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Thursday, February 21, 2008
Coop boys, girls advance to semifinals
Both the Cooperstown boys and girls basketball teams will play in Section Three Class C-1 semifinals this week.
CV-S girls relish historic win in T-V Championship Game, 46-35
ONEONTA - The Cherry Valley- Springfield girls basketball team left no doubt on Saturday. The Patriots led the Tri-Valley Championship Game against defending champion Morris from start to finish, and the 46-35 victory was the program's first T-V title since the schools merged in 1989. "It was just a wonderful experience for our girls," said CV-S girls basketball coach Amy Garretson. "We were focused and just didn't let anything stop us."
World's largest soccer game planned
ONEONTA - In his first year at the SUNY College at Oneonta in 1988, College President Alan B. Donovan played goalie in a soccer game in which over 750 players attempted to set a record for the World's Largest Soccer Game.
Swim team completes successful season
The Cooperstown boys swim team rode the wave of a successful league championship into an impressive Section III sectional meet. There were four school records broken between the two meets, and scores of personal bests.
Volleyball swept in first finals appearance
SYRACUSE - Sickness, missing players and the bright lights of playing in a section final caught up to the Cooperstown volleyball team Saturday, as they were swept by Tully in the Section Three Class C-1 title game at Jamesville-DeWitt High School.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Coop boys, girls to host sectional doubleheader Fri.
The Cooperstown boys basketball team has received the top seed in the Section Three Class C-1 tournament, and after a first round bye will host a quarterfinal game on Friday night at 7:30 p.m.
Milford goes for upset in T-V boys title game Saturday
ONEONTA - A case could be made that the Milford boys basketball team backed into Saturday's Tri-Valley Championship Game against Laurens, but they won't be backing down from the challenge of playing the league's only undefeated team, said head coach Frank Spurchise.
T-V girls title game will feature mirror images
ONEONTA - Right down to the nicknames their coaches gave them during the season, the similarities between the Cherry Valley-Springfield and Morris girls basketball teams are almost eerie.
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Coop girls, boys clinch Center State league titles
It was a near perfect night at Cooperstown's Bursey gymnasium on Monday.
CV-S girls, Milford boys win away from clinching
CHERRY VALLEY - In what was likely a preview of the girls Tri-Valley Championship Game, Cherry Valley- Springfield managed to prevail with a tight, 39-35 victory over Morris Monday night.
Coop grad tries to save Game
Kris Connolly, a 1995 Cooperstown graduate, is not going to let the Hall of Fame Game tradition die without a fight.
Volleyball to host sectional game Fri.
The Cooperstown volleyball team has received the second seed in the Section Three Class C-1 tournament, and will host seventh seed South Lewis on Friday at 6 p.m. at Bursey gymnasium.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Richfield boys stun Cooperstown
Revenge was sweet for the Richfield Springs boys basketball team Tuesday night as they defeated Cooperstown, 64-57, in front of a standing room only crowd in Bursey gymnasium.
Coop girls hang on to beat S-E
SHERBURNE - It seemed Sherbrune-Earlville figured if you can't beat 'em, beat on 'em during their Center State Conference game with Cooperstown Monday night.
Patriots will again be Super on Sunday
Finally, a Super Bowl, which in theory anyway, should live up to its name. Not since future Hall of Fame quarterbacks John Elway and Brett Favre faced off in the 1998 Super Bowl does the Big Game have mass appeal.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Coop girls improve to 15-0
There's something magical about being a first-year basketball coach at Cooperstown.
Heart walk is Feb. 9
In an effort to fight heart disease, Bassett Healthcare has teamed-up with the State University of New York College at Oneonta to make it easier for area residents to contribute to the American Heart Association's Greatest Heart Run & Walk this February.
Milford-CV-S to meet in key games
This is where the fun begins. The Milford boys basketball team holds a one-game lead over Cherry Valley-Springfield and a two-game lead over Worcester in the Tri-Valley East, with four league games remaining.
Volleyball loses classic
The Cooperstown girls volleyball team played what head coach Rich Jantzi described as the team's best match of the year in a 3-1 home loss to Mt. Markham Tuesday night.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Hall attendance up 13 percent
Buoyed by record breaking Induction Weekend crowds and a Major League Baseball season full of historic milestones, attendance at the National Baseball Hall of Fame last year rose 13 percent over 2006, according to Hall spokesman Jeff Idelson.
Coop boys get key road win
The Cooperstown boys basketball team all but clinched their division of the Center State Conference with a 61-52 victory at Mt. Markham on Tuesday night.
CV-S, Milford still battling in East
The Cherry Valley-Springfield boys basketball team bounced back from their fourth quarter collapse on Friday against Laurens to win a key road game at Gilbertsville-Mt. Upton on Tuesday night.
Volleyball swept by Canastota
The Cooperstown volleyball team had a busy week, sweeping matches from Sauquoit, Owen D. Young and Unatego, and getting swept by Center State Conference power Canastota on Saturday.
Wrestling wins on Senior Night
The Cooperstown wrestling team hosted senior night during their final home meet of the season on Tuesday night, a 48-30 victory over Dolgeville. The five seniors, including team captains Brock Bell and Mike Croft, were recognized before the start of the meet.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Cooperstown boys, girls win key games
Brad Ashford's steal and lay-up with 30 seconds remaining proved to be the difference as the Cooperstown boys basketball team held on for a 50-48 win over Herkimer in a Center State Conference game at Bursey gymnasium Tuesday night.
Hall to add a 'Goose' to its roster
Rich "Goose" Gossage was once a ninth inning specialist, so perhaps it's fitting he earned election to the Hall of Fame on his ninth try Tuesday.
Laurens-CV-S boys renew rivalry Friday
CHERRY VALLEY - A rivalry that began on the soccer field last fall will continue on the basketball court Friday night.
C-town volleyball loses first of season
The Cooperstown volleyball team lost its first match of the season on Monday in straight sets to undefeated Dolgeville, 14-25, 17-25 and 18-25.
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Longtime area umpire Chet Collins dies
Longtime area umpire Chet Collins died on Sunday at the age of 85. Collins umpired Cooperstown High School games for over 20 years, and umpired in the area for 38 years despite not becoming an umpire until the age of 40. He appeared at the end of the 1992 movie "A League of Their Own" but was known locally as much for his humor and love of the game as for his skill and longevity as an umpire. The following is a story which first appeared in the Town Crier in June of 1998
Coop girls cruise to title, boys lose first
So much for the Cooperstown girls basketball team's supposed weaknesses.
CCS graduate to hold book signings
Cooperstown Central School graduate Rebecca Additon will be in Cooperstown this month for book readings and signings.
Milford girls win Stamford tourney
STAMFORD - After scoring 30 points in the first quarter of an opening round win over Roxbury Thursday night, the Milford girls basketball team held host Stamford to just 25 points in a 38-25 tournament championship game win last Friday night.
Coop volleyball places second at Hamilton tourney
The Cooperstown volleyball team narrowly missed winning its third tournament of the season, placing second to host Hamilton by a slim point differential.
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