Cortland County High School Sports Recaps (November 29th)

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Cortland Track & Field. (Photo from The Cortland Voice’s 2023-24 Winter Media Day).

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

Varsity Track & Field: Cortland vs. Multiple Schools (Jack Morse Kickoff Meet)

The Cortland Purple Tigers competed in the Jack Morse Kickoff Meet at Onondaga Community College. 

The Cortland boys’ team placed 8th overall out of 17 participating teams, while the Cortland girls’ team placed 12th overall out of 19 participating teams. 

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

Cortland Boys

• Bryan Honan won 1st place in the shot put event (Result - 40’0.75”)
• Jack Phelan came in 3rd place in the triple jump event (Result - 40’11”)
• Michael Dearie placed 3rd in the weight throw event (Result - 45’4”). He also came in 6th place in the shot put event (Result - 37’10”)

Cortland Girls

• Campbell Bush finished in 5th place in the 55 meter hurdles (Time - 9.85)
• Rileigh Madden came in 4th place in the pole vault event (Result - 7’6”)
• Cortland’s 4x200 meter relay team (Lexi Saunders, Rileigh Madden, Morgann Doane & Isabella Sisting) came in 5th place with an overall time of 2:02.38.
• Morgann Doane placed 6th in the triple jump event (Result - 29’5”)

Varsity Track & Field: Homer vs. Multiple Schools (Jack Morse Kickoff Meet)

The Homer Trojans competed in the Jack Morse Kickoff Meet at Onondaga Community College Wednesday evening. 

The Homer boys’ team placed 14th overall out of 17 participating teams, while the Homer girls’ team placed 8th overall out of 19 participating teams. 

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

Homer Boys

• Tasker Dennis placed 2nd in the weight throw event (Result - 45’ 5”).
• Gunnar Tyrrell came in 6th place in the 55 meter dash (Time - 6.98).  According to Homer coach, George Schneider, Tyrrell's time broke the Homer Sophomore Class Record and qualifies him for the Sectional Championships.  

Homer Girls

• Homer’s 4x400 meter relay team (Izzy Tutino, Caitlin McCloy, Emma Effinger & Ingrid Aagaard) won 1st place with an overall time of 4:40.96
• Molly McMasters came in 3rd place in the weight throw event (Result - 33’7.5”)
• Ingrid Aagaard placed 3rd in the 600 meter run (Time - 1:48.25). 
• Homer’s 4x200 meter relay team (Sophie Kennett, Mikayla Smith, Izzy Tutino & Caitlin McCloy) finished in 3rd place with an overall time of 2:01.79.
• Hannah Bouwens placed 5th in both the shot put event (Result - 28’3.75”) and the weight throw event (Result - 30’11.5”)

Varsity Girls Basketball: Homer vs. Cazenovia

The Homer Lady Trojans started their season off with a 1-0 record after winning their home opening game against Cazenovia Wednesday night. Homer won the game with a score of 52-45. 

Homer was led by Lauren Franco (18 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists & 5 steals), Anya Gofkowski (13 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals & 3 blocks), Kennadie Taylor (4 points, 6 rebounds, 1 steal & 1 block), Kaylee Darling (4 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist & 1 steal), Isabelle Small (5 points, 4 rebounds & 3 assists), and Madison Morgan (6 points). 

Cazenovia was led by Ella Baker (11 points, 7 rebounds, 1 steal & 1 block), Hayden Bubble (11 points, 1 rebound & 2 steals), and Jocelyn Szalach (9 points, 3 rebounds & 2 steals). 

Homer’s next game will be played at the annual Jessica M. Beal Memorial Basketball Tournament at Homer high school this Friday (December 1st). Homer is scheduled to play Bishop Grimes in the opening round of the tournament at 7:15pm. 

Other teams that will be participating in the tournament are Susquehanna Valley and Moravia. Moravia will play Susquehanna Valley at 5:15pm at Homer high school on Friday (December 1st). 

Varsity Girls Basketball: Marathon vs. Bainbridge-Guildford

The Marathon Lady Olympians won 53-40 against Bainbridge-Guildford at their season opener at Marathon high school Wednesday night. 

Marathon was led by Abby Ensign (22 points), Anna Hoyt (11 points), and Addison Oram (10 points). 

Bainbridge-Guildford was led by Peyton Umbra (12 points) and Marissa Mayo (9 points). 

“We applied a very aggressive press that led to some turnovers and easy buckets on our end,” said Marathon head coach Beth Anne Duncan. “Eventually Bainbridge-Guildford took advantage of that and broke it quickly to make some lay ups of their own. We really buckled down in the fourth quarter, and allowed Bainbridge-Guildford only 5 points.” 

“The fourth quarter ended up being the difference maker in the game, and helped us pull away,” added coach Duncan. “We had a solid night from our leaders, Abby, Anna and Addison all in double digits. Great team effort across the board.”

The 1-0 Lady Olympians will look forward to playing at Marathon high school on Friday (December 1st) against Whitney Point. Tip off is at 7:15pm. 

Varsity Ice Hockey: Cortland-Homer vs. CNY Fusion

The Cortland-Homer Golden Eagles lost 4-2 against CNY Fusion at the State Fair Coliseum. With this loss, Cortland-Homer started their season off with a 0-1 record. 

“Losing the first game of the year is never a good way to start, but I really liked a lot about what we saw tonight,” said Cortland-Homer head coach Paul Quinlan. “We were in control for long stretches of the game. We just didn’t get any puck luck tonight. If we can play hard like that and keep improving, there is a lot to build on from tonight.”

Cortland-Homer was led by Gabe O'Connor (1 goal), Cooper Swartz (1 goal), Owen Rizzo (1 assist), and Cole Mead (18 saves). 

CNY Fusion was led by Reilly Bizgia (1 goal & 1 assist), Andrew Gabor (1 goal & 1 assist), Daniel Devendorf (1 goal), Gavin Rodman (1 goal), Calen Brown (1 assist), Will Burns (1 assist), Alex Kirkby (1 assist), and Trevor Smith (27 saves).  

Cortland-Homer’s next game will be played at the JM McDonald Sports Complex in Cortland against Bethlehem on Friday (December 1st) at 8pm. 

(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