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CCS Boys’ Basketball Strong Going Into Last Month Of Play
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Friday, January 1, 2010
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By GREG SORIN
COOPERSTOWN
With a little over a month left in the season, the Cooperstown Varsity Basketball team is still going strong and showing promise.
Over Christmas break, the team participated in the Dick White Holiday Tournament, where its athletic resolve was tested against Cobleskill-Richmondville.
Two days after a close loss (Cobleskill-Richmondville, 50; Cooperstown, 48) on Dec. 29, the team, which is first in its league, was still dutifully plugging away at their drills.
Going through everything from circle layups and basic shot-taking to agility and fitness improvement during a 7 a.m. practice on the 31st, the dedication was evident.
“Our biggest problem is defense,” said Coach Dave Bertram.
With the four sophomores usually all on the court at the same time, he feels the team is very athletic despite the players’ ages. But as a team, the players are lacking in game experience and low on rebounds.
The team needs to play with more energy throughout the whole game, not just when it’s on the line, Bertram said.
The team is more than half seniors, however. Kyle Liner stands out among them. He provides guidance and keeps the team moving.
According to Bertram, Liner is “willing to do the dirty work” when he’s put on the court. His experience is helpful to the team’s younger players.
With the strengths of their older players and the potential of the younger, Cooperstown’s Varsity team has great potential, the coach said.
The Redskins play at Herkimer at 7:30 Saturday, Jan. 9, but return home at 7:30 Monday, hosting Edmeston.Labels: 01-08-10, Sports |
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CCS Soccer Team Wins 1st Sections
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Friday, November 6, 2009
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CCS Redskins Win Soccer Title
By LAURA COX
 COOPERSTOWN
They are the champions, friends. And wearing the first Section III, Class C Championship laurels won by a CCS Boys Varsity Soccer team since 1991, the Redskins were awaiting word on whether they would be playing Marathon in the first round of the regionals either Friday or Saturday, Nov. 13, 14. "As far as our victory, it centered around a team approach not one or two individuals," said Coach Frank Miosek the day after his team’s 1-0 win over Bishop Grimes, East Syracuse, Monday, Nov. 9, for the sectional title. CCS played 16, using five subs; Grimes only used two. Miosek thinks this strategy contributed to the win. "The game could have gone either way, but we out-shot them. We had one or two more chances than they did. We had five they had three; fortunately, we were able to score and they were not," he said, adding that Bishop Grimes had a shot bounce off the crossbar that could have easily gone in and changed the dynamic of the game. Miosek is hoping to play Marathon Saturday, because of the late notice and the students having Wednesday off for Veterans Day. Playing Saturday, the team wouldn’t have to miss classes or play in the dark. Supt. Of Schools Mary Jo McPhail said the time of the game will be posted on the school Web site as soon as she knows. In Miosek’s 23 years of coaching, the team has never played Marathon and he said he knows "little to nothing about their team." The coach will continue to use the same strategy that has been successful for him throughout his career. This includes using substitutes in certain positions and not in others. "Each game is a little different, but our approach from the beginning is to keep fresh people in the mid and striker positions, and we do not like to mess around with defense and the goal. We have a set group and make little or no changes. It’s worked well for me over years, especially in our sectional game," Miosek said. Miosek never looks ahead, but he said his athletic director did and after this weekend’s game for regionals, there would be a semi final and a championship game for state. The championship game is scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 22. The Redskins are 16-3 so far. Referring to anything past this as icing on the cake, Miosek said that, win or lose, his team will play with class and leave the fields with heads held high. There are approximately 24 on team, and 17 of them have scored or registered an assist this season. Labels: 11-13-09, Front Page, Sports |
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MUD WRESTLIN’ TO VICTORY
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Friday, October 23, 2009
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Victory v. Cazenovia Would Lead To Sectional Inside Carrier Dome
By JIM KEVLINCOOPERSTOWNCCS’ undefeated Redskins football team is just 48 minutes of play away from the Carrier Dome. “They are really excited to have made it this far,” said Jay Baldo, CCS athletic director and an assistant to Head Coach Steve Pugliese. “They know they’re one game away from playing the game in Syracuse, and that’s something a Cooperstown team has never been able to accomplish.” The 48 minutes of play will begin at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, at Rome Free Academy, where the Redskins face the Cazenovia Lakers in the semis. In addition to Cazenovia, General Brown and Utica’s Bishop Ludden have been considered the teams to beat, and they are playing each other the same evening, leading to the Section 3 championship game Friday or Saturday, Nov. 6 or 7, at SU’s legendary 49, 250-seat football (and basketball) mecca. The Carrier Dome is the largest domed stadium of any college campus and the largest domed stadium in the Northeastern United States. The Redskins have been used to carrying their own gear and changing in the girls’ locker room at away games. This will change at RFA, where attendants will carry the boys’ grips and first-rate changing facilities are in the offing. A taste of stardom. The Redskins head to Cooperstown from a mud-wrestling bout at Lambert Field Saturday, Oct. 24, playing Canastota in heavy rains on a field that turned to soup. Nonetheless, there was only one turnover. “It definitely played into the hands of Tanner (Niedzialkowski), being a good straight-ahead down-hill runner,” said Baldo. “With his speed, he just had a great day.” The Canastota Raiders scored first, and Cooperstown had only a 24-16 lead near the end of the first half. Then Luke Folts intercepted and ran the ball back to Canastota’s two-yard line. Alec Silvera ran it in, and the Redskins never looked back. Niedzialkowski took in three of the TDs. The Cooperstown players realize Cazenovia may be the biggest challenge to date to the Redskins 8-0 record. The Lakers shut out Sherburne-Earlville, Clinton and Mount Markham during the regular season. “They’re a very good team,” said Baldo. “They’re big. They’re very well coached. And they have some real good athletes. They’re a perennial powerhouse. They’re definitely the best we will have played to this point.” Labels: 10-30-09, Front Page, Sports |
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Friday, October 16, 2009
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‘Very Good’ X-Country Team To Host 19 Schools’ Runners
By JIM KEVLIN
COOPERSTOWN
CCS fans have a final chance before sectionals to view what Coach Jessie Ravage calls “a very good” cross-country boys’ team.
Senior Caleb Edmonds, ranked fourth in the state, is favored to win Saturday, Oct. 24, when 19 schools compete on the school’s track at the Moffat farm on Beaver Meadow Road.
JV starting time for the League Championship Meet, Center State Conference, is 2 p.m.; varsity, 2:40.
Edmonds “hasn’t had anyone closer than 30 seconds all season,” said Ravage. While courses vary in length, Caleb did the 5K at Rome Free Academy in 16 flat.
 Other top CCS boys’ runners are senior Ben Resnick and junior Will Reis. Senior Paul Kennedy, sophomore Jimmy Scrafford, senior Zach Fanion and junior Desmond Brown round out the squad.
On the girls’ side, the top runners so far are senior Sarah Fanion, eighth-grader Jaime Zoltick and junior Shyah Miller. Seniors Lauren Harris, Hannah Scrafford and Katie Anania, and sophomore Julia Robinson round out the squad.
The next step after the league will be the Section & State Qualifier Meet Nov. 6 at Jamesville Beach, which will send five teams and five runners from each section A, AA, B, C and D, boys and girls, to the state meet.
Beaver River is the team to beat. Regardless, Ravage anticipates Edmonds, Resnick and Reis will make the state meet individually.
Several runners are starting to “pop,” said Ravage, “but from here out we’re all going to have to run the best races we can.”Labels: 10-23-09, Sports |
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CCS Athletic Hall Of Famers
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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Redskins Beat Holland Patent In Final Minutes
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HOLLAND PATENT
CCS’ Redskins claimed a nail-biting 21-14 victory from Holland Patent Friday, Sept. 25, in the last two minutes of a game played on dew-heavy turf and punctuated by fumbles.
The first half ended 14-7, with the Golden Knights leading, and they maintained that lead until Tyler Hoke passed to Jeremiah Ford with 2:12 remaining.
With 1:09 left to play, Tanner Niedzialkowski charged the final yard to give the Redskins the winning touchdown.
Holland Patent was the team CCS had to beat, as both were undefeated.Labels: 10-02-09, Sports |
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Cooperstown Rams Beat Sherburne Marauders 26-13
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
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By: Joe Booan
The Royal Chrysler Rams from Cooperstown met the NYCM Marauders from Sherburne last Sunday at the Clark Sports Center for a battle on the gridiron.
The Marauders have been a menacing presence for the Rams in years past, but on this day, pride and determination swelled in the hearts of our future Redskins.
First quarter play saw a tough and disciplined Ram defense. Conner Fay made a touchdown saving tackle that sparked surge stopping tackles by Noah Briggs, Collin Wilcox and a bone crushing tackle by Carmen Booan.
Guarding the corners on defense were Dante Poole and Scott Segit. Gang tackling play led to Elias Perez stripping the ball from a speedy Sherburne back and running it in for the Rams first score! A key monster block from Trentin Carentz allowed Perez to run in for the extra point.
