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Cortland Boys Tennis: Tyler Cranfield (left) and Wrangler VanSlyke. (Photo from the Cortland Voice’s 2024 Spring Media Day).
Here are some local high school varsity sports recaps from Wednesday’s events:
Varsity Boys Tennis: Cortland vs. Onondaga
The Cortland Purple Tigers defeated Onondaga with a team score of 4-3 Wednesday afternoon.
Here are the results from each match:
- 1st Singles: Tyler Cranfield (Cortland) defeated Caleb Fowler (Onondaga) - (6-0) & (6-0)
- 2nd Singles: Wrangler VanSlyke (Cortland) defeated Brayden Cutri (Onondaga) - (6-0) & (6-0)
- 3rd Singles: Jeremie Hale Jr (Cortland) defeated Melissa Sanborn (Onondaga) - (6-0) & (6-0)
- 1st Doubles: Sai Patel & Andre Myers (Cortland) defeated Olivia Bloom & Maggieann Morris (Onondaga) - (6-2) & (6-2)
- 2nd Doubles: Onondaga won by forfeit
- 3rd Doubles: Onondaga won by forfeit
- 4th Doubles: Onondaga won by forfeit
Varsity Track & Field: Marathon vs. Multiple Teams (Marathon 2024 Spring Fling Meet)
The Marathon Track & Field team hosted the 2024 Marathon Spring Fling Meet on Wednesday. (Photo provided by Timothy A. Bennett, Owner & Publisher of The Cortland Voice).
The Marathon Olympians hosted their annual spring fling meet at Marathon Appleby Elementary School Wednesday evening.
Click here for an article with results and photos from the meet.
According to Marathon’s athletic calendar, the Olympians’ next meet will be the “Yellow Jacket Invite” at Oneonta senior high school on Friday (May 10th) at 4:30pm.
Varsity Track & Field: Cortland vs. Westhill
The Cortland track & Field team competed in a dual meet against Westhill on the road Wednesday evening.
The Cortland boys’ team won with a team score of 75-61, while the Cortland girls’ team lost 30-109.
Here are some highlights from both the Cortland boys’ and girls’ teams:
Cortland Boys
- Iniko Abani won 1st place in the 110 meter hurdles (Time - 15.8) and in the high jump event (Result - 5’10”). He also came in 2nd place in the 200 meter dash (Time - 25.2)
- Jack Phelan won 1st place in the 100 meter dash (Time - Not Available), in the long jump (Result - 18’10”), and in the triple jump (Result - 39’7”)
- Liam Burns won 1st place in the 200 meter dash (Time - 23.6). He also placed 2nd in the 100 meter dash (Time - Not Available)
- Jacob Mones came in 2nd place in the 1,600 meter run (Time - 5:13.0)
- Spenser Dodds won 1st place in the 400 meter run (Time - 54.6)
- Feodor Kalytyuk placed 2nd in the 400 meter run (Time - 55.0)
- Reed Smith placed 2nd in the 400 meter hurdles (Time - 67.6)
- Michael Dearie placed 2nd in the discus throw event (Result - 121’8”) and in the shot put (Result - 38’11”)
- Riley Olson came in 3rd place in the discus throw (Result - 95’1”)
- Bryan Honan won 1st place in the shot put (Result - 43’2”)
- Liam Grant placed 2nd in the triple jump (Result - 34’0.5”)
Cortland Girls
- Morgann Doane finished in 2nd place in the 100 meter dash (Time - 13.40) and in the triple jump event (Result - 30’09”)
- Ruby Mullally came in 2nd place in the 1,500 meter run (Time - 6:13.0)
- Kendall Mullally placed 2nd in the 400 meter run (Time - 1:08.30)
- Brianna Bergene came in 2nd place in the 800 meter run (Time - 2:48.70)
- Serene Gray won 1st place in the 200 meter dash (Time - 28.30)
- Rileigh Madden placed 2nd in the long jump event (Result - 15’6.5”) and the pole vault event (Result - 8’0”)
Varsity Baseball: Marathon vs. Whitney Point
The Marathon Olympians played a double-header on the road against Whitney Point Wednesday afternoon.
Marathon lost the first game with a score of 8-5 and won the second game with a score of 13-12.
Game 1
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | Final |
| Marathon | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 5 |
| WP | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | X | X | X | 8 |
“We did not play a very good game defensively,” stated Marathon head coach Bryan Hoyt. “We made too many mistakes and that really hurt us. I thought Camdyn Kashuba pitched a good game. Our defense just didn’t give him the support he needed.”
Marathon was led by Camdyn Kashuba (2 runs, 1 hit & 4 strikeouts thrown), Barrett Trabucco (1 run, 2 hits & 2 RBI’s), Blake Birdsall (2 hits), Elijah Ticknor (1 run), and Aydan Brown (1 run & 1 hit).
