Girls Varsity Basketball v Southern Cayuga - Box Score - Ithaca Journal

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Southern Cayuga 62, Dryden 41

Dryden	4	12	15	10	—	41
Southern Cayuga	23	18	13	8	—	62

Dryden
Maggie Cole 1 1-1 3, Erin Daley 2 0-0 4, Emily DeLucia 0 0-0 0, Kate Holland 3 0-0 6, Vicky Leyburn 0 0-0 0, Lily Lynch 0 0-0 0, Ashley Palmer 1 0-1 2, Destiny Price 4 5-11 13, Vanessa Scott 4 0-0 8, Kalee Waldon 2 1-2 5. Totals 17 7-15 41.

Southern Cayuga
Maddie Burns 2 0-1 4, Sydney Cullen 4 2-4 12, Alex Hetherington 3 1-2 9, Jessica Holden 0 0-0 0, Emily Kopp 6 0-1 12, Jessie Kopp 2 2-5 6, Adrianne Torea 7 4-4 19. Totals 24 9-17 62.
3-Point Goals - Southern Cayuga 5 (Sydney Cullen 2, Alex Hetherington 2, Adrianne Torea 1).

Boys Varsity Basketball Box Score v Whitney Point From Ithaca Journal

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Whitney Point 62, Dryden 56

Whitney Point	17	14	14	17	—	62
Dryden	17	14	9	16	—	56

Whitney Point
Jared Bieber 3 0-0 8, Jason Graves 0 0-0 0, Brady Harrington 4 0-2 8, Sean Kelly 2 0-0 4, Zach Marsh 12 6-10 33, Gabe Shrauger 3 3-5 9, Bobby Stevens 0 0-0 0, Donovan Sturdevant 0 0-0 0. Totals 24 9-17 62.
Dryden
Ali Abel-Ferretti 6 8-12 20, Dylan Clapp 3 0-0 7, Ross Cole 3 0-0 6, Joe Delucia 0 0-0 0, Trevor Gardner 3 2-2 10, Thad Leviere 0 0-0 0, Matt McHerron 4 2-2 10, Stuart Stahlman 0 0-0 0, Noah Welgoss 1 0-0 3. Totals 20 12-16 56.
3-Point Goals - Whitney Point 5 (Jared Bieber 2, Zach Marsh 3), Dryden 4 (Dylan Clapp 1, Trevor Gardner 2, Noah Welgoss 1).

From the Coach - Dryden JV Girls Basketball moves to 2-0 on the season

The JV Girls Basketball team improves the record to 2-0 on the season. The girls started the game very slow in the first half, finding it difficult to score on Marathon's aggressive 2-3 zone defense. The girls have struggled converting outside shots and that is a must when playing a zone. The last two minutes before the half we had two good possessions attacking the zone from the middle and moving the ball to the low post and converting. We made some adjustments at half time and it really showed in the start of the third quarter. We played aggressively, especially our guards creating a lot of turnovers on defense. The girls managed to create a 15 pt lead allowing us to get other girls floor time. Overall our offensive was more patient with their zone in the second half and we hit some key jump shots. Amy Gardner, Veronica Cator-Szymanski and Keir Daley finished the game with 8 points a piece and Mackenzie Weaver added 6 for the team. Final Score Dryden 35 Marathon 25.

Dryden rolls at Groton

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Ali Abel Ferretti recorded a double-double as Dryden High boys bounced back from its season-opening basketball loss to Moravia.
Abel-Ferretti scored 13 points and pulled down 10 rebounds as the Purple Lions rolled to a 53-26 IAC North Division win over host Groton Central inside Richard Court Gymnasium on Tuesday night.
Dryden is 1-1 in IAC and overall play. Groton falls to 0-2.
In other North Division action, Whitney Point routed Union Springs 85-40 while Trumansburg at Southern Cayuga was postponed.
In IAC North girls’ play, Marathon opened its season with a 38-27 victory over Dryden, Lansing edged Moravia 52-47, Southern Cayuga topped Trumansburg 64-34 and Union Springs beat Whitney Point 56-46.
Dryden 53, Groton 26: “I thought our tempo was good, we just needed to do a better job of finishing,” Dryden coach Kim Brown said. “Joe DeLucia gave us a great lift off the bench tonight. He did a great job of taking what the defense gave him. His intelligent play really helped us in the second half.”
“We showed improvement” Groton coach John D’Antonio said. “Our guys played hard. We just need to shoot better.
“Dryden is big and long,” he added. “We couldn’t score inside.”
Abel-Ferretti scored six points in the first quarter as Dryden jumped to a 16-7 lead. The Purple Lions advantage grew to 27-9 by halftime and Brown was subbing freely the rest of the game.
Trevor Gardner added nine points to the winning attack. DeLucia and Ross Cole netted eight points each.
Nate Ossit paced Groton with eight points. Dylan Ellis and Will Stoughton added six points each.
Groton will host Union Springs Friday with a 5:30 p.m. JV start. Dryden will host Whitney Point with the JVs starting at 6 p.m.
IN IAC GIRLS’ PLAY —
Marathon 38, Dryden 27: Marathon slowly built is lead during first half play in its season opener. The Olympians led 7-2 after one quarter and 20-10 by halftime. Dryden (1-1) battled back in the third quarter to close the deficit to 26-22, but Marathon pulled away in the fourth quarter.
“Both teams were jittery at the start, but we played better in second quarter,” Marathon coach Mike Reilly said. “Our advantage was we were able to control the boards with Cindy Courtney, Eryn Griep and Megan Contri.”
Marathon freshman Cassidy Marsh made her varsity debut and led all scorers with 21 points, including three 3-pointers. Courtney, Griep and Contri each netted four points.
Katie Holland topped the Dryden scoring list with eight points. Vicky Leyburn added six points.
Marathon will travel to Southern Cayuga Friday. Dryden girls will travel to Whitney Point Friday. Both have 5:30 p.m. JV starts.

