Week Eight

WEEK 8

Thursday, January 24

GIRLS

Mohawk Valley Christian Academy 43; NYS School for the Deaf 38;

MOHAWK VALLEY (4-3, 3-1) – Lissa Keiper 6-12 2-3 14; Jena Allen 6-13 2-2 14; Marissa Shepherd 5-14 1-7 11; Mikayla Wintermute 2-12 0-0 4; Rachel Hall 0-1 0-0 0; Sarah Shepherd 0-1 0-0 0; Kristy Shepherd 0 0-0 0; Totals 19-53 5-12 43.

NYSSD (5-1) -- Shannon Kierpiec 5 5-8 15; Kaitlyn Schabrow 0 0-0 0; Cassandra Perry 2 0-2 4; Jessica Miller 1 0-0 2; Michelle Rafter 1 0-0 2; Trittney Marriott 0 0-0 0; Yohouna Geigel 1 0-0 2; Brittany Bruce 5 2-6 12; Epiphany Storey 0 1-2 1; Amanda Miller 0 0-0 0; Totals 15 8-18 38.

Mohawk Valley Eagles 16 10 8 9 - 43

NYSSD Trojanettes 4 10 12 12 - 38

Three point goals – none

Rebounds: Keiper-9, M. Shepherd-8, Allen-6, Hall-4, Wintermute-3, S. Shepherd-1

Assists: Keiper-6, Allen-2, Wintermute-2

Steals: Keiper-5, Hall-1, Wintermute-1

Game Notes: The Mohawk Valley girls basketball team outscored NYSSD 16-4 in the first quarter then held on to deal the NYSSD Trojanettes their first league loss in three seasons. Jena Allen hit on 3 of her 4 shots in the first quarter to get the Eagles out to the early 12 point lead. The two teams then played even in the 2^nd quarter and the Eagles lead held at 12 at halftime. Shannon Kierpiec then scored 10 of her game high 15 points in the 3^rd quarter as the Trojanettes chipped away at the lead. Down by 8 going into the 4^th quarter, Epiphany Storey’s free throw brought the Trojanettes within 4 point 40-36 with 1:02 to play. Lissa Keiper converted a steal into a layup with 35 seconds to go to put the Eagles up 42-36. On the next possession Trittney Marriott grabbed the offensive rebound off a Kiepiec miss, flipped the ball to Youhouna Geigel along the baseline who scored to cut the lead to 4. On the ensuing inbounds play, Lissa Keiper found a streaking Marissa Shepherd past half court who was fouled and made the front end of the one-on-one. Brittney Bruce’s last minute shot from the left side went long and Rachel Hall grabbed the rebound as time ran out. Shannon Kierpiec led all scorers with 15 while teammate Brittney Bruce added 12. Lissa Keiper and Jena Allen each scored 14 for the Eagles while Marissa Shepherd added 11.

BOYS

Mohawk Valley Christian Academy 84, NYS School for the Deaf 51

MOHAWK VALLEY (6-1, 5-1) - Bruce Pavlus 7-8 2-2 19; David Haas 8-12 0-2 18, Mike Gorman 6-10 1-6 14; Josh Purpura 5-10 4-4 14; David Purpura 1-6 0-0 2; Bill Arthur 3-6 0-2 7; Nolan Little 2-6 4-4 9; Jack Vandenabeele 0-2 1-2 1; Toby Purpura 0-2 0-0 0, Chris Eggleston 0 0-0 0; Andy Piseck 0-1 0-0 0;

Totals 32-63 12-19 84.

NYSSD (4-4) - Ty Miller 5 6-14 16; Irick Carter 7 5-9 18; Elijah Olivo 4 0-0 9; Jeremy Lloyd 1 0-0 2; Chris Marion 0 0-0 0; Isaiah Olivo 0 0-2 0; Matt Lazurus 1 0-1 2; Eric Nussbaum 0 0-0 0; Corey Twombly 0 1-2 1; Robert Kohlbrenner 1 0-0 2; . Totals 19 12-28 50.

Rebounds: Pavlus-7, Arthur-5, Gorman-4, J.Puprua-3, D.Pupura-3, Little-2, Vandenabeele-2, Piseck-1.

