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December 20, 2001
Cooperstown boys fall to Hamilton, 60-54, now 5-2
Struggling with their offensive execution, the Cooperstown boys basketball team absorbed a 60-54 loss at defending Center State Division II champion Hamilton Tuesday night.
CCS seventh graders to help lead electronic field trip at Hall
Some Cooperstown seventh graders are going to help lead as many as 15 million students nationwide on an electronic field trip through the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
December 13, 2001
Redskins improve to 4-1 with road win
The Cooperstown boys basketball team gave head coach Mike Cring his 100th career coaching victory with a 64-45 victory at Westmoreland Tuesday night. The 4-1 Redskins will host winless Sauquoit on Friday before taking to the road next week for tough games at Hamilton on Dec. 18 and at Canastota Dec. 21.
C-town volleyball jumps to perfect 10-0 start
The undefeated Cooperstown volleyball team won its second tournament of the year by capturing the championship of the Dolgeville Tournament Saturday. After a straight set win over Little Falls Monday, the Redskins are now a perfect 10-0 to start the season.
December 6, 2001
Hribar leads C-town boys, who host Waterville Friday
A combination of hot three-point shooting, clutch free throws and a season-best game from junior center Billy Hribar allowed the Cooperstown boys basketball team to remain undefeated with a come-from-behind, 58-52, victory over Ilion Tuesday night at Bursey gym.
Cooperstown football has six first team All Stars
The Cooperstown football team, which completed its first undefeated regular season since 1970 this fall, had six members of the team voted to the Center State Conference first team All Star team.
November 29, 2001
Connolly torches Ft. Plain for 35
MILFORD-Basketball is often a big man's game, but Saturday night's boys championship of the Anton Remy Tournament belonged to one of the smallest players on the court.
C-town volleyball beats Oneonta to win tournament
UNATEGO-For the third time in five years, and second straight year, the Cooperstown volleyball team captured the championship of the season-opening Unatego Volleyball Tournament on Saturday, defeating Class B Oneonta in the championship match.
CCS wrestlers hope to vie for league title
With 20 varsity wrestlers and another 31 on the modified team, the Cooperstown wrestling team may have its best season since state champion Packy Burke was a senior during the 1997-98 campaign.
November 21, 2001
CCS boys hoop deep and talented
Every coach wishes for the problem Cooperstown boys basketball coach Mike Cring faces this year-so many good players it will be tough for them all to see playing time in every game.
Rutledge, Myerson win inaugural Coop Loop race
On Sunday, November 18, under clear skies and unseasonably balmy weather, the Clark Sports Center hosted the inaugural Coop Loop 5K road race. The course wound through the village and had a distinct family feeling.
Spurchise era begins Friday
MILFORD-As if the task of taking over the varsity coaching reins at Milford after seven straight Tri-Valley division titles wasn't enough, now Frank Spurchise also has to prepare for a season-opener against powerhouse Ft. Plain Friday in the opening round of the Anton Remy Basketball Tournament.
November 15, 2001
Deer hunting season begins on Monday
The regular shotgun deer season begins Monday, Nov. 19 and lasts 23 days, ending on Dec. 11. For the fourth consecutive year, deer take in New York state was at record levels in 2000, with close to 125,000 buck harvested.
Sojo visits Hall after retiring
Four days after Game 7 of the World Series, which also turned out to be the final game of his career, New York Yankee Luis Sojo arrived at the Hall of Fame along with several members of his family last Thursday.
November 8, 2001
Hazzards honored with annual Fetterman Award at luncheon
Borrowing a theme from author Kurt Vonnegut, Clark Foundation executive director Chuck Hamilton said the spirit of the Clark Sports Center's annual Patrick C. Fetterman award is "simple common decency," a human trait Vonnegut said was rare.
Perfect season comes to sudden end
ROME-It seems the Cooperstown football team and Rome Free Academy Stadium don't mix. Two years after losing to Utica-Notre Dame in the Section Three Class C semifinals, the Redskins again lost in the semifinals on Saturday, coming up on the losing end of a 27-20 decision to General Brown.
Evan Guiney headed to states
TULLY-Cooperstown senior Evan Guiney was sick or injured for much of this fall's cross country season, but he ran the race of his high school career in the biggest meet of the season last Saturday at the Section Three Championships.
