The Cincinnatus girls volleyball team put on a clinic through two sets against DeRuyter in a 25-9, 25-2, 25-20 win Wednesday night at Cincinnatus Central School.
The Lions led 13-9 in the first before ripping off 11 straight points, then Cincinnatus put on a serving show in the second. Kaedance Latta and Cassia Schuyler services resulted in a 24-1 lead, but a Schuyler serve went long and Cincinnatus finished off the final point for the dominant set win.
Cincinnatus head coach Becky Merihew hasn’t seen many dominant sets like that before and saw her girls get into a crazy rhythm.
“It takes picking spots, putting it into a certain spot,” Merihew said. “We’ve been struggling with our serves a little bit and it was nice to find a rhythm. When we serve, we can play like that.”
From the run at the end of the first set to the 7-1 start to the third, the Lions went on a 43-3 spurt.
Cincinnatus has tended to fade in the second set this season, but Merihew was happy to see her girls keep the foot on the gas Wednesday.
“I feel like we either play really strong early in the first, then they goof around in the second,” Merihew said. “I think it’s just the consistent serves. When they’re serving, they’re confident and they put everything else together.”
Latta led Cincinnatus with 23 service points, 17 assists, four aces, two kills, two blocks and six digs, Schuyler recorded 13 service points, six aces and nine digs and Allyson St. Germain notched 10 kills, eight service points, two aces and three digs. Payton Gerrard (seven service points, two aces, one dig), Maddie Pittsley (three kills, three service points, one ace, three digs), Lucy Finch (two kills, two digs), Ava Larrabee (two kills), Leah Stith (one kill, one ace, one service point, two digs, one assist) and Hannah Ellerson (one kill, one dig) also contributed for the Lions.
Chelsey Prince topped DeRuyter with a kill, three aces, two digs and an assist, Molly Amidon pitched in six digs and two assists and Graycie Barber went for eight digs. Erin Bragg (four digs, one kill), Annabelle Stanton (two digs, one assist), Angelena Rodriguez (one kill, one dig) and Selena Rodriguez (one kill, one dig) all aided the Rockets’ effort as well.
Cincinnatus is now 10-0 with just three matches left before sectionals begin. The Lions officially wrapped up the CCL title with Wednesday’s win and Merihew is looking for her girls to prepare for the postseason now.
“I want them to take care of themselves,” Merihew said. “They need to stay healthy, eat, drink water and don’t let up.”
Cincinnatus will play again at noon Saturday at Central Valley Academy, while DeRuyter looks to get back in the win column at 7 p.m. Friday at Tully.
BOYS BASKETBALL
MARATHON 48, NEWARK VALLEY 38
Marathon overcame a 22-20 halftime deficit with a 16-6 third that helped the Olympians snap a two-game skid. Camdyn Kashuba scored 17 points to lead Marathon, with nine coming in the first quarter and six in the third.
Colton Oram also scored six of his 12 points in the Olympians’ big third, Blake Birdsall pitched in nine points and Barrett Trabucco, Tucker Trabucco, Robbie Anderson, Eli Ticknor and Austin Poth all scored two points.
TULLY 59, LAFAYETTE 34
Garrett Thompson and Sam Dando combined to make seven 3-pointers for Tully as the Black Knights took a 39-18 lead into halftime. Thompson led the way with 20 points and Dando added 16.
Connor Bastedo chipped in 10 points for Tully, Sean Mize scored eight points, Nate Best had three points and Wyatt Lund notched two points.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
V-V-S 46, HOMER 37
Homer got down 14-6 through a quarter and never got back into it as the Trojans fell to 3-8 after their fourth loss in a row. Lauren Franco and Anya Gofkowski both scored eight points to pace Homer’s offense.
Makenna Pym recorded six points, Izzy Small, Kennadie Taylor and Lizzie McCloy all pitched in four points and Maddie Morgan knocked down a 3-pointer for the Trojans.
MCGRAW 55, MADISON 20
Leah Terwilliger went for 14 points, three rebounds, six assists and nine steals and Emersynn Wilson added 13 points, six boards, eight assists, eight steals and three blocks as McGraw took a 20-0 lead through a quarter and cruised to its sixth consecutive CCL win. The Eagles can lock up a CCL title with a win at Stockbridge Valley Friday.
Lexi McCall pitched in nine points, five rebounds, two assists and eight steals, Eden Sears notched eight points, six rebounds, an assist and three steals and Allie West contributed eight points, six boards and four steals. Bristol Eastman (three points, three rebounds, two steals, one block), Mikayla Ross (two rebounds, three steals), Tatum Bonyak (one rebound, two steals), Addi Rolewicz (two steals), Josslyn Eaton (one rebound, one assist, one steal), Kaidence Kim (one rebound) and Jordan Maynard (one rebound) also aided McGraw’s win.
INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
CORTLAND
Xander Schutt won the boys 500-meter race (1:12.86) at the Frozen Five Invitational, while Morgann Doane topped the Cortland girls by coming in second in the high jump, tying for third in the triple jump and placing fourth in the long jump.
Liam Burns was second in the boys high jump and fourth in the long jump, Liam Grant came in third in the triple jump and fourth in the high jump, Jacob Mones finished third in the 1,000-meter race, Mason Kurtz came in third in the 55-meter dash, Asher Armstrong placed fourth in the triple jump and fifth in the high jump, Eugene Aharkov was fifth in the long jump and Riley Olson placed sixth in the shot put.
Bailey Dintino came in third in the girls 55-meter dash, Alivia Reif was third in the shot put, Lexi Saunder placed fifth in the long jump and sixth in the 500-meter race, Isabella Sisting and Serene Gray came in fifth and sixth, respectively, in the 55-meter dash, Lealynn O’Brien was fifth in the 1,500-meter race and Juliana Zarcone placed sixth in the pole vault.
