Girls volleyball Bears fall to Tully

By PHil BlACkWEll

In its first nine matches of the season, all victories, the Chittenango girls volleyball team had only dropped two sets while recording seven sweeps.

One of those sets was gained by Tully in the Dec. 6 opener. The Black Knights hadn’t lost since, and last Tuesday it would dominate on its home court, handing the Bears a three-set loss.

All through the opening set, Tully kept making the plays it needed, eventually claiming a 25-16 margin, and while Chittenango improved in the second, it still dropped a 25-22 decision.

The Black Knights won the third set 25-20 to close it out, Samantha Garback putting away 16 kills and helped by Catherine Lund, who got 18 digs to go with her eight kills. Keagan Usherwood had seven kills as, on the back line, Alexa Shay managed 31 assists and 20 digs, Veronica Kowalewski adding 15 digs.

On the Bears’ side, Rachel Gilbert, with seven kills, was the only Chittenango player with more than two. Alex Sylstra had 10 assists as

Margaret H. Frisbey, 94 raised nine children

Margaret Howe “Peg” Frisbey, 94, passed peacefully on Jan. 20, 2023, one day short of her 95th birthday. Peg was born on Jan. 21, 1928, in Highland Park, MI, to Earl and Madeleine Howe. She spent summers at her grandparents, aunts and uncle’s farms as a child in Erieville, N.Y. Peg was a graduate of Boston University but her greatest achievement was when she moved as a young bride to a farm in Erieville in 1953 and went on to raise nine children. When the children were mostly grown and out on their own, Peg went to work at Dielectric Laboratories for 17 years.

Peg was a member of the Cazenovia Golf Club for over 40 years and cherished her many years of weekly card games with Peg Hughes, Karen Ferrari and Patsy Hagen along with regular subs Janette Blair and Betty Putney. Time spent with her besties Joan Keith and Doris Holmes were the highlight of her week for years, whether it was at the “Coddige,” rides for ice cream or time sitting on the deck chat- to pace the Lakers there.

Taylor Streiff (25 digs), Cara Keilbasa (20 digs), Anna Spencer (16 digs) and Stephanie Huckabee (14 digs) all played well on defense.

Chittenango roared back on Thursday to sweep Port Byron 25-21, 25-17, 25-16 and improve its mark to 10-1 ahead of matches this week against Cincinnatus and East Syracuse Minoa.

Meanwhile, in boys volleyball Chittenango faced a test Saturday when it took on 4-1 Canastota, and though it was tighter than previous matches, the Bears still prevailed in three.

Both the opening set, which went 25-21, and the third set, which finished 25-22, saw Chittenango have to come up with late points, with an impressive 25-15 second set in between.

Cole Thomas picked up 23 assists, also getting three aces to equal Tanner Smith as Lawson Pagorek led the defense, earning 14 digs.

Up front, Landon Parks led the way, earning 11 kills, helped by Quinn O’Brien’s six kills and Trevor Cole’s five kills as Kai Streeter finished with four kills and the Bears looked ahead to a big match Tuesday against Vernon-VeronaSherrill.

Cam Scheilber, Bryson Weaver and Braden Carnahan in the goal-scoring column.

This was just the first of three games in four nights for the Lakers, who went to State Fair Coliseum 24 hours later to face Liverpool and, doing its all of its damage in the early going, beat the Warriors 4-2.

Twice in the first period, Hull struck for goals, with Donlin also finding the net to go with an assist and then adding a second-period tally to give his side a 4-0 edge. Scheibler, Weaver and Forrest Ives also had assists.

Though Evan Haskins and Erol Abadzic earned third-period goals from Liverpool, it didn’t put much consistent pressure of Ezra Stahlberg, who finished with 12 saves.

Then in Saturday’s game against Ithaca at the IcePlex, the Lakers prevailed again, riding a quick start to an eventual 3-2 victory over the Little Red.

Ives got the Lakers in front in the first period, deflecting a Newcomb pass home, and then Ives assisted when Donlin made it 2-0 later in the period. Ithaca got on the board early in the second, but Ives answered it, which gave the Lakers a 3-1 edge before the Little Red pulled back within one before intermission.

All through the third, Ithaca tried to pull even, but could not do so, Tucker Ives eventually gaining 16 saves and the Lakers improving to 7-6-1 ahead of games this week against Fulton and CBA/Jamesville-DeWitt.

Cazenovia achieved a host of other seasontopping performances in the jumps led by Mehlbaum’s 4’8” effort in the high jump for fourth.

Sofie Reger had two record performances as she cleared 4’6” in the high jump and 7’6” in the pole vault to earn seventh. Stearns had her best long jump ever at 14’1”, while McMurtrie posted her best efforts of the winter in both the long and triple jumps.