Game 2
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | Final |
| WP | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | X | X | 12 |
| Marathon | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | X | X | X | 13 |
“We played much better defensively in game 2,” said coach Hoyt. “Offensively, we took advantage of some mistakes by Whitney Point and had discipline at the plate, drawing 11 walks. Colton Oram made a terrific catch in the top of the 5th to get the second out. He went from his shortstop position to deep in the left-center gap to make the play to hold the runner on third before Dan Merihew struck out Maddox Kesley for the final out of the game.”
Marathon was led by Camdyn Kashuba (2 runs & 1 hit), Barrett Trabucco (2 runs, 1 hit & 2 RBI’s), Blake Birdsall (1 hit & 2 RBI’s), Tucker Trabucco (1 run, 1 RBI & 3 strikeouts thrown), Gabriel Spizzirri (2 runs & 1 hit), Matthew Washbourne (2 runs), Austin Poth (2 runs), Colton Oram (2 runs, 2 hit & 4 RBI’s), and Daniel Merihew (1 strikeout thrown).
Marathon’s next game will be played against McGraw at Marathon high school on Monday (May 13th) at 4:30pm.
Varsity Baseball: Otselic Valley-Cincinnatus vs. Mater Dei Academy
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | Final |
| OV-C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| MDA | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
The Otselic Valley-Cincinnatus baseball team lost to Mater Dei Academy with a score of 5-4. With this loss, Otselic Valley-Cincinnatus has fallen to an overall record of 4-5.
Otselic Valley-Cincinnatus was led by Avram Moses (1 run & 1 hit & 5 strikeouts thrown), Troy Miller (1 run & 1 hit), Braeden Davis (1 run & 1 hit), Cole Warren (1 run), Lukas Schieferstein (1 hit), and Deven Maxson (1 hit).
Note: Mater Dei Academy’s stats were not made available by the time this article was written.
Up next, Otselic Valley-Cincinnatus will host Stockbridge Valley at Otselic Valley high school today (May 9th) at 4:30pm.
Varsity Softball: Cortland vs. Westhill
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | Final |
| Cortland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Westhill | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 |
The Cortland Lady Tigers fell to an overall record of 6-6 after losing to Westhill with a score of 8-1.
Cortland was led by Brenna Hogan (1 run, 1 hit & 5 strikeouts thrown), Gracie-Jo Homza (2 hits), Abigail Romans (1 hit), and Ava Turner (1 hit).
Westhill was led by Samantha Snyder (2 runs, 2 hits & 7 strikeouts thrown), Sydney Medeiros (3 runs & 3 hits), Jocelyn Caputo (1 run, 2 hits & 2 RBI’s), Sophia Johnson (1 run, 1 hit & 1 RBI), Catherine Cottrell (1 run & 1 hit), Alexa Korrie (2 hits & 2 RBI’s), and Morgan Kohanski (1 RBI).
Cortland is now scheduled to play on the road against Christian Brothers Academy today (May 9th) at 5pm.
Varsity Softball: Marathon vs. Newark Valley
The Marathon Lady Olympians won 18-10 against Newark Valley on the road Wednesday evening.
“Congratulations to Mya Wyant who scored 3 runs and Sadie Gumear who scored 2 runs to help the varsity lady Olympians make it back to sectionals this season,” stated Marathon head coach Jamie Bush. “We miss our seniors, but you girls stepped up big time in a must win game.”
“Izzy Conklin gets her 8th win of the season on the road,” added coach Bush. “Jaymi Conklin goes 3 for 4 with two runs scored. Cassie Forrest is 3 for 5 with two doubles and 3 RBI's. All ten players crossed home plate tonight at least one time.”
Marathon’s next game will be played against Cincinnatus on the road this upcoming Tuesday (May 14th) at 4:30pm.
Varsity Boys Golf: Cincinnatus vs. DeRuyter
The Cincinnatus Lions lost to DeRuyter with a team score of 218-215 on Wednesday. (Reminder lowest score in golf wins).
Here are the individual results from Wednesday’s match:
Cincinnatus
- Koda Temple - 40
- Jack Stafford - 40
- Collin Holtmart - 44
- Mason Walker - 46
- Zack Streichert - 48
- John Schuler - 49*
DeRuyter
- Payne Wood - 39
- Owen Davis - 40
- Cody Nellenback - 40
- Justin Booth - 45
- Bristyn Metcalf - 51
- Brayden Metcalf - 53*
Varsity Girls Golf: Marathon vs. Moravia
The Marathon Lady Olympians won 217-225 against Moravia at the Fillmore Golf Club on Wednesday. (Reminder lowest score in golf wins).
Here are the individual results from Wednesday’s match:
Marathon
- Savanna Warfield - 46
- Audrey Ensign - 51
- Gabbi Smith - 57
- Liz VanCise - 63
- Paityn Contri - 65*
Moravia
- Allison Kehoe - 54
- Caroline Wasileski - 54
- Kaidence Heath - 57
- Gabi Heim - 60
- Morgan Johnson - 63*
(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
