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The Cortland, Homer and Southern Hills football teams had their 2025 schedules finalized Thursday. All three teams will see some new opponents, with leagues being reshuffled. Cortland is making …

ALBANY –– Homer’s Hunter Lines and Southern Hills’ Logan Sheriff both went 1-2 on Day 2 of the New York State Division II Boys Wrestling Championships Saturday at MVP Arena, …

Homer’s Lines advances to state semis

ALBANY –– Homer senior Hunter Lines is two wins from the mountain top, after going 2-0 in the 138-pound bracket at the Division II New York State Boys Wrestling Championships at MVP …

Bishop, Newman, Nels place at girls state tournament

ALBANY –– Groton’s Carmen Bishop and Homer’s Gracie Newman and Brielle Nels all placed at the first New York State Girls Wrestling Tournament Thursday at MVP Arena. Carmen …

Homer, Groton girls to take on state tournament

Three Homer and three Groton girls wrestlers will vie for a state championship Thursday at MVP Arena in Albany. Homer’s Brielle Nels, Gracie Newman and Molly Sorenson and Groton’s Phoebe …

Lines wins sectional title for Homer boys wrestling

SYRACUSE –– Homer’s Hunter Lines leaped into his coaches’ arms as the final whistle blew in the third round of the Section III Division II boys’ 138-pound sectional …

Tough second quarter dooms Homer girls basketball

The Homer girls basketball team struggled for eight minutes Thursday night at Homer High School, and that proved to be the difference. Homer lost the second quarter 22-11 in a 62-47 loss to Phoenix …

Homer has banner day at Class B championships

Homer won the Section III Class B boys wrestling title for the first time in school history Saturday, with 10 total place finishers, seven finalists and four champions. Seniors Hunter Lines (138 …

Homer boys basketball earns huge comeback victory

The halftime mood Saturday at Homer High School was grim. The Homer boys basketball team trailed Central Square 33-14 and seemed headed for its fourth straight loss. Instead, Homer dominated the …

HOMER Mya Locke (120 pounds) and Brielle Nels (132 pounds) both won their respective weight classes at Saturday’s Homer Lady Legacy Tournament. Locke went 4-0 with three pins and a 20-9 …

Dodds, Roche unlikely contributors for C/H hockey

Cortland/Homer hockey players Quinn Dodds and Rori Roche were left with a decision. Did they want to play the sport they grew up playing at the high school level? The girls could either …

Cortland/Homer hockey wins second straight

Despite falling into a 1-0 hole, the Cortland/Homer hockey team rallied for a 4-1 win over Auburn Thursday at the J.M. McDonald Sports Complex. The win marked the second straight and fourth win in …

‘It was just feeding us'

Owen Johnson got white hot at the right time for Cortland. He knocked down three 3-pointers in a one-minute, 26-second span and his final one put Cortland up 44-43 with 26 ticks left. The …

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 …

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