Assists: Arthur-6, Haas-5, J.Purpura-4, Pavlus-2, Gorman-2, Little-1

Steals: Arthur-4, Gorman-3, J.Purpura-1, Vandenabeele-1

Mohawk Valley Christian Academy 18 17 31 18 - 84

New York State School for the Deaf 8 20 7 16 - 51

Three point goals: MVCA 3 (Haas 2, Josh Purpura 1); NYSSD 4 (Isaiah Olivo 2, Elijah Olivo 2)

Game Summary: Mohawk Valley Christian Academy defeated NYS School for the Deaf Thursday night in Rome 84-51. Behind Josh Purpura’s 4 for 5 shooting in the first quarter, the Eagles broke an 8-8 with a 10-0 run to end the quarter. The Trojans came back as Irick Carter and Ty Miller combined for 14 points in the second quarter and the lead was cut to 7 at halftime. The Eagles came out strong after the intermission. Bruce Pavlus and David Haas combined for 20 third quarter points while the Trojan offence sputtered with point guard Elijah Olivo on the bench with 4 fouls. Nolan Little scored all 9 of his points in the final period to secure the win for the Ealges. Bruce Pavlus led all scorers with 19 including three 3 pointers and added 7 rebounds and 2 assists. David Haas added 18 points and Mike Gorman and Josh Purpura each scored 14. Carter and Miller led the Trojans with 18 and 16 points respectively.

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Holy Cross 75, Lowville 61

Holy Cross traveled to Lowville and went away with a well earned 75-61 victory.The score at the end of the first half was 37-25. The second half was played very close, but Lowville was unable to close the gap. Holy Cross had four players with double figures, led by game high-scorer Matt Collins with 28 points. Martin Koegst, Nick Williams and Steve Seelman added 17,12 and 11 points respectively. Lowville was led by Pat Harney with 20 points and 21 rebounds. Brock Roggie contributed with 14 points and 14 rebounds. Calder Roggie, Dean Oakes, Dan Harney and Corwin Christman added 8,7,6 and 5 respectively for Lowville.

Scores: 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Holy Cross 16 21 19 19 - 75

Hawks 11 14 16 21 - 61

Foul Shots:

Holy Cross- 17-25 Lowville- 9-17

Holy Cross - Nick Williams- 12; Josh Herter- 0; Steve Miller- 2; Joe Kiefer- 4;

Martin Koegst- 17; Steve Seelman- 11; Chris Miller- 0; Matt Collins- 28; Tim Maciag- 0;

Cody Watson- 0; Dan Collins- 1

Hawks - Joey Krop- 0; Brock Roggie- 14; Calder Roggie- 8; Pat Harney- 20; Dan Harney- 6;

Corwin Christman- 5; Sam Roe- 0; Dean Oakes- 7; Caleb Santamour- 2

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River Valley 91, New Life 38

CASTORLAND — A shorthanded New Life Christian School squad lost to the River Valley Mennonite School 91-38. Philip Dickerson led NLCS with 20 points. River Valley used a balanced scoring attack, with nine players getting at least 4 points each, led by Ben Moser with 18.

NLCS 8 12 2 16 - 38

RVMS 25 19 25 22 - 91

NLCS (4-8, 2-6): Philip Dickerson 20, Joe Billy 5, Foster Evans 4, Jake Houseman 4, Jesse Chandler 3, Jeremiah Brown 2.

RVMS (?-?): Ben Moser 18, Dillon Knight 13, Lucas Widrick 13, Tanner Zehr 12, Kenny Russell 12, Philip Hartzlear 8, Greg Paine 6, Seth Roggie 5, Isaac Gingrich 4.

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GIRLS

Mohawk Valley Christian School 29; Holy Cross Academy 15

MOHAWK VALLEY (5-4, 4-1) – Marissa Shepherd 6-14 1-4 13; Lissa Keiper 2-8 0-2 4; Jena Allen 2-16 0-0 4; Rachel Hall 3-6 0-0 6, Mikayla Wintermute 1-11 0-0 2; Sarah Shepherd 0-4 0-0 0; Totals 13-69 1-6 29.

