Brad Sovocool, the new Homer girls basketball head coach, talks about getting his first head coaching gig, his ties to the program and the expectations for the 2022-23 season with Sports Editor Paul Cifonelli on the latest episode of The Standard in Sports Podcast, presented by the Cortland Standard.
Homer officially approved its new varsity girls basketball coaches Tuesday, with Brad Sovocool being named the head coach and Jessica Parmiter taking the assistant coach spot.
FABIUS — Local college baseball players, from recently-graduated Cortland standouts Kooper Knabe and Caden Congdon to McGraw alum Brendan May and Cortland alum Nick Cody, got together every Tuesday and Friday to play baseball at Fabius-Pompey Elementary School. They never knew what team they were on or what jersey they were wearing until the day of the game, but they didn’t care.
Tammy Timmerman was down six strokes with four holes to play, then took 18 shots to force a playoff hole and eventually win the Willowbrook Golf Club Ladies Championship Sunday at Willowbrook Golf Club. Timmerman said it was the first playoff hole she could remember in a club championship in the last 30 years.
Bill McConnell, the president and head coach of the Cortland Crush, talks about winning a second consecutive NYCBL championship, recruiting players for the Crush and the history of the NYCBL with Sports Editor Paul Cifonelli on the latest episode of The Standard in Sports Podcast presented by the Cortland Standard.
After narrowly missing out on a spot in the New York state girls golf tournament, Homer's Bethany Wineburg, a rising junior, has taken to the CNY PGA Jr. Tour to continue elevating her golf game.
Marathon High School was the only local school acknowledged by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association as a School of Excellence. The school earned the award because more than 75% of its athletics teams were recognized as Scholar-Athlete teams.
Nick Palma laced a single in the 10th inning of Game 3 of the NYCBL Championship Series Saturday to drive in Owen Podolec and secure the Cortland Crush its second consecutive NYCBL title. Palma’s hit gave the Crush a 9-8 win over the Olean Oilers at Gutchess Lumber Sports Park, Cortland’s second walk-off win of the day. The Crush won Game 2, 4-3, in 10 innings.
Mike Holl, the new varsity boys basketball coach at Groton High School, talks about getting his new gig, his goals for the upcoming season and his relationship with former coach Ken Updike with Sports Reporter Matt Czeitner on the latest episode of The Standard in Sports Podcast, presented by the Cortland Standard.
With former Groton varsity boys basketball coach Ken Updike taking the same job at Homer, Mike Holl is set to step in as the head coach of the Indians this upcoming season.
FARGO, N.D. — Homer wrestlers Sam Sorenson and Talan Hubbard competed at the U.S. Marine Corps and United States Amateur Wrestling Junior and Cadet National Championships this past week, with Sorenson placing fourth in the 220-pound junior Greco bracket.
Cortland's Tyler Blake and Cincinnatus' Cason Stafford are both used to being the star on their high school sports teams. Blake played basketball and baseball and is playing Division I baseball at Virginia Commonwealth University next year, while Stafford played soccer, basketball and baseball and will play Division I soccer at Colgate University.
Travis MacDowell, the founder of CNY FreeRide, talks about getting into action sports, coaching all different sports and the places action sports has taken him with Sports Editor Paul Cifonelli on the latest episode of The Standard in Sports Podcast presented by the Cortland Standard.
The Cortland Crush produced offensively with 10 runs on 11 hits to defeat the visiting Rochester Ridgemen 10-5 in the final home game of the season Thursday night at Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex.
John D'Antonio is taking on a new challenge in the McGraw Central School District as the new athletic director. He was hired at the end of the school year to replace Chuck Freeman, who is taking a step back.
The 2022 Cortland Crush has just one player — Cody Caulfield — who was born in the greater-Cortland area. Seven players on the team are from New York state. Eight of the players were born outside of the Eastern time zone.
After a few years without a competitive adult men's basketball league, Derek Allen, Frank Hodge, Caleb Wright and Isaiah Prior had finally had enough. They decided to get a Crown City Hoops league going again, and the results through two weeks have been better than they imagined.
Vincent Mauro and Jason Arrigo both played hero for the Cortland Crush in the same day, notching walk-off singles to beat the Dansville Gliders 8-7 in both games of a doubleheader Tuesday at Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex. Cortland scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh in the first game, then plated five more runs in the last hald of the seventh in the second game.
The Cortland Crush scored seven unanswered runs against the Syracuse Salt Cats over the sixth and seventh innings to secure the team’s fifth straight win in an 8-4 effort Sunday at Onondaga Community College. Cortland scored four runs in the sixth inning, then three more in the seventh to go from a 4-1 deficit to an 8-4 lead.
After falling to the Syracuse Spartans in their first four meetings, the Cortland Crush have won their past two meetings with them, with the most recent victory coming Friday by a score of 4-2 at Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex.
Ryan Dando has been a part of the Tully community for most of his life. He graduated from Tully High School in 1996. He returned to the school as a physical education teacher and has been coaching the boys basketball team for the last 19 years. Now, Dando is the new athletic director at Tully High School after Don McClure retired following the 2021-22 school year.
The NHL’s Detroit Red Wings are now led by a Red Dragon. Former SUNY Cortland goalie Derek Lalonde was named the team’s head coach June 30, following a four-year stint as an assistant coaches with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Lalonde helped the Lightning earn four straight postseason berths, highlighted by back-to-back Stanley Cup championships in 2020 and 2021 and a trip to the finals this past season.
The success of the Cortland baseball team in 2022 can be attributed towards a lot of different people and with a team full of notable seniors and upperclassmen, a freshman still stood out. If Caden Albright’s freshman season is any indication of what is to come, the Purple Tigers baseball program is in good hands for years to come.
CICERO — Dryden’s Bryant DePaull finished out his high school career with a second place finish in the high jump, while teammate Isabella Harmon, an eighth-grader, came in third in the …
CICERO — Dryden senior Aidan Kalousdian and Homer senior Hannah McMasters both competed in the New York State Track & Field Championships Friday at Cicero-North Syracuse High School. …
