Cortland County High School Sports Recaps (May 5th)

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Cincinnatus Varsity Softball Team. (Photo via Kaitlyn Hession of The Cortland Voice).

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

Varsity Baseball: Cortland vs. Auburn

The Cortland Purple Tigers fell to an overall record of 9-5 after losing a tight game vs. Auburn. Cortland lost the game with a score of 0-1. 

Cortland was led by Ethan Johnson (1 hit & 2 strikeouts thrown), Luke Rogoff (1 hit), and Owen Johnson (1 hit). 

Auburn was led by Noah Morrison (1 run & 1 hit), Myles McBride (1 hit), Jason Irwin (1 hit), Caden Becker (1 hit), and Owen Birchard (8 strikeouts thrown). 

Up next, Cortland will take on Dryden at the Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex on Monday (May 8th) at 5pm. 

Varsity Baseball: McGraw vs. Morrisville-Eaton

The McGraw Eagles lost a tough game against Morrisville-Eaton with a score of 3-13 Friday afternoon. 

McGraw was led by Calob Sutton (1 run & 1 hit), Nathan Stiles (1 run & 1 hit), Nick Sutton (1 run), Brennan Wilson (1 hit), Blair Mulcahy (1 hit), Blake Bergey (7 strikeouts thrown), and Jaydon Bassett (7 strikeouts thrown). 

Morrisville-Eaton was led by Evan Baker (3 runs & 4 hits), Riley Dooley (3 runs & 2 hits), James Dapson (2 runs & 2 hits), Jesse Soden (2 runs & 2 hits), Lincoln Dapson (1 run & 1 hit), Cale Marland (1 run, 2 hits & 2 strikeouts thrown), Evan Stewart (1 run & 3 strikeouts thrown)

McGraw’s next game is scheduled to be played at Doubleday’s Baseball Field against Tully today (May 6th) at 1:30pm. 

Varsity Softball: Cincinnatus vs. McGraw

The Cincinnatus Lady Lions defeated the McGraw Lady Eagles in a Cortland County rivalry game with a score of 17-2. 

Click here for a full article, as well as photos of the game.

Up next, Cincinnatus is scheduled to take on Otselic Valley on the road this upcoming Monday (May 8th) at 4:30pm; while McGraw also hits the road to play Stockbridge Valley at 4:30pm on Monday May 8th. 

Varsity Softball: Cortland vs. Jamesville-Dewitt

The Cortland Lady Purple Tigers played a double-header against Jamesville-Dewitt at Onondaga Community College Friday afternoon. 

Cortland lost both games, bringing their overall record down to 8-6.  

Game #1

Cortland was led by Sophie Mayer (2 runs), Lauren Mott (1 run), Madison Thompson (1 run), Brenna Hogan (2 hits & 4 strikeouts thrown), Kaedyn Murphy (2 hits), and Molly Steve (1 hit). 

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

Game #2

The Lady Tigers were led by Aliza McCormick (1 run & 1 hit), Jadyn Willey (1 hit), Kaitlyn Egolf (1 hit), and Brenna Hogan (4 strikeouts thrown).  

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

Cortland is now scheduled to play Oswego on the road on Monday (May 8th) at 5pm. 

Varsity Softball: Marathon vs. Trumansburg

The Marathon Lady Olympians fell to an overall record of 5-9 after losing to Trumansburg with a final score of 3-22. 

Note: stats of the game were not made available by the time this article was written. 

Marathon will now prepare to take on Whitney Point at home this upcoming Monday (May 8th) at 4:30pm. 

Varsity Girls Golf: Marathon vs. Vestal

The Marathon Lady Olympians played against Vestal Friday evening. Marathon recorded a team score of 216. (Note: Vestal was not able to record a team score due to them not having a full team).

Here are the individual results from each team:

Marathon 

• Savanna Warfield - 49
• Abigail Ensign - 57
• Kendre Euson - 56
• Audrey Ensign - 54
• Anna Hoyt - 60
• Elizabeth VanCise - 69

Moravia

• Allison Yoon - 39
• Jaelynn Wiggins - 51
• Stella Tomancik - 62

Varsity Boys Golf: McGraw vs. Stockbridge Valley

The McGraw Eagles played against Stockbridge Valley Friday afternoon. McGraw won the match with a team score of 296-309 (Reminder: the lowest score in golf wins).

Here are the individual results from each team:

McGraw 

• Zander Weeks - 42
• Steven Zagg - 53
• Blake Weeks - 49
• Tyler Smith - 55
• Jacob Bilodeau - 62
• Owen Thomas - 56 

Stockbridge Valley

• Cander Jones - 48
• Rocco Pizzuto - 50
• Josh Frederick - 48
• Mikey Beecher - 64
• Brayton Jones - 70

Varsity Track & Field: Homer vs. Multiple Schools (Ed Wadas Invitational)

The Homer Trojans competed in the Ed Wadas Invitational in Whitesboro on Friday against multiple schools. 

Here are some highlights from both the Homer boys’ and girls’ teams:

Homer Boys

• Damian Brown qualified for Sectionals in the 3,200 after running  a personal best time of 11:12.33
• Levi Guay qualified for sectionals after running a personal best time of 68.07 seconds in the 400 meter hurdles 

Homer Girls

• Ingrid Aagard placed 2nd in the 800 meter run (Time - 2:24.78). Her time was a personal best. 
• Natalie Funk (74.2), Camdyn Cole (70.8), Jane Gugerty (69.2), and Ingrid Aagaard (64.8) placed 6th in the 4x400 meter relay with a time of 4:39.06.

(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