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Marathon Girls Basketball. (Photo from The Cortland Voice's 2023-24 Winter Media Day).
Here are some local high school varsity sports recaps from Thursday’s events:
Varsity Girls Basketball: Marathon vs. Newfield
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
| Marathon | 15 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 71 |
| Newfield | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
The Marathon Lady Olympians improved their unbeaten record to 3-0 after defeating Newfield 71-17 at Marathon high school Thursday night.
According to Marathon head coach, Beth Anne Duncan, sophomore Audrey Ensign scored a career high of 25 points in the game. She got some contested layups to fall early, and her teammates continued to find her throughout the game.
Marathon was led by Audrey Ensign (25 points), Abby Ensign (17 points), Addison Oram (11 points), and Kendre Euson (9 points).
Newfield was led by Natalie Tibbals (6 points) and Egypt Smith-Henderson (5 points).
“We played a great team game offensively and defensively,” stated coach Duncan. “There are still some areas we want to clean up, but it was good to start 3-0 at home. We have a lot of options on offense. It’s fun to see a different high scorer in each of our first three games.”
Marathon’s next game will be played on the road against Union Springs on Tuesday (December 12th) at 7:15pm.
Varsity Girls Basketball: Homer vs. Skaneateles
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
| Homer | 3 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 30 |
| Skaneateles | 9 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 51 |
The Homer Lady Trojans fell to a 1-3 record after losing 30-51 against Skaneateles Thursday evening.
Homer was led by Anya Gofkowski (12 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist & 1 steal), Lauren Franco (8 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist & 5 steals), Elia Spanbauer (4 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist & 3 steals), Kennadie Taylor (4 points, 3 rebounds & 1 steal), and Isabelle Small (2 points, 4 assists & 1 steal).
Skaneateles was led by Ayla Pas'cal (20 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals & 5 blocks) and Isabella Pietropaoli (10 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist & 5 steals).
According to Homer head coach Bradley Sovocool, the Lady Trojans started the game out a little bit slow, but things picked up in the second quarter as the team gained more confidence to rebound and shoot the ball.
“To come out and only be down by 4 at halftime, everyone in the locker room felt confident in themselves,” added coach Sovocool. “The difference in the second half was that we played a little bit timid.”
Up next, Homer will host Chittenango at Homer high school on Thursday (December 14th) at 6:45pm.
Varsity Wrestling: Marathon vs. Cortland
The Marathon Olympians defeated the Cortland Purple Tigers in a county matchup with a team score of 46-28 Thursday night at Marathon’s Appleby Elementary school.
Individual Results:
- 101: Suzee Barber (Cortland) over (Marathon) - Forfeit
- 108: Paeton Morehouse (Marathon) over (Cortland) - Forfeit
- 116: Simon Donah (Marathon) over (Cortland) - Forfeit
- 124: Jackson Marks (Cortland) over Melodie Sutton (Marathon) - Major Decision (12-4)
- 131: John Root (Marathon) over Jaheim Robinson (Cortland) - Fall (1:22)
- 138: Brendan Gumaer (Marathon) over Nicholas Hines (Cortland) - Major Decision (8-0)
- 145: Zander Sutton (Marathon) over Landon West (Cortland) - Fall (0:57)
- 152: Dominick Homer (Marathon) over (Cortland) - Forfeit
- 160: Gabriel Crumb (Marathon) over (Cortland) - Forfeit
- 170: Wyatt Tinker (Cortland) over Johnathon Irwin (Marathon) - Fall (2:48)
- 190: Avery Canzano (Cortland) over Dawsyn Cole (Marathon) - Fall (2:45)
- 215: Preston Thorington (Marathon) over (Cortland) - Forfeit
- 285: Kollin Rae Dye (Cortland) over Andrew Infante-Franks (Marathon) - Fall (0:42)
Varsity Ice Hockey: Cortland-Homer vs. Skaneateles
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final |
| Cortland-Homer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Skaneateles | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
The Cortland-Homer Golden Eagles lost 0-11 against Skaneateles Thursday night. With this loss, Cortland-Homer has fallen to an overall record of 0-4.
Cortland-Homer goalie Cole Mead recorded 27 saves in the game.
Skaneateles’ goals were scored by Braedan Taggart (2 goals), Casey Morrissey (2 goals), Andrew Gaglione (2 goals), Tyler Calkins (1 goal), Cullen Heintz (1 goal), Sean Kerwick (1 goal), Kaden Rutledge (1 goal), and Jack Torrey (1 goal).
Cortland-Homer will be hosting New Hartford on Tuesday (December 12th) at the JM McDonald Sports Complex at 7pm.
Varsity Track & Field: Cortland vs. Multiple Teams (Oscar B. Jensen Memorial Invitational)
The Cortland Purple Tigers competed in the Oscar B. Jensen Memorial Invitational Thursday evening at Onondaga Community College.
A total of 19 teams competed at the event. The Cortland boys’ team placed 9th overall, while the Cortland girls’ team placed 10th overall.
Here are some highlights from both Cortland boys’ and girls’ teams:
Cortland Boys
- Bryan Honan placed 2nd in the weight throw event (Result - 54’6.5”). He also came in 3rd place in the shot put event (Result - 43’03”). His weight throw performance qualified him to the state qualifiers.
- Michael Dearie placed 3rd in the weight throw event (Result - 52’0.5”). His performance qualified him to the state qualifiers.
- Cortland’s 4x200 meter relay team (Joe Banewicz, Spenser Dodds, Feodor Kalytyuk & Jack Phelan) set a new school record with an official time of 1:43.55
- Liam Grant set a new 9th grade record in the triple jump (Result - 34’7.25)
Cortland Girls
- Campbell Bush finished in 2nd place in the 55 meter high hurdles (Time - 9.67)
- Rileigh Madden placed 4th in the long jump event (Result - 13’10”). She also came in 6th place in the pole vault event (Result - 7’0”)
- Cortland’s 4x200 meter relay team (Bailey Dintino, Ashley Merritt, Rileigh Madden, Lexi Saunders) finished in 6th place. (Note: an official time is yet to be announced)
(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