November 1, 2001
CCS football romps Lowville
On a cold and sometimes snowy Saturday afternoon, the Cooperstown football team did not take long to warm up, scoring 34 first half points in a dominating 34-0 victory over Lowville in a Section Three Class C quarterfinal game at Lambert Field.
C-town girls unlucky in losing semifinal to Herkimer
Close counts in horseshoes, dating and hand grenades, but in soccer it could mean the end of the season. That was the case for the Cooperstown girls soccer team on Tuesday in a 1-0 home loss to Herkimer in a Section Three Class C semifinal.
October 25, 2001
Redskins dream season continues
The Cooperstown football team's 26-0 victory over Mt. Markham last Saturday finished a regular season full of firsts. Like the first undefeated regular season and Center State Conference title since 1970, the first season on the new home field inside the track at the high school, and the first ever night game at Cooperstown. Post season play, which begins Saturday, will also be a first for the 7-0 Redskins, as they will host their first ever sectional game on Lambert Field at 2:30 p.m. against 5-2 Lowville.
CCS girls to host sectional contest
The Cooperstown girls soccer team lost a chance to finish second in their division of the Center State Conference with Friday's 0-0 tie with Canastota, but received the fourth seed in the Section Three Class C Tournament.
October 18, 2001
CCS football close to perfect
As Cooperstown football coach Steve Pugliese prepares his undefeated team for Saturday's 2 p.m. regular season finale at Mt. Markham, he can't help but remind them of the last time the Redskins football team had an undefeated season-his senior year in 1970. Now 31 years later, Pugliese has a chance to lead the Redskins to the school's first Center State Conference title since then, and he said he will tell his team that playing on an undefeated team is something they, and the community, will remember for a long time.
CCS girls try to get back to winning ways
Twin sisters Carolyn and Suzanne Clarvoe were expected to be the backbone of the Cooperstown girls soccer team this year, but with Carolyn out for the year with an injury and Suzanne recovering from mononucleosis, the Redskins will look to other players as sectionals near.
October 11, 2001
Undefeated CCS hosts Waterville Friday night
It's hard to picture a more important regular season game for the Cooperstown football team than Friday night's 7 p.m. Homecoming Game against Waterville. The game will be the first ever played under the lights at Cooperstown, and the Redskins have much at stake as they try to build on their 5-0 record after last Friday's 14-0 blanking of Canastota.
Bowie Kuhn visits Hall
The players' union will either agree to modifications in baseball's economic system or will eventually have it forced on them, former Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn predicted. Kuhn was in Cooperstown for two appearances in the Baseball Hall of Fame's Legends Series Saturday and Sunday.
October 4, 2001
Hill rushes for 331 yards, 5 TDs
The Cooperstown football team's perfect season will be put to a severe test this Friday when the 4-0 Redskins head to Canastota for a 7 p.m. game which will go a long way toward deciding the Center State Conference Class C East division title. Cooperstown improved to 4-0 with a 48-14 victory over Little Falls last Friday, but lost senior Nate Smith for at least two weeks with a partially torn ligament in his knee.
Fetterman award nominees sought
The Clark Sports Center is seeking nominations for their annual Fetterman Award. This award is given in memory of Patrick C. Fetterman, long time associate director of the ACC Gymnasium/Clark Sports Center.
September 27, 2001
C-town football improves to 3-0
The Cooperstown football team will head to Little Falls this weekend with a perfect 3-0 record after a 39-0 pounding of Utica-Notre Dame last Friday night. A win on Saturday would set up the Redskins for a possible showdown of undefeated teams when they travel to Canastota on Friday, Oct. 5 for a 7 p.m. game.
CV-S, Milford soccer teams to meet Friday
The Milford boys soccer team's perfect record ended Saturday in a 1-1 tie with Schenevus, but they remain in first place after the Dragons lost to Cherry Valley-Springfield on Monday, 2-1.
C-town Youth Football teams all victorious
All three of Cooperstown's Youth Football teams won their season-openers in the Oneonta Youth Football league last weekend.
September 20, 2001
A Hill of a performance
Any doubts about the Cooperstown football team's talent were erased Saturday, as they dominated a good Herkimer team on both sides of the ball to come away with a 21-0 home victory.
CCS girls soccer enter key league stretch
With four straight wins under their belt, the Cooperstown girls soccer team will embark on a tough five game stretch which began last night when they hosted Mt. Markham, and ends next Friday when they host Sauquoit.