HOLY CROSS (0-5) -- Joy Droz 3 0-4 6; Brianna Miller 0 0-0 0; Amber King 0 0-0 0; Cassie Lohr 3 0-4 6; Amy Collins 0 0-0 0; Maria Abbe 0 0-0 0; Laura Collins 0 0-0 0 Tammy Moyer 1 1-2 3; Marie Maciag 0 0-0 0; Totals 7 1-10 15.

Mohawk Valley Eagles 6 8 15 0 - 29

Holy Cross Crusaders 1 6 4 4 - 15

Three point goals – none

Rebounds: M.Shepherd-9, Keiper-7, Allen-4, Hall-4, Wintermute-3

Steals: Keiper-3, Alln-1, M.Shepherd-1, Wintermute-1

Assists: Keiper-3, Allen-2

Game Notes: Marissa Shepherd scored a season high 13 points and grabbed 9 rebounds to lead the Mohawk Eagles to a 29-15 victory over visiting Holy Cross Friday night. The Eagles took the early 5 point lead and never looked back to seal their 5^th win of the season. Shepherd led all scorers with 13 while Rachel Hall chipped in 6 points and 4 rebounds. The Crusaders were led by Joy Droz and Cassie Lohr with 6 points apiece.

BOYS

Mohawk Valley Christian Academy 60, Holy Cross 52

MOHAWK VALLEY (7-1, 6-1) - Bruce Pavlus 5-13 0-0 10; David Haas 2-8 2-5 7, Mike Gorman 9-13 1-4 19; Bill Arthur 5-11 2-4 12; Joshua Purpura 5-10 0-0 10, David Purpura 0-3 0-0 0; Nolan Little 1-1 0-0 2; Totals 27-59 5-13 60.

HOLY CROSS (5-2) - Nick Williams 4 4-10 12; Matt Collins 7 5-6 19; Martin Koegst 5 5-5 15, Cody Watson 1 1-2 3; Joe Keifer 0 0-0 0; Steve Seelman 1 0-0 3; Dan Collins 0 0-0 0; Steve Miller 0 0-0 0; Chris Miller 0 0-0 0;. Totals 18 15-23 52.

Mohawk Valley Christian Academy 12 17 16 15 - 60

Holy Cross Academy 6 20 11 16 - 52

Three point goals – MVCA 1 (Haas 1); Holy Cross 1 (Seelman 1)

Rebounds: M.Gorman-10, Arthur-9, Pavlus-8, J.Purpura-5, D. Purpura-2, Haas-1

Steals: Arthur-1, Gorman-1, Pavlus-1

Assists: Haas-6, Pavlus-3, Gorman-2, Arthur-2, J.Purpura-1

Game Summary: Mohawk Valley and Holy Cross took their identical 5-1 league records into Friday’s 1^st meeting of the two teams this season, after the initial game was postponed due to snow. Mike Gorman’s strong all around game and a scrappy man-to-man defense helped the Eagles come out ahead 60-52. Mohawk Valley took the early lead 12-6 but the Crusaders fought back to tie the game at 14-14 in the second. Behind Matt Collins 11 second quarter points, Holy Cross took their first lead of the tame 21-20 with 2:36 remaining in the first half. The Eagles were able to regain a three point margin by the intermission. The lead extended to 10 early in the 4^th period, but the Crusaders had another run sparked by another player. Senior forward Martin Koegst got hot, scoring 11 of his 15 points in the 4^th period and brought his team back to within one point 49-48. Three key buckets by Gorman, Josh Purpura and Bill Arthur kept the Eagles ahead and with 1:12 to play held a 56-50 advantage. The Crusaders managed only a pair of free throws after that and forced to foul, the Eagles converted on 4 of 7 free throws down the stretch to close out the game. Mike Gorman finished with 19 points, 10 rebounds, 2 asists and 2 blocked shots. Bill Arthur added 12 points and Josh Purpura and Bruce Pavlus each chipped in 10. Matt Collins led Holy Cross with 19 points while Martin Koegst added 15. The two teams will meet again on Tuesday, Jan 29^th in Oneida.