Perry leads Horde in wrestling tourney

By Keith Harrington

The Granville-Fort Ann wrestling team competed in the Coach Ken Baker Tournament last weekend and the Golden Horde had some positive results.

At 189 pounds Brent Perry claimed the championship for Granville-Fort Ann. In the semifinal match Perry defeated Edward Marcus of Averill Park 11-0 by major decision. In the championship match Perry won by a 4-0 decision over Luke Pryor of Cobleskill-Richmondville.

At 118 Granville’s Quinn Johnson placed second. Johnson won his semifinal match with a 4-1 decision over Derik Carey of Lansingburgh. In the title match Johnson fell to Trevor Bishop by decision.

Granville’s Nick Crum placed fourth at 126 pounds. Thomas McMahon finished fourth at 132 pounds.

Granville-Fort Ann placed sixth as a team in the 12-team meet with 77 points.

On Thursday, Granville-Fort Ann edged Hoosick Falls 36-30 in a non-league match, using a combination of pins and forfeits to collect the victory. It was the last regular-season home match for seniors McMahon and Dylan Procella.

Quinn Johnson, Nick Crum and Jaymie Landon all earned wins by fall.

At 118 pounds Johnson pinned Mason Boyd in 1:30. Crum pinned Brandon Stemp in 1:56 at 126 pounds. At 152 Landon only needed 26 seconds to dispose of Jacob Reynolds.

Thomas McMahon, Zachariah Wilson and Brent Perry were awarded forfeit wins.

On Tuesday, Granville-Fort Ann hosted Warrensburg-Bolton and the Burghers came away with a 66-3 win.

The only Granville-Fort Ann wrestler to earn points was Brent Perry, who won a 5-0 decision over Warrensburg-Bolton’s Thomas Combs at 189 pounds.

Losses hurt Horde’s tourney chances

By Keith Harrington

While speaking with Granville boys basketball coach Justin Nassivera after a loss to Fair Haven on Saturday, assistant coach Chris Fuller announced the potential retirement of quarterback Tom Brady.

“Can I get Sawyer Ramey to retire?” Nassivera quipped with a hearty laugh.

Ramey, a junior guard for the Slaters who is widely regarded as one of the best players in Vermont, dismantled the usually stifling Golden Horde defense and Fair Haven’s post players dominated the paint as they rolled past Granville, 73-51, at the Granville gym in the renewal of what has become a competitive cross-border rivalry. It was the third loss in a row for the Golden Horde.

“Sawyer’s a heck of a player,” Nassivera said. “By far he would be the best player in the Adirondack League. He’s just such a tough guy to guard.”

In front of the largest crowd of the season, Ramey dazzled the spectators with his slick ball-handling, outside shooting and eye-popping passes. Ramey netted 31 points to pace the Slaters.

The game was tight early and after a slow start the Golden Horde took an 8-7 lead. They would not savor the lead again. Fair Haven led 17-14 after a quarter and used an 18-11 second quarter to extend their advantage to 35-25 at halftime.

Any chance of a Granville comeback went by the wayside in the third quarter. The Slaters outscored the Golden Horde 24-10 in the stanza to lead 59-35 heading to the fourth.

Fair Haven led by as much as 30 in the final frame before the Golden Horde put together a minor rally.

“They’re such a good basketball team,” Nassivera said. “We had such a battle last night with Lake George. We played a solid half of basketball, then I think we got tired.”

Phil Bean added 13 and Joe Buxton 11 for Fair Haven.

Nathan Rathbun had 13 points for Granville. Cody Nelson chipped in 12.

Fair Haven is now 8-0. Granville is 9-6.

The night before at Lake George, the Warriors avenged an earlier loss to Granville, winning 48-40 in Adirondack League action.

Lake George jumped out to a 12-8 lead in the first quarter and 24-20 at the half.

Granville put things together in the third quarter, using a 17-13 advantage to draw even at 37-37 heading to the fourth.

The final stanza belonged to the Warriors as Lake George closed the game with an 11-3 stretch to claim the key league victory.

“We tied the game up and then went ice cold in the fourth quarter,” Nassivera said. “We didn’t score until Cody Nelson hit a pull-up three with a minute and a half to go. By then we were down nine or 10 and in hurry-up mode.”

Cameron Orr led Lake George with 18 points and three assists. Julius Moffit added 15 points and contributed four rebounds and three assists. Ryan Becker grabbed 10 boards and just missed a double-double with nine points.