Milford boys undefeated heading to T-V showdown
MILFORD—It's becoming quite clear the Milford boys soccer team are a bunch of zeroes. As in zero losses and zero goals given up and a perfect 7-0 start heading to Saturday's Tri-Valley showdown at defending T-V Small champ Schenevus.
September 13, 2001
Redskins football takes O.T. win
It didn't take long for the Cooperstown football team to play a memorable game at their new field, winning their season-opener, 13-6, in overtime over Sauquoit, after the Indians had tied the score at 6-6 on the last play of regulation. Cooperstown, 1-0, will be back home at Lambert Field again this Saturday, hosting Herkimer, who won their opener, 37-6, over Mt. Markham.
CCS X-country teams appear strong
With six seniors on the girls team and five on the boys team, the Cooperstown cross country teams will likely be in the hunt for Center State Conference league titles this year. The season begins with a home meet Sept. 19 on the cross country teams' new field at Clark Tower, a tough course but a switch head coach Jessie Ravage welcomes.
September 6, 2001
CCS boys, girls soccer begin season
Before the season began, Cooperstown boys soccer coach Frank Miosek said his team would probably be strong defensively, but may have a hard time putting the ball in the net on offense. If Tuesday's season-opening non-league home contest with Cherry Valley-Springfield was any indication, he was right on both counts.
14-year-old swims Otsego Lake
Say this for 14-year-old Bridget Quinn-she's persistent. After attempting to swim Otsego Lake on Saturday but being forced to stop because of high winds and cool temperatures, Quinn was right back at Springfield Landing Sunday morning.
August 30, 2001
CCS boys soccer gets defensive
The Cooperstown boys soccer team begins another season Sept. 4 when they host Cherry Valley, but they will have to play the 2001 season without last year's leading scorer. Junior Nick Laskovski broke his tibia playing basketball during the summer, and is out for the year. Laskovski scored 14 goals a year ago, half of the team's total during a 7-7-4 season which included six overtime games.
C-town girls want league title back
The Cooperstown girls soccer team will jump right into top-notch competition to open the season when they travel to the Lowville Tournament Friday night to play host Lowville at 7:30 p.m. The last time those teams met was in the Section Three Class C semifinals in 1997, with Lowville winning in a shootout.
August 23, 2001
Fly Creek resident win Otsego County golf title
Fly Creek's Bruce Miller took the safe approach during the annual Otsego County Amateur Golf Championship last weekend, and it resulted in his second straight championship. The tournament was played last Saturday and Sunday, with the first round at the Oneonta Country Club and the second round at Leatherstocking Golf Course on Sunday.
On a rim and a prayer, one Funke bicycle ride
One would assume Ironmen and women competitors would be a determined lot, and Edmeston's Kevin Funke proved that theory correct during Sunday's 19th annual Glimmerglass Triathlon.
August 16, 2001
Spurchise named Milford varsity basketball coach
Milford's Frank Spurchise has been coaching for nearly a quarter century, but this year he will be a rookie again. Spurchise will take over the varsity basketball coaching reins at Milford High School from longtime coach Bill Crowley, who retired after last season.
Cooperstown man swims Otsego Lake on Saturday
Luckily, Drew Porter was able to achieve his primary goal while swimming Otsego Lake on Saturday or this would be a very different kind of story. "My first goal was not drowning," Porter, a 1984 Cooperstown High School graduate, said Monday. Luckily, he achieved that goal, completing the nine-mile swim in just under five hours-four hours, 58 minutes and 23 seconds, to be exact.
Cooperstown All Stars have great experience
The Cooperstown All Stars did not win a game during their stay at the Cooperstown Dreams Park this week, but that is the only negative of their five-day experience.
August 9, 2001
Hall induction speech a`Maz'ing
Bill Mazeroski was always known as a team player, and after fellow 2001 Hall of Fame inductee Dave Winfield gave a rather lengthy speech leading off the day Sunday, "Maz" kept everything on track with one of the shortest, yet most well received speeches in induction history.
C-town All Stars win fourth tourney
That's how the Cooperstown Major League All-Stars completed their tournament schedule this season with a dramatic, extra-inning victory at Sidney last weekend. Four tournaments. Four championships. "What a great accomplishment these boys have achieved in a relatively short All Star season" said Coach Bruce Pohl.
