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The McGraw Baseball Team improved to a 4-1 record after beating Marathon Monday evening. (Photo provided by Timothy A. Bennett Owner & Publisher of The Cortland Voice).
Here are some local high school varsity sports recaps from Monday’s events:
Varsity Baseball: Marathon vs. McGraw
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | Run | Hits | Errors |
| McGraw | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 |
| Marathon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
The McGraw Eagles defeated the Marathon Olympians in a county rivalry game with a score of 6-4 Monday evening. With this result, Marathon now holds a 1-7 record, while McGraw improved to an overall record of 4-1.
The game was supposed to take place at Marathon High School, but according to Marathon head coach Bryan Hoyt, it was moved to the Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex due to poor field conditions at the high school.
McGraw was led by Riley VanLiew (2 runs & 2 hits), Thomas Lea (1 hit & 2 RBI’s), Blair Mulcahy (1 run), Calob Sutton (1 run & 1 hit), Nathan Stiles (1 hit, 1 RBI & 4 strikeouts thrown), Blake Bergey (1 hit), and Jaydon Bassett (2 runs, 2 hits & 1 RBI).
Marathon was led by Jacob Byron (1 run & 2 hits), Zachary Birdsall (1 run & 1 hit), Blake Birdsall (1 run & 1 hit), Tristin Byron (1 run & 2 hits), Braydin Drake (1 hit), Camdyn Kashuba and (1 hit & 2 RBI’s).
“It wasn’t the game that I planned on,” said McGraw head coach Corey Wilson. “I wanted to win, obviously. Offensively we squared up for some big hits tonight. However, defensively it was a tight game.”
“Nate (Stiles) was able to get the start today (at pitcher),” added coach Wilson. He hasn’t pitched a whole lot, but he pitched six good innings. He settled in, and we need him to do that. Blair (Mulcahy) then finished the game off. Defensively we made some good plays, but it could have definitely gone the other way.”
Up next, McGraw is scheduled to play Otselic Valley on the road on Tuesday (April 18th) at 4:30pm; while Marathon hosts Moravia at Marathon High School on Friday (April 21st) at 4:30pm.
Here are some photos from yesterday’s game (Photos provided by Timothy A. Bennett Owner & Publisher of The Cortland Voice):
Varsity Girls Lacrosse: Homer vs. Syracuse
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
| Homer | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Syracuse | 5 | 5 | 10 |
The Homer Lady Trojans fell to a 1-4 record after losing a close game against Syracuse Monday night. Homer lost the game with a score of 7-10.
Homer was led by Eila Spanbauer (4 goals), Maria Partis (2 goals), Kendall Young (1 goal), Lilly Sorenson (1 assist), Caitlin McCloy (1 assist), Izzy Tutino (1 assist), and Aislynn Cobb (5 saves).
Syracuse was led by Abigail Delaney (3 goals), Cecilia Witherel (1 goal), Nora Burns (1 goal), Alayna Wood (4 goals & 2 assists), Jane Klivak (1 goal), Leah Nowak (1 assist), and Kiley Monroe (5 saves).
Here are some photos from yesterday’s game (Photos provided by Timothy A. Bennett Owner & Publisher of The Cortland Voice):
Varsity Softball: Marathon vs. Southern Cayuga
The Marathon Lady Olympians lost 1-17 on the road against Southern Cayuga Monday evening.
“We are a young team playing some good teams out of the gate,” said Marathon head coach Jamie Bush. “Hopefully we can grow as a team and turn things around, by season's end. Our freshmen are coming along and our JV's from last year are seeing what varsity is all about. When they start making back to back plays on defense and offense they will have grown a bunch.”
Note: stats of the game were not made available by the time this article was written.
With this loss, Marathon has fallen to an overall record of 1-3.
Marathon will now host Lansing at Marathon’s Appleby Elementary on Tuesday (April 18th) at 4:30pm.
Varsity Track & Field: Marathon vs. Southern Cayuga & Trumansburg
The Marathon Olympians competed in a three-way dual meet against Southern Cayuga and Trumansburg Monday afternoon at Southern Cayuga High School.
Here are some individual highlights from both Marathon boys’ and girls’ teams:
Marathon Boys
- Conor Holland won 1st place in the high jump event (Result 5’6”) and tied for 1st place in the long jump event (Result 16’1”). He also got 2nd place in the 110 meter high hurdles (Time - 19.14)
- Andrew Edsall came in 2nd in the 1,600 meter run (Time - 5:15)
- Landon Barnhart placed 2nd in the 800 meter run (Time - 2:38.58)
- Justin Baez got 3rd place in the shot put event (Result - 31’2”)
Marathon Girls
- Kennedy Eaton placed 2nd in the 100 meter dash (Time - 14.32)
- Rylee Thomas placed 2nd in the 1,500 meter run (Time - 6:56)
- Abigail Trabucco won 1st place in the 400 meter run (Time - 1:07.28)
- Abigail Edsall won 1st place in the 400 meter hurdles (Time - 1:25.78)
- Megan Howard won 1st place in the discus throw event (Result - 67’4). She also placed 2nd in the 400 meter hurdles (Time - 1:35.37)
- Shaelin Phillips came in 3rd in the 800 meter run (Time - 2:52.53)
- Addison Oram won 1st place in the high jump event (Result 4’8”). She also placed 2nd in the 200 meter run (Time - 29.68)
Note: According to the milesplit website, meet results are still unofficial. We will be updating results when they become official.
(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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