Cortland County High School Sports Recaps (April 22nd); Caden Albright reaches 100th career hit milestone

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Cortland’s Caden Albright reached 100 career hits. (Photo from The Cortland Voice’s 2024 Spring Media Day).

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

Varsity Baseball: Cortland vs. Jamesville-Dewitt

The Cortland Purple Tigers lost against Jamesville-Dewitt with a score of 3-1, making them fall to an overall record of 7-3. 

Even with the loss, Cortland was able to celebrate junior Caden Albright, as he reached the 100 career hits milestone in the game. 

Throughout the game, Cortland was led by Caden Albright (2 hits & 1 RBI), Cal Albright (1 run & 1 hit), Owen Johnson (1 hit & 3 strikeouts thrown), Ethan Johnson (1 hit), Danny Jackson (1 hit), and Zach Muir (6 strikeouts thrown). 

Jamesville-Dewitt was led by Aidan McGuire (1 run & 1 hit), Eamon Giblin (1 run & 1 hit), Luke VanMarter (1 run & 1 hit), Aaron Ko (2 hits & 1 RBI), Ryan Walker (1 hit, 1 RBI & 1 strikeout thrown), Luke VanMarter (5 strikeouts thrown), and Samuel Ashe (1 strikeout thrown). 

Cortland’s next game will be played at the “PBR Diamond Series” this upcoming Thursday (April 25th) against Adirondack. The game will be played at the Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex at 2:45pm. 

Varsity Baseball: Marathon vs. Newark Valley

The Marathon Olympians won 7-6 against Newark Valley on Monday. With this win, Marathon improved to an overall record of 2-3. 

Marathon was led by Camdyn Kashuba (2 runs), Zachary Birdsall (1 run & 7 strikeouts), Blake Birdsall (2 hits, 2 RBI’s & 2 strikeouts thrown), Barrett Trabucco (1 run & 1 hit), Tucker Trabucco (1 run & 1 hit), Daniel Merihew (1 RBI), Nash Coleman (1 RBI), Colton Oram (1 run), Elijah Ticknor (1 hit & 1 RBI), and Gabriel Spizzirri (1 run & 1 hit). 

Marathon are scheduled to play against Moravia at Marathon high school today (April 23rd) at 2pm. The Cortland Voice will have a recap on the game available on our website tomorrow (April 24th). 

Varsity Baseball: Homer vs. East Syracuse Minoa

Homer’s Maddox Johnson pitching against East Syracuse Minoa on Monday (April 22nd). (Photo provided by Kevin L. Smith of The Cortland Voice).

The Homer Trojans are now on a three game winning streak after beating East Syracuse Minoa at the Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex on Monday (April 22nd). Homer won the game with a score of 6-2. 

Click here for an article as well as photos of the game. 

Up next, Homer is scheduled to take on Solvay at the Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex in Cortlandville this Wednesday (April 24th) at 1pm. 

Varsity Softball: Marathon vs. Newark Valley

The Marathon Lady Olympians improved to a 3-5 record after beating Newark Valley with a score of 19-18. 

Marathon was led by Kayla Wood (2 runs, 4 hits & 2 RBI’s), Melodie Sutton (3 runs, 2 hits & 2 RBI’s), Izzy Conklin (4 runs, 2 hits & 1 RBI), Bonnie-Jane Kinsman (1 run & 2 hits), Autumn Young (2 runs, 1 hit & 2 RBI’s), Cassie Forrest (2 runs, 1 hit & 1 RBI), Marissa Allen (2 runs, 1 hit & 1 RBI), Jaymisen Conklin (1 run & 1 hit), and Delaney Reilly (2 runs & 1 RBI). 

Marathon is scheduled to host Moravia at Marathon’s Appleby Elementary School today (April 23rd) at 2pm. The Cortland Voice will have a recap on the game available on our website tomorrow (April 24th). 

Varsity Softball: Cortland vs. Skaneateles

The Cortland Lady Tigers have fallen to an overall record of 2-2 after losing to Skaneateles with a score of 10-6. 

Cortland was led by Brenna Hogan (1 run, 1 hit, 1 RBI & 14 strikeouts thrown), Madalyn Thompson (3 runs & 1 hit), Sophie Mayer (2 hits & 3 RBI’s), Abigail Romans (1 run & 2 hits), Claire Turner (1 hit & 1 RBI), Danica Peck (1 run), Lauren Mott (1 hit), and Gracie-Jo Homza (1 hit).

Skaneateles was led by Finnly Pas'cal (2 runs, 4 hits & 3 RBI’s), Ayla Pas'cal (2 runs, 2 hits & 2 RBI’s), Ellie Walsh (1 run, 2 hits & 1 RBI), Carly Schell (2 runs, 1 hit & 3 strikeouts thrown), Grace Wagner (2 hits & 1 RBI), Libby Carroll (1 run & 1 hit), Natalie Walsh (1 run & 1 hit), and Cydney Pitman (1 run).

Cortland was scheduled to play at the Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex today (April 23rd) against Westhill at 11am. The Cortland Voice will have a recap on the game available on our website tomorrow (April 24th). 

Varsity Girls Lacrosse: Homer vs. Westhill

Varsity girls lacrosse: Homer vs. Westhill. (Photo provided by Kevin L. Smith of The Cortland Voice).

The Homer Lady Trojans lost to Westhill with a score of 18-6 against Westhill at Homer high school on Monday (April 22nd). 

Click here for an article as well as photos of the game. 

Homer’s next game will be played against Christian Brothers Academy on the road on Thursday (May 2nd) at 7pm.

Varsity Track & Field: Marathon vs. Odessa-Montour & Southern Cayuga

The Marathon Olympians competed against Odessa-Montour & Southern Cayuga Monday afternoon at Marathon’s Appleby Elementary School.  

Here are the team results from Monday’s meet:

Boys Track

• Odessa-Montour (88) vs. Marathon (25)                   
• Southern Cayuga (54) vs. Marathon (32)                     
• Odessa-Montour (74) vs. Southern Cayuga (46)

Girls Track                      

• Marathon (87) vs. Odessa-Montour (50)               
• Marathon (88) vs. Southern Cayuga (37)            
• Odessa-Montour (57) vs. Southern Cayuga (55)              

Note: Official individual results were not made available by the time this article was written. All results are logged into the MileSplit website. Click here for more information. 

(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