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Thursday, December 27, 2007

Fox sets scoring record in front of big home crowd
It may have taken a little longer than planned, but Samantha Fox became the Cooperstown girls basketball team's all-time leading scorer Friday night during her team's 57-43 victory over Herkimer at Bursey gym.

CV-S girls win key road game
MILFORD - The Cherry Valley-Springfield girls basketball team rides the school bus to games, and their Vans during them.

Induction, historic wins, tragedy all part of the story
From start to finish, for good reasons and bad, the 2007 year in sports was a memorable one on the local level.

Tournament to be named after White
The Cooperstown Booster Club has decided to rename the annual Cooperstown Holiday Boys Basketball Tournament after longtime coach Dick White, who died from prostate cancer in October.

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Milford boys proving to be a stingy group
MILFORD - Someone forgot to tell the Milford boys basketball team this is the season of giving.Quinn Snyder had a coming out party last Thursday. Snyder's best game of his career, which included 18 points and 17 rebounds, helped the Cooperstown boys basketball team erase a 10-point second half deficit and beat previously undefeated Mt.MILFORD - Someone forgto to tell the Milford boys basketball team this is the season of giving.

Redskins hang on to beat Sauquoit
It seemed, at times, like a game neither team wanted to win.

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Cooperstown boys, girls both move to 5-0
Quinn Snyder had a coming out party last Thursday. Snyder's best game of his career, which included 18 points and 17 rebounds, helped the Cooperstown boys basketball team erase a 10-point second half deficit and beat previously undefeated Mt.

CV-S girls win big game at Schenevus
CHERRY VALLEY - Watch out for the "Super Seven." The Cherry Valley-Springfield girls basketball team improved to 3-0 with an impressive, 42-26 road win at Schenevus last Thursday.

Milford boys make statement with lopsided win over CV-S
MILFORD - Looks like there will be a race in the Tri- Valley East after all.

CCS volleyball wins tourney
The Cooperstown volleyball team won their second tournament of the season last weekend, going 9-1 during the Indian River tourney on Saturday.

Thursday, December 06, 2007

Cooperstown girls cruise to tourney win
The Cooperstown girls basketball team had too much height and too much depth for Hamilton in the championship game of Cooperstown’s second annual Preseason Tournament on Saturday night.

Patriots get big road win
The Cherry Valley-Springfield boys basketball team used multiple defenses and the sharp shooting of senior Anthony Brant to start their Tri-Valley league season with a big road win, 59-41, over Morris Friday night.

Revised Vets Committe chooses five for Hall
The Baseball Hall of Fame's new system for electing managers and executives paid immediate dividends.

Thursday, November 08, 2007

Cooperstown boys cruise to Remy Tournament title
MILFORD _ Cooperstown boys basketball coach Dave Bertram is hoping his team can rebound from Saturday's 52-39 victory over Milford in the championship game of the annual Anton Remy Tournament.

Volleyball wins Unatego tourney
UNATEGO _ The Cooperstown volleyball team began the season with a bang, winning the Unatego Tournament on Saturday.

Thursday, November 23, 2007

CCS's Fox closing in on record
ILION_ It's bound to be an historic season for the Cooperstown girls basketball team this season.

Redskins will present big problems for opponents
Much of the Cooperstown boys basketball team's success over the last five years, including a trip to the state finals in 2003, has been predicated by great guard play.

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Niles to coach Coop girls
The coaching carousel at Cooperstown High School has been spinning as the winter sports season approaches.

CV-S soccer season comes to sudden end in overtime
HERKIMER _ Playing in front of 2,500 screaming fans in a state quarterfinal game at Herkimer County Community College Friday night, the Cherry Valley-Springfield boys soccer team did everything in its power to continue their unprecedented season.

Thursday, November 08, 2007

Speed may be the key for CV-S boys
If experience means anything, Poland will have a decided advantage when they meet Cherry Valley-Springfield in a state quarterfinal contest on Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Herkimer College.