A defensive battle ensued in the second and third quarters. Strong defensive play led by Scott Curtis, and Skyler Taylor, pushed back the Marauder offense deep in their territory.
Wade Stahl helped seal the corner on the Ram defensive line. Finn Hodgins stood his ground not letting Marauder offensive backs through his gap. Trentin Carentz’s menacing of the center-QB exchange created a turnover. With Booan pounding the ball up the middle, the Marauders were caught off guard as Perez swept right and put the ball into the end zone!
On the Rams final possession of the first half, Scott Segit scampered 15 yards evading would-be tacklers and brought the ball into the Sherburne territory.
Quarterback Sean Mebust faked then handed off to Perez who demonstrated valiant second effort skills for 30 yards and put the ball in the end zone!
With time winding down for Sherburne, Reece Johnson and David Rozella constructed a steel curtain to slow the advance of the Marauders. First year Ram Duncan Clark was everywhere covering receivers and stopping any advances coming into his territory.
Second half play saw Sherburne score; however the Royal Rams never gave up and stayed focused on their goals.
Perez exchanged positions with Mebust and, with the help of play misdirection allowed Perez to complete a pass to the Mebust bringing the Rams to first and goal. Carmen Booan pounded the ball in for the score!
The Marauder air attack was deflated when Brandon Phillips picked off Sherburne’s attempted Hail Mary pass.Labels: 9-25-09, Sports, Youth Football |
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Education, Fun, Focus of Area Football Program
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
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Greater Oneonta Football Association, the Youth Football program offered in Oneonta and the surrounding communities, continues to focus on education, gaining an appreciation for the game of football, good sportsmanship, and fun. Currently the program offers football to youth ages 8-12 in Oneonta, Cooperstown, Delhi, Richfield Springs, Sherburne, and the Morris/Laurens areas.
The league would not be what it is without the participation of many. Coaches and parents in the league put in numerous hours and work to make the program a success for the children. Various local organizations annually sponsor teams, helping to continue to provide football to our area youth.
With many players from the program going on to play and succeed at the Modified, Junior Varsity, and Varsity levels we know this program is accomplishing great things!
Jason Neer
President Greater Oneonta Football AssociationLabels: 9-18-09, Sports, Youth Football |
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1-0 After Opener, CCS Coach Bullish About Season To Come
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009
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Hoke, Niedzalkowski, Silvera, Defense Shine Vs. Ilion In 13-0 Win
COOPERSTOWN
Head Coach Steve Pugliese’s strategy is “one week at a time,” but you can sense the underlying excitement as he says it.
For despite a starting game error or two, his CCS Redskin squad dominated against Ilion in the Friday, Sept. 4, opener.
Going into the first home game against Little Falls at 2 p.m. at Lambert Field, Pugliese is enthusiastic about what he’s seen so far.
As expected, quarterback Tyler Hoke, Tanner Niedzalkowski and Alex Silvera fueled a powerful offense. Hoke scored the first goal, Niedzalkowski the second.
“They’re my leaders out there,” said the coach. “They’re the ones that shine.”
But when Ilion found itself with a first down at the Redskins seven in the first half, Pugliese saw the power of his defensive line as well.
Jed Rawley, Eddie O’Brien, Chris Michaels and the rest charged and charged again, stopping the Ilion offense short.
Luke Folts, who has suffered a series of injuries, was injured again, possibly spraining his ankle, but that only spurred the team forward, the coach said.
“This group of kids right here,” said Pugliese, “they went through a JV season undefeated. They don’t want to be scored on; they don’t want to lose.”
Richfield-Mohawk Loss
The new combined Richfield Spring-Mohawk Tribe lost to a strong Holland Patent in its first outing Saturday, Sept. 5. The next game is 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4, at Frankfort.Labels: 9-11-09, cooperstown central school, Football, Sports |
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Tennis Contender Is One Of Local Oudins
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COOPERSTOWN
There’s a photo somewhere showing Melanie Oudin’s great-grandmother, Dorothy Savage Oudin, playing tennis in a long white Victorian dress.
Her great-granddaughter is taking the tradition farther than Dorothy Oudin could ever have conceived.
At the U.S. Tennis Open – play continues through Sunday, Sept. 13 – Melanie, 17, of Marietta, Ga., has beaten Elena Dementiava (ranked 4th), the famed Maria Sharapova (29) and Nadia Petrova (13), to enter the quarterfinals.
She is the youngest player to get that far since Serena Williams in 1999.
The 70th-ranked Oudin will face ninth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark in the quarterfinals. The two were scheduled to meet Wednesday, Sept. 9.
According to a Wikepedia entry, Melanie and her twin sister, Katherine, were inspired to learn tennis when a grandmother gave them a racquet and lessons at an early age.
It didn’t specify who that grandmother was, but it could been Jean Godwin, wife of Charles Folger Oudin, Jr., according to Mandy Mahoney of Cooperstown and Maryland, a cousin of Melanie’s
Oudin, Jr., known simply as Folger, was the son of Dorothy Savage and Charles Folger Oudin.
Folger and his family – wife Jean, sons Charles Folger III and John (Melanie’s father) and daughter Laurie – lived in Baltimore and summered here.
Folger Oudin, who died in 1998, was well known at the Cooperstown Country Club, where Melanie was invited to visit earlier this summer after she beat 6th-ranked Jelena Jankovic at Wimbledon.
However, with her career taking off, she wasn’t able to make it.
Michael Owen of Brooklyn, who grew up in Cooperstown, remembered in an e-mail to May-Britt that Melanie’s father John was a lifeguard at the country club during his teens in the 1970s.
“It is very exciting to watch her, like Chris Evert,” Owen said.Labels: 9-11-09, Front Page, Melanie Oudin, Sports |
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United Richfield Springs, Mohawk Team Kicks Off
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009
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School Superintendent Was Concerned About Safety, Football Players Concerned About Competitiveness
By JIM KEVLIN
RICHFIELD SPRINGS
There’s been a lot of talk about consolidation to save money.
But that wasn’t the motivation here, when the Richfield Springs Central School Indians and Mohawk Central School Mohicans decided to merge last spring.
It was the safety of the students, pure and simple, RSCS Superintendent of Schools Bob Barraco explained the other day.
As so as the united team – simply The Tribe – takes the field at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, at Holland Patent, Barraco can contemplate the season with at least some peace of mind.
“We did not want to put freshmen boys in a position to be unsafe by participating at the varsity level,” the educator said. “And it was going to take significant participation by freshmen for us even to have a team.”
So far, so good, according to Roy Upson, the Mohawk coach who is overseeing the combined team.
Instead of a couple of dozen players, 52 young men turned out for practice, said Upson, who has divided them into well-stocked varsity and JV teams.
And they boys are getting along just fine, he said after seeing them play in the mud during that rainy scrimming in Little Falls the last Saturday in August.
For Baracco, the story goes back to the last school year.
“After assessing our season and assessing our enrollments and participation, we found we would probably be looking at a situation where we were going to have a very limited number of participants,” he said.
Over the winter, Richfield Springs and Mohawk had fielded a joint wrestling team, so there was some precedent.
And about the time the RSCA school board was going to have to make a decision, Mohawk approached with the suggestion of a united football team.
“There were people in the community who were concerned about having our own program,” said Barraco, “about having our own identify, about what it would do about student participation.”
There were public meetings, and “there was quite a bit of debate regarding the pros and cons.”
In the end, it was the boys themselves who put an end to the debate.
“The more and more we got into it, the players pretty much came out and said, we want this” – the merger with Mohawk – “to happen,” said the superintendent.
Whereas Barraco was concerned that freshmen would be moving onto the varsity teams too soon, thus risking injury, the players were concerned that the small numbers precluded the fielding of a competitive squad.
That ended the conversation, and matters moved forward.Labels: 09-04-09, Front Page, Richfield Springs, Sports |
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That Night, Bows Wows Heard With Tigers’ Grrrs
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Sunday, August 2, 2009
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CHRIS McSWIGGIN
THE TIGERS’ DEN
The Oneonta Tigers were still in first place in recent days, as they have been all season.
That, despite losing four of their last five games – the sixth was a 6-6 tie against Staten Island when it was called for rain – suggests their dominant position.
Still, the action on the field is only a part of the Tigers organization’s concern, with the new managers also focused on making a game in Damaschke Field the ultimate family experience.
Take Aug. 9, the first time domestic animals have made it into the park.
Bark in the Park night, allowing fans to bring their dogs to a game against Staten Island, was a hit.
Oneonta has also added such promotions such as Tacky Sweater Night, ‘70s Night and Military Night, to name a few.
O-Nee the Tiger has been doing his best to make a fun atmosphere for the children and the parents alike.
With the new Bullpen Grill along the right field foul line, serving some of the best ball park food in New York, why not head down to a Tigers game?
