The Cortland baseball team had its five-game winning streak snapped as the Purple Tigers came out on the wrong end of a pitcher’s duel against Westhill and fell 2-0 Tuesday at Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex.
Zach Muir had a solid outing for Cortland. The sophomore tossed 93 pitches in six innings, allowing two runs, one earned, on four hits and eight strikeouts. Westhill’s first run came in the top of the second inning after Kellen Pens reached on an error and scored on an RBI triple from Trey Dillabough two batters later. The Warriors’ second run came in the top of the fifth after Taden Chester began the inning with a triple and scored on an RBI double from Dom Zawadzki.
Though Muir delivered a quality start for Cortland, the Purple Tigers’ offense had trouble getting things going against Westhill ace Mike Madigan, who will be playing at Division I George Mason next year. Madigan threw 5.2 scoreless innings, struck out 12 and walked four. Caden Albright delivered the first hit of the game for Cortland in the fifth on Madigan’s final pitch.
Cortland had chances against Madigan as Cal Albright, Ethan Johnson, Connor Browngardt and Jaheim Robinson got on base via the walk, but Madigan was able to work out of any trouble.
Purple Tigers head coach Ben Albright knew what type of game it was going to be going in with two strong pitchers going at it, his squad just came up short.
“I said before the season that I thought he’d be the best pitcher we’d see, and he proved that (Tuesday),” Ben Albright said. “He threw strikes, pitched to the zone and did his thing. We knew what we were going to see and that this would be a low-scoring game. I don’t want to take anything away from Zach (Muir) either because I thought he did a great job.”
Westhill went to Luke Pickett to record the final four outs after Caden Albright’s single. With two outs in the fifth, Ethan Johnson flied out to right field to end the inning. In the sixth, Owen Johnson also flied out to right followed by Antonio Terrazas reaching on a walk. Browngardt then struck out and Robinson grounded out to end the game.
It was the first loss of the season for Cortland, which moved to 5-1. The Purple Tigers know how difficult it is to stay on a winning streak and approached this week’s set of games with the possibility they could drop one. They just want to keep playing the best baseball they can moving forward.
“We know how difficult it is to go 20-0,” Ben Albright said. “We looked at this week and kind of set a goal of trying to go 3-1 or better. It doesn’t mean we want to lose, but it means we’re being realistic about the fact that we’re going to face a really high-quality team in Westhill. They’re almost a mirror image of us with great pitching and quality defense. We just learn from it. We like these close games.”
Cortland has another crack at Westhill at 7 p.m. Friday at Onondaga Community College.
BASEBALL
HOMER 5, CHITTENANGO 3
Homer snapped a three-game losing streak thanks to Tristan Allen’s big day. The senior slugger went 2-for-2 with a solo home run in the first and an RBI single in the fifth. He also walked twice and scored twice. Allen then tossed three shutout innings in relief, allowing a hit and striking out seven.
Maddox Johnson added a hit and an RBI, Tyler Van Etten and Mitchell Earle both walked and scored, Graydon Hickey and Eli McMahon each singled, Andrew Kline and Evan Sullivan both drew a walk and Peter Verfuss scored a run.
Johnson started on the mound, allowing three unearned runs on two hits with four strikeouts in four innings.
McGRAW 9, OTSELIC VALLEY/CINCINNATUS 1
Blair Mulcahy was at his best, throwing six shutout innings with 12 strikeouts to help McGraw move to 6-1. He surrendered four hits and three walks and hit two batters. Jaydon Bassett led the offense, going 2-for-3 with a double, a triple, two RBIs and two runs scored.
Blair Mulcahy went 2-for-3 with a walk, two RBIs and two runs scored. Owen Lea was 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI and a run, Thomas Lea finished 2-for-3 with a run scored, Calob Sutton singled, walked and scored once, Owen Mulcahy singled and scored, Brennan Wilson was hit by a pitch and drove in a run, Foster Eaton drove in a run, Easton Livermore and Emory Sears each drew a walk and Liam Baker and Riley VanLiew were hit by a pitch.
Bassett allowed a run on three walks while getting two outs in the seventh and Thomas Lea got the final out for the Eagles.
Hunter Rozewski singled, was hit by a pitch and scored a run for Otselic Valley/Cincinnatus, Braeden Davis singled twice, Cole Warren singled, Troy Miller walked twice and drove in a run, Caleb Loomis walked twice and Avram Moses and Lucas Schieferstein both drew a walk.