Nearly 200 complete Coop Loop road race
Mike Rutledge was the men's winner and Jenny Zuckerman the female winner during the annual Coop Loop road race sponsored by the Clark Sports Center last Sunday.

Redskins fall short in title game
CORTLAND _ The Cooperstown boys soccer team came within inches of sending Saturday night's Section Three Class C final into overtime, but a potential tying shot with six minutes left hit the crossbar, effectively ending the Redskins' best season since 1992.

Thursday, November 01, 2007

Hall secures Series artifacts
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum has secured a number of items from the 2007 World Series between the Boston Red Sox and Colorado Rockies that will soon be displayed in Cooperstown until the conclusion of the 2008 baseball season.

Tri-Valley powers seem destined to meet again
It looks as if the Laurens and Cherry Valley-Springfield boys soccer teams may be on a collision course for round three.

Redskins advance to Class C final
SAUQUOIT _ It took 15 years, but the Cooperstown boys soccer team is finally over the semifinal hump _ make that mountain.

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Snyder named Fetterman Award winner
With a son in college, another in high school and a third in elementary school, Bob Snyder does not have an abundance of extra time to be a volunteer.

Miosek resigns as girls hoop coach
Longtime Cooperstown girls basketball varsity head coach Frank Miosek has resigned his position as a protest to a recent change in the pay scale for coaches at the school.

Coop girls win 5-1; boys home on Friday
Here they go again. The Cooperstown girls soccer team began its quest for a third straight Section Three Class C title with a 5-1 victory over Thousand Islands Tuesday in Cooperstown.

Amazing rally lifts Patriots
ONEONTA - Trailing 3-1 with just over 15 minutes left in Saturday's Tri-Valley Championship Game, a comeback seemed like a remote possibility at best for the Cherry Valley-Springfield boys soccer team.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Girls Tri-Valley powers prepare for Round 4
Both the Milford and Edmeston girls soccer teams can use revenge as motivation as they prepare to meet in the Tri-Valley Championship Game for the fourth straight season Saturday at 1 p.m.

Milford girls, CV-S boys receive second seeds
The Milford girls and Cherry Valley-Springfield boys soccer teams have earned second seeds in the upcoming Section Four Class D tournaments, which begin next week.

Clash of the Titans
The Cherry Valley-Springfield boys soccer team defeated every team on its schedule except for one this season.

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Coop boys battle through injuries
The Cooperstown boys soccer team battled through adversity last week, but kept on winning in the process.

CCS girls lose, 2-1
The Cooperstown girls soccer team lost the rubber match to rival Herkimer on Tuesday night.

Winless Redskins have upset on their minds
Although his team lost a 34-6 decision to Herkimer at last Saturday's Homecoming Game, Cooperstown football coach Steve Pugliese hopes his team can pull a monumental upset this Friday.

Longtime CCS hoop coach White dies
The game clock ran out on longtime Cooperstown basketball coach Dick White on Tuesday, but his impact on those he coached and taught will continue for years to come, friends and colleagues said.

Thursday, October 04, 2007

Fans encouraged to attend fantasy games
Forty-eight men and women will experience a lifetime dream, beginning this weekend in Cooperstown at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, with the third annual Hall of Fame Fantasy Camp, to be held Oct. 5 through 10.

Milford wins with Campbell on sideline
CHERRY VALLEY _ With their star player on the bench, the Milford girls soccer team still found a way to complete a 3-0 win at Cherry Valley on Monday, all but clinching a fourth straight Tri-Valley East title in the process.

Redskins unbeaten streak stretches to 12 games
The Cooperstown boys soccer team did not avenge their only loss of the season Tuesday at Poland, but they did make a statement.

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Hall to get historic ball, with asterisk
The fans have spoken. Barry Bonds' record-breaking home run ball is headed to the National Baseball Hall of Fame with an asterisk after fans voted in an online poll set up by the ball's owner last week.

