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)
*****
Division Winners
* STAC Champions
West
Corning (1) – boys cross country*
Elmira (2) – boys soccer, golf
Horseheads (2) – game day cheerleading*, girls swimming & diving
Ithaca (4) – girls tennis, girls soccer*, volleyball*, girls cross country*
Metro
Binghamton (1) – golf
Johnson City (0)
Maine-Endwell (5) – boys soccer*, girls soccer, golf*, volleyball, girls swimming & diving
Union-Endicott (0)
Vestal (3) – girls tennis*, boys cross country, girls cross country
(Note: Binghamton won the division for golf, Maine-Endwell earned a Wild Card and won the STAC Championship)
Central
Chenango Forks (2) – boys soccer, girls soccer
Chenango Valley (0)
Owego (3) – volleyball, boys cross country, girls cross country
Seton (2) – girls tennis, golf
Waverly (2) – girls swimming & diving
East
Norwich (2) – golf, girls cross country
Oneonta (5) – boys soccer, girls soccer, volleyball, girls swimming & diving, boys cross country
Susquehanna Valley (1) – girls tennis
Windsor (0)
(Notes: No STAC Championships awarded in boys or girls swimming. No division champions crowned for fall [game day] or winter [competitive] cheerleading.)