SOFTBALL
CHITTENANGO 21, HOMER 1
CHITTENANGO 17, HOMER 1
Homer was swept by Section III Class A powerhouse Chittenango to fall to 0-5 this season.
Alex Kellaway walked and scored a run in the first game, while Emily Petrella recorded the game’s lone hit for the Trojans.
Ally Verfuss singled and scored for Homer in the second game and Khloie Young, Samantha Sovocool and Alexis Arnold all drew a walk.
BROOKFIELD 5, McGRAW 3
McGraw allowed a run in each of the first three innings and scored once in the bottom of the seventh but couldn’t complete the comeback. Leah Terwilliger led the Eagles’ offense with a double and two RBIs.
Camdyn Caperton singled and knocked in two runs, Bristol Eastman singled and scored, Remmi Stull walked twice and scored a run, Madison Sweeney recorded a walk and run scored, Haylee Bassett doubled and Abbey Lakie singled.
Stull pitched the whole game, allowing five runs, three earned, on nine hits with seven strikeouts.
TULLY 14, ONONDAGA/LAFAYETTE 6
Ella Polak went 3-for-4 with a double, a walk and three runs scored as Tully beat Onondaga/LaFayette for the second day in a row. The Black Knights posted 11 runs in the first three innings.
Ella Tordel went 3-for-5, Julia Wortley was 2-for-2 with two walks and three runs, Susan Kuty finished 2-for-4 with a walk and two runs scored, Ava Nash singled and scored twice, Grace McKenna singled and walked, Anna Pierce drew two walks and scored twice, MacKenzy Oursler walked twice, Macy Mech and Haylee Brenchley each drew a walk and Abbey Durbin scored a run.
BOYS LACROSSE
LAFAYETTE/ONONDAGA 21, CORTLAND 3
Bodey McGrath scored twice and Joe Banewicz contributed a goal and an assist, but Cortland got down 13-1 at halftime.
Declan Vail made 16 saves for the Purple Tigers. Banewicz and Vail each scooped up three ground balls, McGrath, Logan Toomey, Wyatt Tinker and K.R. Dye each nabbed two ground balls and Lincoln Moshkowski, Mark Darling and Addison Brown got a ground ball each.
SKANEATELES 14, HOMER 4
Homer lost the third quarter 7-1 as the Trojans lost their first game of the season. Daniel Stiles led Homer with two goals.
Wyatt Wilbur contributed a goal and an assist and Alex Votra scored once. Ben Bradshaw stopped nine shots for the Trojans.
GIRLS LACROSSE
SOUTHERN HILLS 17, CORTLAND 10
Aliyah Mattox and Maddy Lund each scored six goals for Southern Hills as the Storm won its second game in a row. Mattox added an assist and Lund notched two ground balls and a forced turnover.
Gracie Burns notched two goals and an assist, Mackenzie Loughlin contributed a goal and three assists, Maddie Simmons and Gabby Flatt each scored a goal and Kameryn Meaney had an assist.
Kiera Reed made 15 saves and nabbed two ground balls for Southern Hills. Flatt controlled six draws and got six ground balls, Simmons racked up four draw controls and two ground balls, Burns had four draw controls, a ground ball and two forced turnovers, Charlotte Hourigan forced four turnovers and got two ground balls, Loughlin and Ellie McElhannon each had two ground balls and two forced turnovers, Lund contributed two ground balls and a forced turnover, Rayna Poplawski and Logan Schmidt each secured a ground ball and Meaney and Molly Verbanic both controlled a draw.
Valerosa Gambitta scored five goals and assisted on two others for Cortland, Aubree Larkin scored twice, Francesca Smith had a goal and an assist, Sophia Souzas and Nora Gross both scored a goal and Lily Yang dished out an assist.
Liz Slavick stopped eight shots and got two ground balls. Yang got six draw controls, four ground balls and four forced turnovers, Gambitta added six draw controls, two ground balls and a forced turnover, Gabby Brown forced three turnovers, controlled a draw and got a ground ball, Lilly Tinker caused two turnovers and got a ground ball, Larkin scooped up two ground balls, Smith and Emma Marks each got a ground ball, a draw control and a forced turnover, Souzas, Gross and Ella Starinsky all got a ground ball and Saydee Willey forced a turnover.