Cooperstown boys, girls unbeaten in league play
ADIRONDACK _ The young Cooperstown football team was simply overmatched at Adirondack on Saturday, losing a 48-7 decision.

Redskins fall to Sauquoit, 21-7
There was some reason for optimism after the Cooperstown football team lost a 21-7 home decision to Sauquoit on Saturday afternoon to fall to 0-4.

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Milford girls lose first, Coop girls bounce back
The Milford girls undefeated season came to a crashing halt in shocking syle Tuesday, losing a 5-0 decision at Edmeston.

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Coop boys get spark from freshman Chase
It was the kind of victory that can turn a season around.

CCS football loses, hosts Delhi Saturday
ADIRONDACK _ The young Cooperstown football team was simply overmatched at Adirondack on Saturday, losing a 48-7 decision.

High scoring Milford girls invade Cooperstown Saturday
There always seems to be a little extra interest among local fans when the Cooperstown and Milford sports team play each other. After all, the schools are only 10 minutes apart, and most of the players and parents know each other and the winner can claim bragging rights.

Thursday, September 07, 2007

Cooperstown boys lose opener, 1-0
The Cooperstown boys soccer team lost its season opener to Poland Tuesday, 1-0, but CCS head coach Frank Miosek wasn't unhappy with his team's performance.

Redskins run out of steam
Morrisville's Joe VanDee, all 5'8" and 140 pounds of him, ran for four touchdowns and nearly 200 yards to spoil the Cooperstown football team's season-opener Saturday at Lambert Field.

CV-S soccer teams unbeaten
The Cherry Valley-Springfield boys and girls soccer teams are both undefeated in the early season, with the boys accumulating a 4-0 mark and the girls improving to 3-0 with a rare win at Schenevus on Tuesday.

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Coop boys a work in progress
Cooperstown boys soccer coach Frank Miosek probably didn't retire from teaching last year to do puzzles, but fitting the pieces together is exactly what he'll be doing with this year's team.

CV-S boys off to perfect start
EDMESTON _ The Cherry Valley-Springfield boys soccer team started the season with a bang last weekend, pounding two traditional soccer powerhouses to win the Edmeston Tournament.

Coop girls aim for third Class C crown
If twice is nice, three times must be even better.

CCS football hosts Morrisville Saturday
The young Cooperstown football team may takes its lumps this season, but a year or two down the road will likely be a team to be reckoned with, said head coach Steve Pulgiese.

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Oh my! Enberg visits Cooperstown for first time
It's almost impossible to have been a sports fan over the past five decades and not have heard Dick Enberg's voice and trademark call `Oh my' broadcasting any multitude of signature athletic events. And it's equally implausible to believe he had never been to Cooperstown until last week.

Milford girls return for what should be memorable season
MILFORD_With all but one starter returning from the most successful season in program history, it will be mostly status quo for Milford girls soccer coach Lorin Campbell and the team this season.

Sports Center director resigns
Clark Sports Center director Brad Feik is resigning his position on Aug. 31, almost seven years to the day he was hired.

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Hall continues artifact quest
After returning to Cooperstown on Friday with artifacts from Barry Bonds' historic home run chase last week, the Hall of Fame's traveling man, Jeff Idelson, was back on the road last weekend.

Sporting licenses now available
ALBANY _ New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis recently announced that 2007-08 hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses and Deer Management Permits (DMPs) may be purchased beginning Monday, August 13, according to a DEC press release.

Pohl commits to Clemson pending MLB June draft
Cooperstown's Philip Pohl has verbally committed to play baseball at Division One Clemson University after his upcoming senior season, but there is an outside chance he may never get there.

Thursday, August 09, 2007

Hall of Fame to get helmet, uniform from Bonds' 756th
Jeff Idelson's week long road trip ended Tuesday night with a bang.

Groff gets first win, qualifies for World Cup
Former Cooperstown resident and triathlon professional Sarah Groff won the first race of her career last month.

