STAC GIRLS' BASKETBALL: ELMIRA HAS THREE IN DOUBLE FIGURES AS THEY EDGE CORNING ON THE ROAD (24 PHOTOS) (2025-01-15)

Southern Tier Sports Report
CORNING — The Elmira girls’ basketball team had three players score in double figures as they edged Corning 51-47 on Wednesday night.

Alyvia Woodruff had 17 points and Addison Taft had 15 in the game. Mariah Matias finished with 13 points for the Express.

Alyvia Heath had three points, Meya Smith finished with two and Ashaya Wallace had one point.

Elmira led 10-7 after one quarter and 25-20 at the half. Corning got within 35-33 after three, before the Express closed out the game with 16 fourth-quarter points.

Char Starns had 27 points, with four threes, going 5-for-5 from the line for the Hawks.

Makayla Evans had seven points and Evelyn Starns had six in the game.

Kennedy Driscoll and Deanna Shaddock both had three points for Corning, while Lily MacNeal had a point.

Char Starns had a double-double with 15 boards and three steals, Evans had five assists and Evelyn Starns had eight boards, while Shaddock finished with 10 rebounds.

Matias had five fourth-quarter points, hitting three free throws in the final quarter, and Taft hit a three in the fourth, while Woodruff had four fourth-quarter points.

“A really gritty game tonight,” Elmira coach A’Don Allen said. “Corning is much improved and they played really well tonight. Alyvia Woodruff and Sonny Taft hit some big buckets in the fourth quarter and Mariah Matias hit big free throws to get us the win. Three games in six days is tough sledding, especially with two rivalry games in the mix. Proud of the girls to get through this.

“We’ve got 10 days before we play again. Gives us a chance to rest a bit, but also rest and refocus for the rest of the season. The Regents week break from games will give us a chance to fine tune who we are. We believe we still haven’t played our best ball and we want to be doing that as we get deeper in the season.”

Corning coach Julie Pierce is happy with the way her team played.

“I am proud of how we competed,” Pierce said. “We will learn from this loss and keep growing. We are headed in the right direction.”
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PHOTOS BY SHEILA SUTTON.



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