THE SPORTS REPORTS: TIOGA'S SINDONI, WAVERLY'S LaFOREST, SACKETT NAMED ZIFF LAW FIRM REGIONAL 'ATHLETES OF THE WEEK' (2023-01-30)
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Tioga senior Emily Sindoni, and Waverly junior Mackenzie LaForest have been pioneers on wrestling mats, and Waverly senior Jerrell Sackett has been on a record-breaking tear in the pool. They are the The Sports Reports / Ziff Law Firm Regional “Athletes of the Week,” for the week ending Jan. 28. ...more

COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL: HAGGARD HELPS NAZARETH PAST ELMIRA COLLEGE, HAS PLAYED BIG ROLE IN 15-3 SEASON FOR GOLDEN FLYERS (24 PHOTOS) (2023-01-30)
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ELMIRA — Corning graduate Jordan Haggard was back in the area over the weekend, helping to lead Nazareth to an 88-41 win at Elmira College.
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ON TAP TODAY: HORSEHEADS AND CORNING MEET IN BOWLING ACTION (2023-01-30)
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The Horseheads bowling team hosts Corning today and Elmira is also home on the day.
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HIGH SCHOOL INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD: CORNING BOYS AND GIRLS CLAIM RWTL CHAMPIONSHIPS (24 PHOTOS) (2023-01-29)
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HOUGHTON — The Corning boys and girls won the titles at the RWTL Championship at Houghton College over the weekend.

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THE WEEK AHEAD: BUSY TUESDAY HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF LOCAL SPORTS (2023-01-29)
By Brian Fees
Southern Tier Sports Report
After a light start to the week on Monday, things get busy with 11 events on Tuesday as there are 34 events this week on the local schedule.
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ELMIRA COLLEGE HOSTS EC WINTER CHEER CHALLENGE (24 PHOTOS) (2023-01-29)
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The Elmira College cheer team hosted the Elmira College Winter Cheer Challenge on Sunday morning.
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HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADING: HORSEHEADS VARSITY, MIDDLE SCHOOL CHEER TEAMS COMPETE AT EC WINTER CHEER CHALLENGE (24 PHOTOS) (2023-01-29)
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The Horseheads cheer teams competed at the Elmira College Winter Cheer Challenge on Sunday morning.
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HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADING: EDISON WINS CO-ED DIVISION AT EC WINTER CHEER CHALLENGE (21 PHOTOS) (2023-01-29)
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The Edison cheer team competed at the Elmira College Winter Cheer Challenge on Sunday morning.
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HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADING: ELMIRA COPETES AT EC WINTER CHEER CHALLENGE (15 PHOTOS) (2023-01-29)
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The Elmira cheer team competed at the Elmira College Winter Cheer Challenge on Sunday morning.

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STSR PRESENTS THE DRAKE HVAC ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: CORNING'S BOOKER AND NOTRE DAME'S NORDIN (2023-01-29)
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There were a lot of great performances this week, leading to some tough choices for the athlete of the week honors. In the end, it was Corning’s Logan Booker and Notre Dame’s Jade Nordin who are the Southern Tier Sports Report, sponsored by Drake HVAC Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning, Athletes of the Week.
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' BASKETBALL: CORNING PICKS UP NON-LEAGUE WIN OVER MIDLAKES (24 PHOTOS) (2023-01-28)
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CORNING — A big second half helped Corning pull away for a 62-52 win over Midlakes in a non-league game on Saturday night.

Down 16-13 after one quarter, Corning outscored Midlakes 14-8 in the second to lead 27-24 at the half.

Corning outscored Midlakes 35-28 in the second half to seal the win.
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HIGH SCHOOL INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD: LOCALS SHINE AT SECTION IV CLASSIC (2023-01-28)
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CORNELL — It was a strong day for locals at the Section IV Classic at Cornell University on Saturday as locals picked up wins in five events on the day.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' BASKETBALL: ELMIRA PICKS UP NON-LEAGUE WIN OVER GENEVA (24 PHOTOS) (2023-01-28)
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ELMIRA — Down two entering the fourth quarter, Elmira rallied in the final eight minutes to beat Geneva 61-57 on Saturday.

