Cortland County High School Sports Recaps (January 5th)

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Cortland-Homer Ice Hockey vs. Liverpool. (Photo Source: Timothy A. Bennett, Owner & Publisher of The Cortland Voice).

Here are some local high school varsity sports recaps from Thursday’s events:

Varsity Ice Hockey: Cortland-Homer vs. Liverpool

The Cortland-Homer Golden Eagles improved to an 8-1 overall record after defeating Liverpool 5-0. 

Cortland-Homer was led by Mitch Riter (2 goals & 1 assist), Andrew Partigianoni (2 goals & 3 assists), Chris Yang (1 assist), Hunter Everle (1 assist), Rowan Dankert (1 assist), Finn Thomas (2 assists), Johnathan Henry (1 goal), and Garret Clark (7 saves). 

Liverpool was led by James Welch (28 saves) and Trevor Smith (27 saves).

“Tonight had all the makings of a trap game,” said Cortland-Homer Head Coach Paul Quinlan. “It was the second night of a back to back, and after a big league game last night and another big league game against Skaneateles on Tuesday; I was happy with how committed the team was to not looking past Liverpool. We preach one game at a time, and tonight we looked ready for the challenge. We were able to implement some things tonight that we have been working on in practice, and I was happy to see the results. Garret got another shut out, and we had a lot of guys on the scoresheet. Secondary scoring is an important metric for us, so that is a good sign.”

Up next, Cortland-Homer will take on Skaneateles at the JM McDonald Sports Complex this upcoming Tuesday (January 10th) at 7pm. 

Here are some photos from last night's game (Photos provided by Timothy A. Bennett, Owner & Publisher of The Cortland Voice):

Varsity Boys Basketball: Homer vs. OnTech Charter School

The Homer Trojans defeated OnTech Charter School with a score of 76-47 Thursday night. 

With this win, Homer improved to an overall record of 2-6.

Homer was led by Evan Butts (20 points), Wyatt Wilbur (15 points), and Mitchell Earle (14 points). 

OnTech was led by Messiah Edwards (19 points) and Jadin Cooper (10 points).

Up next, Homer will play on the road against Solvay on Monday (January 9th) at 6:30pm. 

Varsity Boys Basketball: Cincinnatus vs. Otselic Valley

The Cincinnatus Lions lost a close game against Otselic Valley with a final score of 34-39. 

Cincinnatus was led by Tucker Latta (15 points), Canden Stafford (6 points), and John Schuyler (5 points). 

Otselic Valley was led by Braden Davis (15 points) and Lukas Schieferstein (8 points). 

With this result, Cincinnatus has fallen to a 1-6 record. 

Cincinnatus’ next game will be played on the road against Faith Heritage this Saturday (January 7th) at 1pm. 

Varsity Girls Basketball: Homer vs. Onondaga

The Homer Lady Trojans improved to a 5-6 record after beating Onondaga 53-41 on the road Thursday evening. 

Homer was led by Catherine Apker (24 points, 13 rebounds, 6 steals, 3 assists & 3 blocks) and Madison Singleton (12 points, 16 rebounds, 3 steals & 2 assists). 

Note: stats for Onondaga were not made available by the time this article was written.

Homer’s next game will be played at home against Marcellus on Thursday (January 12th) at 6:45pm. 

Varsity Girls Bowling: Homer vs. Altmar-Parish-Williamstown (APW)

The Homer Lady Trojans defeated APW with a team score of 7-0 on Thursday. 

Here are the individual and overall scores of each team: 

Homer

APW

Varsity Boys Bowling: Homer vs. Altmar-Parish-Williamstown (APW)

The Homer Trojans defeated APW with a team score of 7-0 on Thursday. 

Here are the individual and overall scores of each team: 

Homer

APW

(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).

A special thank you goes to Visions Federal Credit Union for partnering with us to provide the greater Cortland County community with additional sports coverage