Cortland County High School Sports Recaps (September 19th)

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Homer Varsity Girls Soccer. (Photo from The Cortland Voice’s Fall 2023 Media Day).

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

Varsity Girls Soccer: Homer vs. Hannibal

The Homer Lady Trojans won 2-1 against Hannibal in order to improve to a 2-3 overall record Tuesday evening. 

Homer was led by Taryn Quinn (1 goal), Amelia Wagner (1 assist), and Alex Kellaway (9 saves). 

Note: Hannibal’s stats were not made available by the time this article was written. 

Homer’s next game will be played at home against Chittenango today (Wednesday, September 20th) at 5:30pm. 

Varsity Girls Soccer: McGraw vs. DeRuyter

The McGraw Lady Eagles lost 2-5 on the road against DeRuyter Tuesday afternoon. With this loss, McGraw has fallen to an overall record of 3-4. 

McGraw was led by Gianna Guernsey (1 assist), Adrianna Stacconi (1 goal), Julianna Mayr (1 assist), Lexi McCall (1 goal), and Heather Magee (6 saves). 

DeRuyter was led by Rhyanna Richardson (4 goals), Annabelle Stanton (1 goal), Abbigail Whalen (1 assist), and Abigail Stanton (3 saves). 

McGraw is now scheduled to play Otselic Valley on Thursday (September 21st) at home. The game will begin at 4:30pm. 

Varsity Girls Soccer: Marathon vs. Southern Cayuga

The Marathon Lady Olympians tied 0-0 on the road against Southern Cayuga in overtime. With this result, Marathon now holds a 5-3-1 record. 

Marathon’s next game will be played against Dryden at 7pm on Thursday (September 21st) at Dryden high school. 

Varsity Girls Volleyball: Cortland vs. Fowler

The Cortland Lady Tigers improved to a 3-3 record after defeating Fowler in three straight sets Tuesday night. 

Cortland was led by Katie Harris (8 aces), Sophie Mayer (2 digs & 6 aces), Lizzy West (1 kills & 5 aces), and Morgan Howard (4 assists, 1 dig & 3 aces). 

Fowler was led by Je'mise Adams (1 kill & 3 digs), Jahnari Brown (1 kill & 1 assist), and Adriene Scott-Brown (1 assist & 1 ace). 

Up next, Cortland will play on the road against Phoenix this Thursday (September 21st) at 6pm. 

Varsity Girls Volleyball: Homer vs. Cazenovia

The Homer Lady Trojans lost a tough match against Cazenovia in four sets, bringing their record down to 5-2. 

Homer was led by Mackenzie Hubbard (6 kills, 16 digs, 12 assists & 8 aces), Lilly Sorenson (18 kills, 1 block, 6 digs, 6 assists & 5 aces), Mallory Douglass (9 digs, 5 assists & 4 aces), and Samantha Sovocool (1 kill, 9 digs & 1 ace). 

Cazenovia was led by Becca Ziemba (2 kills, 1 block, 12 digs, 10 assists & 3 aces), Lucy Bliss (2 kills, 11 digs, 7 assists & 2 aces), Mya Skeele (6 kills, 1 block & 14 digs), and Olivia Prykl (5 kills & 21 digs). 

The Lady Trojans will look to bounce back next week on Tuesday (September 26th), as they play on the road against Marcellus. The match will begin at 6:30pm. 

Varsity Golf: Cortland vs. Chittenango

The Cortland Purple Tigers defeated Chittenango with a team score of 228-247 Tuesday afternoon. (Reminder: lowest score in golf wins). 

Here are the individual results from each team:

Cortland 

• CJ Urtz - 41
• Bodey McGrath - 45
• Mason Coats - 48
• Owen Michaels - 49
• Garrick Ott - 45
• Owen Johnson - 52*

Chittenango 

• Mason Ferstler - 51
• Wyatt Perry - 49
• Ryan Skoglund - 45
• Sam Martin - 49
• Matthew Huckabee - 53
• Trevor Bentz - 55*

Varsity Golf: McGraw vs. Hannibal

The McGraw Eagles lost with an overall team score of 267-236 against Hannibal Tuesday evening. (Reminder: lowest score in golf wins). 

Here are the individual results from each team:

McGraw 

• Zander Weeks - 39
• Lucas Freidman - 52
• Steven Zogg - 53
• Barrett Zogg - 59
• Evan Stupke - 64
• Riley VanLiew - 64*

Hannibal 

• Christopher Weldin - 36
• Alex Miller - 39
• Aidan Norris - 50
• Branden Wiggins - 52
• Earl Hofmann - 59

Varsity Girls Tennis: Homer vs. Westhill

The Homer Lady Trojans lost against Westhill at Homer high school Tuesday afternoon with a team score of 1-6. 

Here are the results from each of Tuesday’s matches:

• First Singles: Mackenzie Skodzinsky (Homer) los to Julia Flegel (Westhill) - (1-6) & (0-6)
• Second Singles: Ginny Park (Homer) lost to Phoebe Gumaer (Westhill) - (6-7) & (2-6)
• Third Singles: Georgia Wallis (Homer) lost to Cadence Ramsing (Westhill) - (2-6) & (2-6)
• First Doubles: Emma Effinger & Lauren Franco (Homer) defeated Samantha Burkett & Isabella Johnson (Westhill) - (6-2) & (6-0)
• Second Doubles: Isabelle Brown & Nina Svereika (Homer) lost to Emily Balduzzi & Megan Battista (Westhill) - (0-6) & (2-6)
• Third Doubles: Sunny Park & Elizabeth McCloy (Homer) lost to Clare Delay & Jane Stanton (Westhill) - (2-6) & (3-6)
• Fourth Doubles: Lucy Goodwin & Isabella Garcia (Homer) lost to Camryn Matthews & Emily Taylor (Westhill) - (3-6) & (2-6)

Varsity Cross Country: Marathon vs. Multiple Teams (Whitney Dual)

The Marathon Olympians competed in the Whitney Dual meet at Whitney Point high school on Tuesday.

Marathon competed with Whitney Point, Elmira Notre Dame, Dryden, and Moravia. 

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

Marathon Boys

• Andrew Edsall won 1st place (Time - 18:53.6)
• Zachary Birdsall placed 3rd overall (Time - 20:23.8)
• Blake Birdsall finished 8th overall (Time - 21:29.5)
• Luke Barnhart came in 12th place overall (Time - 25:35.0)

Marathon Girls

• Abigail Trabucco finished 2nd overall (Time - 26:09.8)
• Larina Cochran came in 6th place overall (Time - 29:56.6)
• Hannah Prestigiacomo placed 9th overall (Time - 30:46.6)

(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).

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