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
Cortland varsity boys soccer team seniors with their families on senior night. (Photo provided by Timothy A. Bennett, Owner & Publisher of The Cortland Voice).
The Cortland Purple Tigers had a successful senior night against county rival Homer Thursday night. Cortland won the game with a score of 3-0.
Cortland’s four seniors (Michael Dearie, Spenser Dodds, Stellan Seward, & Robert Temple) were celebrated at the game.
“We showed up and put things together,” said Cortland head coach Luke Schweider. “We had opportunities (at goal). There could've been more than three (goals scored), but I am happy with the possession I saw.”
“The first half we did a good job holding and possessing the ball,” added Cortland junior Daniel Dubetsky. “We knew the game plan coming in. Coach (Luke Schweider) did a great job planning out the game against a tough team like Homer.”
Cortland junior Daniel Dubetsky.
The Purple Tigers ended up taking a 2-0 lead at halftime with goals from junior Jamir Bell (1 goal) and senior Stellan Seward. Both goals were assisted by Daniel Dubetsky.
Seward’s goal was his first of the season.
Cortland senior Stellan Seward.
When asked about how he felt about scoring his first season goal on senior night, Seward said, “(having my) first goal this year on senior night was amazing. I wasn’t able to practice recently because of my leg (injury), but I really wanted to play tonight.”
Cortland ended up extending their lead in the second half with a goal from sophomore Sawyer Bowman (assisted by Caden Albright) to make it 3-0.
Cortland varsity soccer team and ball-girl Brooke who works hard to get balls for the team throughout the game.
Here is a score breakdown of the game:
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
| Cortland | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Homer | 0 | 0 | 0 |
With this result, Cortland improved to a 7-7 overall record, while Homer fell to 2-9.
Cortland will now look forward to playing against Mexico on the road this upcoming Tuesday (October 10th) at 5:30pm.
Homer will host Chittenango at Homer high school on Tuesday (October 10th) at 7pm.
Here are some photos of Thursday’s game (photos provided by Timothy A. Bennett, Owner & Publisher of The Cortland Voice):
At halftime, local youth soccer players were able to play on the field in front of the crowd. Here is a few photo of most of the players from their team:
Local youth soccer players. (Photo provided by Timothy A. Bennett, Owner & Publisher of The Cortland Voice).
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
