Ithaca Times
On Friday night Dryden improved to 8-5 overall and 3-1 in IAC
North Division play with a 52-35 win at host Trumansburg, improving
the basketball squad’s hold over the top spot in their
division.
Bryan Norman led a balanced Dryden attack with 14 points.
Gage Ellis added 11, Kevin Winston had nine, and Bryant Stuttle and
James Seeley each had 8. For Tburg, Alec Bartischevich and Letty
McFall each had 10 points. The score was tied at 13 after the first quarter. Norman had
five points and Stuttle had four. “We were a little sluggish to start, especially on the
defensive glass,” said Dryden coach Kim Brown. “We gave up
rebounding position and let Trumansburg gets some easy
opportunities.” Dryden would outscore Tburg 15-7 in the second quarter to take
a 28-20 lead into the locker room at the half. “I thought our defense finally started to pick up in the second
half,” said Brown. “We rotated well and were able to force Tburg
into some tough shots.” After allowing Trumansburg to score the first six points of the
third quarter, Dryden would go on a 14-0 run to take a 42-26 lead
into the fourth quarter. Dryden would outscore Tburg 10-9 in the
fourth quarter to win 52-35. Tburg’s nine fourth-quarter points
would all come from the free-throw line. Trumansburg did not score
a field goal in the final 13 minutes of the game. “That’s a pretty telling stat,” said Brown. “We worked hard
defensively and it showed. I thought Kevin Winston played extremely
well tonight. He was outstanding defensively and he found his
teammates several times for easy looks on the offensive
end.” Dryden JV’s won 58-24. Ross Cole led the way with 12 points.
Dryden hosts Whitney Point Friday in a key IAC North contest. It is
also the 4th annual white-out game. All home fans are encouraged
to dress in white. JV tips at 6 pm.Box ScoreDryden 13 15 14 10 52Trumansburg 13 7 6 9 35
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Snow and IAC Divisional Races
Ithaca Times
Posted: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 1:15 am
Posted: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 1:15 am
While I know we were all hoping we could get through winter
without a big snowstorm, we all knew that would never happen.
Eventually, Mother Nature would catch up to us and dump some white
stuff. Sure enough we got a dose of it from late last Thursday
until Saturday.
We got enough of it at the right temperature and consistency to make a mess and therefore, most everything got canceled on Friday. Sometimes cancellations jump the gun or are made with little snow and the desire to take a day off. This last Friday was neither of those cases. By Friday evening, even some of the major roads were dangerous. This was one time when the correct call was made.
Just as a refresher, since we haven’t had snow this season, if
school is canceled or let out early, all after school activities
are canceled. In some cases schools decided to finish the regular
school day but announced that after school activities were
canceled. That meant that just about every game in the area was
canceled on Friday, including the two surrounding South Seneca’s
Guinan Gym dedication. The Lansing Hall of Fame ceremony, however,
went on unimpeded.
Weekend events are not part of school closing rules. Sporting events can take place on days where school was previously not scheduled to take place. For instance, even though school may have been canceled on Friday, they could still turn around and schedule for Saturday, Sunday or even on Martin Luther King Day. Most schools tend to keep Sundays and holidays from the game schedule, though there were still schools that practiced this past Monday.
We can all continue to cross our fingers that snow won’t be a factor, but who are we kidding? We live in the Finger Lakes and we know what winters are like. We’ll probably get the first week of baseball games snowed out!
The South Seneca Falcons edged closer to their fourth league title in a row, defeating Finger Lakes West opponent DeSales 66-18. An undermanned DeSales team managed to get all their points on pinfalls, though the Falcons still had the edge in the contested matches, earning five pins in the match. Connor Keating (126-pound weight class), Ray Prouty (132), Brandon Morgan (195) and Seth Worrell (285) each pinned their opponent by the third minute. At 152 pounds, Tim Brock needed to work a little harder to earn to the pin, going five minutes and seven seconds before getting his opponent’s shoulders to the mat. Adam Wagner (99), Blake Antal (106), Garrett Smith (120), Robert Smith (160), Hayden Wagner (170) and Matt Wyckoff (182) all suited up, but found themselves without an opponent and earning forfeits. The Falcons missed points in one category as there was no wrestler for either team in the 113 class.
