TV Boys-Girls Defeat Manor
Tri-Valley's boys and girls basketball teams recorded wins over Livingston Manor in games played last Thursday in Livingston Manor and Friday in Grahamsville.
A young Lady Wildcats team Thursday faced an aggressive Tri-Valley team which from the start took a commanding 10-0 first quarter lead off the eight-point scoring effort of Bears
point-guard Caroline Martin and coasted to a 45-17 win.
"They are a very good aggressive defensive team which resulted in a lot of turnovers by our young team," Livingston Manor coach Kevin Clifford said.
Clifford pointed out that his starting team "consists of two eight graders, two ninth graders one junior and one senior and one of my top scorers is presently injured."
Tri-Valley continued their pressure defense in the second quarter outscoring the Wildcats 15-4 to take a 25-4 halftime lead off the six point scoring of Danielle Shafarsky, three points from Martin and four points by Katelin Jester.
The lady Wildcats were outscored in the third quarter 10-1 with Martin adding six more points to her total of 17.
Tri-Valley coach Jason Closs at the 3:02 mark of the third quarter pulled his starting five noting "I wanted our younger players to get playing time and they executed very well."
Closs added that this younger group as the game progressed "really got their feet under them at the varsity level in the final 10 minutes of play and let's remember we will be having this group back next year." He praised the young Wildcat team "for hanging in there and battling and not giving up and that in a year or two they will be a good team."
Livingston Manor outscored Tri-Valley in the fourth quarter 12-10 with Emily Gorr scoring six points.
Caroline Martin led the Bears scoring with 17 points followed by Danielle Shafarsky with 8. Tri-Valley's record is 2-5 overall and 1-0 in OCIAA league play.
Lindsey Ray led the Wildcats with 9 points and Emily Gorr had 6.
Livingston Manor committed 34 turnovers to Tri-Valley's 22.
Friday's boys game at Grahamsville produced two interesting first half quarters with the Wildcats outscoring the Bears 16-9 in the first quarter and Tri-Valley outscoring Livingston Manor 10-2 in the second quarter.
Manor's Terrance Lockhart scored eight of the Wildcats first quarter points and took control with rebounds under the board but in another complete turnaround Tri-Valley outscored Livingston Manor in the final three quarters of play 10-2, 26-7 and 16-9 for a 61-34 win.
Livingston Manor coach Charlie Hicks said, "they took it to us in the final three-quarters of play and just outplayed us."
Hicks noted "Tri-Valley is a very good team but I definitely feel that it should not have been a 30-point game."
Hicks added "that first quarter of play is indicative of how we play but their aggressive defense and us missing a ton of layups in the paint that we need to finish proved to be our downfall."
Post game comments by Tri-Valley coach Kyle Humphrey noted "we really clamped up defensively after the first quarter and with Justin Swarthout and Jarred James pushing off this made a huge difference."
Humphrey praised Livingston Manor saying "they are a very good team and well coached of course and Charlie's an excellent coach and has kept them in check for years now and he gets the most out of his kids."
An aggressive defense by Tri-Valley and taking control of the boards after the first quarter resulted in Tri-Valley boosting their overall record to 4-3, 1-1 in OCIAA Division V play.
Livingston Manor is now 4-2 overall and 2-0 in league play.
The Wildcats committed 27 turnovers to the Bears 14.
Leading scorer for Tri-Valley was Justin Swarthout with 14 followed by Robert Warden with 11 and Zack Nilsen with 10.
Matt Janik with 16 led Livingston Manor's scoring followed by Terrance Lockhart with 10.
PHOTOS FROM THESE TWO GAMES
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