler Phillips 8 2-4 19, Ryan Smith 0 0-0 0, Luke Worzel 0 0-0 0, Warren Drake 3 5-6 12, Joe Petriella 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 15 7-10 42.
WALTON (6-9, 4-6): Nick Shiels 0 0-0 0, Dan Jacquays 0 0-0 0, Ben Conklin 8 0-0 18, Brandon Scofield 1 0-0 2, Collin Schick 0 0-0 0, Josh Knapp 0 0-0 0, Rony LeRouge 1 0-0 2, Tyler Davis 0 0-0 0, Trevor Zandt 0 0-0 0, Dalton Kaminsky 6 4-4 16, Justin DiJiulio 8 7-8 23. TOTALS: 24 11-12 61.
Hancock ..... 12 8 4 18 _ 42
Walton ..... 17 12 17 15 _ 61
Three-point field goals: H 5 (Banicky 3, Phillips, Drake); W 2 (Conklin 2). JV score: Walton won.
Milford 56, CV-S 47
Will Ward hit four three-pointers and scored a game-high 21 points to lead visiting Milford in the Tri-Valley League.
Up by one after the first quarter, the Wildcats outscored CV-S, 22-5, in the second quarter. Milford hit four three-pointers in that quarter, one apiece from Ward, Paul VanWarner, Brian Thorn and Peyton Griffiths. Corey Atwell had 11 points for the Wildcats.
Cherry Valley-Springfield's Isiah Montgomery and Kyle Jaquay scored 14 apiece, and Collin Lamouret contributed 13.
The Patriots (10-5, 8-3) remain in first place in the Tri-Valley East, holding a one game lead over Richfield Springs with two left to play, Pats coach Terry Brant said. They will travel to Worcester on Wednesday and host Schenevus on Friday.
Milford 56, CV-S 47
MILFORD: Blake Elliott 0 0-0 0, Brett Smith 0 0-0 0, Paul VanWarner 1 0-0 3, Will Ward 7 3-3 21, Brian Thorn 1 2-3 5, Peyton Griffiths 3 2-2 9, Jacob Tabor 2 1-2 5, Corey Atwell 5 1-3 11. TOTALS: 20 9-13 56.
CHERRY VALLEY-SPRINGFIELD (10-5, 8-3): Kyle Jaquay 5 4-5 14, Brett Adams 2 0-2 4, Collin Lamouret 5 3-8 13, Isiah Montgomery 6 2-8 14, Scott Stiles 0 0-0 0, Wyatt Crowley 0 0-0 0, Ethan Drugatz 0 0-0 0, Andrew Spencer 0 0-0 0, Chad Thompson 0 0-0 0, Dave Waterman 1 0-0 2. Kevin Doubleday, 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 19 9-23 47.
Milford ..... 13 22 12 9 _ 56
CV-S ..... 12 5 10 20 _ 47
Three-point field goals: M 7 (VanWarner, Ward 4, Thorn, Griffiths). JV score: CV-S won.
RS 48, Schenevus 38
Richfield Springs received 13 points from Thomas Domion and 12 points from Ben Smith in a Tri-Valley League win at home.
Kevin Weinert scored a game-high 19 for Schenevus. Robert Burton scored the Dragons' only three-pointer, a halfcourt shot that brought Schenevus to two points at the end of the third quarter.
RS (9-6, 7-4), which received 10 points from Zach Boss, will host Edmeston on Monday.
RS 48, Schenevus 38
SCHENEVUS: David Vosatka 0 0-0 0, Jacob Darling 0 1-2 1, Tyler Comino 1 0-0 2, Conrad Miller 0 0-0 0, Robert Burton 2 2-2 7, Caleb Harrington 0 0-0 0, Kevin Weinert 8 3-3 19, Jordan Burton 0 0-0 0, John Roach 4 1-2 9. TOTALS: 14 7-10 38.
RICHFIELD SPRINGS (9-6, 7-4): Keegan Wheelock-Tanner 2 0-2 5, Lucas VanRipper 0 0-2 0, Joe Kelly 3 0-4 6, Kyle Richvalsky 1 0-0 2, Zach Boss 3 2-3 10, Thomas Domion 5 2-7 13, Joeal Gardner 0 0-0 0, Ben Smith 4 3-3 12, Art Miller, 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 18 7-21 48.
Schenevus ..... 6 12 15 5 _ 38
Richfield Springs ..... 11 18 6 13 _ 48
Three-point field goals: S 1 (Burton); R 5 (Wheelock-Tanner, Boss 2, Smith, Domion).
Downsville 59, Roscoe 57
Sophomore call-up Justin Baxter hit five three-pointers for the second straight game as visiting Downsville won a non-league game.
Nick Baxter, Justin's older brother, scored a game-high 19 points, including foru threes for the Eagles.
Colin Norwood hit a free throw with 48 seconds left to snap a 57-57 tie.
Downsville (6-11) is at Gilboa on Friday.
Downsville 59, Roscoe 57
DOWNSVILLE (6-11): Justin Baxter 5 0-0 15, Colin Norwood 1 2-4 3, Nick Baxter 7 1-1 19, Devon Norwood 0 0-0 0, Dakota Terry 1 0-0 2, Jared Stone 3 0-0 6, Kevin Doig 1 0-0 2, Ethan Bass 4 2-4 10, Josh Ahearn 0 0-1 0, Nick Shaw 0 0-0 0, James Armstrong 0 0-0 0, Karl Odell 1 0-0 2. TOTALS: 23 5-10 59.
ROSCOE: Jesse Huggins 1 1-2 1, Mike Failla 3 0-3 6, Jordon Tallman 1 0-0 2, Brad Dreher 3 2-2 8, Rob Taurino 8 0-0 16, Marc Rosario 7 0-0 16, Evan Chesney 2 0-0 6, Tyler Melvin 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 25 3-7 57
Downsville ..... 12 13 13 21 _ 59
Roscoe ..... 11 21 13 12 _ 57
Three-point field goals: D 9 (J. Baxter 5, N. Baxter 4); R 4 (Rosario 2, Chesney 2). JV score: Downsville won.
Deposit 45, Afton 39
Cameron Oswald scored 24 points and grabbed 15 rebounds for host Afton, which lost in the Midstate Athletic Conference.
Evan Thomas' 16 points paced Deposit.
Afton will end their regular season at Bainbridge-Guilford on Tuesday.
Deposit 45, Afton 39
DEPOSIT: A. Ferindo 1 0-0 2, Matt Mills 5 0-0 13, Evan Thomas 5 6-12 16, Mike Zaroha 1 0-0 2, Derek Lenio 2 0-3 5, Austin Decker 3 1-3 7. TOTALS: 17 7-8 45.
AFTON: Ricky Parsons 2 0-0 4, James Westfall 0 2-4 2, Jorge Salinas 1 0-0 3, Mitch Decker 2 0-0 4, Cameron Oswald 10 4-5 24, Matt Olin 1 0-2 2, Darrien Heath 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 16 6-11 39.
Deposit ..... 11 11 9 16 _ 45
Afton ..... 6 16 10 7 _ 39
Three-point field goals: D 4 (Lenio, Mills 3); A 1 (Salinas). JV score: Deposit won.
