Cortland outplayed by quicker Ithaca outfit in Tuesday 77-62 outcome at IC's Light Gym. Bombers never trail. Up 37-32 at half and quickly open double digit second period lead. IC bigtime controls offensive glass and loose balls. Unloads wave of personnel with 13 Bombers in action by intermission, 10 scoring.
    IC transfer-heavy, though holdovers M. Zenker (16pts), J. O'Neal (14), E. Cabral (11) productive. Cabral nets career 1,000th point in opening half. Bombers excel with press and ball movement. Cockeyed shooting both ways, though most beyond the arc where IC 8x30, RDragons 5x21.
  Quite the familiar Cortland roster BUT LOSSES OF K. ARCURI, A. COSTON MOST EVIDENT! Returning all-star J. Davis with 19pts, 10reb (14, 7 by half). Vet N. Raymond 16pts, 5asts.
  Dragons at Maritime on Friday.

Oswego wins third straight tight one, 74-72 at St. Lawrence despite not scoring for final two minutes. Opening Larries lead 40-37 at half. Four Lakers score double figures, none of them D. Judd (9pts). J. McGhee, A. Foster 15pts apiece.

Oneonta drills Hartwick 103-57. N. Cohen 29pts for Dragons.

Canton bows 94-83 to Clarkson.

Potsdam beaten 92-72 by Utica Poly 

Potsdam tumbles 95-82 to hot shooting Emerson of Boston in UMass Dartmouth tourney title game. Champs land 38x70 buckets (54%) and up 48-41 at half. N. Cortez with 30pt (9x17fg, 4x9 3s, 8x10ft, 4stls) Bear performance. Cortez returning to Potsdam where he played two seasons before a season at Oneonta.

Oswego wins tourney in Cleveland Oh over host Case Western Reserve by 85-84 in overtime. J. McGhee tip-in of his missed shot the winner at 0:00. Lakers trail throughout by single figures ...34-29 half. Lakers finally pull even at 70 on D. Judd tip-in at 1:43 of regulation. A. Foster and G. McLean hoops make it 74-74 to OT. CWR still in charge and build five point lead at 1:13. McLean layup at 0:24 and McGhee FTs at 0:08 bring OSt within 82-81. CWR hikes to 84-81. McGhee hits charity pair at 0:04 prior to his winning hoop. McGhee with 24pts leading five Lakers in double figures. Reserve M. Gasper 18.
    Oswego leads for game total of 75 seconds!

Buff St. drops 88-72 decision to Penn College in Hilbert tourney consi

Delhi wins 101-90 over MCLA MA in RIT tourney consi

Morrisville outscored 97-75 at Albany's Russell Sage

Cobleskill trims Mount St. Mary 95-80

Alfred St. takes Alfred 62-55 for Alfred Cup crown

Canton loses 88-61 to Nazareth in latter's tourney title windup

Fredonia in short end of 66-46 outing vs. Penn St-Behrend

Cortland finds its mojo just before halftime and rolls past host Brockport behind qb Mike Rescigno 42-24. Sixth straight E8 crown and another NCAA berth. RDragons 40th straight conferene win.
  Rescigno with BIG hand ....er, legs and arm, in first five CSt TDs. But not before Bport INT td provides GEagles quick 7-0 lead. First time Cortland's trailed this season. Rescigno runs in tying Dragon score. Port FG makes it 10-7 closing out first period. THEN with two minutes till half. Rescigno hooks up with long 61yd scoring pitch to J. LaPrarie. AND after Dragon defense stiffens, Rescigno tosses 30yd TD pass to Zeva. Voila ...21-10 intermission.
  Second play of final half sees Rescigno gallop 65 yds up the shoot ....TD. Makes it 35-10 in the third frame on end zone flip to J. Iadevio who makes bigtime grab.
    By the numbers ....Rescigno accounts for 386 of Dragons 497 yards -- 18x196 running, 8x17 190yds, 3TDs, 2int passing.
    Will need to clean up some early problems such as yellow flags.... Cortaca on deck

Four SUNYACs reach Saturday tourney title action with Friday wins led by The Bear's upset of UMass Dartmouth.
    Oswego with nifty 73-70 spilling of Trine MI at Cleveland's Case Western Reserve. Lakers meet host squad in finale. J. McGhee 25pts pace OSt, 34-33 leader at half. D. Judd with 15 in foul-plagued 18'. S. Bradley nets 19 going the route.
    Alfred St. beats Carlow PA 80-72 in UAlfred event.
    Canton over Muhlenberg 57-54 at Nazareth
    Delhi falls 80-69 to Lycoming PA in RIT tourney.
    Buff St. comeback just shortin 66-62 loss to Sprngfield at Hilbert

Tipoffs approach for reconstructed 12 team SUNYAC hoops. Will line up in two divisions ...West -- Cortland, Alfred St., Buffalo St., Fredonia, Morrisville, Oswego; East -- Canton, Cobleskill, Delhi, Oneonta, Plattsburgh, Potsdam.
     Newbies Alfred St. from Allegheny Mtn. CC, Delhi and Cobleskill from North Atlantic Conference. New Paltz off to New Jersey AC.