Andrew Weber and Eric Knighton, the Tigers’ head honchos, are the organizers behind these efforts. Kris German, former Otesaga chef, is the director of concessions, charging reasonable prices for delicious food.
With this, and numerous upgrades around the park, an O-Tigers game – $6, general admission – is something different.
Oneonta takes the field in State College, Pa., to take on the Spikes for their next series. The Tigers will return home Aug. 19 against the Williamsport Crosscutters.
With over 1,500 people in the park on July 4, the atmosphere was electric, and that series would be an opportunity to duplicate the experience.
So go, try it out, and have fun, because the Tigers season only lasts a few more weeks.Labels: 08-14-09, Oneonta Tigers, Sports |
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Great Behind The Plate – And At It
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Saturday, July 25, 2009
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CHRIS McSWIGGIN
IN THE TIGERS’ DEN
 When you watch the Oneonta Tigers this season, there is no doubt you are awe-struck by the presence (and performance) of #18.
Catcher John Murrian, the Detroit Tigers 9th round draft pick out of Winthrop University, has provided some fireworks this season. Probably the most memorable two games came July 27-28 vs. the Vermont Lake Monsters.
In the first, Murrian was a hitting machine – going just a triple short of hitting for the cycle. At this level, that kind of production is rarely seen. He went four for four that night.
Coming into that game, Murrian had already established himself as the team’s starting catcher. Batting cleanup, Murrian is hitting .352 with 37 hits on 105 at bats. He has nine doubles, a triple, four home runs and 26 RBI’s – with stats like this, his one-hit-shy night is no surprise.
He has hit home runs three times against Vermont, two at home and one in Burlington, and one at Tri-City.
So, at four for four and a triple shy of the cycle, the sparks wouldn’t stop there. The next night Oneonta would find themselves down 5-1 going into the bottom of the eighth inning.
John Murrian was hitless on the night and had already struck out once. The Tigers rallied, bringing the game to 5-4 going into the 9th. Jaime Johnson tied the game with a triple that scored Luis Palacios. After walking Rockett and Bishop to get to Murrian, the Summerville, South Carolina native made them pay.
On a 0-2 curveball, Murrian squared up and turned on the ball. With the bases loaded, Murrian cranked a one out grand slam over the left-center field fence, his first grand slam of the season. He was met by his teammates at home plate and mobbed as the Tigers won in walk off fashion 9-5.
He wasn’t done, however. He would homer the next night in Burlington, keeping his amazing hitting streak alive.
John Murrian is also a great defensive catcher as well, a stat that earned him the right as the team’s predominate player at that position. Catchers, stereotypically, are slow, flat footed, and not expected to do much on the base paths without a hit and run situation. However, Murrian has been able to leg out two stolen bases so far. His on base percentage is .420 and his slugging percentage is .571.
John Murrian is an all around danger both at the plate and behind it, and has more than earned his place in the Tigers organization. Murrian had a huge July, hitting 4 homers, registering 30 hits (8 of the doubles and 1 triple), pushed across 23 runs, drew six walks and stole two bases.
In upstate New York, August is usually the hottest month. For Murrian, if August is any hotter than July then expect to see him in West Michigan very soon.Labels: 08-07-09, Oneonta Tigers, Sports |
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A Game To Remember
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Friday, July 17, 2009
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CHRIS McSWIGGIN
It was the craziest game of the season.
The Oneonta Tigers won 13-5 against the Tri City Valleycats in Troy, Friday, July 10, in a game that featured a seven-run second inning where the Tigers only recorded three hits and a homerun.
The rest of the scoring came from walks, wild pitches and stolen bases.
The hits: Jaime Johnson singled to right field, Michael Rockett tripled and Wade Gaynor doubled.
The inning began with catcher John Murrian being hit by a pitch.
After three wild pitches by Tri City’s Brandt Walker, and a walk for Palacios and Gulliver, Rawley Bishop homered to left field for his fourth of the season.
I had seen seven runs on three hits before, but never in the crazy walk, wild pitch, hit, walk, wild pitch sequence of that evening.
The madness would continue the next time the Tigers took to the plate.
The top of the third inning saw third baseman Luis Palacios hit in the head with a Brandt Walker wild pitch. Palacios was down for a lengthy period, then had to leave the game.
Carmelo Jaime would come in as his replacement. The next batter, Jimmy Gulliver, would then double, moving Jaime to 3rd base. Both would score two batters later when Jaime Johnson tripled, making the score 9-0 Oneonta.
This kind of offensive productivity felt good after the Tigers were swept by Vermont at home the series before, and it kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time.
I had been at the most exciting baseball game I have ever attended, and it was only the third inning.
Oneonta played stellar defense as well, holding Tri City scoreless through four. The big sticks would continue as Rockett singled in the top of the fifth.
It was a beautiful night for baseball, which felt good after the deluge of Mother Nature’s bad attitude pretty much all season.
Oneonta, playing its first game on Tri City’s field after a rainout the first time around, certainly made its presence felt in the Capital District.
The Tigers, who would go up 10-0 on a John Murrian HR in the 6th, and would eventually make it 11-0.
Previews of the Indians/Yankees 22-4 rout came flashing into my head as this game was getting way beyond the point of being “out of control.”
Tri City would provide a little excitement for those who, like me, keep a close watch on statistics and player personel, as their worst hitter (batting 0.9-) hit two opposite field home runs late in the game.
His average is now .171. He would be the spark for Tri City, but his flame would simmer as Oneonta would tack on a few more runs and finish with their highest scoring outing of the season with 13 runs batted in.
Oneonta would go on to sweep the series with two 3-0 victories to follow.
I am glad that I traveled to Tri City for the game because I proved my opening addage true; you see something you have never seen before at every new game you watch.
Oneonta will take on Auburn for three games on the road then travel to Mahoning Valley before returning home on July 20th for a three game set vs. Batavia. Oneonta currently sits in first place in the NYPL Stedler Division at 13-8 with a two game lead over Lowell (12-11).
Oneonta has provided excitement this season to say the least, and with their new-look ownership and numerous improvement and renovations, the Tigers have become the team to beat this season both on and off the field.
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Tigers Rule the New York-Penn Jungle
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Friday, July 10, 2009
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CHRIS McSWIGGIN
At mid-week the Oneonta Tigers sat, all alone, in first place, with a 10-5 record and a three-game lead on the Lowell Spinners.
The Tigers completed their first sweep of the season, taking three straight from Aberdeen at Damaschke Field. Oneonta had taken two out of three from the Ironbirds on the road the series before.
The Oneonta players have revenge on their minds as they take on the Vermont Lake Monsters in a three-game set. Vermont defeated Oneonta in two straight contests and held them to their lowest statistical outings of the season.
The Tigers have a chance to take a firm lead on the NYPL Stedler Division.
The Lowell Spinners play the pesky Tri-City Valley Cats for a three game set and with victories over Vermont, Oneonta could set themselves up for another playoff run.
Oneonta would use their back-to-back losses at
Vermont as momentum, beating the Spinners 9-3 in game one.
Now they have won three straight, and look to keep the fire burning.
Oneonta had a heck of a July 4, with Tigers’ first baseman Rawley Bishop hitting a grand slam and a solo home run in the Tigers 7-2 victory over Aberdeen in front of the biggest Tigers crowd this season, 1.522.
The Tigers have some solid pitching and have relied on it to get them through a lot of games. Oneonta takes on Vermont for three straight then take on Tri-City in a home-away-home contest before embarking on a six-game road trip.
July 8 was Sid Levine Bobble-Head Night at the ballpark.
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Stallions Ready To Gallop In Oneonta
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By LAURA COX
Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, you may have seen them, 25 men ages 18-36, getting in shape, running drills and, since helmets arrived, hitting each other.
This is what football teams do and this is what the newest team in the Regional Atlantic Football League – the (Oneonta) New York Stallions – has been doing.
The motto: “What doesn’t break a team, makes a team.”
And the Stallions, dressed in Carolina blue and white, will play their home-opener at 5 p.m., Saturday, July 18, vs. the NEPA Miners of Scranton, Pa. at Fortin Park in Emmons.
(The season opener is away, at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 11, at Seidler Field in Plainfield, N.J., vs. the New Jersey Wolves.
After hitting a rough patch this spring – former owner and founder Donald Stanton Sr. was arrested and extradited to Arkansas on felony theft charges – the players are putting their feet on firm (but wet) ground, said Del Anthony, 37, of Oneonta, the team’s new owner and defensive coordinator.
Since buying the team, Anthony was able to secure Fortin Park as the home, something the previous owner struggled to do. While Fortin may not be ideal – the team has to provide the uprights and line the field – Anthony said he was happy to have a place to play for now and said he will continue to look for a home field for the team.
“We want to go where people can see us play,” he said.
When asked about his changing the name of the team – from Oneonta Stallions to the New York Stallions – Anthony said, “I changed the name of the team to make us more flexible to play in the surrounding communities. If we were the Oneonta Stallions it would seem funny if we didn’t play in Oneonta.”
