2025-2026 Southern Tier Athletic Conference Champions
Fall Season
GAME DAY CHEERLEADING
Horseheads (97.9)
Media:
Dan Gilmore Photography
Southern Tier Sports Report
Valley Sports Report
Fox 40
12 News
GOLF
Team – Maine-Endwell (393)
Individual Medalist – Blaise Brixner, Maine-Endwell (73, 1 over par)
Media:
Southern Tier Sports Report
Tioga County Sports Report
Elmira Star-Gazette
The Evening Sun
Fox 40
12 News
News 34
GIRLS SOCCER
Ithaca d. Maine-Endwell 2-0
Ithaca Goals: Isabel Makosch, Sonia Enns
BOYS SOCCER
Maine-Endwell d. Oneonta 2-0
Maine-Endwell Goals: Landon Stenta (twice)
VOLLEYBALL
Ithaca 3 - Owego 0
(25-14, 25-15, 25-17)
Ithaca Statistics:
Amiya Patterson - 8 kills
Kiara Thurmond - 17 kills, 10 blocks, 8 aces
Ava Keating - 16 assists, 11 digs
Kalina Korinek - 4 kills, 7 aces
Wren Mauro - 7 digs, 4 aces
Brooke Parker - 10 assists
Samantha O'Connor - 3 aces, 33 assists
Grace Hilker - 3 aces
Owego Statistics:
Maggie Hamed - 11 kills, 5 blocks, 1 dig
Bella Miller - 18 assists, 3 aces, 3 digs
Braelen McLaren - 9 digs, 2 kills, 1 block
Evelyn Howe - 3 blocks, 2 kills, 1 dig
Ava McKeon - 5 kills
Emme Bennett - 7 digs
Peyton Collbaugh - 2 digs, 1 assist
Media:
Tioga Country Sports Report
12 News
GIRLS TENNIS
Vestal 4 - Ithaca 3
Singles:
#1 - Marina Okada (IT) d. Aviva Kaminsky (VES) 6-4, 6-3
#2 - Sophie Sweet (VES) d. Mengdi Zeng (IT) 6-2, 6-2
#3 - Ella Sweet (VES) d. Lily Wang (IT) 6-1, 6-3
#4 - Yeannette Sopchak (IT) d. Bikel Cass (VES) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles:
#1 - Olivia Hao / Andrea Martínez (IT) d. Breana Hardy / Seema Patel (VES) 6-0, 6-2
#2 - Aashrita Kandanati / Medha Bhoomireddi (VES) d. Sareena Payne / Ada Ince (IT) 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7-3)
#3 - Nandhana Sudhan / Meenakshi Chakravadhanula (VES) d. Fanta Coulibaly / Reshmi Huffman (IT) 6-2, 6-2
Media:
Universal Tennis
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Team – Ithaca 34 (Tsadia Bercuvitz 17:18.7, Mattea Dauria 19:28.9, Skyler Lovenheim 20:17.0, Avery Whittaker 20:30.1, Nora Golden 21:30.0)
Individual Medalist – Tsadia Bercuvitz, Ithaca (17:18.7)
Media:
Press & Sun-Bulletin
Press & Sun-Bulletin (photos only)
Southern Tier Sports Report
Tioga Country Sports Report
Valley Sports Report
Fox 40
12 News
NY MileSplit
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Team – Corning 26 (Bryce Hammond, 16:17.3, Christopher Lawson 16:18.7, Nicholas Ferratella 16:21.7, Sebastian Boutwell 16:40.4, Ashtyn Stark 17:04.1)
Individual Medalist – Bryce Hammond, Corning (16:17.3)
Media:
(Same links as girls)
GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING
(No STAC Championship meet is held)
*****
Winter Season
GIRLS WRESTLING
Team - Waverly 160.5
Championship Matches
94 - #1 Alexis Collins, Elmira d. #2 Amirah Clinkscale, Union-Endicott/Maine-Endwell/Vestal (Fall 2:38)
100 - #3 Layla Orinik, Binghamton-Seton d. #1 Alea Hartford, Elmira (Fall 2:29)
107 - #1 Kyrsten Yadlosky, Windsor d. #2 Kaelynn Dickson, Union-Endicott/Maine-Endwell/Vestal (TF 10-0)
114 - #1 Ashlee Crawford-Bauer, Owego d. #3 Ava Noonan, Elmira (Fall 0:48)
120 - #1 Emily Phelps, Chenango Forks d. #2 Lauren Mahon, Corning (Dec 2-0)
126 - #4 Rayna Coller, Ithaca d. #3 Kimberly Olaeta, Windsor (Fall 1:04)
132 - #2 Lily Vesek, Horseheads d. #1 Emma Vanderhoof, Waverly (Fall 1:52)
138 - #1 Chloe Owen, Horseheads d. #2 Tori Reh, Chenango Forks (Fall 0:42)
145 - #1 Delaney Dixon, Windsor d. #2 Payton Little, Oneonta (Fall 2:02)
152 - #1 RaeAnn Craft, Owego d. #2 Jillian Howell, Chenango Forks (TF 2:17)
165 - #1 Jansen Derzanovich, Chenango Forks d. #3 Elona Holmes, Waverly (Fall 2:10)
