Homer Sports

HORSEHEADS 29, GROTON 20 Carmen Bishop (126 pounds) and Leontine Evans (235 pounds) each earned dominant victories in Groton’s first home meet of the season. Carmen Bishop earned a …

Homer girls basketball falls flat against Cazenovia

The Homer girls basketball team never found its stride Tuesday night and visiting Cazenovia slowly but surely pulled away for a 57-44 win at Homer High School. The Trojans fell to 3-5 with the loss. …

Homer boys basketball overcomes big deficit, Brunelle for win

Kaden Durham drove the baseline in the fourth quarter, rose up and punched home a monstrous dunk to get Homer within two. Even battling sickness, the senior let out a thunderous roar. Brycen …

Homer girls basketball goes bombs away, beats Mexico

The Homer girls basketball team rained threes on Mexico early Saturday at Homer High School, forcing the Tigers out of their shell in a 50-39 Trojan win. Homer knocked down seven 3-pointers in …

Homer girls basketball drops second straight

The Homer girls basketball team hung around with New Hartford for a while, but the Trojans were on the wrong end of a dominant third quarter in a 78-42 loss Wednesday night at Homer High School. …

The Cortland boys basketball team left little doubt against its rival Saturday night. The Purple Tigers controlled from the opening tip and cruised to a 56-37 win over Homer in the Tom Neugebauer …

Durham’s late buckets propel Homer boys basketball to first win

Kaden Durham scored four consecutive points in the final minute to help Homer win its first game of the season, 48-44 over Groton Friday night in the first round of the Tom Neugebauer Holiday …

Eleven local football players have been selected to the All-Greater Cortland team for their performances during the 2024 season. Thomas Palmer, Moravia’s starting quarterback, was named …

Sports Editor Paul Cifonelli and Sports Reporter Mike Rose break down the 2024 All-Greater Cortland football team, which is headlined by Cortland Standard Player of the Year Thomas Palmer, on the latest episode of The Standard in Sports Podcast, presented by the Cortland Standard.

Homer girls basketball takes down Cortland

The Homer girls basketball team hadn’t defeated Cortland in 1,038 days, but that changed Thursday night at Cortland Jr./Sr. High School. The Trojans rallied from a first half deficit as large …

Homer boys wrestling’s ‘big boys’ win it late

Homer’s three heaviest wrestlers –– Chris Slade, Owen Burhans and Jack Brown –– all needed to win with at least one finish to top defending Section III Division II …

Cortland/Homer hockey downed by Oswego

Cortland/Homer suffered its fourth straight loss Monday, as the Golden Eagles fell to Oswego 6-3 at the J.M. McDonald Sports Complex. Oswego scored twice in the opening minute and 26 seconds of the …

Homer girls basketball drops tight one at Syracuse West

SYRACUSE –– Homer and Syracuse West played a back-and-forth game in which neither team could create a double-digit advantage, but the Cougars edged out a 70-66 win Monday night at …

Homer boys wrestling beats Cortland in opening dual

The Homer boys wrestling team opened its season with a 63-9 win over Cortland Wednesday night at Homer High School that featured eight wins by forfeit for the Trojans. This was the …

Homer boys basketball falls to Phoenix

The Homer boys basketball team gave up a few too many long runs to hang in there with Phoenix Tuesday night at Homer High School in a 68-55 loss. Homer went on a 12-7 stretch to bring the …

Cortland/Homer hockey edged out late

A goal from Jack Elia with just under three minutes to play proved to be the difference, as the Cortland/Homer hockey team fell 3-2 to Clinton Tuesday at the JM McDonald Sports Complex. The …

Twenty-six local soccer players, 13 boys and 13 girls, have been selected to the All-Greater Cortland teams for their performances during the 2024 season. Each team consists of three forwards, four …

Sports Editor Paul Cifonelli and Sports Reporter Mike Rose break down the 2024 All-Greater Cortland soccer teams, including players of the year Ryan Rauber and Cassia Schuyler, on the  latest …

Gofkowski, Franco lead Homer girls basketball past Tully

Anya Gofkowski and Lauren Franco teamed up to go on a 14-4 run for the Homer girls basketball team as it led the rest of the way in a 52-37 win over Tully Saturday in the first round of the Jessica …

Homer boys basketball drubbed in home opener

The Homer boys basketball team couldn’t handle Skaneateles’ pressure early on and never recovered in a 75-29 loss Tuesday night at Homer High School. Skaneateles came out firing and …

Cortland/Homer hockey outmatched against Skaneateles

SKANEATELES –– The Cortland/Homer hockey team knew it was in for a major challenge when it opened the season at Allyn Arena against the back-to-back defending state champion Skaneateles …

Homer girls volleyball goes down fighting at Marcellus

MARCELLUS –– The No. 3 Homer girls volleyball team appeared to be down and out numerous times, but the Trojans battled to the bitter end in a 3-1 loss to No. 2 Marcellus Wednesday night …

Homer football drubbed in Class B quarters

CARTHAGE –– The opening play of the game for the No. 6 Homer football team was a fumble from the usually sure-handed Alex Votra, that No. 3 Carthage picked up. Three plays later, the …

Homer football hangs 60, qualifies for playoffs

Defense was optional Friday night at Homer High School, as the Homer and Westhill football teams lit up the scoreboard in a 60-37 Homer win. The Trojans secured a spot in the Section III Class B …

Effinger, Franco dropped at state qualifier

SYRACUSE –– Emma Effinger and Lauren Franco’s doubles run came to an end Tuesday at Drumlins Tennis Club, with the Homer team losing 6-4, 3-6, 3-6 to Fayetteville-Manlius’ …

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