SKANEATELES 15, HOMER 4
Homer got down 12-2 at halftime as its four-game winning streak was snapped. Maria Partis and Eila Spanbauer each scored twice for the Trojans, while Izzy Small and Lilly Sorenson each recorded an assist.
Aislynn Cobb made five saves for Homer.
TRACK & FIELD
DRYDEN
Dryden’s girls team beat Newark Valley, Elmira Heights, Trumansburg and Lansing to move to 4-0, while the boys side was only able to top Elmira Heights.
Reagan Burnham cleaned up for the Dryden girls, winning the 800-meter race (2:39.33), 1,500-meter race (5:13.47) and 3,000-meter race (11:36.03). Jade Brockner topped the competition in the 200-meter dash (26.89 seconds), Raelen Green won the long jump (15 feet, 8 inches) and the 400-meter relay team of Green, Nicole Morrow, Jillian Miller and Brockner won with a time of 53.32 seconds.
Ethan Gibbs was the only Dryden boy to win, finishing the 400-meter hurdles in 1:01.95.
MORAVIA
Kyler Proper led the Moravia boys Monday at Marathon, winning the 100-meter dash (11.48 seconds) and 200-meter dash (24.29 seconds). Westin Walker took first in the 400-meter race (52.16 seconds), Abram Wasileski took first in the high jump (5 feet, 10 inches) and second in the long jump, Seth Parker was second in both the shot put and discus and the 4x100-meter relay team of Drew Famoly, Wasileski, Proper and Walker won their race.
Olivia Genson paced the Moravia girls by finishing first in the 1,500-meter race (5:39) and the 3,000-meter race (12:25). Cece Stryker won the 400-meter race (1:07.64) and finished second in the 200-meter dash, Karson Mackey won the 100-meter hurdles (17.99 seconds) and Jordan Smith placed third in both the high jump and 100-meter hurdles.
GIRLS GOLF
LANSING 195, MARATHON 203, ELMIRA NOTRE DAME 244
Savanna Warfield was third among all golfers Monday and first on Marathon’s squad with a 43. Abby Ensign shot a 52, Kendre Euson carded a 53, Anna Hoyt notched a 55, Gabbi Smith had a 56 and Liz VanCise’s 63 was scratched.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
BASEBALL
Marathon at Union Springs, 4:30 p.m. today
Groton at Tioga, 4:30 p.m. today
Bishop Ludden at Tully, 4:30 p.m. today
Madison at DeRuyter, 4:30 p.m. today
Southern Cayuga at Moravia, 4:30 p.m. today
Chittenango at Homer, 5 p.m. Thursday at Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex
Fabius-Pompey at Tully, 4:30 p.m. Thursday
SOFTBALL
Homer vs. Fulton, 6 p.m. today at Carrier Park, East Syracuse
Marathon at Union Springs, 4:30 p.m. today
Bishop Ludden at Tully, 4:30 p.m. today
Fabius-Pompey at Tully, 4:30 p.m. Thursday
BOYS LACROSSE
Dryden at Windsor, 5:30 p.m. today
Homer at Cortland, 7 p.m. Thursday
Marcellus at Tully/F-P, 6 p.m. Thursday
GIRLS LACROSSE
Southern Hills at Cazenovia/Hamilton, 4:30 p.m. Thursday
TRACK & FIELD
Chittenango at Cortland, 5 p.m. today
Jordan-Elbridge at Homer, 4:30 p.m. today
Cincinnatus at DeRuyter, 4:30 p.m. today
Tully at Fabius-Pompey, 4:30 p.m. today
Tully at Fulton, 4:30 p.m. Thursday
BOYS GOLF
Watkins Glen at Dryden, 3:15 p.m. today at Elm Tree Golf Course
Odessa-Montour at Marathon, 4 p.m. Thursday at Maple Hill Golf Course
Tioga at Groton, 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Stonehedges Golf Course
Dryden at Elmira Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Mark Twain Golf Course
Moravia at Trumansburg, 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Trumansburg Village Golf Course
GIRLS GOLF
Odessa-Montour at Marathon, 3:30 p.m. today at Maple Hill Golf Course
Marathon at Vestal, 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Apalachin Golf Course
BOYS TENNIS
Chittenango at Homer, 4:30 p.m. today
Homer at Cazenovia, 4:30 p.m. Thursday
Trumansburg at Moravia, 4:30 p.m. Thursday