HOMER
Reese Evangelista won both the girls 1,500-meter race (5:48.72) and 500-meter race (1:29.96) and Ingrid Aagaard topped the field in the girls 1,000-meter race (3:17.57) at the Frozen Five Invitational. Kyler Crump topped the boys side with a second-place finish in the triple jump and third-place finish in the 55-meter hurdles.
Hannah Bouwens followed Evangelista and Aagaard by finishing second in the girls shot put, Sophie Kennett was third in the 55-meter hurdles, Emma Poli placed fourth in the 500-meter race, Eleanor Ensign came in fourth in the shot put, Emily Chisholm was fifth in the high jump and Amelia Wagner placed sixth in the 55-meter hurdles.
Logan Griffin was third in the boys shot put, Chris Boylan came in fourth in the 1,500-meter race, Michael Thalmeier finished fifth in the 1,000-meter race, Jack Bertram was fifth in the shot put, Donavin Brown placed sixth in both the 55-meter hurdles and triple jump and Anthony Guido came in sixth in the 55-meter dash.
MARATHON
Aby Trabucco led all Marathon athletes at the Frozen Five Invitational, placing second in both the girls 500-meter race and pole vault. Larina Cochran was fourth in the girls 1,500-meter race and Andrew Edsall finished fourth in the 500-meter race.
GROTON
Ross Bush came in second in both the boys 1,500-meter race and 500-meter race at the Frozen Five Invitational. David Shea finished second in the boys shot put and Caleb Downing was sixth in the boys 1,000-meter race.
DRYDEN
Jade Brockner and Suansian Songput each came in second in an event at the Frozen Five Invitational, with Brockner finishing second in the boys 55-meter hurdles and Suansian Songput placing second in the boys long jump.
Jillian Miller was third in the girls long jump and fifth in the 55-meter hurdles, Hannah Emmelhainz finished fourth in the 55-meter hurdles, Lungawm Songput was fourth in the high jump and Alivia Wojcik came in sixth in the 1,000-meter race.
Paul Busby was also third in the boys 500-meter race and high jump and Eliot Couch finished third in the 1,500-meter race.
MORAVIA
Hayley Murphy and Wyatt Anthony each set a school record in the 500-meter race at the Frozen Five Invitational, while Karson Mackey won the girls 55-meter hurdles (9.65 seconds). Murphy came in fifth in the girls 500-meter race with a time of 1:34.08, while Anthony was eighth in the boys event and came in with a time of 1:19.58.
Murphy also finished third in the girls 1,500-meter race, Cece Stryker was fifth in the 55-meter dash and Kadie Love came in fourth in the 1,000-meter race.
Anthony placed sixth in the boys 1,500-meter race and Mason Krazter was sixth in the high jump.
BOWLING
HOMER BOYS 7, CORTLAND 0
HOMER GIRLS 7, CORTLAND 0
Caleb Hamilton led the Homer boys with games of 223 and 222 and a 639 series, while Kristen Combs continued her hot spell for the Homer girls with a 180 high game and a 471 series.
John Bishop (222 game, 556 series), Chris McMullin (220 game, 540 series), Tanner Vogel (179 game, 529 series), Tyler Seymour (179 game, 521 series) and John Holcomb (196 game, 473 series) all aided Hamilton in the Homer boys’ victory.
Jaden Bush (151 game, 381 series), Addy Platt (140 game, 352 series), Abby Biviano (134 game, 348 series), Annabelle Watkins (122 game, 341 series), Lucy Goodwin (117 game, 69 game) and Mikey Pittsley (94 game) followed up Combs for the Homer girls.
Jeremie Hale Jr. had the top score of the day for the Cortland boys, tossing a 233, 265, 194 series, good for a 692. Hayden Parker (157 game, 432 series), Tyler Schultze (160 game, 422 series), Mason Lane (146 game, 406 series), Quintin Hill (103 game, 92 game), Dominick Hale (80 game, 85 game), Lincoln Dorsett (134 game) and Aiden Badsmord (81 game) all followed Jeremie Hale up.
Emily Ford (125 game, 352 series) and Arianna Jones (115 game, 301 series) both competed for the Cortland girls.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
BOYS BASKETBALL
Solvay at Homer, 6:45 p.m. today
Brookfield at McGraw, 6 p.m. today
George Junior Republic at Cincinnatus, 6 p.m. today
Lansing at Dryden, 7 p.m. today
Stockbridge Valley at DeRuyter, 7 p.m. today
Mexico at Cortland, 6:45 p.m. Friday
Stockbridge Valley at McGraw, 7 p.m. Friday
Groton at Union Springs, 7 p.m. Friday
Pulaski at Tully, 7 p.m. Friday
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Marcellus at Cortland, 6:45 p.m. today
Syracuse West at Homer, 6:45 p.m. Friday
McGraw at Stockbridge Valley, 6 p.m. Friday
Union Springs at Groton, 6:30 p.m. Friday
Dryden at Lansing, 7 p.m. Friday
Tully at Cato-Meridian, 7 p.m. Friday
HOCKEY
Cortland/Homer at Oswego, 7 p.m. today at Anthony Crisafulli Arena
CNY Fusion at Cortland/Homer, 7 p.m. Friday at J.M. McDonald Sports Complex
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
McGraw at Stockbridge Valley, 7 p.m. today
Tully at DeRuyter, 7 p.m. Friday
BOYS WRESTLING
Hannibal at Cortland, 6 p.m. today
BOWLING
Homer at Bishop Grimes, 3:30 p.m. today at Strike N Spare Lanes
Newark Valley at Groton, 3:30 p.m. today at Memory Lanes
BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING
Dryden at Southern Cayuga, 4:30 p.m. today
