(Photo Source Steve Yang/The Cortland Voice).
Here are some local high school varsity sports recaps from Thursday's events:
Varsity Boys Basketball: McGraw vs. LaFargeville (1st Round of Section III Class D Sectional Tournament)
The #17 seeded McGraw Eagles defeated LaFargeville (#16 seed) in the first round of the Section III Class D Sectional Tournament with a score of 55-54.
The Eagles won after Quintin Burdick hit a three-pointer off a screen from Nolan Knickerbocker to put McGraw up by one point with about eight seconds left in the game.
Quintin Burdick led the Eagles with 33 points in the game. Following Burdick were Nate Stiles (7 points) and Nolan Knickerbocker (6 points).
LaFargeville was led by Nathan Wyatt (24 points), Addison Waterman (11 points), and Jefferson Smith (8 points).
Up next, the Eagles will play in the second round of the sectional tournament against Hamilton (#1 seed) on the road this Saturday (February 19th) at 6pm.
Here is a video of McGraw’s winning shot (Video from LaFargeville’s Youtube page/provided by McGraw head coach Brian Driscoll)
Varsity Boys Basketball: Homer vs. Solvay (1st Round of Section III Class B Sectional Tournament)
The Homer Trojans (#17 seed) lost a tough game against Solvay (#16 seed) with a score of 42-60 in the first round of the Section III Class B Sectional Tournament.
The Trojans were led by Evan Butts (18 points) and Wyatt Wilbur (15 points).
Solvay was led by Jeffrey Sharpe (21 points), Gerold Bean (15 points), and Nick Commisso (9 points).
With this loss, the Trojans ended their season with a 7-13 record.
Varsity Girls Basketball: Marathon vs. Thomas A Edison
The Marathon Lady Olympians lost a tough game against Thomas A Edison (a Class C school ranked #5 in their section) with a score of 46-55.
Marathon senior captain Brooke Tillotson, as she is still recovering from a foot injury.
The Lady Olympians were led by Abby Ensign (28 points), Anna Hoyt (5 points), Paige Hurlburt (4 points), and Bailee Hurlburt (4 points).
Thomas A Edison was led by Payton Littlefield (24 points) and Harper Hoffmann (13 points).
With this loss, the Lady Olympians ended their regular season with a 14-6 overall record.
“It was a tough match up,” said Abby Ensign. “We definitely stayed in it. It’s tough, but we tried our best.”
“We came in with no expectations other than getting the girls ready on the court, and getting ready for sectionals,” said Marathon Head Coach Andrew Pierce. “Obviously we were still without Brooke (Tillotson). We wanted to get everybody on the court the best we could. We brought up some JV players, and got most of them in. But the expectations were to play well, play without Brooke, and play well as a team; and they did that.”
Marathon will now get ready for the Section IV Class D Sectional Tournament, where they are seeded at #1. They will be playing the quarter-final round against the winner between Stamford-Jefferson (#8 seed) and Cherry Valley-Springfield (#9 seed).
Marathon’s quarter-final game will be played at Marathon High School on Friday (February 25th) at 6pm.
Here are some photos of last night's game (Photos from Steve Yang/The Cortland Voice):
