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Cortland Baseball Team. (Photo from The Cortland Voice’s 2023 Spring Media Day).
Here are some local high school varsity sports recaps from Thursday’s events:
Varsity Baseball: Cortland vs. Moravia (1st round of Partigianoni Tournament)
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | Run | Hits | Errors |
| Moravia | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 3 |
| Cortland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 |
The Cortland Purple Tigers defeated Moravia in the first round of their annual Partigianoni Tournament with a score of 8-7.
Cortland was led by Christopher Yang (1 run & 2 hits), Luke Rogoff (1 run, 1 hit & 1 RBI), Zach Muir (1 run), Caden Albright (1 hit, 2 RBI’s & 2 strikeouts thrown), Andrew Partigianoni (1 run, 1 hit & 2 RBI’s), Ethan Johnson (2 runs, 1 Home-run, 2 hits & 2 RBI’s), Robbie Atkins (1 run), Owen Johnson (1 run & 2 hits), Antonio Terrazas (2 strikeouts thrown), and Liam Woodward (3 strikeouts thrown).
Moravia was led by Eli Landis (1 run & 1 hit), Brayden Mason (3 runs & 2 hits), Luke Landis (2 runs, 1 Home-run, 2 hits & 3 RBI’s), Noah Corbett (1 run, 2 hits & 4 strikeouts thrown), Aiden Kelly (1 RBI & 1 strikeout thrown), and Hunter Boynton (1 hot & 2 RBI’s).
With this win, Cortland advanced to the final round of the tournament, which they played against Homer.
Varsity Baseball: Homer vs. Dryden (1st round of Partigianoni Tournament)
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | Run | Hits | Errors |
| Dryden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Homer | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | X | X | X | 17 | 10 | 0 |
The Homer Trojans beat Dryden 17-0 after a mercy rule was called after the top of the fifth inning of the first round of the Partigianoni Tournament.
Homer was mainly led by Tristan Allen (3 runs, 1 Home-run, 3 hits & 8 RBI’s), Noah Young (3 runs, 1 hit & 1 RBI), Tyler VanEtten (2 runs, 2 hits & 2 RBI’s), Mitchell Earle (1 run), Maddox Johnson (1 run & 1 hit), Graydon Hickey (1 run & 2 RBI’s), Anderson Read (3 runs & 2 hits), Max Franco (3 runs), Jeffrey Stauber (1 run), and Maddox Johnson (7 strikeouts).
Dryden was mainly led by Owen Strickland (1 hit & 1 inning pitched) and Zachery Wiser (2 innings pitched).
With this win, Homer advanced to the final round of the tournament, which they played against Cortland.
Varsity Baseball: Cortland vs. Homer (Final round of Partigianoni Tournament)
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | Run | Hits | Errors |
| Homer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Cortland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 | 4 | 1 |
The Cortland Tigers won the Partigianoni Tournament after defeating county rival Homer with a close score of 2-1 Thursday night.
Cortland was led by Danny Jackson (2 hits), Liam Woodward (1 run), Andrew Partigianoni (1 RBI), Robbie Atkins (1 run & 1 hit), Owen Johnson (1 hit & 1 RBI), Zach Muir (3 strikeouts thrown), and Ethan Johnson (5 strikeouts thrown).
Homer was led by Tristan Allen (1 run & 2 hits), Mitchell Earle (1 hit & 9 strikeouts thrown), Graydon Hickey (1 hit & 1 RBI), Anderson Read (1 hit).
Cortland now stands at 3-0, while Homer holds a 1-1 record.
Up next, Cortland will play Central Valley Academy on Monday (April 10th) at Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex at 6pm. Homer will take on Christian Brothers Academy on Tuesday (April 11th) at the Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex at 5pm.
Varsity Baseball: Marathon vs. Newfield
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | Run | Hits | Errors |
| Newfield | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
| Marathon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
The Marathon Olympians fell to an 0-2 record after losing to Newfield 3-7 on Thursday.
Marathon was mainly led by Jacob Byron (1 run off an error) and Zachary Birdsall (2 RBI single).
Newfield was led by Jackson Nelson (1 run off an error), Joshua Donley (3RBI single), Austin Jenney (RBI single to score Andrew Brechner), Michael Woodard (RBI single to score Joshua Donley).
“This was a very well played game by both teams,” said Marathon Head Coach Bryan Hoyt. “We each gave up an unearned run in the third, and after that both teams played very well. I thought Zach Birdsall pitched a great game tonight. He had total command, gave up no hits through 4 innings and no earned runs. We had a runner at third in both the 2nd and 4th inning with one out and were unable to get them home. That’s something we need to work on, because in close games like this every run matters.”
Marathon’s next game will be played on the road against Southern Cayuga this upcoming Monday (April 10th) at 4:30pm.
Varsity Softball: Marathon vs. Groton
| Team | Runs | Hits | Errors |
| Marathon | 17 | 18 | 3 |
| Groton | 7 | 7 | 5 |
The Marathon Lady Olympians improved to a 1-1 record after beating Groton 17-7.
“Our team bounced back from the disappointing season opener with Dryden,” said Marathon Head Coach Jamie Bush. “We owned the mistakes we made at Dryden and put together two really focused practices and it seemed to work tonight as we only had 3 errors on defense.”
Melodie Sutton (2 runs, 4 hits & 1 RBI), Cassandra Forrest (3 hits & 3 RBI's), Brook Morsey (3 hits & 2 RBI’s).
Note: Individual stats for Groton were not available by the time this article was written.
Marathon is now scheduled to host Union Springs at Appleby Elementary School Wednesday (April 12th) at 5pm.
(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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