Thursday, August 02, 2007

Hall sets weekend attendance record
The National Baseball Hall of Fame shattered its previous four-day Hall of Fame Weekend attendance total, drawing 36,996 fans to the museum Friday through Monday.

Hall of Famers not in mood to talk steroids
For those wondering what would happen in the event of severe weather during Sunday's Induction Ceremony, Hall of Fame spokesman Jeff Idelson said it's all or nothing. "It's either going to be outside or cancelled," he said. "There are no rain plans." Idelson said the Hall would pursue every possible avenue to have the ceremony outside, however.

Ripken, Gwynn reflect on induction ceremony
A day after their record breaking induction into the Hall of Fame, Cal Ripken, Jr. and Tony Gwynn shared some behind-the-scenes moments during an event at the Clark Sports Center on Monday. Hall officials have estimated the crowds for Sunday"s Induction were around 75,000, far surpassing the previous mark of approximately 50,000 in 1999.

Thursday, July 26, 2007

For some die-hard fans, Sunday will be personal
For some local baseball fans, this weekend's Induction of Cal Ripken and Tony Gwynn into the Hall of Fame is the pinnacle of a career worth of adulation.

Rain, rain stay away
For those wondering what would happen in the event of severe weather during Sunday's Induction Ceremony, Hall of Fame spokesman Jeff Idelson said it's all or nothing. "It's either going to be outside or cancelled," he said. "There are no rain plans." Idelson said the Hall would pursue every possible avenue to have the ceremony outside, however.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
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Willie Mays, Pete Rose among those signing this weekend
Some businesses and organizations are planning special events for the weekend in an effort to attract more of the 50,000-plus visitors expected in Cooperstown this weekend. Art Ausfeld, owner of A & E Sportscards and More located on 134 Main Street, said autographs from ballplayers will be available in front of his store on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Travolta to attend ceremony
There's no word if he'll be dancing in the aisles, but actor John Travolta is on inductee Cal Ripken's guest list for Sunday's Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.

The waiting game is over
After almost six years of hype and unprecedented anticipation, the 2007 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, which features Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn, is finally here.

Thursday, July 19, 2007

Annual golf tourney held
The annual women's member/guest tournament was held on Tuesday, July 17.

Groff has career-best finish despite broken elbow
Triathletes often have to overcome pain while competing, but former Cooperstown resident Sarah Groff took that to a whole new level recently.

Thursday, July 05, 2007

Area runners complete annual Boilermaker
UTICA _ Close to 11,000 runners, the largest field ever for the annual Utica Boilermaker 15K Road Race, crossed the finish line Sunday on a day when temperatures reached 95 degrees and the race more than lived up to its name.

Milford students visit Fenway for fundraiser
MILFORD _ A group of 19 eighth graders from Milford Central School headed to Boston's Fenway Park July 7 to help with a fundraising effort coordinated by the "Life is Good" company on behalf of the Red Sox Foundation and Project Joy.

Thursday, July 05, 2007

CCS baseball teammates make all-state first team
Philip Pohl seems to be going places, both literally and figuratively.

Pony League wins pair of games
The Cooperstown Pony Hawkeyes won two league games last week, defeating Cherry Valley by a score of 11-5, and outscoring Milford 21-9.

Thursday, June 28, 2007

Boeheim says omission still stings
Longtime Syracuse men's basketball coach Jim Boeheim has won a National title, accumulated 750 wins and is in the Basketball Hall of Fame, but that didn't make last year's omission from the NCAA Tournament any easier to swallow, he said Tuesday.

Man swims lake for fifth straight year
Dennis Hannon swam the length of Otsego Lake for the fifth straight year on Tuesday, but the 63-year-old said it may be his last attempt.

Charlie Kieler wins gold, silver at Games
Cooperstown resident Charlie Kieler won a gold medal in doubles and a silver medal in singles at the Empire State Games Senior Games held at SUNY Cortland earlier this month.