185 - #1 Teagan McGuinness, Union-Endicott/Maine-Endwell/Vestal d. #2 Cadence Trinidad, Union-Endicott/Maine-Endwell/Vestal (Fall 2:56)
235 - #1 Ellisa Bly, Horseheads d. #6 Izabella Ross, Union-Endicott/Maine-Endwell/Vestal (Fall 2:40)
Media:
Tioga County Sports Report
Valley Sports Report
Southern Tier Sports Report (Horseheads)
Southern Tier Sports Report (Elmira)
Southern Tier Sports Report (Corning)
12 News
Fox 40
WETM
BOYS WRESTLING
Team - Maine-Endwell 195.0
Championship Matches
103 - #4 Gavin Lovell, Owego d. #2 Brody O’Hern, Chenango Forks (Dec 4-1)
110 - #1 Josh Knapp, Horseheads d. #2 Rasheed Scott, Binghamton-Seton (TF 16-1)
118 - #1 Clayton Ritter, Oneonta d. #3 Tanner Knapp, Horseheads (Dec 8-4)
126 - #1 Rhylee Stotler, Waverly d. #3 Dylan Newman, Windsor (MD 16-4)
132 - #1 Gavin Hornsby, Horseheads d. #6 Cooper Axtell, Windsor (MD 14-6)
138 - #1 Daltton Davis, Waverly d. #2 Scott Fairbanks, Elmira (Dec 4-0)
144 - #1 Lavonte Gibbons, Elmira d. #2 Anthony Cardinale, Windsor (Fall 3:16)
150 - #1 Maverick Beckwith, Norwich d. #2 Jerry Harman, Maine-Endwell (TF 22-5)
157 - #2 William Ackley, Johnson City d. #1 Cooper Robinson, Waverly (Fall 1:50)
165 - #1 Zachary Schrage, Horseheads d. #2 Albert Smith, Maine-Endwell (TF 20-5)
175 - #1 Quentin Getzin, Ithaca d. #2 Max Policare, Maine-Endwell (TF 19-3)
190 - #1 Griffin McQuade, Maine-Endwell d. #3 Jaxson Burchard, Horseheads (Fall 5:09)
215 - #2 Matthias Welles, Waverly d. #1 Brennen Riquier, Chenango Valley (MD 8-0)
285 - #1 Troy Beeman, Waverly d. #6 Ryan Evans, Maine-Endwell (Dec 7-2)
Media:
Press & Sun-Bulletin
Press & Sun-Bulletin (photos only)
Tioga County Sports Report
Valley Sports Report
Southern Tier Sports Report (Horseheads)
Southern Tier Sports Report (Elmira)
Southern Tier Sports Report (Corning)
The Evening Sun
12 News
Fox 40
WETM
*****
Division Winners
* STAC Champions
West
Corning (3) – boys cross country*, boys swimming & diving, boys basketball
Elmira (4) – boys soccer, golf, boys wrestling, girls bowling
Horseheads (4) – game day cheerleading*, girls swimming & diving, girls basketball, girls wrestling
Ithaca (4) – girls tennis, girls soccer*, volleyball*, girls cross country*
Metro
Binghamton (1) – golf
Johnson City (0)
Maine-Endwell (11) – boys soccer*, girls soccer, golf*, volleyball, girls swimming & diving, boys wrestling*, girls wrestling, boys swimming & diving, boys basketball, boys bowling, girls basketball
Union-Endicott (1) – girls wrestling
Vestal (4) – girls tennis*, boys cross country, girls cross country, girls wrestling
(Notes: Binghamton won the division for golf, Maine-Endwell earned a Wild Card and won the STAC Championship. Union-Endicott/Maine-Endwell/Vestal are a combined team for girls wrestling.)
Central
Chenango Forks (5) – boys soccer, girls soccer, boys wrestling, girls wrestling, girls basketball
Chenango Valley (3) – boys wrestling, boys swimming & diving, boys bowling
Owego (3) – volleyball, boys cross country, girls cross country
Seton (3) – girls tennis, golf, boys basketball
Waverly (5) – girls swimming & diving, girls wrestling*, boys wrestling, girls bowling, boys bowling
East
Norwich (2) – golf, girls cross country
Oneonta (8) – boys soccer, girls soccer, volleyball, girls swimming & diving, boys cross country, boys wrestling, girls wrestling, boys basketball
Susquehanna Valley (3) – girls tennis, boys wrestling, girls basketball
Windsor (2) – boys wrestling, boys swimming & diving
(Notes: No STAC Championships awarded in boys or girls swimming. No division champions crowned for fall [game day] or winter [competitive] cheerleading.)