August 2, 2001
All Stars win third straight tournament
Cooperstown's Major League All-Stars combined their strong pitching, fielding and most of all hitting in crushing New Berlin, 13-2, for the championship of the local tournament on Sunday at Ainslie Field.
Golf league results
Three weeks into the second half of the Otsego Golf Club's Chilidipper's league, there is a very tight race for the second half title. The winner of the second half will have the opportunity to play Shawn Pokorny & Bill Brooks for the League Championship.
July 26, 2001
Boyer recalls home run race during '61 season
Forty years ago, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle were in the midst of one of the most famous, and fierce, home run races in baseball history. By July it was clear that both New York Yankee outfielders seemed capable of breaking Babe Ruth's then-record of 60 home runs in a season. Most of New York, and the nation, was rooting for Mantle, New York's Golden Boy, and let Maris, a quiet, Kansas City farm boy, know it.
July 19, 2001
C-town All Stars win tournament
MORRIS-The Cooperstown Major League All Star team won its first tournament of the year last weekend, taking a 21-5 victory over host in the championship game Sunday. The tournament was the first for Cooperstown this season, and they outscored their opponents 42-5 in the three games over the weekend. On Saturday, Cooperstown defeated Otego 11-0 and on Sunday morning beat Edmeston 11-0.
92-year-old a legendary player
George Goodale stands out on a baseball diamond. Not just because at the tender age of 92 he can still field, throw and hit a baseball as well or better than players 20 and 30 years younger; and not just because of the eye-catching Chicago Black Sox uniform from the 1919 season which he prefers to wear while playing for the Legends of Baseball in Cooperstown this week.
July 12, 2001
Doubleday myth again questioned
A National Baseball Hall of Fame official acknowledged Monday that the game of baseball probably did not originate in Cooperstown, as legend has it, but that symbolically and nostalgically Cooperstown will always be the Home of Baseball.
Many local runners complete race
Many local runners completed the 24th annual Boilermaker 15K road race, billed as the largest 15K race in the United States last Sunday in Utica. Among the thousands of entrants was four-time New York City and Boston Marathon champion Bill Rodgers and 1972 Olympic gold medalist marathon runner Frank Shorter.
July 5, 2001
Ballplayers fulfill Hospice patient's lifelong dream
Catskill Area Hospice patient and Cooperstown resident Tony Orlando is such a huge baseball fan that his house is located behind the leftfield wall at Doubleday Field, where he often sits and watches games during the summer.
Hall has strong first half of year
Buoyed by a strong June, the National Baseball Hall of Fame had the third best first half attendance total of its 62-year history, Hall spokesman Jeff Idelson said Monday.
June 28, 2001
Group leader recounts McKinley climb
About 14,000 feet up Alaska's Mt. McKinley, a group of four climbers attempting to summit North America's highest peak ran into a serious dilemma. With one member sick and unable to continue, what should they do? Turn around and go back, wait for him to feel better, or proceed without him. The third option was made even more difficult by the fact they had just a pair of two-person tents and would have to leave one behind. After debating for a day or so, a solution was finally found.
June 21, 2001
Father/child golf tourney held
The Leatherstocking Golf Course held its annual Father-Child golf tournament on Sunday, June 17, Father's Day. Following are the results of the Chapman Format tourney.
CCS holds annual all sports banquet
The 42nd annual Cooperstown Sports Booster Club's All Sports Banquet was held Friday night in the Sterling Auditorium at the high school. As athletic director Mike Cring said in his opening remarks, the school's teams had noteworthy seasons both on the field and off.
June 14, 2001
Area track, field athletes compete at state meet
For the second straight year, Cherry Valley-Springfield's Kristen Karhio took home a state medal in the pentathlon, finishing third in the State Meet at Uniondale, Long Island last Friday and Saturday. As a sophomore last year, Karhio won a gold medal, and last Saturday brought home a bronze.
Crowley honored at sports banquet
The Milford Booster Club's Athletic Banquet was held last week, honoring another solid season for the school's sports teams. The highlight of the night was a surprise dedication of the banquet to boys basketball coach Bill Crowley, who coached the team for 16 years before retiring at the end of last season.
Three summit Mt. McKinley
Three of the four local mountaineers who traveled to Alaska to climb Mt. McKinley last month, successfully summitted last Wednesday.