High School Roundup: Dryden boys, Lansing girls post IAC basketball victories

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Sophomore Ali Abel-Ferretti had 13 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Dryden boys basketball team to a 53-26 victory over host Groton on Tuesday night in Interscholastic Athletic Conference play.
Freshman Trevor Gardner added nine points for the Purple Lions (1-1), who got eight points apiece from seniors Ross Cole and Joe DeLucia.
Dryden outscored the home team, 16-7, in the first quarter and extended its advantage to 27-9 at halftime. Ferretti had seven of his game-high point total in the third quarter as the Lions outscored the Indians in the period, 15-7.
Nate Ossit had eight points and Dylan Ellis and Will Stoughton chipped in six apiece for the Indians.
The Purple Lions return home next Tuesday to face Whitney Point.

Dryden 53, Groton 26

Dryden	16	11	15	11	—	53
Groton	7	2	7	10	—	26

Dryden
Ali Abel-Ferretti 4 5-5 13, Bruno Bugliosi 0 0-0 0, Dylan Clapp 2 0-0 4, Brian Colbert 0 0-0 0, Ross Cole 4 0-0 8, Joe Delucia 4 0-0 8, Trevor Gardner 3 2-2 9, Thad Leviere 1 0-0 2, Tim Lewis 0 0-0 0, Matt McHerron 1 0-0 2, Stuart Stahlman 2 1-3 5, Noah Welgoss 1 0-1 2. Totals 22 8-12 53.
Groton
Tim Baxendell 0 2-2 2, Dylan Bennett 1 0-0 2, Dylan Ellis 2 0-0 6, Anthony Goodsell 0 0-0 0, Jovon McKnight 0 0-0 0, Nate Ossit 2 4-8 8, Zach Ossitt 1 0-0 2, Michael Perkins 0 0-0 0, Will Stoughton 3 0-1 6, Tyler Totman 0 0-0 0. Totals 9 6-11 26.
3-Point Goals - Dryden 53 (Trevor Gardner 1), Groton 26 (Dylan Ellis 2).

Boys Basketball improves to 1-1 after Groton Win - From the Coach

Dryden improved to 1-1 on the season with a 53-26 win at Groton.  Dryden was led by sophomore Ali Abel-Ferretti who had a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds.  Dryden also got 9 points from freshmen Trevor Gardner, while seniors Ross Cole and Joe DeLucia added 8 points each.  Groton was led by Nick Ossit who had 8 points.  Dryden took a 16-7 lead after the first quarter.  "I thought our tempo was good, we just needed to do a better job of finishing."  Abel-Ferretti had 6 points in the quarter.  Dryden took a 27-9 lead into the locker room at half, Cole with 4 points in the second quarter.  Dryden outscored Groton 15-7 in the third quarter.  Abel-Ferretti, with 7 in the quarter and DeLucia with 4 points in the quarter.  "Joe gave us a great lift off the bench tonight.  He did a great job of taking what the defense gave him.  His intelligent play really helped us in the second half."  Dryden JV'S defeat Groton to improve to 1-1 as well.  Sophomore Anthony Nichols led Dryden with 14 points.  Dryden hosts Whitney Point on 12/10.

Boys Swim - From the Coach

Congratulations to members of the Boys Varsity Swim team for solid performances against State Ranked Waverly.  Seniors Justen Geddes lead the team with two 2nd place individual finishes while Jon Pelletier finished 3rd in 2 difficult events - both seniors scored team points in all four of their events. Congratulations to Eric Sinnott, Gabe Woods and Mark Dodici for scoring points in 3 out of their 4 events in their first Varsity Swim meet.  The team competes next Tuesday at home.