Six SUNYACs launch in Friday/Saturday tourneys. Of particular interest finds '25-26 league runnerup and veteran loaded Oswego to Cleveland OH against Trine of the Michigan Intercollegiate AA while Case Western Reserve meets Kenyon.
    In Alfred, AS vs. Carlow of Pittsburgh while Alfred tests Penn St-Berks.
    Potsdam meets host UMass Dartmough after Baruch vs. Emerson.
    It's Buff St. vs. Springfield MA in the Hilbert tourney. Host vs. Penn College Tech of Williamsport PA
    Delhi Broncos challenge Lycoming PA in RIT first rounder, with RIT vs. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MClA)
    Canton first plays Muhlenberg PA in the Nazareth tourney where Naz faces Keystone PA

    Plattsburgh debuts Friday against Skidmore prior to Wednesday trip to Union

On Saturday, Fredonia opens vs. Penn St-Behrend, Morrisville is at Albany's Russell Sage, and Cobleskill vs. Mount St. Mary

And on Tuesday defending champ Cortland is at Ithaca. Oneonta hosts Hartwick

Didn't see 80 coming by any means, but didn't see anyway Alfred St. would be much of a test for Cortland. Knew AS's 5-2 record was bigtime deceiving .... and on top of that Pioneers without pair of quality players in RB N. Currier and QB C. Stepanski. Major, major losses. Currier has been legitimate A-A player, Stepanski very reliable.
   RDragons took care of business. Some thought 80 was overkill. Down-the-liners were taking the field midway through the third period, and you can't deny those kids a chance to shine, particularly before a Senior Day crowd in CSt regular season home finale. Total of 27 posed in senior pix.
   Nice to see Corts and Bombers with meaningful matches prior to Cortaca. Neither for sure should be caught looking ahead.

Cortland scores every which-way in 80-7 decimating of Alfred St. in RDragons senior day. Concludes regular season home slate. Key conference meeting at Brockport next week. E8 finds Corts 6-0, Bport 5-0.
    Running and passing its way to 38-0 halftime bulge, CSt opens final half with R. Dass Jr. 85 yard TD kickoff return. Dass also has 95 yard TD kickoff runback and contest sees M. Ferguson with 20 yard INT score and C. Callard 47 yard FG. Ten rushers, seven receivers, two passing QBs pile up 470 yards.

Brockport 28-3 today over Alfred, surely keeping Golden Eagles No. 1 nationally in total defense.
   And must be added to tale of Alfred St. woe that mainstays N. Currier at rb and C. Stepanski at qb DNP 
   

Cortland gets all it can handle from St. John Fisher in defensive struggle at CSt. RDragons prevail 28-20. Quite the dueling QBs in M. Rescigno and Fisher's R. Whitney. Both show off legs more than arms, though latter's TD pitch with 1:24 left becomes interesting on ensuing onside kickoff. Dragon J. Zeva finally recovers loose ball. Corts run out the clock.
     Dragons strike early on J. Galea INT and return to SJF one. E. Gallo scores school record 47th career TD. Cards at 7-7 completing long drive with early second period TD. Cortland behind Rescigno ground and air sorties quick to respond for 14-7 edge. Rescigno circles right side from four yards as half expires for 21-7 lead. Momentum swings Fisher way midway through third frame. M. Harshfield to end zone with 42 yard INT.
    Cortland puts together putaway TD drive with 3:32 to play.
    Total yards: Corts 299, SJF 246. Rescigno 20x103yds, 3 TDs running, 6x16 104yd, int passing; Whitney 22x79yds, TD running, 15x29, 139yds, TD passing. Fisher untimely penalties costly. E. Lochner, G. Galea defensive Dragon whizzes ....E. Sparkman for Ca
    Kudos to broadcast crew ...and fewer replays ...Cortland home to Alfred St. next Saturday. Elswhere, Utica 35, Alfred 0; Bport 56, Mooville 0; Ithaca pulls away in second half at Union, 35-14
     
   

Ahhhhh, the rest of the story. From whom else, but The Master of SIDs!!

Wow, technology even at the D3 level. Other angles, other video. Do we go to Master Control, uh someplace at E8 Central?