A quick hand-raise of the team at a practice the other day showed a handful of guys who played football in college, a majority played in high school, and a couple who had never played on an organized team.
For most of the players, it’s been years.
The men come from all over the area to play including Unadilla, Walton, Delhi, Oneonta and Cooperstown.
“These guys play for the love of the game,” Anthony said, “and for most of them, it’s a second chance to play.”
The new owner believes local fans will be surprised and pleased by the talent on the team. And local pro football offers something else and something new to do on a Saturday night.
“I’m not going to tell you who the stars are on the team, because the other teams are already scouting us out,” said Anthony, “but I will tell you there is some real talent on this team.
“You’ll have to come out a watch us play and find out who they are for yourself.”
This first year as a team, he continued, will be the toughest, because the team will have to prove to the community they have some talent and worth.
In particular, sponsors have to be convinced the Stallions are worthy of support.
This is not the first semi-professional football team to give it a try in Oneonta.
The Oneonta Indians started in 1970, playing in the Empire Football League, and won two EFL championships, one in 1973 and another in 1975.
In the late 1970s, the Indians moved and their name was changed to the Chenango Storm.
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ACTION AT DON HOWARD MEET
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Friday, May 1, 2009
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 Cooperstown’s Shyla Miller, left, leaps a hurdle during CCS’ Don Howard Invitational Track meet Saturday, May 2, where a dozen schools from around the region competed.
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Lady Redskins Rebound From 2-0 Deficit To Claim Region’s Top Volleyball Laurels
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Sunday, March 1, 2009
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By LAURA COX
COOPERSTOWN
 ‘It couldn’t have been scripted any better,” said CCS Lady Redskin Volleyball Coach Rich Jantzi, describing the emotional ups and downs of the girls’ Class C Regional Championship victory Saturday, Feb. 28, at Beekmantown Central School.
After a huge win over Lafayette on Tuesday, Feb. 24, winning the match 3-1 and clinching the Class C Section Three Title, the Redskins headed to Plattsburgh that Friday to participate in the Regional Championship competition with Section 4 and 7 winners Sidney and Northern Adirondack.
“It was almost surreal from the moment we stepped on the bus,” Jantzi said.
The team was sent off on Friday morning with a pep rally in the school gymnasium – the coach called it “perfect.” Meeting in the cafeteria before the rally, Jantzi sensed from the girls’ smiles that they were in a “really special” fame of mind.
During the five-hour bus ride to Beekmantown, the girls sang and munched on fruit and trail mix in goody bags parents had prepared for them.
The team had a chance to practice before a team dinner at Applebees. Energy was high, but the girls were in bed by 10:30 p.m.
Saturday morning began with pool play. Winning three games against Northern Adirondack, the Redskins went on to play Sidney, winning two of three games after a 23-25 first-game loss.
Cooperstown and Sidney came out of pool play with the best records and advanced to the final.
“Sidney did a good job of scouting us in the first two, but I wasn’t worried about Sidney,” said the coach. “I was more about keeping my own girls on task.”
The first game of the five-game match was brutal. CCS lost 25-16, having only had one kill in the game. The second game went a little better, but again the Redskins lost, 25-21.
“It wasn’t typical of my team, but in the third game it’s like they woke up,” said Jantzi.
“Sidney had a 9-5 lead. And I told the girls I didn’t care if we won, I just wanted them to play hard. I was on my knees in front of my chair and Sidney scored. I slapped the floor with my hands and said , ‘Are we going to play now?’ and they woke up.”
The Redskins won the game 25-19 after regaining some control and confidence after the Beekmantown athletic director hushed the Sidney fans, who were whistling during Cooperstown’s serves. The Redskins regained some control and confidence, coming back to a 25-19 win.
The fourth game was another victory, a 25-19 blur.
“The last game they were talking, they were happy, they were so together,” said Jantzi. “They made their coach really proud.”
The team won 25-15 and the celebration began on the court with many pictures and lot of socializing with more than 100 Cooperstown fans who traveled to the game, including many parents and the “Seventh Man Group” of supportive high school students.
After a quick dinner stop at Olive Garden – the coach said the underclassmen started to plan for next year already – the team got back on the bus to Cooperstown and sang Taylor Swift songs all the way home.
On Sunday, March 1, the village welcomed them home with a ride around town on a fire truck.Labels: 03-06-09, CCS, Front Page, Girls Volleyball, Sports |
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Redskins Win V-Ball Title, Head To States
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Saturday, February 21, 2009
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By LAURA COX
COOPERSTOWN
‘Bump. Set. Pass. Kill.“
You may have seen these words on pink signs posted on trees when driving to Cooperstown Central High School or up Glen Avenue in recent days, reflecting students’ excitement about their volleyball team’s success.
The Redskins beat LaFayette for the Section III Class C title in a game played at Jamesville-Dewitt on Tuesday, Feb. 24; the final score was 3-1 with individual game scores of 19-25, 25-11, 25-18 and 26-24.
Next step: The girls will play Sidney at 9 a.m. Saturday at Beekmantown High School, outside Plattsburgh, for the regional title.
But when they won the title, they made school history.
“We’ve had a very successful volleyball team, but this is the first time they have gone over the hump and won the section title,” said CCS Athletic Director Michael Cring, who explained the Redskins play in a very competitive league with many bigger schools who dominate in volleyball.
“I never doubted this team,” said Coach Rich Jantzi. “I think as a team they doubted, but we made a turning point around Jan. 26 when we had some players sick and played a different line-up. And we have stuck with that line-up since and it has worked for us.”
This year’s success is based on mutual trust and leadership, said Jantzi, adding, “They truly like each other.”
Jantzi, who has been coaching varsity for seven years, said he has known many of the girls since they were in elementary school.
The senior-heavy team has played a fair season, winning 15 of their 20 games, with senior Kim Armstrong, sophomore Sarah Dewey and senior Katie Horrigan playing a large part in leading the team.
Junior Sawyer Graham also played a large role in Tuesday’s win serving four aces to win the game.
“Those girls may be the stand outs,” said Jantzi, “but they don’t make the team, we really need all 15 girls to win.”
A pep rally is planned Friday, Feb. 27, to give the team a sendoff.
“The band will play our alma mater, the cheerleaders will be there and we are having a serving competition for each grade level. Then we will introduce the players and the coach and send them on. There’s a lot of energy around,” said Cring.
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CCS Swimmers Advance To Sectionals
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Monday, February 2, 2009
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BY: Glenn Linsenbardt
The Cooperstown Boys' Varsity Swim Team finished second overall in the MAC Championships at Greene Central School on Jan. 30.
Many swimmers performed their best times of the year in each event. The top two finishers in each event received medals and ribbons were gievn to those who finished third and fourth.
The 400 yd freestyle relay was especially exciting as Cooperstown finished first, ahead of Greene by less than one second. The Redskins had a time of 3:47.90 to Greene's 3:47.98. The team members are Sean Levandowski, Will Reis, David Bonderoff and Todd Mayton.
Todd Mayton finished first in two events. In 200 yd freestyle he had a time of 1:59.78 and in 500 yd freestyle a time of 5:35.62.
In 100 yd backstroke David Bonderoff finished second with a time of 1:07.49. He also finished second in the 200 yd individual medley with a time of 2:28.76. Sean Levandowski finished third in the event with a time of 2:33.94.
Robert Harmon finished second in 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 1:13.48.
In diving, Zach Mahlum placed second in one meter diving with a score of 203.75.
Other team members who scored points in the championships included Quinn Hoffman, Brian Kent, Evan King, Austin Lewis, Wylie Phillips, Will Reis, Tom Craig, Sean Sansevere, Quinn Hoffman, Jacob Fenno, Brian Hennegan and Carl Lowenguth.
Several members are off to sectionals at Nottingham School in Syracuse next weekend. Diving will take place on Feb. 11 with swimming following on Feb. 12. Qualifiers will advance to the state meet on Feb. 14.Labels: Sports |
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Sunday, February 1, 2009
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Cooperstown vs. Afton Swimming Jan. 13
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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 Todd Mayton congratulates teammate Tommy Craig after Craig finished first in 100 yard back stroke against Afton on Jan. 13.Labels: CCS, News Updates, Sports, Swimming |
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Sunday, December 14, 2008
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CCS Swimmers Off To Good Start
 The Cooperstown High School swim team won at Sherburne 55-46 on Tuesday, Dec. 16.
Todd Mayton won the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:57:33 and the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:22:24. Both times break the previous school records that Todd set before.
David Bonderoff won the 100 yard backstroke with a time of 1:04:79, close to a school record.
Zach Mahlum and James McArdle have done well in diving competition this season.
Sean Levendowski, Evan King , Austin Lewis and Todd Mayton combined to win the 200 yard free relay.
Sean Levendowski, Evan King, William Reis and Todd Mayton combined to win the 400-yard free relay.
