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Cortland vs. Homer Boys Basketball. (Photo Source: Kaitlyn Hession)
Here are some local high school varsity sports recaps from Wednesday’s events:
Varsity Boys Basketball: Cortland vs. Homer
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
| Cortland | 8 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 39 |
| Homer | 10 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 36 |
The Cortland Purple Tigers won their first regular game of the season against County rival Homer at home Wednesday night.
Cortland won the game with a close score of 39-36.
With this result, Homer has fallen to an overall record of 0-3, while Cortland now holds a 1-0 record.
Cortland was led by Carter Baum (13 points), Benjamin McGrath (10 points), and Caden Albright (6 points).
Homer was led by Evan Butts (16 points), Tyler Van Etten (6 points), and Max Franco (4 points).
Up next, Cortland will play on the road against Marcellus on Wednesday (December 14th) at 7pm, while Homer hosts Syracuse Academy of Science on Tuesday (December 13th) at 7pm.
Here are some photos of yesterday’s game (photos provided by Kaitlyn Hession):
Varsity Girls Basketball: Cincinnatus vs Utica Academy of Science
The Cincinnatus Lady Lions lost a tight game against Utica Academy of Science with a final score of 36-39.
With this loss, Cincinnatus has fallen to an 0-2 record.
Cincinnatus was led by Cortney Scutt (23 points) and Emma Finch (9 points).
Note: individual stats for Utica Academy of Science were not available by the time this article was written.
Cincinnatus is now scheduled to play on the road against LaFayette this Saturday (December 10th) at 11am.
Varsity Wrestling: Marathon vs. Newark Valley
The Marathon Olympians lost to Newark Valley with an overall team score of 24-43 Wednesday evening.
Here are the results from each match:
- 102: Trevor Middendorf (Newark Valley) over Simon Donah (Marathon) - Pin
- 110: Travis Middendorf (Newark Valley) over (Marathon) - Forfeit
- 118: Logan Woodin (Newark Valley) over John Root (Marathon) - Decision (3-2)
- 126: Dylan Iversen (Newark Valley) over Melodie Sutton (Marathon) - Pin
- 132: Zander Sutton (Marathon) over Marcos Escalante (Newark Valley) - Pin
- 138: Cadin Creeley (Newark Valley) over Brendan Gumaer (Marathon) - Pin
- 145: Brittan Keller (Marathon) over Connor Vanzile (Newark Valley) - Pin
- 152: Anthony Neville (Marathon) over Gabe Merrill (Newark Valley) - Decision 4-2
- 160: Braydon Homer (Marathon) over Kaiden Pado (Newark Valley) - Decision 8-1
- 172: John Turnbull (Newark Valley) over Julian Spizzirri (Marathon) - Major Decision 11-0
- 189: Peter Basti (Newark Valley) over (Marathon) - Forfeit
- 215: Seth Northrup (Newark Valley) over Dawsyn Cole (Marathon) - Pin
- 285: Logan Jamison (Marathon) over Austin Debolt (Newark Valley) - Pin
Varsity Wrestling: Cortland vs. Oswego
The Cortland Purple Tigers beat Oswego with a team score of 48-3 Wednesday night.
Here are the results from each match:
- 102: No Match
- 110: Jackson Marks (Cortland) over (Oswego) - Forfeit
- 118: No Match
- 126: Gage Burlingame (Cortland) over Max Steiger (Oswego) - Pin
- 132: Jose Ramos (Oswego) over Garrett Major (Cortland) - Decision (14-12)
- 138: Nickolas Hines (Cortland) over Michael Orel (Oswego) - Pin
- 145: DaeSean West (Cortland) over Antonio Rivera Gonzalez (Oswego) - Pin
- 152: Karter Bush (Cortland) over Theodore Gosier (Oswego) - Pin
- 160: No Match
- 172: Wyatt Tinker (Cortland) over Garret Pickens (Oswego) - Pin
- 189: Asher Tinker (Cortland) over Hayden Sanders (Oswego) - Pin
- 215: Anthoni Nemecek (Cortland) over Evan Sanders (Oswego) - Pin
- 285: No Match
(Note: If a team’s game recap was not shown in this article, it’s because scores and stats of their game were not made available to us by the time this article was published).
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