Maddy Rothfeld led Cazenovia in the throws with two sixth place performances as she hit 29’2 ¾” in the weight and 25’9” in the shot. Teammates Karly Vaas (26’7 ¾”) and Olivia Morse (24’7 ½”) each hit season bests in the weight while Alayna Berson topped her previous best with a 24’5” in the shot.

The competition was the Lakers’ final regular-season event, and it will now focus on training and preparation for their upcoming league (Feb. 1) and Section III (Feb. 8) championships as it strives to match last winter’s Class B-2 title performance.

Caz girls hoops goes 1-1, beats Hamilton

By PHil BlACkWEll

Once the Chittenango girls basketball team had its Jan. 13 win over Cazenovia secured, the question turned into where each of these sides would head next.

The Lakers proved successful last Wednesday against state Class D no. 13-ranked Hamilton, the Lakers able to battle to a 32-27 win over the Emerald Knights.

Neither side produced much in the first three quarters, leading to a stalemate. Then, in the final period, Cazenovia went in front for good, ultimately outscoring Hamilton 10-5 in those last eight minutes.

On Friday night, Cazenovia lost 4530 to Hannibal, the game a close one most of the way, but only after the Warriors roared to a 15-5 lead in the first quarter.

Obituaries

ting for hours. Peg is survived by her children, Marianne (Scott) Appell of Charolette, NC, Dale Frisbey of Tahoe, CA, Nancy Frisbey (Sean Palmer) of Cazenovia, Sarah Frisbey of Hickory, NC, Martha (Larry) Lytle of Winston Salem, NC, John (Gretta) Frisbey of Granite Falls, NC and Keith (Tammy) Frisbey of New Woodstock, N.Y.; grandchildren, Wayne Jones, Jason Jones, Patrick Frisbey, Nolan Frisbey, Lucy Eller; great grandson, Riley O’Hara; nieces, Madeleine Howe and Mary Howe. She is predeceased by her parents; her brother, Richard Howe; sons Craig and Jay, and by her grandson, Liam Bola.

A memorial service is to be determined. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation at jdrf.org or to CAVAC, 106 Nelson St., Cazenovia, NY 13035. Condolences for the Frisbey family may be left at michaelebrownfuneralservices.com.

Robert W. Gregg, Jr. Former Cazenovia Mayor

Robert W. Gregg, Jr., was a lifelong resident of Cazenovia and an active member of the community. He died Jan. 16, 2023, from Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and COPD. Born March 15, 1943, he was in the Class of 1961 at Cazenovia High School, and earned undergraduate and master’s degrees in secondary social studies from SUNY Cortland. Bob went on to teach high school social studies in the Cazenovia Central School District, and was the social studies department leader for 20 years of his 30 years of teaching. He also served on the village of Cazenovia Board of Trustees for three terms, served two terms as mayor, from 19751978, and was chairman of the Village Board of Appeals.

Bob is survived by his wife Sally Travis Gregg, son Michael (Christine) grandchildren Mackenzie and Morgan Gregg of Cazenovia, daughter Diane (Rocco) grandchildren Sam and Sally Galasso of Cazenovia, sister Mara- vene Marion of Manlius, brother John (Heidi) Gregg of Sparta, NJ, sister Debra (David) Johnson of Newark, NY, and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Trying to fight back, the Lakers saw Ella Baker put up nine points and Bess Johnson add eight points, but Hannibal had Tenly Baker (19 points), Olivia Kuc (11 points) and Samantha Edmonds (10 points) all reach double figures.

In the Bears’ case, it put its 3-8 record on the line last Tuesday against 9-2, state-ranked Skaneateles, who never let Chittenango do too much until the latter stages as it lost by a score of 49-39.

These other Lakers never let Chittenango get to double digits in any of the first three quarters, the deficit growing to 39-26 as Maddy Ramsgard, with 18 points, and Allie Michel, with 13 points, led the visitors.

A late push was led by Alazayah Smith, who had 12 points. Mia McReynolds finished with eight points as Abby Scheidleman got six points.

Bob enjoyed family and friends, reading, golfing, skiing, floating in the pool and time spent on Sanibel Island and Martha’s Vineyard. He was a fan of the New York Yankees, Giants and SU sports.

Those who knew Bob know that he especially liked to laugh and argue for causes he believed in. “He will be missed by those that liked him and those that didn’t.”

A Celebration of Life will be held for Bob at the Lincklaen House from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Contributions in Bob’s memory may be made payable to the Cazenovia Central School District, 31 Emery St., Cazenovia, NY 13035, Att: Amy Haube to be used to establish a scholarship in Bob’s name for students enrolling in education or political science college courses. Condolences for the Gregg family may be left at michaelebrownfuneralservices.com.