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THE LEGENDS – TOGETHER AGAIN
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
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Paul Donnelly/Special to The Freeman’s Journal
This Thanksgiving marked the 17th Soccer Legends Game, first played in 1991, where former CCS athletes get together for a soccer game at their alma mater on Turkey Day morning. It was a very spirited game with plenty of slipping and sliding on a snow-covered frozen field. Many of these athletes went on to play at the college level. This year’s group numbered 29 strong. Front row from left: Chris Gulotta, Rachel Kuch, Bobby Bauer, Eddie Bauer, Shane Connelly, Carolyn Clarvoe, Suzanne Clarvoe, Josh Weeks, Todd Ashley. Second row from left: Jason Conklin, Lucas Spencer, Dominick Werther, Russell Clarvoe, Brett Wilhelm, Ilan Levy, Frank Miosek. Third row from left: Bren Miosek, Patrick Donnelly, Matt Grady, Yaron Levy, Ilan Levy. Fourth row from left: Justin Deichman, Chris Grady, Chad Welch, Michael Crampton, Molly Miosek, John Bobnick, Scott Waller, Matt Spencer.Labels: 12-12-08, Soccer Legends Game, Sports |
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Rebuilding, CCS Girls’ Basketball Still Competitive
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By Bruce Markusen
COOPERSTOWN
 After losing all five starters from its New York state final four team, the Cooperstown girls basketball program wants to remain competitive in each game that comes with a rebuilding season. The Redskins accomplished that last weekend in hosting their 3rd annual Tip-Off Tournament, but fell short of their ultimate goal of winning the event. The Redskins played hard before a large crowd at Cooperstown’s Red Bursey Gymnasium, but lost the tournament finals, losing to the Hamilton Central Emerald Knights, 58-46.
Employing their unusual four-guard offense and patented full-court defensive pressure, the Redskins led Saturday night’s championship game at the half, 23-22. The scrappy defensive play and scoring prowess of senior guards Ashley Rowley and Laura Rowley helped Cooperstown take the early lead. The two Rowleys, who are not related, combined for 19 points in the first half while causing several turnovers as part of Cooperstown’s trapping full-court press.
The third quarter of the game, however, turned heavily in Hamilton’s favor. Guard Sarah Whyatt and forward Jordan Peterson combined for 17 points during the critical period. Taking advantage of a flurry of fouls against the Redskins, Whyatt and Peterson were nearly perfect from the foul line, sinking nine of ten foul shots in the quarter. Plagued by foul trouble, the Redskins played much of the quarter without the Rowleys and center Emily Davidson, each of whom was saddled with three personal fouls.
Hamilton’s Kylie Martin took over the scoring load in the fourth, scoring eight of her game-high 19 points in helping the Knights maintain a double-digit lead. Martin displayed a terrific all-round game throughout the tournament, sinking jump shots from long range, driving the lane, and making most of her free throws. Moments after the championship game ended, Martin was named the tournament’s MVP, with Whyatt joining her on the all-tournament team.
Whyatt finished the title game with 15 points. Peterson contributed 16 as part of the winning cause.
 Ashley Rowley led Cooperstown’s scoring effort with 14 points. She and Laura Rowley were both named to the Tip-Off’s all-tournament team.
Cooperstown had advanced to the championship game by defeating another local team, the Milford Wildcats, in the tournament semifinals on Friday night. Senior guard Emma Ryanmiller led a balanced Redskins attack with 12 points, ten of them coming during a crucial third-quarter run. Paced by Ryanmiller, the Redskins took a one-point halftime lead and extended the advantage to ten points by the end of the quarter.
The Wildcats, led by supersub Chandler Prouty, then rallied in the fourth quarter, drawing to within one point, before falling by the final count of 41-38. Prouty, who led all scorers with 18 points, was also named to the all-tournament team.
The Wildcats then took the consolation game on Saturday evening, defeating Morrisville- Eaton, 47-36. Prouty once again led all Milford, scoring a game-high 14 points and gathering 11 rebounds. Morrisville-Eaton’s Corissa Fanning earned selection to the all-tournament team, joining Prouty, Martin, Whyatt, and the two Rowleys.
Notes: The Redskins had won the first two editions of their Tip-Off Tournament. Last year, senior Jen Wehner earned tournament MVP honors. Wehner, now a freshman at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, has just begun her college basketball career. Last Saturday, Wehner came off the MCLA bench to score 16 points and grab 13 rebounds.Labels: 12-12-08, cooperstown central school, Girls Basketball, Sports |
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Saturday, September 6, 2008
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 Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal CCS Redskins swimmng coach Katie Haseley shows off her team as the fall season gets under way. From bottom step up, the girls are: Molly Myers, Jessica Shelton, Cassidy Griger, Anna Kramer, Olivia Morris, Antoinette Fisher, Amy Bishop, Emily Snell, Alexandria French, Christen Dutkowsky, Brandie Chapman, Courtney Yonce, Kathleen Burt, Pamela Townsend, Ali Potts, Erin Marcella, Corrine Yonce. The first home meet is at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, at the Clark Sports Center, against Greene Central.
Pro From Florida Wins $10,000 At 26th Otesaga Senior Tourney
COOPERSTOWN
Jerry Tucker defeated Austin Straub on the first sudden-death playoff hole to capture the Otesaga Seniors Open golf championship $10,000 top prize on Friday, Sept. 5.
Tucker, a senior pro from Stuart, Fla., shot a 73 in the final round, finishing with a three-day total of 215. Straub, of Cold Spring, shot a 74 on Friday - also good for a total of 215. After completing their regulation round, Tucker and Straub replayed the 18th hole. Tucker hit a perfect drive, but Straub drove into Blackbird Bay and conceded.
Vying for $100,000 total prizes, 126 golfers played the Leatherstocking Golf Course in the the 26th annual tournament, sponosored NBT Bank, Coca-Cola Enterprises and Strategic Financial Services of Utica.
Proceeds benefit Pathfinder Village and the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s educational programs.
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Chris Gentile Tennis Tourney Raises $1,300 For Scholarship
 COOPERSTOWN
The first annual Chris Gentile Memorial Tournament cleared $1,300 in two days of play Aug. 9-10 at the Clark Sports Center.
The money goes into a CCS scholarship fund in his memory.
“I would say that without exception, Chris played tennis with everyone who entered the tournament,” said his mother, Penney Gentile.
In particular, she thanked Sherry Holohan, Clark Sports Center tennis instructor, Charlie Kieler of Cooperstown Country Club, and Rich Jantzi for making it happen.
In all, 32 players participated in 41 events.
A FLIGHT
Singles: J.T. Closi, champion; Joseph Dwyer, finalist.
Women’s Doubles: Finals delayed by rain. Finalists were Vicki Johnson/Jenny Bentley vs. Gwen Snyder/Glynis Gozigian.
Men¹s Doubles: Jonathan Richman/Joseph Dwyer, champions; Fielder Thomas/J T Closi, finalists.
Mixed Doubles: Jenny Bentley/Charlie Kieler, champions; Ali Angerer/Quinn Snyder, finalists.
B FLIGHT
Singles: Ryan Smith, champion; Cameron Holbrook, finalist.
Women’s Doubles: Sarah Angerer/Ali Holbrook, champion; Kate Graham/Natalia Gadomski, finalists.
Men¹s Doubles: J. Beightol/Chris Hulse, champions; Charlie Kieler/Tom Barry, finalists.
Mixed Doubles: not completed due to rain.
Spa Team Wins Otsego Golf Club Tourney
SPRINGFIELD
Chip Taylor, Tyler Smith, Spencer Staley and Evan Truax, representing Cherry Valley & Richfield Spa, scored 33 for nine holes to win the Otsego Golf Club’s first annual Tom Hovey Jr. Open Golf Tournament Friday, Aug. 8.
Six teams competed in a Captain & Crew format.
In the junior division, the team of Harrison Clinton, Andrew Kaplan and Sam Bowen, all of Cooperstown, got a low score of 39.
Chip Taylor, Springfield Center, won closest to the pin. The longest drive in each division went to cousins Noble Mattson and Henry Stewart, both from Cooperstown.
The division winners took home a 2009 season membership.Labels: 08-22-08, Chris Gentile, Otsego Golf Tourney, Sports |
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Friday, August 8, 2008
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Missing Utica Event, Bassett’s Carraba Organizes 316-Runner Race In Baghdad COOPERSTOWN
It may have been boiling hot, but no matter.
Some 316 soldiers ran the first-ever Baghdad Boilermaker in Iraq on July 13, organized by Jim Carraba, who in real life – he was deployed May 4 to Iraq and is expected to return Oct. 13 – is safety & education coordinator at Bassett Healtcare’s NYCAMH, the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health.
One of the many things he missed was the Utica Boilermaker – the Bassett team took first place this year in the July 13 event stateside – so Carraba organized a boilermaker of his own.