Caleb Nelson had 21 points for the Golden Horde. Cody Nelson added nine. Connor Farrell collected 10 rebounds. Rathbun added six boards.

Lake George is 11-1, 13-3. Granville fell to 6-4, 9-6.

On Tuesday night Granville traveled to Warrensburg and was defeated by the Burghers 57-51 in Adirondack League play.

Steve Schloss was a major headache for Granville, pouring in 35 points and hauling down eight rebounds for the Burghers.

Granville came out strong, leading 17-13 after a quarter and 29-21 at halftime.

Schloss imposed his will in the second half and Warrensburg outscored Granville 18-11 in both the third and fourth quarters to take control. Schloss scored 15 of his team’s 18 points in the final stanza.

Evan LaPell added 10 points, 11 rebounds and five assists for Warrensburg.

Caleb Nelson had 20 points for Granville. Cody Nelson added 16.

After the difficult week the Golden Horde is all but eliminated from getting into the league championship tournament.

“We’re on the outside looking in, we need an awful lot of help,” Nassivera said. “The problem is Argyle, North Warren and Warrensburg all hold head-to-head over us. We’ll just try to get ready for post-season play at this point.”

Warrensburg moved to 4-3, 6-3 with the win. Granville dropped to 6-3, 9-4.

Horde girls top Lake George, 38-34

By Keith Harrington

The Granville girls basketball returned to the win column Friday night as they defeated Lake George for the second time, this time on the road, 38-34, to sweep the season series. It was the second win for the Golden Horde since Ben Hover assumed the head coaching job.

“I liked the way our girls stayed composed,” Hover said. “Anytime you go to Lake George you know they are going to have a large crowd and make some noise.”

Granville led 9-8 after a quarter and the Warriors tied the game 18-18 at the half.

The Golden Horde outscored the Warriors 9-7 in the third to take a 27-26 lead and took an 11-9 fourth-quarter advantage to secure the victory.

Lauren Bascom led Granville with 13 points. Melissa Beaver added eight and Lilly Strout seven. Aspen Williams and Strout had 11 rebounds each.

Lake George was paced by 11 points from Mykah Collier-Fisher.

“We had a good game,” Hover said. “It was back and forth the whole game. We are starting to run our sets well and had some decent buckets down the stretch when we needed them.”

Granville raised its mark to 4-7, 4-11. Lake George is 1-9, 2-10.

On Saturday Granville made the trek to Hoosick Falls for a rematch with the Panthers and returned home with a 58-29 loss against the Wasaren League foe.

“They were a very good shooting team and we just couldn’t catch up with their three point shots,” Hover said

Hoosick Falls led 15-6 after a quarter behind the outside shooting of MacKenna Roberson and Amber MacNeil.

A 13-4 second quarter increased the Panthers’ lead to 28-10.

Granville played a solid third quarter, outscoring Hoosick Falls 14-13, but the deficit was too much to make up. The Panthers closed the contest with a 17-7 fourth quarter.

“We rebounded well, but turnovers killed us again,” Hover said.

Roberson led Hoosick Falls with 15 points. MacNeil added 14. Ava Case and Marley McLellan chipped in 11 apiece.

Lilly Strout paced Granville with 12 points. Williams added 11.

Hoosick Falls improved to 6-5. Granville dropped to 4-12.

Horde keglers lose, then tie

By Keith Harrington

The Granville bowling team was back in action last week with a pair of matches against Adirondack League opponents, tying North Warren and falling to Hadley-Luzerne. The matches were held virtually at Slate Valley Lanes and Lake George Lanes and Games.

Against Hadley-Luzerne the Golden Horde dropped a 3-1 decision.

Joshua Ketcham rolled games of 165, 115 and 177 for a 457 series to lead the Golden Horde. Melanie Bourn added a 439 triple with games of 143, 148 and 148.

Daimian Fisk fired games of 183, 159 and 154 for a match high 496 series. Kaylee Iverson bowled games of 142, 166 and 146 for a 454 series.

Hadley-Luzerne improved to 27-17. Granville fell to 8-40.

Against North Warren Granville and the Cougars battled to a 2-2 draw.

The Granville scores were the same as against Hadley-Luzerne in the three-team contest.

For North Warren, Jayden Levitsky bowled games of 151, 170 and 124 for a series of 445. Cole Bradway added a 397 series with games of 145, 112 and 140.

Granville was 7-37 after the match. North Warren was 31-17.