Staff Report
Kim Cordova's serving led Oneonta High to a tight victory in the first game and the fifth-seeded Yellowjackets cruised thereafter, beating No. 4 Corning East, 3-0, in a Section Four Class B volleyball quarterfinal Tuesday.
OHS (10-5) won, 25-23, 25-9, 25-12, in a match played at Maine-Endwell.
Cordova served the final three points of the first game.
"It was definitely Kim Cordova's serving," OHS coach Lee Ferrara said of the key to the Yellowjackets' Game 1 win. "She started off serving and gave us a 7-0 lead. Then it went back and forth for awhile and Kim came back to serve again and pushed us through. We rolled right through the next two games."
Val Ridgway and Kasondra Hughes had eight kills apiece for the Yellowjackets. Calla Losie contributed 21 assists, and Cordova finished with six aces and three digs.
Next for Oneonta is a round-robin tournament between the other three teams to reach the semifinals at 4 p.m. Thursday at Horseheads. Top-seeded Owego, second-seeded Windsor and third-seeded Maine-Endwell also advanced Tuesday.
Owego beat Dryden, Windsor downed Chenango Valley and Maine-Endwell ousted Johnson City. All the matches were decided by 3-0 scores.
Ferrara said OHS will play each of the semifinalists in two-game matches. The two teams with the best overall records will advance to the final Saturday, back at Horseheads.
OHS 3, Corning East 0
SECTION FOUR CLASS B
Quarterfinal at Maine-Endwell
Game scores: 25-23, 25-9, 25-12.
5-Oneonta (10-5): Calla Losie 21 assists; Kim Cordova 3 digs, 6 aces; Val Ridgway 8 kills, 2 blocks; Kasondra Hughes 8 kills.
4-Corning East: Danielle Lazore 3 kills, 2 aces; Natalie Rector 1 kill, 1 block.
{"HeadlineLight14"/}Field Hockey
Whitney Point 7, Walton 1
Jaime Dean had five goals and an assist as host Whitney Point won a Section Four Class C semifinal.
The Eagles (16-0-2) scored four times in the second half to pull away.
"They definitely stepped it up," said Walton coach Brynne Hoover-Daye, whose team was outshot, 23-6. "Their passing was good and we weren't responding quick enough. We were kind of a step behind everything and against a team so good and disciplined, you can't be a step behind."
Erin Butler scored with 10 minutes, 26 seconds remaining in the first half to cut Walton's deficit to 2-1. Brooke Spencer made 15 saves for the fourth-seeded Warriors (13-5).
Walton, which won its first Midstate Athletic Conference division title this year, also finished with a school-record 13 victories, Hoover-Daye said.
"I told the girls after the game they have to remember everything they accomplished," she said. "But it's tough to end on a game like that."
Whitney Point 7, Walton 1
SECTION FOUR CLASS C
Semifinal
Walton1 0 _ 1
Whitney Point3 4 _ 7
4-Walton (13-5): Erin Butler 1-0.
1-Whitney Point (16-0-2): Jaime Dean 5-1, Mary Knapp 1-1, Stacey Davis 1-0, Karli Theleman 0-2, Paige Monsen 0-2.
Shots-penalty corners: W 6-4; WP 23-13.
Goalies: Brooke Spencer (Wa) 15; Anna Aiello (WP) 4.
{"HeadlineLight14"/}Cross Country
STAC Championships
Oneonta High's girls and boys teams finished 11th and 12th, respectively, in the Southern Tier Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday at Hickories Park in Owego.
Erin Mushtare's 49th-place finish paced OHS' girls. She completed the 3.1-mile course in 23 minutes, 10 seconds _ two seconds ahead of teammate Alissa Garufi, who finished 50th. Johnson City's Lauren Mullins won in 18:42.
Ithaca won the team title with 63 points. OHS had 270.
Jesse Hamway led the Yellowjackets' boys, placing 26th in 18:01. Chenango Valley's Max Straneva crossed first in 16:12. Ithaca's boys won with 62 points. OHS had 314.
The Yellowjackets will compete in the Section Four Class B meet Thursday at Chenango Valley State Park.
STAC Championships
Saturday at Hickories Park, Owego
Boys team scores: 1, Ithaca 62, 13, Oneonta 314.
Winner: Max Straneva (CV) 16:12 over 3.1-mile course.
Oneonta runners: 26, Jesse Hamway 18:01; 56, Levi Anderson 18:53; 60, Zach Rabeler 19:04; 95, Josh Moss 21:39; 96, Aki Shastri 21:40.
Girls team scores: 1, Ithaca 63; 11, Oneonta 270.
Winner: Lauren Mullins (JC) 18:42.
Oneonta runners: 49, Erin Mushtare 23:10; 50, Alissa Garufi 23:12; 58, Kim Scofield 23:25; 64, Fable Booker 23:34; 80, Lisa Deemer 24:56; 92, Zuzana Hola 26:06.