“We thought it would be really fun to have an event like this right on Sather [Air Base], Carrabba said via e-mail after the race. “It was a lot of work, much more than I expected. We threw all of this together in just two weeks while also fulfilling our regular duties.”
“It was incredible to have so many runners,” he said. “We had quite a few people tell us how much they enjoyed the race. That was very rewarding. I saw smiles on a lot of people’s faces this morning and that definitely made it all worthwhile.”
Finishing the Baghdad course in 67 minutes, Carraba beat his fastest Utica time.
“It has definitely been the highlight of my deployment here,” he concluded. “I will always remember this event. It was such a great experience to run in it and to work with everybody that volunteered to help out.”
Friends of Football Organize for ’08 Season
COOPERSTOWN
CCS Friends of Football kick-off meeting for the 2008 season will be at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19th, at the high school circle.
If the weather does not allow an outdoor meeting, an alternative location will be posted on the main-entrance doors.
All parents of 2008 modified, JV and varsity football players and cheerleaders are encouraged to attend.
The Friends of Football is made up of parents, school staff, students and fans who work together to make the total CCS football season a fun and rewarding experience.
Questions? Call Bill Senif at 547-7190.
ADDING PEPPER: The LGWA played Mr. Pepper Tuesday, Aug. 12, eliminating holes #2, #4, and #10 from each player’s gross score.
Full handicaps were then subtracted from total scores, with the following winners resulting:
Flight A: 1. Deb Cembriski; 2. Andrea Johnson and Carol Robinson (tied)
Flight B: 1. Linda Kehoe; 2. Anne O’Connell
Flight C: 1. Martha Harausz; 2. Jane FeisthamelLabels: 08-15-08, Sports |
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HoF Honors Buck O’Neil, But Debate Goes On
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Friday, August 1, 2008
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CHARLIE VASCELLARO
THE SPORTS BEAT
COOPERSTOWN
 Not quite lost in the fanfare of last week’s Hall of Fame Inductions, the first and perhaps most significant ceremony of the weekend was the dedication of a life-size bronze statue of legendary Negro Leagues’ ambassador and lifelong baseball man Buck O’Neil and the creation of a lifetime achievement award to be presented in his name.
The award will be presented not more frequently than once every three years, to individuals whose extraordinary efforts enhanced baseball’s positive impact on society, broadened the game’s appeal and whose character, integrity and dignity are comparable to the qualities exhibited by O’Neil.
“It makes a lot of sense, especially for the Hall of Fame, who really has been trying to find a way to honor people like Buck and people who make contributions to the game that clearly have impact and clearly mean a lot to the fans of the game, but perhaps don’t fit into any statistical categories or contributions by owners and executives,” said Ray Doswell, deputy director and chief curator of the Negro Leagues Baseball Musuem in Kansas City. “So he’s a unique contributor to the game, and there are probably many other people like that who the Hall of Fame would like to honor.”
Recognizing Major League Baseball’s segregated past while honoring those who toiled in the Negro Leagues has always been a daunting task for the Hall of Fame.
It wasn’t until the 1966 Induction that honoring Negro leagues players came to the consciousness of the Hall of Fame. In a memorable acceptance speech that day, inductee Ted Williams spoke on behalf of a community that he did not represent.
“Inside this building are plaques dedicated to baseball men of all generations, and I’m privileged to join them,” said Williams. “I hope someday the names of Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson in some way can be added as a symbol of the great Negro players that are not here, only because they were not given a chance.”
Williams’ words pierced the ears of the baseball establishment, prompting the formation of the Hall of Fame’s Committee on Negro League Veterans in 1971, which selected Satchel Paige as its first honoree.
A couple of years ago the Hall of Fame made a legitimate attempt to right other historical slights with the induction of 17 Negro Leagues and pre-Negro Leagues professional baseball players and executives. The group represented the largest induction class in the Hall of Fame’s history and was elected from a pool of 39 nominees chosen by “The Negro Leagues Researchers/Authors Group,” a body of 12 researchers and historians selected by the Hall of Fame’s Board of Directors.
In spite of the large number of inductees, debate brewed over who may have been overlooked. Notably absent was O’Neil, who delivered opening remarks at the Induction, then died at age 94 just a few months later.
“This is outstanding. I’ve been a lot of places, I’ve done a lot of things that I really liked doing. I hit the home run, I hit the grand slam home run, I hit for the cycle. I’ve hit a hole in one in golf. I’ve done a lot of things I like doing… but I’d rather be right here right now representing these people that helped build a bridge across the chasm of prejudice,” said O’Neil.
The comprehensive study conducted by the research group was supposed to be the last word on Negro Leagues’ history as far as inducting former players is concerned, but O’Neil’s supporters are still lobbying for him and others he might have continued to champion.
“I personally don’t believe that the door on the Negro Leagues should be shut because, even after that 17, there were still some guys that I believe deserve to be in the Hall of Fame,” said Bob Kendrick, Negro Leagues Museum director of marketing and assistant to the executive director.
“ And Buck would have picked up that baton and as a Hall of Famer, if he were elected, it would have been easier to champion for those other guys that he felt wholeheartedly should be in,” said Kendrick. “He used to carry around a little list of people that he thought belonged in the Hall.”
Perhaps the most high profile former Negro Leagues player ever, O’Neil came to National prominence with his vivid depictions of the life and times of the Negro Leagues as an interviewee in filmmaker Ken Burns, Baseball documentary series for PBS.
A 16-year veteran of the Negro Leagues, O’Neil signed with the Memphis Red Sox in 1937, the inaugural season of the Negro-American League. A year later he joined the Kansas City Monarchs where he teamed with legendary hurler Satchel Paige on four consecutive Negro-American League pennant-winning teams from 1939-1942.
At 6-foot-2 and 190 pounds, O’Neil was a big sure-handed first baseman who could also hit, posting a .353 average in the Monarchs victory over the Homestead Grays in the first World Series played between the Negro American and National leagues in 1939. The following year O’Neil compiled a .345 average, the first of four seasons in which he would hit above .300. He hit a league leading .353 in 1946 en-route to yet another World Series for the Monarchs. O’Neil hit a career best .358 in 1947, the same year Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to play in the major leagues and hit .330 as player/manager for the Monarchs in 1949.Labels: 08-08-08, Baseball Hall of Fame, Buck O'Neil, Negro Leagues, Sports |
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Goose In The House
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Friday, July 25, 2008
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CHARLIE VASCELLARO
HOF INDUCTION NOTEBOOK
Gooooooose, Gooooooooooose,” patrons at Cooley’s Stone House Tavern were yelling at the top of their lungs so often throughout the afternoon, that I had become almost oblivious to it while working a busy shift behind the bar on Induction Day evening.
The chant rose again at almost midnight: The Goose was in the house; making his way through the crowd he bellied up to the bar and ordered, what else, a Grey Goose and soda.
Still beaming from the weekend’s activities, which he described as being “like an out-of-body experience,” a glazed Goose looked a little out-of-body himself after a long celebratory day, but was completely congenial with his admiring throngs. He took time to pose for pictures, sign scraps of paper and engage in irreverent banter with the fortunate few (or many, depending on your perspective) who happened to be in the tavern at the time of his impromptu arrival.
 Goose had become enamored of Cooley’s during last year’s Induction weekend, when he was still on the outside of the Hall looking in, using the tavern as his campaign headquarters and meeting place with former teammates like Graig Nettles. Since owner Timmy Gould bought and remodeled the old Bold Dragoon in the summer of 2004, Cooley’s has become popular with many visiting ballplayers, but none seem quite so comfortable there as the Goose, a photo of him pouring beer from the tap hangs prominently centered on the paneled wall above the booths.
“I think it’s cool that he’s so down to earth and hanging with the people,” says Gould.
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While Gossage was the only former player elected on this year’s ballot, he shared the Induction ceremony with Veteran’s Committee selections: Managers Dick Williams and Billy Southworth, respective Pittsburgh Pirates and Brooklyn/Los Angeles owners Barney Dreyfuss and Walter O’Malley and former Commissioner of Baseball Bowie Kuhn.
Genuine great guy Buck O’Neil, legendary Negro Leagues oral historian, ambassador, co-founder as well as volunteer board chairman of the Negro Leagues Museum in Kansas City, was also honored posthumously with the creation of the John Jordan “Buck” O’Neil Lifetime Achievement Award.
A relatively sparse smattering, generously estimated at 14,000 by the Hall of Fame, sweated out a lengthy four-hour ceremony with occasional relief from the heat provided by passing cloud coverage. Of course, Induction Day crowds will always pale in comparison to last year’s record of approximately 75,000, which may never be exceeded.
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Hall of Fame Chairman Jane Forbes Clark presented the “Buck” O’Neil Award, with a commentary delivered by Hall of Famer and board member Joe Morgan.
“Buck’s contributions to baseball are unsurpassed and spanned seven decades. He touched every facet of the game and his influence was among the greatest baseball has ever known,” said Morgan.