Dryden’s girls’ basketball team played an epic, four-overtime game against Southern Cayuga Saturday.
The Purple Lions ended up playing girls with minor injuries and Southern Cayuga ended up playing a girl short due to foul-outs in the wild 66-61 game. Audrey-Kate Ordway and Taylor Hoyt played all 52 minutes for Dryden with Ordway scoring 14 and Hoyt knocking in 12. Three others scored in double digits during the marathon of a game.
IAC Division Races
We’re headed downhill in terms of the winter season and some titles are more or less locked up. The Newfield girls missed a chance to force a tie for the Interscholastic Athletic Conference Small School Division last Tuesday and would need a lot of help to win it. The Candor girls are also in the same boat since they are tied with Newfield at 4-2 in the division; however, the two teams still have one more head-to-head game left. Realistically though, the two teams are working to try to secure a home sectional playoff seed. Newfield has the better overall record and the best chance of hosting a playoff game, something they haven’t done since the Micki Volpini era (Volpini is currently a senior captain of the SUNY Cortland team).
Since the Lansing girls only play in a four-team division they haven’t run away with the title yet. They are 3-0 in division, 9-0 in the IAC and 9-1 overall. Trumansburg is 2-1 in the division with one more game against Lansing this season. However, they are 3-7 overall. But if they can beat Dryden on Friday, upset Lansing the following Friday and take out Whitney Point at home in early February, it won’t matter how many losses they have, since they’ll force a tie with Lansing. Dryden is 1-2 in the division, but 6-5 overall, meaning that they still have a good shot of playing sectional basketball after the season is through.
Groton and Spencer-Van Etten will have a tough time making a case for themselves in sectionals. The Panthers have won only one game so far this season. Groton is the kind of team that could pull off a first round upset if they qualify for play in the sectionals. They are 1-2 in a good division and 3-5 overall.
On the boys’ side, the guys who won’t be playing in sectionals are Newfield and Candor. Despite some strong performances, Candor has only one win so far. Newfield has done a little better at 3-8 overall, but won’t be making it back to .500 to earn entry to the sectionals.
The boys’ North division is the same story as the girls’, only it’s Dryden who holds a game lead. The Dryden boys are 2-1 in the division and 6-3 in the IAC (7-3 overall). Whitney Point currently is second by percentage points with a 2-3 record in division (4-4 IAC), but the best they could finish would be 3-3. Trumansburg and Lansing each are 1-2 in division. Tburg has the final game against Whitney Point but the Blue Raiders, the Purple Lions and the Bobcats each play each other once more and it truly is anyone’s guess who will come out on top.
As for Groton, whatever I say here will be moot by the time we go to press. Groton had one loss going into Tuesday January 17, and that was to first place Marathon. That was also their opponent at home on Tuesday. So if Groton beat Marathon they would hold first place all alone. If they lost, a much more complex tiebreaker comes into play that would require Moravia beat Marathon among other things. But the easiest course would be through Marathon. With a win Tuesday, Groton could win outright as long as they swept the division. They could still even lose a division game, but that would mean a tiebreaker game for the IAC Small School North title.
In any event, follow our Twitter feed (@FLCNSports) for game updates from Groton. We use #GrotonIndians for Groton sports reports.
We got enough of it at the right temperature and consistency to make a mess and therefore, most everything got canceled on Friday. Sometimes cancellations jump the gun or are made with little snow and the desire to take a day off. This last Friday was neither of those cases. By Friday evening, even some of the major roads were dangerous. This was one time when the correct call was made.
Weekend events are not part of school closing rules. Sporting events can take place on days where school was previously not scheduled to take place. For instance, even though school may have been canceled on Friday, they could still turn around and schedule for Saturday, Sunday or even on Martin Luther King Day. Most schools tend to keep Sundays and holidays from the game schedule, though there were still schools that practiced this past Monday.