June 7, 2001
Sports Center set to begin mountain bike club June 23
The Clark Sports Center's Adventure Program, in conjunction with other community organizations, will hold a kickoff event on June 23 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for its recently formed mountain biking club, which is open to children and adults in the area ages eight and older.
Mazeroski hits big time again
For a quiet guy who hates the spotlight, Bill Mazeroski sure knows how to get attention. Forty-one years ago, Mazeroski hit a home run in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game Seven of the 1960 World Series to give his Pittsburgh Pirates a 10-9 victory and World Series Championship over the New York Yankees.
Three track athletes headed to states
Three area athletes are heading back to the State Track Meet for the second year in a row, and all three will have a chance to go back at least one more time as all are underclassmen.
May 31, 2001
CCS's `Comeback Kids' lose in finals
After a pair of epic come-from-behind victories in the first two rounds of sectionals, the Cooperstown baseball team finally ran out of steam in an 18-3 loss to Utica-Notre Dame in the Section Three Class C-1 final at VanDuyne Field in Syracuse Monday.
CCS tennis doubles the fun with pair of titles
The doubles teams of Finn Dusenbery and Reid Snyder and Andrew Havlik and Ravi Dalal won Section Three Class C-1 titles for the Cooperstown tennis team last week, and Dusenbery and Snyder narrowly missed a state berth as well.
Cooperstown, Richfield athletes try for state meet
A week after a somewhat disappointing third place finish in the Center State League Tournament, the Cooperstown boys track team put together their best effort of the season in sectionals Saturday, finishing third.
May 24, 2001
CCS baseball to host sectional contest today
The Cooperstown baseball team received the second seed in the Section Three Class C-1 sectional tournament, and will host a first round sectional game today (Thursday) against seventh seed Lowville at Doubleday Field.
Cooperstown girls defend Center State track title
Before hosting last Saturday's Center State Conference league meet, Cooperstown girls track coach Connie Herzig thought her team's chances of winning were slim. "We'll have to do everything up to our potential, and hope Sauquoit doesn't," she said.
Winfield garners `baseball's highest reward'
Dave Winfield broke in to major league baseball with the with the San Diego Padres at the age of 20, admittedly a raw talent with little idea of what it took to be a major league baseball player.
May 17, 2001
CCS baseball hopes to host sectional game
The Cooperstown baseball team won for the 10th time in 11 games Monday, and a win in their season finale Friday may put them in position to host a first round sectional game next week. The Redskins will host Westmoreland, a team they already beat once this year, at Doubleday Field Friday afternoon. The sectional pairings will be announced Sunday, and head coach Frank Miosek said he is hoping for a home game.
C-town track teams to host CSC meet Saturday
Fresh off winning the Sherburne Invitational last Friday in what head coach Connie Herzig described as a complete surprise, the Cooperstown girls track team will look to continue their momentum when they host the Center State Conference league meet Saturday morning.
May 10, 2001
11th C-town Invitational memorable
When Don Howard began the Cooperstown Invitational 11 years ago, a day like last Saturday was exactly what he envisioned-great weather and performances, and a large crowd on hand to witness it. "If you are a track junky, this was the place to be," Howard said. "There were just some unbelievable races and great individual performances which were great for spectators.
Puckett overcomes odds to make Hall of Fame
Kirby Puckett grew up in the projects of Chicago's South Side, in a neighborhood he said was nicknamed "Where Hope Goes to Die," yet he played baseball, and lives life, with a contagious, enthusiastic passion.
May 3, 2001
C-town Invitational is Saturday
The Cooperstown boys and girls track teams will be hard-pressed to repeat their first place performances at last Saturday's CV-S Invitational when they host the 11th annual Cooperstown Invitational this Saturday at 2 p.m.
CCS baseball wins fifth straight game
The Cooperstown baseball team used great pitching and timely hitting to win five straight games last week, and continue a busy week at Doubleday Field against Sauquoit Friday. The Redskins are 6-2 heading to last night's doubleheader at Westmoreland, and head coach Frank Miosek said his team is a weary one.
Myerson wins women's 10K race
The second annual Eye Run for Fun 10 K and 5K races were held April 29 at the Clark Sports Center. Bob Giambalvo of Delhi won the men's 10 K race while Merle Myerson of Cooperstown won the women's race.
April 26, 2001
CCS baseball to host Milford today
MORRISVILLE-The Cooperstown baseball team won its first game of the year Monday in impressive fashion, blanking Morrisville 9-0 behind a fine pitching performance from Greg Lott.