The award will be presented not more frequently than once every three years, to individuals whose extraordinary efforts enhanced baseball’s positive impact on society, has broadened the game’s appeal and whose character, integrity and dignity are comparable to the qualities exhibited by O’Neil.
It was created perhaps in response to O’Neil’s omission from a group of 17 former members of Negro Leagues and pre-Negro Leagues professional baseball players and executives elected to the Hall by a special research committee two years ago.
“The Hall of fame has been looking for a way to honor individuals whose significant contributions to our national pastime could not be measured simply by wins and losses, hits and strikeouts, championships and other statistics,” said Morgan.
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After an awkward introduction by Hall of Fame pitcher and occasional broadcaster Tom Seaver, who read rather than spoke in a flat monotone and oddly interjected his own USC alumni status into biographical information on long-time Seattle Mariners broadcaster Dave Niehaus, the one and only voice of the Mariners for 32 years stepped to the microphone.
A large and vocal contingent of Mariners fans made the 3,000-mile trek from Seattle to Cooperstown and made their presence known when their man took the stage.
The recipient of this year’s Ford Frick Award, presented annually to chosen radio broadcasters honoring their contributions to the game, Niehaus was perhaps the day’s most eloquent speaker.
“To quote (former Commissioner of Baseball) A. Bartlett Giamatti, ‘The real work was done with the radio, not the seeing all falsifying television, and was the playing of the game in the only place where it will last, the enclosed green field of the mind.’ Radio plays with the mind, it gives you a mental workout and delusions of grandeur, that’s what Harry Caray did to me. My dad took me to my first big league game at Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis... and quite frankly I was never so disappointed in my life. Caray had put these guys on such a pedestal, I just knew it was the Parthenon that I was going to, not a ballpark,” said Niehaus.
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The first African American member of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America to have a Hall of Fame vote, Larry Whiteside was posthumously honored with the J.G Taylor Spink Award presented annually to a sportswriter for “meritorious contributions to baseball writing.” Whiteside covered the Milwaukee Braves for the Milwaukee Journal for three seasons until the team moved to Atlanta in 1966. He later covered the expansion Milwaukee Brewers in 1970 and moved to the Boston Globe in 1973 where he remained until the time of his 2004 retirement, covering the Red Sox and basketball Celtics as well as reporting on issues of race, labor relations and baseball’s broadening international horizons.
But perhaps Whiteside’s most significant contribution to journalism is his 1971 creation of “The Black List,” of African-American reporters and copy editors, developed to assist sports editors in helping to hire black journalists.
Accepting the award on behalf of Whiteside was his son Tony, who presenter, Secretary-Treasurer of the BBWAA Jack O’Connell incidentally noted, was a high school classmate of Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson.
“While it is tempting to view my father’s career strictly through the prism of race, he didn’t see things that way. He was a hard working journalist and a baseball man above all else, and he earned the respect of others as a talented writer, colleague and friend,” said Tony Whiteside.
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This year’s ceremony brought the largest group of returning Hall of Famer’s (54) but most notably absent was Stan Musial, unable to attend while suffering in poor health. An Induction Day tradition for many years, Musial’s playing of Take Me Out to the Ball Game on harmonica, was sung instead this year by Johnny Bench impersonating broadcaster Harry Caray, assisted by “Mr. Cub” Ernie Banks. Another tradition, which remains intact, is the booing of commissioner Bud Selig at just about every mention of his name or his appearance at the podium. The first plaque presentation made by Selig was to former Pittsburgh Pirates long deceased owner Barney Dreyfuss.
Accepting the plaque was Dreyfuss’ great-grandson Andrew, who delivered a polished speech. Obviously doing his homework, he acknowledged Goose Gossage’s great 1977 season in Pittsburgh and Bill Mazeroski’s 1960 World Series winning home run which he said exacted a measure of revenge for his great grandfather’s Pirates 1927 loss to the Yankees.
As commissioner Selig read the lengthy inscription on former commissioner Bowie Kuhn’s plaque, (is it just me or does the text on the plaques seem to be getting longer ever year? Four-and- a- half lines for Babe Ruth; 11 for Bowie Kuhn?) someone from the gallery hollered “You’ll never get one of those Bud!”
Kuhn’s commissionership was also mired in controversy and many have viewed his election to the hall by the veterans committee with cynical curiosity.
Accepting the plaque was Kuhn’s stepson Paul Degener, whose mother Kuhn married when he was just six months old. Degner’s speech was combination homage to a stepfather he obviously adored and defense for his place in Cooperstown.
“He [Kuhn] was once called racially insensitive when he wasn’t there for home run number 714 [sic 715, Hank Aaron’s record breaking blast] despite working for more than two years to open the Hall of Fame gates to the many stars from the Negro Leagues,” said Degener, getting it wrong on the first account and stating a partial truth in the second, as Kuhn’s proposal was actually for a separate space for Negro Leaguers in the Hall.
Former Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley’s election, while well earned, was also viewed with skepticism if only for the fact that many Brooklynites have yet to forgive him for moving their beloved “Bums” to California. His son Peter O’Malley delivered a soft-spoken speech succinctly touching all the bases, stating what he thought his father would have said.
The Hall of Fame’s own board member Bill Dewitt delivered a quick biographical acceptance speech for former St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Braves manager Billy Southworth.
Dick Williams, who captained six clubs including four pennant and two World Series winners during his 21-year managerial career rambled on in a grandfatherly fashion making reference to but far exceeding his nine-minute limit. Williams fondly recalled his “Impossible Dream” American League champion 1967 Red Sox in his rookie season as a manager and his back-to-back (1972-73) World Series champion Oakland A’s teams. He joked about owner Charlie Finley’s ongoing feud with commissioner Kuhn. He said, “managers don’t make players, players make managers.”
Sharing the stage with Gossage who pitched for him in San Diego where Williams said “it was a pleasure to manage and we were fortunate to have guys like Goose and Graig Nettles and Gary Templeton. These were three veteran ball players that would stay after the game, maybe have a beer and they’d talk baseball to all our young players.” Williams also was the first to bring up the Hall of Fame candidacy of Yankees owner George Steinbrenner. “I’d like to be on that voting committee because I would vote right away for George,” he said, which met with a round of applause from the crowd as well as Jeff Idelson and Jane Clark.
Finally, Gossage stepped to the microphone, first holding his plaque aloft above his head. “This is really an out-of-body experience. I’d just like to first of thank the Yankee contingent for coming to Cooperstown and sharing in this great moment to with me today,” said Gossage.
In a booming voice he delivered a well-organized chronological reminiscence.
“Starting back when I was playing little league, my parents, Sue and Jake Gossage, were my biggest supporters. They never missed a game. At times the whole team would pile into my dad’s old International Harvester, it was a beat up old truck but we loved it. Some of my greatest memories of Little League rival any of those I experienced as a big leaguer, believe it or not,” said Gossage, crediting his older brother’s heckling with helping to create his wild hard-throwing delivery.
He grew emotional and choked up when recalling deceased pitching coach Larry Sherry who worked with him during his spectacular 1977 season in Pittsburgh as well as other since passed teammates: Jim “Catfish” Hunter, Thurman Munson, Jim Spencer, Aurelio Rodriguez and Bobby Murcer.
He continued to campaign for George Steinbrenner calling him the “Greatest owner of all-time,” and closed by thanking his family and the fans. “I would like to extend my appreciation to all the wonderful baseball fans who are present today or are watching this ceremony on TV. You are the reason baseball is the great game it is today. Thank you very much.” Little did we know we’d be catching up with him again around midnight.
Charlie Vascellaro, a Baltimore-based freelance baseball and travel writer, is spending the summer in Cooperstown, and is an occasional contributor to
The Freeman’s Journal.Labels: 08-01-08, Baseball Hall of Fame, Goose Gossage, Induction Weekend, Sports |
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Medical Coaches Wins Tournament As Friends of Bassett Nets $100,000
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Sunday, July 13, 2008
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The Medical Coaches’ team was low-net at the 11th annual Key- Bank/Bassett Invitational, but the big winner again was the Friends of Bassett, which netted nearly $100,000. After a barbecue lunch, 144 golfers teed up May 27 to play 18 holes. Later, golfers and guests gathered in The Otesaga’s ballroom for a cocktail reception and buffet, and presentation of awards.
LOW-NET WINNERS: First, Medical Coaches, Len Marsh, Shane Marsh, Matt Sohns, Bill VanDewark; second, Plumbers & Pipefi tters Local 112, Doug McMaster, John Pichura, Jim Rounds, Sylvy Yovchinecz; third, Middleburgh Telephone, James Becker, Jason Becker, Steve Cole and Glen McCarthy; fourth, Buffalo Hospital Supply, Matt Ferlito, Bill Steiner, Tom Terry, Jeff Van Buren.
