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Homer Boys Lacrosse. (Photo from earlier in the 2023 Spring season).
Here are some local high school varsity sports recaps from Saturday’s events:
Varsity Boys Lacrosse: Homer vs. Maine Endwell
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
| Homer | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Maine Endwell | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
The Homer Trojans lost a tough game with a score of 7-10 against Maine Endwell Saturday afternoon.
With this loss, Homer now holds a 2-4 record.
Homer was led by Reid Partis (5 goals), Hunter Riehlman (1 goal & 2 assists), Evan Butts (1 goal), Daniel Stiles (1 assist), and Benjamin Bradshaw (17 saves).
Maine Endwell was led by Tyler Matthews (3 goals & 3 assists), Gabe Thompson (3 goals), Sal Cafario (1 assist), Adian McHugh (1 goal & 2 assists), Sam Stanton (2 goals), and Sam Toton (9 saves).
Homer’s next game will be played on the road against Christian Brothers Academy on Tuesday (April 18th) at 7pm.
Varsity Boys Lacrosse: Cortland vs. Tully
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
| Cortland | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Tully | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
The Cortland Tigers lost a tight game in overtime against Tully on Saturday with a score of 11-12.
Cortland was led by Benjamin McGrath (6 goals & 3 assists), Bodey McGrath (3 goals), Ryan Kline (1 goal & 1 assist), Joe Banewicz (1 goal), and Declan Vail (7 saves).
Tully was led by Nathan Reid (1 goal), Louis Bennett (1 goal), Daniel Shetler (2 goals & 2 goals), Lane Greczyn (1 assist), Jacob Verbanic (1 goal & 3 assists), Braden Switzer (1 goal), Michael Reid (1 goal & 1 assist), Tristan Hendricks (4 goals), Steven Pierce (1 goal), and Payton Bliss (6 saves).
Cortland is now scheduled to play on the road against Central Square this Tuesday (April 18th) at 7pm.
Varsity Girls Lacrosse: Homer vs. Maine Endwell
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
| Homer | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Maine Endwell | 2 | 1 | 3 |
The Homer Lady Trojans defeated Maine Edwell with a score of 11-3 in order to improve to an overall record of 1-3 Saturday evening.
Homer was led by Emma Effinger (1 goal & 1 assist), Lilly Sorenson (4 goals), Maria Partis (5 goals & 1 assist), Izzy Tutino (1 goal), and Aislynn Cobb (6 saves).
Note: stats for Maine Endwell were not available by the time this article was written.
Up next, Homer will host Syracuse City at Homer High School on Monday (April 17th) at 6:30pm.
Varsity Baseball: Homer vs. Union Springs
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | Run | Hits | Errors |
| U-S | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 1 |
| Homer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
The Homer Trojans fell to a 1-4 record after losing a close game to Union Springs with a score of 7-9 on Saturday.
“They (Union Springs) are a very good hitting team,” said Homer head coach Robert Nasiatka. “We left way too many on base and never came up with the Key hit when needed. We left 10 runners on base and had one thrown out at the plate. A very bright spot was the 2 2/3 innings of relief by Andrew Kline. He kept us in the and shut them down. I was very proud of the fight shown by the boys in the 7th. One hit and we pull that off. It is still very early in the season, so do not write our obituary yet.”
Homer was led by Maddox Johnson (1 run, 2 hits & 2 RBI’s), Anderson Read (2 runs & 2 hits), Mitchell Earle (1 run, 1 hit & 1 RBI), Eli McMahon (1 run, 1 hit & 1 RBI), Andrew Kline (1 RBI & 2 strikeouts thrown), Noah Young (1 RBI), Tyler VanEtten (1 run), Tristan Allen (1 run & 2 strikeouts thrown), and Graydon Hickey (1 RBI).
Note: stats for Union Springs were not available by the time this article was written.
The Trojans are now scheduled to play Vernon Verona Sherrill at the Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex on Thursday (April 18th) at 6:30pm.
(Note: Cortland County Coaches send scores & stats for us to use for our recaps. 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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