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Jack Loewenguth wins CYB's Ainslie Award
Cooperstown's Jack Loewenguth was named the winner of the 2007 Beanie Ainslie Award during Cooperstown Youth Baseball's end of the year picnic Monday night.

CCS hosts emotional athletic banquet
Cooperstown High School's 48th annual All Sports banquet was held Friday night in the Nicholas Sterling Auditorium; and in addition to honoring the athletes was a chance to say goodbye to retiring boys track coach Don Howard and remember Chris Gentile, a senior athlete who died in a car accident in April.

Tournament named for 'Rayzor' Smith
The team of Jim Johnson and Eric Hage won the inaugural Ray (Rayzor) Smith horseshoe tournament at the Mohican Club in Cooperstown earlier this month.

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Scrafford sets school mark in 800 meters
Milford Central School held its annual athletic banquet on Monday, June 4.

Coop baseball has 5 first team All Stars
The Section Three Class C champion Cooperstown baseball team landed five players on the Center State Conference First Team All Star squad, CCS baseball coach Frank Miosek said.

Miosek to retire from teaching, keep coaching
Three sport coach Frank Miosek will retire from teaching at Cooperstown this spring, but will continue to coach boys soccer, girls basketball and baseball at the school for the foreseeable future, he said Monday.

Thursday, June 07, 2007

CV-S holds athletic banquet
Cherry Valley-Springfield Central held its 2007 Spring Sports Awards and end of the year banquet on Friday night at the school.

Joe Horrigan wins tourney
OLD FORGE Cooperstown senior Joe Horrigan won the end-of-the-year Center State Conference tournament in dramatic fashion on Thursday, hitting what head coach Dave Peplinski described as a "miraculous bunker shot" on the fifth sudden victory playoff hole.

Oxford Locke's up win with late rally to stun Redskins
ENDICOTT-Cooperstown baseball coach Frank Miosek said he was talking with freshman Kyle Liner about famous philosophers on the bus ride to Tuesday's state quarterfinal contest against Oxford at Union-Endicott High School.

Thursday, May 31, 2007

Music and art scholarships available
The CCS Friends of Music and Art (FOMA) have announced the availability of summer camp scholarships for students who will be in grades six through 12 in the 2007-2008 school year. Recipients of scholarships are each eligible for up to $200 to off set the costs of a summer arts program.

Sarah Groff wins gold in women's triathlon
IXTAPA, MEXIC0 - Former Cooperstown resident Sarah Groff won a gold medal in the women's triathlon at the ITU Aquathlon World Championships in Ixtapa, Mexico earlier this month.

Panthers avenge loss to CV-S with 10-5 win
EDMESTON - The rubber match got away from the Cherry Valley-Springfield baseball team, and so did its season.

Redskins pitch way to C-1 baseball title
The Cooperstown baseball team received three pitching gems in winning the Section Three C-1 title last week, but who will pitch tonight's Class C championship game is still a mystery.

CCS boys track takes second at sectionals
MORRISVILLE - Don Howard's final meet as the Cooperstown boys track coach didn't end in victory Saturday, but that doesn't mean it was a disappointment.

CV-S track teams win Section 4 titles
DELHI - Sometimes in sports, things work out just the way they should. After years of placing second to Odessa-Montour at the Section Four Class D meet, the Cherry Valley-Springfield girls track team finally caught up last Thursday at Delhi Tech.

Thursday, May 17, 2007

CCS baseball clinches, Petroskey sets hit mark
The Cooperstown baseball team clinched the Division II Center State Conference title with a 13-2 victory over Waterville on Monday, and will finish the regular season Thursday at home against Canastota.

Gwynn revels in the history of the game
The self-proclaimed history buff got the ultimate history lesson Monday morning.

CV-S track teams aim for third straight titles
The Cherry Valley-Springfield boys track team tuned up for a run at its third straight Tri-Valley Championship with a victory in their own Invitational on Saturday.