LOW-GROSS WINNERS: First, Rueckert Advertising Public Relations LLC, Paolo Grandjacquette, Chris Rueckert, Dean Rueckert, Jim Ryan; second, the Daily Star, Jeff Leach, Bob Marino, Bill Reeves, Mike Waffl e. Also, Dwight Packard, straightest drive; John Pennisi, closest-to-pin; Connie Jastremski, longest drive (women), and Craig Jasenki, longest drive (men). The organizing committee this year was Jim Empie, Roger MacMillan, Don Pollock, Bob Schlather and Dan Spooner.
TOP GOLFERS AT LWGA TOURNEY
 Low-Net Team (61) at the LWGA Member- Guest Tournament Tuesday, July 15, were Kay Frank, right, and LWGA President Carol Steigelman. Next to them are the low-gross team
(82) , Judy Mowery, left, and Liz Darling. Next to them are the organizing committee, from left, Lee Stockwell, Dottie Gebbia and Donna Thompson. The tourney raised $1,000 for Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care. In July 8 play, Liz Darling and Barbara Lasher were low gross (89); Martha Vaules and Pat Grillo, low net (62).Labels: 07-18-08, Friends of Bassett, Golf, LWGA, Sports |
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
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Sculling Team Seeks Recruits For Training On Otsego Lake
By BRIAN C. HOREY
COOPERSTOWN
Jim “Chip” Northrup thinks Glimmerglass would be perfect for a few good young men and ladies to start rowing their boats or, more properly, their sculls. Competitive rowing is often only showcased during the Olympics, but actually has a strong tradition and history especially in the Northeast. Many of the Ivy League schools have had a long tradition of “crew” – from Harvard on the Charles River to Dartmouth, Yale and Cornell. Syracuse University has been an eastern power for years and annually hosts the IRA Regatta on Onondaga Lake in June. But the colleges and universities have no athletes except from the high schools, prep schools and club programs that nurture the youngsters and provide the talent for their teams. Whether in a single seat scull, a two- or four-person scull up to the mighty varsity eight shells with or without coxswain, crew, like running and swimming, requires full conditioning of the entire body and is often used by athletes as training for other sports. Northrup has started several crew clubs in the Dallas, but feels the smooth surface of Otsego Lake would make an ideal setting for such an activity in upstate New York. Anyone interested should get in touch with Northrup at (214) 502-6464, e-mail him at Northrup49@gmail.com or simply stop by 17 River St. and say hi, pick up a paddle – that is an oar – and get stroking. According to NCAA statistics, of the 2,400 girls participating in crew at the scholastic level, fully 2,300 or nearly 97 percent received financial aid in college averaging nearly $10,000 a year. While the financial rewards are not so great for males, it can sometimes make the difference between admission or not, Northrup said.
Sign Up by July 25 For Fall Soccer Play
COOPERSTOWN – The Cooperstown Soccer Club Fall Recreational League is accepting
sign-ups through Friday, July 25, for K-through-6 players from Cherry Valley, Cooperstown and Edmeston. The seasons runs from the week of Sept. 1 through Oct. 25.
Sign up online at www.coopsoccerclub.com, or call Sheri Holohan, 547-5656, or Rebecca
Stone, 547-7163, for registration forms.Labels: 07-04-08, Sports |
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Sarah Groff Looks Ahead to 2012 After Disappointment At Hy-Vees
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Friday, June 20, 2008
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Sarah Groff, the top-ranked triathlete from Cooperstown, saw “my chance to make the Olympic team slipping away from me within the first mile” of the Hy-Vee Triathlon Trials in West Des Moines, Iowa, over the weekend of June 21-22. “My race mentally ended at that point.”
“What I didn’t realize until after the race, however,” she wrote on her blog, “is that I gave away my position as alternate in addition, a position that should have easily been mine ... Although I finished in ninth, a very respectable placing at a World Cup, I raced so far below my potential that I can’t help but be devastated by the result.
Sarah, a graduate of CCS and Middlebury College, was nudged aside by Sarah Haskins of St. Louis, Mo., who finished sixth overall to Groff’s ninth.
“As I look forward to 2012,” she wrote, “I have to remind myself of how far I have come and be excited by the improvements that I have yet to make. While I may not have been ready for Beijing, the lessons that I’ve learned through the 2008 Trials process will certainly pay off in the long-term.”Labels: 06-27-08, 062708, Front Page, Sports |
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New Jackie Robinson Plaque Reflects His Role In Breaching The Color Line
 COOPERSTOWN
A new Jackie Robinson plaque was unveiled at The National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum Wednesday, June 25, for the first time reflecting his role in breaking down baseball’s color line when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1948.
Robinson’s widow Rachel and their daughter Sharon were at 25 Main St. for the unveiling.
HoF chairman Jane Forbes Clark said Robinson, when he was inducted in 1962, wanted the plaque to reflect his outstanding statistics alone, just like everyone else’s.
“He told baseball writers that when considering his candidacy, they should only consider his playing ability – what his impact was on the playing field. At his induction in 1962, his plaque reflected his wishes – it only recounted his magnificent playing career,” said Miss Clark.
“But as we all know, there’s no person more central and more important to the history of baseball, for his pioneering ways, than Jackie Robinson. Today, his impact is not fully defined without mention of his extreme courage in crossing baseball’s color line. We are proud of the changes we have made.”
The new plaque reads:
JACK ROOSEVELT ROBINSON
“JACKIE”
BROOKLYN, N.L., 1947-1956
“A player of extraordinary ability renowned for his electrifying style of play. Over 10 seasons hit .311, scored more than 100 runs six times, named to six All-Star teams and led Brooklyn to six pennants and its only World Series title, in 1955. The 1947 Rookie of the Year, and the 1949 N.L. MVP when he hit a league-best .342 with 37 steals. Led second basemen in double plays four times and stole home 19 times. Displayed tremendous courage and poise in 1947 when he integrated the modern major leagues in the face of intense adversity.”
The new plaque is on the same spot in the Hall of Plaques. The old plaque will be kept by the Hall of Fame.
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Cooperstown’s American Legion Post 579 catcher Val Paige tags the Chain Gang’s Brendan Johns out at home during Monday evening action in the first game of a double header in Co-Ed Slow Pitch League at the Clark Complex. Paige fielded a nice throw from third baseman Bianca Bello on the play. Johns had tripled and attempted to score on an infield hit. The Legionnaires won the game 15-6.
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Groff Qualifier Moved Away From Iowa Flooding
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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COOPERSTOWN
Due to widespread flooding in Iowa, the June 21-22 Hy-Vee Triathlon, where Cooperstown's Sarah Gross is competing for a sport on the U.S. Olympic team, will be moved from Des Moines to the Valley Southwoods Freshmen High School in West Des Moines.
Sarah, daughter of Gerald and Jeannine Groff, Cooperstown, is one of the top four contenders competing for three slots on the U.S. Triathlon team that will compete in Beijing later this summer.Labels: 06-20-08, Sports |
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Saturday, June 7, 2008
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By BRIAN C. HOREY
ROME
Cooperstown’s run for a second consecutive Section III Class C title was ended by one swing of Pulaski’s Ted Atkinson’s bat in the top of the third inning on Monday, June 2, at DeLutis Field. Atkinson sent a 1-2 offering from Jim Fort 340 feet over the leftfield fence and that was all the
#2 seed Devils needed for a 1-0 victory. Cooperstown played a very solid game but simply could
not get enough bat on the ball as Pulaski’s winning pitcher Ed Gray looked as strong in the
bottom of the seventh inning as he did in the first. The tall lefty, headed to St. Bonaventure on a scholarship in the fall, mixed his pitches well and continually confounded the Redskin batters. He finished with15 K’s on his way to a 2 hitter. Cooperstown had its chances, leaving two runners stranded in both the fi rst and third innings, but simply could not provide Fort (7-2) the support he needed. Fort had both the Redskins hits in the game. After losing seven starters from last year’s squad including his entire infield, Coach Frank Miosek said after clinching the league championship with a perfect 10-0 record at Canastota two weeks ago, that he was very proud of the way the team pulled together. Finishing the season at 18-5 was an outstanding accomplishment and a tribute to the dedication of the entire team. Without the efforts by the entire 15 man squad they would not gotten anywhere near this far. He especially noted the efforts of seniors Chris Gulotta, Drew Lierheimer and Quinn Snyder who joined returning seniors Josh Pearlman, Doug Kline, Tyler Combs, Jim Fort and Phil Pohl. Pulaski will take on #1 seed
and State ranked #3 Fabius-Pompey for the overall Class Championship. Cooperstown was ranked #14 in the latest State Sports Writers poll.
 CHAMPION RUN: Brian Sutton anchors the CV-S 4x40 relay team to a 3:35.7 victory at the Class D Championships. Sutton also won the 400 in 51.9, was second in the 200 and picked up a fifth in the 100 as the Patriots dominated the team scoring with 147 points to 97 for Stamford in the 14- team meet. Labels: 06-06-08, Sports |
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