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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' BASKETBALL: MEGAN WOLF NETS 23, BUT HORSEHEADS IS EDGED BY BINGHAMTON (2023-01-28)
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HORSEHEADS — The Horseheads girls’ basketball team scored 23 points, but fell to Binghamton on Saturday, 38-33.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' SWIMMING & DIVING: CORNING, ELMIRA COMPETE AT M-E WHITEOUT INVITATIONAL (2023-01-28)
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ENDWELL — The Corning boys’ swimming and diving team took second at the Maine-Endwell Whiteout Invitational, while Elmira finished ninth.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' BASKETBALL: EDISON FALLS AT NEWARK VALLEY (2023-01-28)
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NEWARK VALLEY — The Edison boys’ basketball team fell behind early and dropped a game at Newark Valley 73-17.
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' BASKETBALL: ABRAMS NETS 28, ELMIRA HAS FOUR WITH SEVEN OR MORE AS THEY HOLD OFF VESTAL (24 PHOTOS) (2023-01-28)
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ELMIRA — The Elmira girls’ basketball team held off a Vestal rally as they picked up a 66-56 STAC victory on Saturday afternoon.

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HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: HORSEHEADS BATTLES THROUGH TWO MATCHES AT STATE DUALS (24 PHOTOS) (2023-01-28)
By Brian Fees
Southern Tier Sports Report
SYRACUSE — Sometimes the flip of a coin can make all the difference in a wrestling match.

The Horseheads wrestling team may have gone 0-2 at the NYSPHSAA Division I Duals at SRC Arena on Saturday, but the second match was a barn-the duals burner where every matchup made a difference, and Burnt Hills winning the coin flip played a role in the matchups.
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COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: EC WOMEN FALL TO FISHER AS FORMER SECTION 4 STAR TOMASSO HELPS LEAD SJF (24 PHOTOS) (2023-01-28)
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ELMIRA — The Elmira College Women's Basketball team dropped its Friday evening matchup against the visiting Cardinals from St. John Fisher University, 71-54. After gaining an early 8-2 lead, the Soaring Eagles were unable to take advantage of forcing the Cardinals into a near season-high turnovers (22), as Fisher used a 22-6 advantage over the final five minutes of the opening quarter to propel themselves to victory. ...more

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' BASKETBALL: EDISON GIRLS FALL TO STATE-RANKED NV (22 PHOTOS) (2023-01-28)
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ELMIRA HEIGHTS — A big first-half by Newark Valley proved to be the difference as the Edison girls fell to the state-ranked Cardinals on Friday night.