CV-S Invitational is Saturday
CHERRY VALLEY-The Cherry Valley-Springfield track teams will get a chance to show off their brand new track when 15 area schools visit for the inaugural CV-S Invitational this Saturday. The track was completed in time for this year's season, which had a belated start Tuesday when the Patriots defeated Tri-Valley foes Schenevus and Edmeston.
April 19, 2001
Hall hoping for Bonds artifact from 500th HR
National Baseball Hall of Fame officials are expecting to receive artifacts from the San Francisco Giants commemorating Barry Bonds' historic 500th home run, which he hit Tuesday night against the rival Los Angeles Dodgers.
CCS golf team looks for return to sectional play
Cooperstown golf coach Bill Crampton is hoping five returning players and four talented freshmen can help lead the team back into postseason play after last year's 8-8 season. "We were kind of spoiled here, we've had very good teams here for so long," Crampton said. "We didn't have as much experience last year, but we hope to be playing at a high level this year."
April 12, 2001
Hall officials to get Clemens artifacts
Officials from the National Baseball Hall of Fame will be joined by Walter Johnson's grandson, Hank Thomas, on April 26 at Yankee Stadium when Roger Clemens will donate artifacts commemorating his breaking of the Big Train's all-time American League strikeout record earlier this month.
CV-S track teams anxious for season with new facility
CHERRY VALLEY-Perhaps no program in the area has been more adversely affected, or disappointed, by the late onset of spring than the Cherry Valley-Springfield track teams.
Smith, Cotter win four events
Cooperstown's boys and girls track teams had positive starts to their respective seasons Tuesday with victories over Morrisville and Milford in Cooperstown.
April 5, 2001
Hall officials travel to opener in Puerto Rico
For the third straight year, the major league baseball season began on foreign soil, and for the second straight year representatives from the National Baseball Hall of Fame were on hand to secure artifacts for the museum.
Cooperstown boys track hoping depth equals wins
Don Howard celebrated his 30th year as Cooperstown varsity boys track coach last year, and might be wishing he had called it a career after that milestone season. "This is the worst spring, hands down, I've seen in the 37 years I've been here," said Howard, who also spent seven years as the junior varsity coach. "But can you imagine if there was some new guy trying to do this? He'd be as bald as I am in his 20's." Howard said his team has had no time to practice outside, both because of the snow and the cold weather.
March 29, 2001
Milford boys, girls track hope for T-V league titles
MILFORD-The Tri-Valley track season, or what Milford head coach Dave Prouty jokingly referred to as dog sled races, is scheduled to begin April 4 when Milford travels to CV-S Wednesday for a three team meet with Edmeston.
Weather may be anglers opponent on opening day
Success on the opening day of trout season is, according to the Department of Environmental Conservation's Norm McBride, very dependent on the weather. The 2001 season, which gets underway Sunday, will be no different. With warmer weather conditions and rain forecast for Friday and Saturday, water levels may substantially increase before Sunday, making conditions tougher.
March 22, 2001
CV-S girls team wins soccer tourney
MILFORD-Extreme Rage, a girls soccer team from Cherry Valley, won an indoor soccer tournament at Milford High School on Saturday, defeating a team from Cooperstown, OMRICH II, in the final by a score of 1-0. CV-S eighth grader Maddie Godman had the lone goal, while goalkeeper Celia Garretson recorded the shutout. The Cherry Valley team was comprised of one junior, two sophomores and the rest were eighth and ninth graders.
March 15, 2001
Gym team completes undefeated season in style
ILION—The Clark Sports Center's sixth grade basketball team finished off a fantastic season with a thrilling victory in the championship game of the annual Ilion Biddy Basketball Tournament Monday night. The team, which also completed an undefeated season with the victory, won a hard fought decision by a score of 47- 46. Cooperstown led most of the game until part way through the third quarter when St. Patrick's of Oneida took their first lead at 31-30.
Sports Center plans major changes for men's softball
The game will be the same, but almost everything else in the Clark Sports Center's men's softball league will be different this year. "New league, new format, new field," said the gym's Barry Gray, who will run the program this year. Sports Center athletic director Scott Curtis sent a survey out to all of the gym's members who played softball last year, and decided to drastically alter the league based on the survey results.
