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Cincinnatus beat Marathon in the first game of the Marathon Softball Tournament on Saturday (April 20th). (Photo provided by Timothy A. Bennett, Owner & Publisher of The Cortland Voice).
The Marathon Lady Olympians hosted the Marathon Softball Tournament at Appleby Elementary School on Saturday (April 20th). Marathon, Cincinnatus & Bainbridge-Guilford participated in the tournament.
According to Marathon head coach Jamie Bush, Cortland was supposed to take part in the tournament as well, but dropped out.
Bainbridge-Guilford ended up winning the tournament after going 2-0, beating both Marathon and Cincinnatus.
Cincinnatus went 1-1, while Marathon went 0-2 in the tournament.
Here are the results from each game:
Marathon vs. Cincinnatus
Marathon and Cincinnatus played in the first game of the tournament. Cincinnatus won the game with a score of 11-2.
Cincinnatus was led by Lucy Finch (3 runs, 3 hits & 2 RBI’s), Payton Gerrard (3 runs, 1 hit & 2 RBI’s), Linette Custer (1 run, 1 hit & 1 RBI), Addison Stith (2 runs & 1 hit), Kaylee Brenchley (1 hit, 1 RBI & 2 strikeouts thrown), Hannah Ellerson (1 hit & 1 RBI), Neveah Billings (1 run & 2 strikeouts thrown), and Lydia Schutt (1 run).
Marathon’s runs were scored by Izabella Conklin (1 run) and Cassandra Forrest (1 run).
Marathon vs. Bainbridge-Guilford
According to Marathon head coach Jamie Bush, Bainbridge-Guilford defeated Marathon with a score of 10-1.
Note: stats from this game were not made available by the time this article was written.
Cincinnatus vs. Bainbridge-Guilford
Bainbridge-Guilford defeated Cincinnatus with a score of 7-5 in order to win the Marathon tournament.
Bainbridge-Guilford was led by Gabriella Cuozzo (1 run, 1 hit, 2 RBI’s & 7 strikeouts thrown), Danica Park (1 run, 1 hit & 1 RBI), Alessandra Cafasso (1 run, 1 hit & 1 RBI), Breanna Casey (1 run & 1 hit), Kaylin Furgason (1 run & 1 RBI), Brenna George (1 run), Jayslin Henderson (1 run), and Victoria Suda (1 RBI).
Cincinnatus was led by Payton Gerrard (1 run, 1 hit & 2 RBI’s & 1 strikeout thrown), Addison Stith (1 run & 1 hit), Lydia Schutt (1 run, 1 hit & 1 RBI), Neveah Billings (1 run & 1 hit), Rachael Standish (1 run & 1 hit), Kaylee Brenchley (1 hit & 1 RBI), and Lucy Finch (2 hits).
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With Saturday’s results, Cincinnatus now holds a 5-2 record, Marathon has fallen to a record of 2-5, and Bainbridge-Guilford stays unbeaten with a 6-0 record.
Up next for Cortland County teams, Marathon is scheduled to host Newark Valley at Marathon Appleby Elementary school today (April 22nd) at 4:30pm; while Cincinnatus’ next game will be played against McGraw at Cincinnatus high school on Monday (April 29th) at 4:30pm.
Here are some photos from Saturday’s games (Photos provided by Timothy A. Bennett, Owner & Publisher of The Cortland Voice):
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