Actually, video overlooking end zone crossbar shows S. Cotton terrific twisting one-hand sideline grab with nearby official on the spot. Sequence posted on CSt athletics facebook page with rave reviews

Cortland saunters past UAlfred 45-7 in Saturday sun-splashed Yunevich Stadium match. Scores on first two possessions -- No. 1 following N. Jean-Lubin INT -- Saxons' first turnover of the season. Of RDragons' nine game series, seven net points.
    Far from last season's CSt walkover, twas just 14-7 contest till first half closing field goal. Cortland and qb M. Rescigno take control quickly in the final half. Rolls up most of 429-145 total yard difference. Rescigno passes for 241 yds on 25x33 throws, two TD tosses to J. LaPraire including lone 41 yarder, and to E. Gallo. Rescigno 13/81 on the ground where freshmen L. Singleton, J. Kama and Gallo interchange as running backs. Gallo, LaPraire, S. Cotton, J. Zeva head receiving corps.
    Saxson T. Nyquist handful at 23/67 yds, td. Another strong Corts defensive effort in 37th straight Empire 8 win.
    Only other Empire fray finds Brockport's 14 fourth quarter points taking out Alfred St. Was 14-14 intermission. Contending Fisher at Cortland next Saturday.
    Two observations: Wish Rescigno would look off an initial receiver once in a while (but who are we to fault success) ......and a couple of Alfred challenges made on ruled Cortland catches including Zevo end zone snatch. Officials apparently went to video review. Video review? Guessing single camera video from press box used. Catches made far side of the field on sidelines. Both 'upheld.' Totally impossible to overturn IMO.   

Cortland legs out 31-21 dismissal of homecoming-host Utica in test of unbeatens. RDragons run for 235yds of their 327 and 3 td total. Pioneers throw for 260yds of 320 total. But obvious key sequence  comes at 0:01 till half when N. Jean-Lubin goes CSt record 100 yards with interception. Twas 21-7 at the time.
    Corts could have sealed it on initial second half series but fumbled it away on first down pickup at UC 10. Settled in final half after reaching UC 2 for Collard 24yd FG making it 31-14.
    QB M. Rescigno lugs 13 times for 106 net yards; passes just 6x7 for 92yds in win. Got first hand taste of Utica strong-armed qb T. Szalkowski who delivers 260yds on 29x52 flips and THAT one INT. And Cortland secondary actually did well!! Utica converts 12 of 20 third down calls.
    Pioneer G. Zawold with 11 catches, 51yds; L. Frederick 2 td snags. Dragon S. Cotton 4 receptions for 76yds. E. Gallo 15x49yds, 3 td; J. Karma 6x54 running.
    No one inquired but wouldn't have minded the elusive Rescigno running more. Got off nifty 71 yd. early run leading to td.
    Cortland idle next week, then at Alfred, home to Fisher. 

Actually was official 100yd INT return by CSt All American DB N. Jean-Lubin. Comes with Utica with one yard for TD and 0:01 on the clock. UC qb T. Szalkowski rolls right and pitches right to end zone where Jean-Lubin darts in front of receiver. Provides 28-7 RDragon halftime lead.
   Corts in charge for a quarter into second frame. Take 21-0 lead on three E. Gallo short td scampers. Second set up by qb M. Rescigno 71yd twisting run . Blocked punt lead to a third score.
   Szalkowski arm brings Pioneers back, particularly escaping 3rd-and-24 completion to Cortland 36 in Utica closing drive. Has 1st-and-goal from the four. Szalkowski 15x28 passing for 139yds after slow start. Dragon ground game at work, with Rescigno just 2x3, 42yds passing.

Cortland rolls with ease 62-6 at home. Receiver J. LaPrarie 3td catches from M. Rescigno. RDragons 38-0 at half and deploy handful of qb's. At respectable Utica next week. Pioneers also romp today

There's joy at Hartwick!!!! Hawks' FG at 0:12 .....no, not a winnah. Just brings Wick WITHIN 55-3 at final whistle in Cortland home debut. RDragons 3-0 in runaway fashion. Score first possession and hold 20-0 halftime lead. Have 543-96 yard gap at the finish. Another stout defensive performance.
  Corts with a few new wrinkles on the attack ....M. Rescigno 14x179 running with td gallops of 44 and 60 yards. Passes for 241yds (14x22, 2td, int). First year L. Singleton 14 and 19yd td receptions. E. Gallo 12x61, 2td. Hawks fr L. Smith with 31yd FG in closing ticks. Wick 1-2.
  Next up M'ville who give Union genuine battle today.

Bit of an overload on Cortland video replays ...OMG!!! Difficult deciphering live action from replays. But, hey, no FLO involved so we're happy campers

Rather uninspiring first half where defenses prevailed (and Cortland up 10-0 on M. Rescigno to S. Cotton 18 yd. TD pass with seconds left), RDragons  strike early in final half to begin pullaway. Go on to 26-0 win over Union in Schnectady. Despite final margin, defending LL champ Dutchmen veteran 'D' a headache for guests. But Union attack and untimely penalties low points. CSt guard limits Union to 31 yds rushing, 98 passing.
    Rescigno with 102 yds (13 lugs) on the ground, 137 passing (13x24, td). E. Gallo scores twice from short range and held to 55 yds (17 totes). Soph pk C. Callard hits 34, 24 yd field goals.
    Dragons 2-0 and Hartwick next up in home and Empire League opener. 'Wick today shellacking Buffalo St. Union falls to 0-2, same same as year ago before claiming LL
laurels.

Wondering, anyone else viewing Corts/Union game think analyst was in next room talking to main guy on the same mic? Or is my stereo speaker need work?