We can all continue to cross our fingers that snow won’t be a factor, but who are we kidding? We live in the Finger Lakes and we know what winters are like. We’ll probably get the first week of baseball games snowed out!
The South Seneca Falcons edged closer to their fourth league title in a row, defeating Finger Lakes West opponent DeSales 66-18. An undermanned DeSales team managed to get all their points on pinfalls, though the Falcons still had the edge in the contested matches, earning five pins in the match. Connor Keating (126-pound weight class), Ray Prouty (132), Brandon Morgan (195) and Seth Worrell (285) each pinned their opponent by the third minute. At 152 pounds, Tim Brock needed to work a little harder to earn to the pin, going five minutes and seven seconds before getting his opponent’s shoulders to the mat. Adam Wagner (99), Blake Antal (106), Garrett Smith (120), Robert Smith (160), Hayden Wagner (170) and Matt Wyckoff (182) all suited up, but found themselves without an opponent and earning forfeits. The Falcons missed points in one category as there was no wrestler for either team in the 113 class.
Dryden’s girls’ basketball team played an epic, four-overtime game against Southern Cayuga Saturday.
The Purple Lions ended up playing girls with minor injuries and Southern Cayuga ended up playing a girl short due to foul-outs in the wild 66-61 game. Audrey-Kate Ordway and Taylor Hoyt played all 52 minutes for Dryden with Ordway scoring 14 and Hoyt knocking in 12. Three others scored in double digits during the marathon of a game.
IAC Division Races
We’re headed downhill in terms of the winter season and some titles are more or less locked up. The Newfield girls missed a chance to force a tie for the Interscholastic Athletic Conference Small School Division last Tuesday and would need a lot of help to win it. The Candor girls are also in the same boat since they are tied with Newfield at 4-2 in the division; however, the two teams still have one more head-to-head game left. Realistically though, the two teams are working to try to secure a home sectional playoff seed. Newfield has the better overall record and the best chance of hosting a playoff game, something they haven’t done since the Micki Volpini era (Volpini is currently a senior captain of the SUNY Cortland team).
Since the Lansing girls only play in a four-team division they haven’t run away with the title yet. They are 3-0 in division, 9-0 in the IAC and 9-1 overall. Trumansburg is 2-1 in the division with one more game against Lansing this season. However, they are 3-7 overall. But if they can beat Dryden on Friday, upset Lansing the following Friday and take out Whitney Point at home in early February, it won’t matter how many losses they have, since they’ll force a tie with Lansing. Dryden is 1-2 in the division, but 6-5 overall, meaning that they still have a good shot of playing sectional basketball after the season is through.
Groton and Spencer-Van Etten will have a tough time making a case for themselves in sectionals. The Panthers have won only one game so far this season. Groton is the kind of team that could pull off a first round upset if they qualify for play in the sectionals. They are 1-2 in a good division and 3-5 overall.
On the boys’ side, the guys who won’t be playing in sectionals are Newfield and Candor. Despite some strong performances, Candor has only one win so far. Newfield has done a little better at 3-8 overall, but won’t be making it back to .500 to earn entry to the sectionals.
The boys’ North division is the same story as the girls’, only it’s Dryden who holds a game lead. The Dryden boys are 2-1 in the division and 6-3 in the IAC (7-3 overall). Whitney Point currently is second by percentage points with a 2-3 record in division (4-4 IAC), but the best they could finish would be 3-3. Trumansburg and Lansing each are 1-2 in division. Tburg has the final game against Whitney Point but the Blue Raiders, the Purple Lions and the Bobcats each play each other once more and it truly is anyone’s guess who will come out on top.
As for Groton, whatever I say here will be moot by the time we go to press. Groton had one loss going into Tuesday January 17, and that was to first place Marathon. That was also their opponent at home on Tuesday. So if Groton beat Marathon they would hold first place all alone. If they lost, a much more complex tiebreaker comes into play that would require Moravia beat Marathon among other things. But the easiest course would be through Marathon. With a win Tuesday, Groton could win outright as long as they swept the division. They could still even lose a division game, but that would mean a tiebreaker game for the IAC Small School North title.