Round 4: CV-S and Edmeston to meet for title again
Although an undefeated Tri-Valley season was not in the cards for the Cherry Valley-Springfield baseball team, head coach Ed Dubben still has an ace up his sleeve for Monday's Tri-Valley Championship Game.

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Coop baseball bounces back from first loss
The Cooperstown baseball team rebounded from its first loss of the season with a pair of victories over good teams Monday and Tuesday.

CCS boys take second at own Invitational
The Cooperstown boys track team's run of five straight Cooperstown Invitational titles ended Saturday, but that was just fine with head coach Don Howard.

Spending is up at MCS
MILFORD _ Six residents attended a hearing on the 2007-2008 Milford Central School budget Monday night in which superintendent Peter Livshin briefly discussed the proposed spending plan.

CV-S baseball absorbs first loss
The Cherry Valley-Springfield baseball team lost its first game of the season to Richfield on Saturday, but won a pair of league contests last week to remain perfect in Tri-Valley play.

Thursday, May 03, 2007

C-town Invitational is Saturday
The Cooperstown boys track and field team will look for its fifth straight Cooperstown Invitational title on Saturday, while also hoping to send retiring head coach Don Howard out on a winning note in his final invitational.

CV-S baseball now 5-0
The Cherry Valley-Springfield baseball team continued its winning ways last week as they prepare for a showdown with fellow unbeaten Tri-Valley rival Edmeston on May 14.

Lakeside sewer district is topic for May 9 meet
OTSEGO LAKE _ The Otsego town board will hear more details about a proposal to form a sewer district to serve some of the residents along the west side of Otsego Lake during its meeting next week.

Lakeside sewer district is topic for May 9 meet
OTSEGO LAKE _ The Otsego town board will hear more details about a proposal to form a sewer district to serve some of the residents along the west side of Otsego Lake during its meeting next week.

Hall, chamber team up on discount program
The Hall of Fame played a doubleheader on Friday evening.

Thursday, April 26, 2007

C-town Invitational is Saturday
The Cooperstown boys track and field team will look for its fifth straight Cooperstown Invitational title on Saturday, while also hoping to send retiring head coach Don Howard out on a winning note in his final invitational.

CV-S baseball now 5-0
The Cherry Valley-Springfield baseball team continued its winning ways last week as they prepare for a showdown with fellow unbeaten Tri-Valley rival Edmeston on May 14.

Lakeside sewer district is topic for May 9 meet
OTSEGO LAKE _ The Otsego town board will hear more details about a proposal to form a sewer district to serve some of the residents along the west side of Otsego Lake during its meeting next week.

Hall, chamber team up on discount program
Not only did they unveil their latest exhibit, but also hosted an informational and sign-up session for Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce members for the new Hall of Fame Member Discount Program.



Thursday, April 26, 2007

Coop baseball off to perfect start
The Cooperstown baseball team picked up two key league victories on its way to a 6-0 start to the season last week.

CV-S track teams aim for league three-peat
CHERRY VALLEY _ The Cherry Valley-Springfield boys track team will use the enviable combination of youth, talent, depth and experience in its quest for a third straight league and Class D title this season.



Thursday, April 19, 2007

Area runners complete 111th Boston Marathon
Two area men completed the 111th running of the Boston Marathon Monday, a race that was unlike any of the previous 110 runnings.

CCS golf looks to defend league title, win sectionals
If and when the Cooperstown golf team begins the 2007 campaign, it should be a good one.

HOF Induction plans developing
Plans are taking shape for how to deal with what may be the largest Induction Day crowd the village has ever seen.

"We were the spark"
It was the genesis of what has become Red Sox Nation.



Thursday, April 12, 2007

Milford track teams look to return to top of T-V league
MILFORD_The Milford boys track team will look to a pair of superstars to lead them back to the top of the Tri-Valley this season.