Taking on an unbeaten team ranked sixth in Class B this year, that was a state finalist a year ago, the Spartans fell behind 33-13 at the half, and weren’t able to come back in the second half.
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ON TAP TODAY: HORSEHEADS WRESTLE AT STATE DUALS ON BUSY DAY OF LOCAL SPORTS (2023-01-28)
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The Horseheads boys’ wrestling team competes at the New York State, Division I Duals, while there is basketball, swimming and diving and track and field also on today’s schedule.
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COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL: EC MEN FALL AT HOME TO ST. JOHN FISHER (18 PHOTOS) (2023-01-27)
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ELMIRA, N.Y. – The Elmira College men's basketball team dropped its Friday evening matchup to the visiting Cardinals of St. John Fisher University, 96-73. After falling behind 10-0 in the first two minutes of play, the Soaring Eagles would fight back to eventually take its first lead of the game with 8:33 remaining in the first half (24-22) following a made jumper from Riley Spencer '26.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' BASKETBALL: ELMIRA PICKS UP VICTORY AT VESTAL (2023-01-27)
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VESTAL — Anthony Kitching had 11 first-quarter points and Elmira outscored Vestal 15-5 in the fourth quarter as they won on the road 71-54 on Friday night.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' BASKETBALL: HORSEHEADS HAS FOUR IN DOUBLE FIGURES AS THEY WIN AT BINGHAMTON (2023-01-27)
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BINGHAMTON — The Horseheads Boys basketball team had four players score in double figures as they picked up a 74-65 win at Binghamton on Friday night.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' BASKETBALL: ND PICKS UP ROAD WIN OVER WG AS MALONEY NETS 19 (2023-01-27)
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WATKINS GLEN — The Notre Dame boys’ basketball team got a big win on the road, topping Watkins Glen 66-63 as three players scored in double figures in the win.
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' BASKETBALL: DINARDO NETS 25 BUT CORNING IS EDGED BY STATE-RANKED U-E (2023-01-27)
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CORNING — The Corning girls’ basketball team was edged by state-ranked Union-Endicott 72-66 on Friday night despite 25 points from Jenna DiNardo.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' BASKETBALL: BOOKER NETS DOUBLE-DOUBLE WITH 29 POINTS AS CORNING TOPS STATE-RANKED U-E (2023-01-28)
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ENDICOTT — In a rematch of last year’s STAC Championship, the Corning Hawks picked up a 76-61 win over Union-Endicott to move to 8-4 on the season.
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' WRESTLING: HORSEHEADS HAS FOUR WRESTLE AT FIRST STATE TOURNEY, TWO NOTCH WINS ON THE DAY (2023-01-27)
By Brian Fees
Southern Tier Sports Report
SYRACUSE — Competing at the first girls state wrestling championship, Horseheads had two wrestlers pick up pins on the day.
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' BASKETBALL: MALONEY NETS 19 AS ND EDGES WATKINS GLEN (24 PHOTOS) (2023-01-28)
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SOUTHPORT — The Notre Dame girls’ basketball team got 19 points from Shannon Maloney as they held on for a 44-43 win over Watkins Glen on Friday night.
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' WRESTLING: COOK MAKES HISTORY AS THE FIRST AREA STATE MEDALIST (14 PHOTOS) (2023-01-28)
By Brian Fees
Southern Tier Sports Report
SYRACUSE — Jade Cook made history on Friday night as she became the first local state medalist in girls’ wrestling.
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' WRESTLING: ONE DAY AFTER GETTING THE CALL TO GO TO STATES EDISON'S JOHNSON HOLDS HER OWN WITH STATE'S BEST (7 PHOTOS) (2023-01-27)
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SYRACUSE — Just one day ago Edison’s Abigail Johnson found out she was going to get a chance to compete at the state wrestling meet.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' SWIMMING & DIVING: DEGNAN WINS 100 & 200 FREE, BUT ELMIRA FALLS TO WATKINS GLEN/O-M (2023-01-26)
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ELMIRA — Andrew Degnan had two individual wins on the day, but the Elmira boys’ swimming and diving team was edged by Watkins Glen-Odessa Montour on Thursday, 95-80.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOWLING: ND GIRLS WIN 3RD GAME, OVERALL BY ONE PIN TO TOP LANSING ON SENIOR NIGHT (24 PHOTOS) (2023-01-26)
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ELMIRA — By the narrowest of margins the Notre Dame girls’ bowling team beat Lansing 3-1 on senior night on Thursday.
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' WRESTLING: SEVEN WRESTLERS FROM HORSEHEADS AND CORNING SET TO WRESTLE AT STATES (2023-01-26)
By Brian Fees
Southern Tier Sports Report
Seven Horseheads and Corning girls’ wrestlers are set to compete at the state meet, the Girls’ Wrestling Invitational at SRC Arena on Friday.
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' BASKETBALL: SHEEHAN HAVING BREAKOUT OFFENSIVE SEASON FOR CRUSADERS (2023-01-26)
By Brian Fees
Southern Tier Sports Report
Early on this season Mallory Sheehan started putting up one big offensive game after another, and the next thing you knew her confidence was soaring.
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ON TAP TODAY: BOWLING AND SWIMMING TAKE CENTER STAGE (2023-01-26)
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There are a pair of local events on today’s schedule as Elmira’s swimming and diving team is home and Notre Dame’s bowling team is home.
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COLLEGE WRESTLING: HORSEHEADS GRAD LEVEY WINS NY COLLEGIATE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR ALFRED STATE (2023-01-25)
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Horseheads graduate Zachary Levey won the 133 pound bracket at the New York Collegiate State Championships over the weekend for Alfred State’s wrestling team.
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COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: ELMIRA GRAD HOLMES HAS DOUBLE-DOUBLE AS ONONDAGA CC PICKS UP WIN (2023-01-25)
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Elmira graduate Zhane Holmes had a double-double and was the player of the game for Onondaga Community College athletics as they beat Niagara County Community College 69-66 in a battle of nationally ranked teams.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' SWIMMING & DIVING: CORNING PICKS UP WIN AT ITHACA (2023-01-24)
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ITHACA — The Corning swimming and diving team went on the road and picked up a 92-82 win over Ithaca on Tuesday.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' BASKETBALL: EVERY CORNING PLAYER SCORES IN WIN OVER VESTAL (24 PHOTOS) (2023-01-25)
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CORNING — Every Corning player scored as the Hawks beat Vestal 84-29 on Tuesday night in boys’ basketball action.
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