Cortland County High School Sports Recaps (February 20th)

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Abby Ensign (Marathon girls basketball) & Canden Stafford (Cincinnatus boys basketball). (Photos from The Cortland Voice’s 2023-24 Winter Media Day).

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

Varsity Girls Basketball: Marathon vs. Walton-Downsville

The No.7 seeded Marathon Lady Olympians defeated No.10 seed Walton-Downsville in the first round of the Section IV Class C tournament. Marathon won the game with a score of 49-42 at Marathon high school. 

Marathon was led by Abby Ensign (21 points), Addison Oram (14 points), Anna Hoyt (9 points), Catherine Newkirk (3 points), and Kendre Euson (2 points). 

Walton-Downsville was led by Grace Walley (16 points), Ella Beardslee (13 points), Alivia Conklin (6 points), Kennedy Williams (4 points), and Kahrin Vesterfelt (3 points).

“It was a back and forth first half, each team trading baskets,” said Marathon head coach Beth Anne Duncan. #24 for W-D (Grace Walley) was a force inside. To Marathon’s credit, they held her to one field goal in the second half. We switched Addie Oram on her and she did a great job denying her the ball. This gave other players an impactful role on the help side. Abby Ensign, Kendre Euson, Cassie Forrest, and Faith Baker did a great job doubling her when she got to the block.” 

“Offensively, we cooled off in the second half,” added coach Duncan.

Duncan continued by saying, “we still need to work on our passing and unforced turnovers”.

Duncan's closing remarks were, “our seniors did a great job leading us to an important win tonight, behind Abby Ensign’s 21 points.”

Marathon is now scheduled to play in the quarterfinal round of the sectional tournament against No.2 seed Greene at Greene high school on Friday (February 23rd) at 6pm. 

Varsity Girls Basketball: McGraw vs. Alexandria

The No.11 seed McGraw girls basketball team lost in the first round of the Section III Class D playoff tournament against No.6 seed Alexandria Tuesday night with a score of 57-22.

McGraw was led by Heather Magee (10 points), Lexi McCall (6 points), Hannah Wilson (2 points), Eden Sears (2 points), and Casiana Vasquez (2 points). 

Alexandria was led by Sincerity Diange (16 points), Ciara Dawley (13 points), Rylynn Bain (6 points), Sierra Fasshauer (6 points), Molly Edgar (5 points), Paityn Bridenbaker (4 points), Abby Edgar (3 points), Faith Watson (2 points), and Hannah Stine (2 points).

With this loss, McGraw ended their season with an overall record of 6-10. 

Varsity Girls Basketball: Homer vs. Jamesville-Dewitt

The No.11 seeded Homer Lady Trojans ended their season with an overall record of 4-16 after losing to No.6 seed Jamesville-Dewitt in the first round of the Section III Class A playoff tournament. 

Homer was led by Anya Gofkowski (5 points), Kaylee Darling (4 points), Kennadie Taylor (4 points), Madison Morgan (3 points), Isabelle Small (2 points), and Elizabeth McCloy (2 points). 

Jamesville-Dewitt was led by Ava Sandroni (11 points), Sadie Withers (9 points), Samantha Wheeler (8 points), Lindsay Parker (8 points), Amarachi Okereke (7 points), Vanessa Sobey (5 points), Lillian Wells (4 points), Miyoshi LaClair (2 points), Savannah Schnorr (2 points), and Merris Kessler (2 points). 

Varsity Boys Basketball: Cincinnatus vs. Beaver River

The No.14 seeded Cincinnatus Lions won 57-46 in the play-in round of the Section III Class C playoff tournament against No.19 seed Beaver River. The game was played at Cincinnatus high school. 

Cincinnatus was led by Canden Stafford (24 points), John Schuyler (12 points), Jack Stafford (10 points), TJ Walker (6 points), Zack Streichert (3 points), and Trevor Shevalier (2 points).

Beaver River was led by Kade Schneider (23 points), Carter Rice (11 points), Matthew Knight (8 points), and Josh Bush (4 points).

Cincinnatus will play in the official first round of the sectional tournament tonight (February 21st) against No.3 seed West Canada Valley at West Canada Valley high school. Tip off is at 7pm. 

Varsity Boys Basketball: Homer vs. New Hartford

The No.10 seeded Homer Trojans lost to No.7 seed New Hartford in the first round of the Section III Class A tournament. With this loss, Homer ended their season with an overall record of 9-10. 

Homer was led by Max Franco (15 points), Kaden Durham (13 points), Wyatt Wilbur (7 points), Mitchell Earle (5 points), and Tyler Van Etten (5 points). 

New Hartford was led by Jameson Stockwell (25 points), Ian Evans (13 points), Ben North (8 points), Jack Dillon (6 points), Cutler Cristiano (6 points), and Sam Beaton (2 points).

Varsity Boys Basketball: McGraw vs. LaFargeville

The No.5 seeded McGraw Eagles lost to No.12 seed LaFargeville in the opening round of the Section III Class D tournament. McGraw lost the game at McGraw high school with a score of 52-40. 

McGraw was led by Jaydon Bassett (12 points), Calob Sutton (12 points), Dylan Truman (11 points), Riley VanLiew (2 points), Mason Allen (2 points), and Blair Mulcahy (1 point).

LaFargeville was led by Jefferson Smith (17 points), Nathan Wyatt (17 points), and Bradley Smith (9 points).

With this loss, McGraw ended their season with a 10-7 record. 

(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).

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