Coaches, friends mourn Gentile
Friends and coaches of Chris Gentile say they will remember the three-sport standout as a fun, energetic person with an infectious smile and a loud, booming voice that often echoed through the halls of Cooperstown High.



Thursday, April 05, 2007

Seward speaks to Rotarians
State Senator James Seward told the Cooperstown Rotary Club Tuesday that the legislature has had a productive year already.

Hall to salute '67 Red Sox
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum will host a daylong salute to the 1967 Boston Red Sox on Saturday, April 14 in Cooperstown, featuring the appearances of former Red Sox players Jim Lonborg and Rico Petrocelli, who will participate in a book signing and a special members-only "Voices of the Game Series" event.

Howard to retire after this season
After 37 years as head coach, and 42 years with the boys track program at Cooperstown, Don Howard has decided that the 2007 season will be his last.

Track aims for sixth straight league title
There's a good chance the Cooperstown boys track team will send retiring head coach Don Howard out in style this season.

Thursday, March 29, 2007

Coop baseball high on talent
With a shortstop who is headed to play Division One baseball next fall, a catcher who is a Division One prospect, and five other returning players from last year's 16-6 team, expectations have never been higher for the Cooperstown baseball team.

Young CCS girls track set to begin season
The Cooperstown girls track team counts 17 freshmen among its 45 team members, so head coach Connie Herzig is reserving judgment on what her team is capable of accomplishing this season.

Cring: swim team not in danger of being cut
The addition of a bowling team at Cooperstown High School next year will have no effect on the swim teams' status, said CCS high school officials Mike Cring and Mary Jo McPhail on Monday.

Thursday, March 22, 2007

CCS may add bowling to sports program
Cooperstown Central School students more concerned with striking out than with hitting home runs will be able to participate in a sport that's right up their alley next year.

Planning continues for HoF Induction
Village officials are making progress in planning for this year's Baseball Hall of Fame induction, but have yet to locate parking for roughly half of the anticipated 60,000 visitors.

Planning continues for HoF Induction
Village officials are making progress in planning for this year's Baseball Hall of Fame induction, but have yet to locate parking for roughly half of the anticipated 60,000 visitors.

Monday, March 15, 2007

Patriots begin defense of first T-V title
CHERRY VALLEY_After winning the first Tri-Valley Championship in school history last season, CV-S baseball coach Ed Dubben has some new goals for his team this spring.

CCS's Fox, Wehner earn hoop honors
Cooperstown junior center Samantha Fox was recently named the Most Valuable Player of the Center State Conference Division II, according to CCS girls basketball coach Frank Miosek.

NCAA Tournament
I usually start out this annual column by calling this the ``most wonderful time of the year,'' but the NCAA Tournament Committee's decision to omit Syracuse from the field this year has put a damper on March Madness for me.

Monday, March 08, 2007

CSC boys team win tournament
The Clark Sports Center sixth grade basketball team, coached by Sharky Nagelschmidt, traveled to Johnstown, New York on Saturday, March 3 for the Jack Dunlap Memorial Tournament, and came home with a championship title.

Local gymnasts win titles
Elizabeth Penola from Cooperstown competed for the Oneonta YMCA Sparklers Gymnastics team at a League Championship meet in Corning, N.Y. on Sunday, March 4.

Curcio achieves perfection again
One could be considered a fluke, but two is proof of bonafide skill.

Weir to coach Milford softball
MILFORD_Jim Weir, who coached the Milford baseball team for 22 successful seasons before retiring in 2003, will take over the Milford softball team head coaching duties this spring.

Monday, March 01, 2007

Freshman ends Redskins' season
SYRACUSE_Sandy Creek's third option proved to be a winning one.

Coop girls lose to top seed
ILION_When Samantha Fox scored the 1,000th point of her career to give Cooperstown a two-point lead over Little Falls in the fourth quarter of Saturday's Section Three Class C-1 semifinal, it seemed like it might be the Lady Redskins' day.