March 8, 2001
Milford boys bombed in Class D final, 51-40
BINGHAMTON-It was fitting that on the third day of the third month, it was the three-point shot that did in the Milford boys basketball team during their Section Four Class D final against Downsville Saturday at the Broome County Arena.
Mazeroski added to Hall's line-up
For the second time in his life, Bill Mazeroski is walking on air. The first time came 41 years ago when he hit a home run in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game Seven to give the Pittsburgh Pirates the 1960 World Series championship over the New York Yankees. The second time came Tuesday.
Crowley calls it a career after 16 years
MILFORD-Bill Crowley recorded 231 victories during his 16 years as head coach of the Milford boys basketball team, but when he was asked which games he remembers the most, one of the two most memorable was a loss.
March 1, 2001
Club hoping efforts land Mazeroski in Hall of Fame
The "Maz 2001" Club has only six days left before they find out if their year-long mission will be a successful one.
The Hall of Fame Veterans Committee meets Tuesday in Tampa, and will announce any electees for the Aug. 5 Induction Ceremony in Cooperstown.
CV-S boys lose yet another close game
WINDHAM—When members of the Cherry Valley-Springfield boys basketball team look back on the 2000-01 season, they will probably think about what might have been.
The Patriots 47-43 loss to second seeded Windham in the Section Four Class D quarterfinals Saturday night was typical of their near-miss season which saw them lose eight close games, including two in overtime.
Milford comeback falls short in semis
BINGHAMTON—The Milford girls basketball team nearly erased a 13-point fourth quarter deficit, but their comeback fell just short in a 41-34 loss to Gilbertsville-Mt. Upton in the Section Four Class D semifinals at the Broome County Arena Tuesday night.
The loss ends the second seeded Wildcats season at 17-4, and the victory for the Raiders avenged a loss to Milford in the Tri-Valley Championship Game Feb. 17.
February 22, 2001
Hannibal ousts CCS girls, 53-25
The Cooperstown girls basketball team traveled to Hannibal, as in Lecter, for a second round Section Three Class C game Tuesday night, and appropriately enough were eaten alive, 53-25.
"We ran into a buzzsaw, were chewed up and spit out," said Cooperstown girls basketball coach Frank Miosek. "They are a fast break style club and a very good team. They just handed it to us."
Milford girls win title
ONEONTA-Barbra Streisand wasn't in attendance, but a star was definitely born Saturday night at Oneonta State's Fieldhouse.
Milford eighth grader Shannon Weir capped a Milford comeback with six big points down the stretch, giving the Wildcats a 40-36 victory over Gilbertsville-Mt. Upton and the Tri-Valley title, the third straight year the Raiders have lost in the championship game.
February 15, 2001
CCS boys win, await sectionals
Whatever Cooperstown head coach Mike Cring said at halftime of Monday's regular season finale with Morrisivlle it was very effective, as his team broke open a 30-30 halftime game to win easily, 77-54.
Milford boys defensive about title
It's fitting that the Milford boys basketball team are the defending Tri-Valley Champions. After all, defense has been the staple of this year's 17-1 team, which has held opponents to just 45.6 points-a-game on the way to their seventh straight T-V Championship appearance this Saturday at 7 p.m. against Gilbertsville-Mt.Upton at Oneonta State.
February 8, 2001
CCS boys win streak snapped
The Cooperstown boys basketball team absorbed their first loss of the new year on Tuesday night, losing to Center State power Hamilton 70-63.
The loss leaves the Redskins with a 13-6 record heading to Friday's regular season finale at home with Morrisville. Cring said a win Friday would go a long way toward securing both a first round bye and a home game in the second round of the upcoming Section Three Class C tournament.
Cooperstown entered Tuesday's game as one of the hottest teams in the league, but played a poor first half, Cring said.
Milford clinches seventh straight title; beat G-MU
MILFORD-After clinching their seventh straight Tri-Valley division title with a win over rival Cherry Valley-Springfield last Wednesday, the Milford boys basketball team sent a message to Gilbertsville-Mt. Upton Tuesday night with a 63-54 victory in what was a preview of the Tri-Valley Championship Game at Oneonta State on Feb. 17.
The message: Milford is clearly the class of the Tri-Valley. Not only are they undefeated in league play with one game remaining at Schenevus Friday, they have lost just five Tri-Valley games over the last seven years and defeated the Raiders in last year's title game.