In any event, follow our Twitter feed (@FLCNSports) for game updates from Groton. We use #GrotonIndians for Groton sports reports.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Lions Schedule Snowed out on Friday - creating a busy Saturday.
The Dryden Lions had a full slate of games on Friday the 13th, but Mother Nature had other ideas. Most of the area received the first significant snow fall of the 2011-2012 winter season, making Today Make Up Saturday. See Tweets from Mr. Boettger.
Dryden Hoops were 4-0 against Southern Cayuga today. The girls traveled north to take on the Lady Chiefs. The Varsity girls won in 4 Overtimes. Great Job. Article in the Journal
The boys were home for an early set of games. A 1pm start for the JV's had the parents a little nervous. Would their sons be awake and ready to go so "early" in the day? The answer was yes. Being used to 7am, two hour Saturday practices along with a extra hour of working out had the boys more that ready. The JV's were at full strength the whole game after finishing their first meeting with their remaining 5 eligible players on the court after foul trouble and injuries. Another game of great hustle and team work. The JV's are now 6-4. Photos from the game.
Much like their last game in the Marathon, the older Lions were in control from the opening tip. By the end of the third quarter the reserves were getting some quality minutes and contributing. They are now 7-4 heading into Tuesday match up with Union Springs. They will be looking to avenge a last minute loss to the Wolves earlier this season. Photos from the game.
The boys were home for an early set of games. A 1pm start for the JV's had the parents a little nervous. Would their sons be awake and ready to go so "early" in the day? The answer was yes. Being used to 7am, two hour Saturday practices along with a extra hour of working out had the boys more that ready. The JV's were at full strength the whole game after finishing their first meeting with their remaining 5 eligible players on the court after foul trouble and injuries. Another game of great hustle and team work. The JV's are now 6-4. Photos from the game.
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| Hustle - Hitting the floor !!!! |
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| "IN YOUR FACE DEFENSE" |
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Boys Hoops travel to Marathon -
Only 2 weeks removed from their match up in the Cortland Holiday Tournament, the Dryden Boys Basketball teams renewed their rivalry with Marathon.
The JV game started late due to a scheduling mix up with officials. The
young lions fought hard, but had a tough evening shooting and came up
short against the Olympians.
The varsity Lions made up for the three 3 point loss is Cortland with a well played 15 point victory. The Lions controlled the game from the tip.
Marathon came out refreshed after the half time break and were able to cut into the lead, but we never able to get close enough to challenge the Lions (6-4). A productive offense and a relentless defense led the varsity Lions to their 6th win, doubling last years output.
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| Cousins Tip-off JV Game |
The varsity Lions made up for the three 3 point loss is Cortland with a well played 15 point victory. The Lions controlled the game from the tip.
Marathon came out refreshed after the half time break and were able to cut into the lead, but we never able to get close enough to challenge the Lions (6-4). A productive offense and a relentless defense led the varsity Lions to their 6th win, doubling last years output.
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| Time out during the Lions victory over Marathon. |
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Dryden Sweeps Moravia in Boy's Hoops.
The JV's moved to 5-4 on the season with a win against Moravia. The Varsity (5-4) made several comebacks during the night, but none were more important than the buzzer beater to send the game to OT. Bryan Norman made a layup from the right side as time expired. It was an amazing sight to see the Moravia faithful ,who had been cheering their team over the last couple minutes, silently fall to their seats and the Dryden fans jump and cheer with glee.
With 7.4 seconds left Coach Brown drew up a final play. The shot came off the rim to the right side. James Seeley end up with the ball and made an off balance jump shot from about 12'on the right baseline as the buzzer sounded.. Lions Win!!! Pandemonium!!!! (to quote one of Mr. Boettger's Tweets) Article at Ithaca Times
Photos from the game -
With 7.4 seconds left Coach Brown drew up a final play. The shot came off the rim to the right side. James Seeley end up with the ball and made an off balance jump shot from about 12'on the right baseline as the buzzer sounded.. Lions Win!!! Pandemonium!!!! (to quote one of Mr. Boettger's Tweets) Article at Ithaca Times
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| JV's hard screen in a game filled with great teamwork. |
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