Monday, February 26, 2007

Midweek Sports Update
SYRACUSE_The Cooperstown boys and girls basketball teams both held fourth quarter leads in their respective Section III Class C-1 semifinal games Saturday, but both came up short of advancing to the finals.

Thursday, February 22, 2007

CV-S girls win 'championship'
MILFORD_It's likely that no coach has ever enjoyed a first round sectional victory as much as Amy Garretson did Tuesday night.

CCS boys making another sectional run
If it's sectional time, it usually means the Cooperstown boys basketball team is playing its best.

CCS grappler White falls short of state berth
Cooperstown senior Josh White's four year quest for a state tournament berth came to a crushing end on Sunday in the Section Three Division II championships at the Utica Auditorium.

Thursday, February 15, 2007

Losing streak costs Coop girls
The Cooperstown girls basketball team, which lost its final four games of the regular season, will be on the road for a Section Three Class C-1 opening round tournament game next week.

Underdog Milford has tradition on its side
If tradition and experience mean anything, the Milford girls basketball team should have the edge when they meet Morris Saturday night at 6:30 p.m. at Oneonta State in the girls Tri-Valley Championship Game.

CCS volleyball wins five-setter
The Cooperstown volleyball team took a thrilling five set victory over Morrisville in a first round sectional game Saturday afternoon, but a scheduled second round game with top seed Dolgeville was postponed indefinitely.

Thursday, February 08, 2007

CCS boys pull major upset; girls lose, 62-60
A day after the Cooperstown boys basketball team defeated a previously undefeated team, the Cooperstown girls basketball team almost did the same, losing a 62-60 decision to Little Falls Friday night.

White wins league title
White won the 145-pound weight class at the Center State Conference league tournament on Saturday with a 9-4 decision over Canastota's Sean Wilkinson in the final.

Thursday, February 01, 2007

C-town football player wins award
Cooperstown senior Lucas Niedzialkowski won a $500 college scholarship from the National Football Foundation during the Central New York scholar/ athlete dinner held at Turningstone Casino on Sunday.

Milford girls headed back to T-V title game
WORCESTER_ The Milford girls basketball team is, to their way of thinking, back where they belong.

Coop graduate qualifies for X-Games skiing competition
ASPEN, CO _ Cooperstown graduate Chantelle Heroux competed in the X-Games' Skiercross Invitation Saturday, finishing 15th out of 18 competitors after crashing through the finish line on her initial run.

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Redskins trounced, 57-40, look for fast start tonight
The Cooperstown boys basketball team's hopes for an upset at undefeated Sherburne-Earlville were quickly dashed Thursday night, as the Marauders jumped out to a 23-3 first quarter lead on the way to a 57-40 victory.

Josh White wins title at CNY tourney, now 23-3
VERNON_Cooperstown senior Josh White won the 145-pound weight class in dramatic style at Saturday's 17-team Center New York Tournament at Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School.

Thursday, January 18, 2007

Coop girls remain in first place with 49-39 victory
The Cooperstown girls basketball team avenged its only league loss of the season with a convincing, 49-39 victory over Canastota Tuesday night at Bursey gymansium.

White picks up 100th career wrestling win
Cooperstown senior wrestler Josh White picked up his 100th career win at the Unatego Tournament on Saturday, but lost in the 145-pound final in frustrating fashion.

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Coop girls move into first with O.T. victory
With the game on the line, the Cooperstown girls basketball team turned to its ''Foxy Lady,'' and she delivered.

Gywnn, Ripken will be 2007 HOF inductees
As expected, the Ironman and the self-described ''Little Guy'' are the newest electees into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Thursday, January 04, 2007

Coop boys iced in tourney final, 56-50
The Cooperstown boys basketball team's second half shooting was the latter as they mustered just 21 second half points in a 56-50 loss to Clinton in the championship game of the 25th annual Cooperstown Holiday Tournament last Thursday.

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