February 1, 2001
CCS boys score comeback win
The Comeback Kids were up to their old tricks again Saturday night.
For the second time in 10 days, the Cooperstown boys basketball team erased an 18-point fourth quarter deficit, running their winning streak to seven games with a 57-56 victory over Canastota Saturday night.
Little League facing player shortage
Cooperstown draws Little League players from around the country to play baseball at Doubleday Field and the Cooperstown Dreams Park, but getting local youngsters to participate is becoming an increasingly tough proposition.
The Cooperstown Youth Baseball League held its annual registration this month, and just 32 players, enough for just three teams, signed up to play in the majors leagues. League officials were hoping for a 48 players in order to field four teams, but actually drew four less than last year's total of 36.
Hall plans events for Fame Game ticket sale
The over-the-counter ticket sale for the 2001 Hall of Fame Game between the Florida Marlins and the Milwaukee Brewers will take place on Saturday, April 7, at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Half of the available ticket allotment for the game will be sold in the Hall of Fame Museum Shop beginning at 9:00 a.m.
January 25, 2001
CCS boys win fifth straight; girls at 7-6
The Cooperstown boys basketball team won its fifth straight game Friday night with a 66-48 victory over Mt. Markham, avenging an earlier season loss to the Mounties.
The Redskins jumped out to a 17-4 lead before Mt. Markham came back to cut the lead to seven, 27-20, at the half.
Big man Billy Hribar scored 12 first half points on his way to a game-high 18, and Cooperstown's size and suffocating full court press helped them slowly pull away in the second half.
`Experts' mixed on Super picks
Want to know who will win this Sunday's Super Bowl between the New York Giants and Baltimore Ravens? Town Crier reporter Rita Ferrandino has a solid theory.
"Bet the Ravens," she says. "They have a murderer on the team. A MUR-DER-ER!."
Excellent point.
January 18, 2001
CCS boys win fourth in a row
It's official: the Cooperstown boys basketball team is a force to be reckoned with, as are young guns Jeremy Holmes and Shane Connolly.
Holmes, a sophomore, and Connolly, a freshman, have been instrumental in leading the Redskins to four straight wins, including Tuesday night's improbable overtime win over first place Waterville.
The Redskins, 8-5, who lost to Waterville by 20 points in their first meeting, didn't score for the first four minutes of the fourth quarter of Tuesday's game and were down 11 with about 1:50 to play.
Kelly hits 1,000 points, also nets game-winner
Milford's Patrick Kelly became the fifth player in Milford boys basketball history to score 1,000 points during his career, hitting the milestone with a foul shot just before halftime of a non-league game against Stamford Saturday afternoon.
January 11, 2001
Cherry Valley man builds ice wall in his backyard
CHERRY VALLEY-There are practical uses to the ice wall in Tim Horvath's backyard, but he also admits it is akin to a big kid's swingset.
The wall is seven feet wide and 30 feet high, and exactly what one might expect in the backyard of the most accomplished mountaineer in the area.
"It helps me with my climbing technique," said Horvath on Monday afternoon while giving a short demonstration on the wall. "I'm willing to give beginners a chance to climb on it, and I've had friends come over and try it."
The 2001 Hall of Fame forecast
When the Crier asked me to submit my annual Baseball Hall of Fame election forecast, my first reaction was "why?" After all, my prediction for the 2000 election-published in the November 24, 1999 issue of this paper-had gone down swinging. I had said that Carlton Fisk would make it in his second try (he did), but that Tony Perez would "fall tantalizingly short" (he didn't, winning election with ten votes to spare). And that was my third mistake in four years!
January 4, 2001
Cooperstown boys fall to Little Falls in title game
For the first half of Friday night's Cooperstown Holiday Tournament, the host Redskins gave undefeated Little Falls all it could handle, leading by as many as eight points and taking a one point lead into the locker room. But a turnover-filled third quarter led to Cooperstown's demise, as Little Falls, 9-0, outscored the Redskins 20-5 on the way to a 67-55 victory.
Milford boys win on last second shot
EDMESTON-The Milford boys basketball team has a history of comebacks in Holiday Tournaments, and last weekend was no different. Trailing Unadilla Valley by five points with just over a minute remaining in the championship game of Edmeston's Christmas Tournament last Thursday, the Wildcats came back despite a horrendous night at the foul line.
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