The Evening Sun | Norwich Flag Football Drops To Owego In Sectionals
NORWICH
– After
facing
Owego
in
the
second
to
last
game
of
the
regular
season,
the
Norwich
Purple
Tornado
flag
football
team
prepared
to
face
them
again
in
the
second
round
of
sectionals.
Norwich
appreciated
more
scoring
chances
in
this
contest
and
attempted
to
keep
up
with
the
Indians,
but
fell
39-19.
Despite
the
loss,
Norwich
had
another
successful
season,
staying
undefeated
up
until
the
latter
part
of
the
season.
Owego
got
started
early
on
defense,
putting
tight
pressure
on
Norwich’s
offense.
They
intercepted
the
ball
on
Norwich’s
first
possession
before
driving
the
ball
down
the
field
for
the
first
score
of
the
game.
Norwich
fought
back
fairly
quick
as
Quarterback
Cameron
VanHouten
had
success
finding
Sarah
Davis
and
Julie
Turner
for
a
few
solid
pass
plays.
This
strategy
set
up
a
nice
breakaway
rushing
touchdown
for
Sarah
Davis
to
even
it
up
at
seven
all.
Owego
answered
back
with
a
quick
drive
of
their
own
and
scored
on
a
long
pass
play,
setting
the
Norwich
defense
off
guard.
Norwich
tried
on
their
next
possession,
but
the
ball
fell
back
into
Owego’s
hands
at
their
own
two
yard
line.
Owego
was
able
to
move
the
ball
and
scored
on
that
same
drive.
Under
two
minutes
until
halftime,
Norwich’s
VanHouten
helped
her
team
drive
down
the
field
with
big
run
plays
and
found
receiver
Julie
Turner
for
a
short
pass
with
14
seconds
to
go.
Norwich
called
a
timeout
before
setting
up
a
last
crucial
play,
which
Turner
caught
for
the
touchdown.
Norwich
was
down
19-13
at
the
half
before
coming
back
out
on
defense
to
start
the
final
25
minutes.
Owego
didn’t
waste
anytime
as
they
ran
down
the
field,
deep
in
Norwich’s
territory.
This
time,
though,
the
Purple
defense
was
fierce
with
a
big
sack
by
Karoline
Olesen
to
set
up
a
fourth
down,
which
the
Indians
went
for
and
a
stop
was
made
by
Brynley
Ryan.
Norwich
took
over,
but
was
forced
to
punt.
Owego
scored
three
more
times
as
Norwich
tried
different
plays
that
didn’t
work
out
in
their
favor.
They
had
Olivia
Schiraldi
and
Josey
Ryan
in
at
quarterback
with
a
few
nice
run
plays,
but
Owego’s
heavily
pressured
defense
forced
them
to
throw
the
ball
into
their
hands
or
to
turnover
on
downs.
With
under
two
minutes
remaining
in
regulation,
Senior
Kayla
Sherman
was
in
as
quarterback.
Sherman
made
great
plays
on
fourth
downs
to
set
up
a
Emma
Urgo
touchdown
with
38
seconds
left.
Owego
elected
to
take
a
knee
to
end
the
game
as
Norwich
put
its
seniors
in
for
the
final
play
of
the
game.
Congratulations
Norwich
on
a
great
season
and
best
of
luck
to
the
seniors.