While the Redskins are a dominant team again this year, they should get a mighty battle from Bainbridge-Guilford-Afton at Saturday’s 18th annual Invitational, Howard said.

``B-G-A is very strong, and they’ll take a lot of first place finishes,’’ Howard said. ``They key for us will be scoring points in every event. We’ve been able to do that so far in our meets this year, but we don’t know if we can do that in the big meets. We’ll find out.’’

Cooperstown’s distance crew, headed by senior Stephen Scrafford, should also help offset some of B-G-A’s power.

The Redskins, who have won 11 of the 17 previous Cooperstown Invitational titles, are also strong in the field events. Triple jump specialist Trevor Huntsman; pole vaulters Josh White and Lucas Niedzialkowski; and shot and discus thrower Kyle Bronson should all score points on Saturday.

Cooperstown has also won five straight league titles.

Howard said Sidney and Oneonta will both compete on Saturday, and both have a history of strong track programs.

``Cobleskill is always an unknown,’’ Howard added. ``And many of the small schools will bring strong individual competitors.’’ [an error occurred while processing this directive]