Tuesday, January 8, 2013

From the Coach - JV Girls Basketball vs. Union Springs 1/5

The JV Girls improved their record to 6-2 with a win against Union Springs. The girls are riding a 5 game winning steak and hope to continue their steak against Groton Tuesday night. We had a great 1st half against Union Springs Friday night, scoring 16pts in the first quarter. Our press defense slowed down their ability to move the ball up the floor, allowing us to create turn-overs. Turn-overs are great defensively and when you can create points of turn-overs its a plus. We were able create points off turn-overs in the first half which helped us set up our press defense. The girls took a 27-6 lead at half-time. I told the girls that they needed to come up with the same intensity that they had in the first half, but it wasn't all too easy for them in the second half. I credit Union Springs defense in the second half. They came out with aggressiveness which caused us to turn the ball over. We needed to be patient against their zone, but instead rushed our shots and forced the ball into spots that were not open. Offensively we did not click in the second half, but the girls stayed together never giving up on each other. Our defense has been strong all year which helped us through the game in the second half winning 33-20.

Darl Zehr Photos from the game (Some JV with Varsity too)

Some more photos (JV Only)


Monday, January 7, 2013

Wrestling - From DCS Website

Results of the Odessa Duals:

Lost to Whitney Point
Lost to Odessa
Win over Corning
Win over Groton
Win over TAE
Jeremy Andrew Most Outstanding Wrestler at 145lbs with a 5-0 record
Eric Havington Most Outstanding Wrestler at 152lbs with a 4-0 record

Indoor track - From DSC Website

Results from Cornell 1/6:
Place Winners:
        Rachel Huthinson 1st 1000m 3:04.19
        Abbey Yatsko 3rd 300m 42.62
        Will Holt 2nd 55mH 8.01
        Girls 800m relay 6th 1:55.52 (Abbey Yatsko, Amy DeGaetano, Mackenzie Todd, Rachel Hutchinson)

From the Coach - 01/04/2013 Boys Basketball - Union Springs

JV/Varsity Boys Basketball vs Union Springs 1/5
Last night Dryden improved to 5-3 overall and 5-2 in IAC play with a 49-29 win over host union springs.  Gage Ellis and Shawn Moore led Dryden with 11 points each.  Ellis also added 12 rebounds.  Union Springs was led by Morhiser who had 9 points.  Dryden would use a 15-4 second quarter scoring advantage to take control of the game.  "I thought we played aggressive man-to-man most of the night."  "Defensively, this has to be our staple."  Dryden next plays Tuesday, January 8th versus Groton in their annual White-Out Game.  Dryden JV's improved to 6-2 overall and 6-1 in IAC play with a 45-26 win.  Stu Stallman led the way with 16 points and 13 rebounds.

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Darl Zehr Photography Dryden Hoops and Wrestling

Girls Basketball vs. Trumansburg

Boys Basketball vs. Whitney Point

Varsity Wrestling vs. Waverly


Cortland Standard 12/29/2012 and Photos

Photos From Marathon Game
Photos From Cortland Game

Cortland Standard Article

From the Coach - VBBB Cortland Tourney

From Dryden Athletic Website:

Varsity Boys Basketball Cortland Tournament 12/28 & 12/29

Dryden improved to 4-2 overall and in IAC play with a 61-60 win over marathon at the cortland christmas tourney.  Gage Ellis led Dryden with 20 points, while Bryan Norman chipped in with 14 points and Ali Abel-Ferretti added 11 points.  Marathon got 27 points from Jeff Contri, 15 from Zach brandstadt and 11 from Kody Barry.  "Defensively we were awful.  Marathon played harder than us the entire game."  Marathon would take a 23-18 lead after the first quarter.  "We got off to a quick start, then got outplayed on both ends of the floor."  With Dryden behind 60-58, they would use a timeout and draw up a set.  "I was pretty sure we would still see a zone, so we werer pretty certain as to what we would do.  The set was drawn up so Bryan would receive the ball in the paint off a pin-down screen, read the defense and play from there.  Gage was where he was supposed to be, however Bryan was not available so we attacked Gage and he got a clean look from the corner.  We were fortunate it went in."  With Dryden up 61-60, they would use another timeout to set-up there defense.  "We probably defended better on that possession than any other one."  Kody Barry would have to force up a shot versus a double-team.  The ball would get delected and Shawn Moore would gather the lose ball.  "I'm glad we won, but we need consistency and leadership from this group or else we are going to be in tight games all year."  Dryden plays Cortland in the title game.  Dryden JV's beat Marathon by a score of 39-31.  Noah Welgoss led Dryden with 16 points.  Dryden JV's will also play Cortland in the title game.