BY ERIC AHLQVIST
COOPERSTOWN CRIER
A slow start cost the Cherry
Valley-Springfield boys basketball
team its season on Monday
night.
The fourth seeded Patriots fell
behind by 16 points in the first
half to 12th seed Andes, 24-8,
before making a furious rally
that fell short in a 45-37 loss in
a Section Four Class D quarterfinal
contest.
The Mountaineers, 11-9, have
just seven players on the roster
but one of them is standout Eric
Reed, the best player many may
have never seen before.
After scoring 30 points in an
opening round win over Gilboa,
Reed had 24 against CV-S on
Monday, including two long
three-point shots that led the
Mountaineers to a 24-8 lead
midway through the second
quarter. Reed hit four three point
shots on the night, and
went a perfect 6-6 from the foul
line in the final two minutes to
seal the win.
The Patriots cut the lead to
nine (25-16) at halftime and
continued their rally in the third
quarter. CV-S senior Kyle Flint
converted an old-fashioned
three-point play to cut the lead
to three, 28-25, with 3:37 left in
the quarter.
The teams then traded baskets
when the biggest call of the
game occurred. Reed drove into
the lane and appeared to crash
into CV-S’s Alex Shuster, but
Shuster was called for a blocking
foul, his fourth, and Reed hit
two free throws.
Shuster had to go the bench,
and the Patriots never got closer
than five points the rest of the
way.
``That call could have gone either
way but it definitely stopped
our momentum,’’ said CV-S head
coach Terry Brant. ``Defensively,
we made a lot of stops late in the
game but we couldn’t execute offensively
when we need to. That’s
been our biggest problem all
season.’’
Andes lost to top-seed Davenport,
43-40, on Tuesday night.
The Patriots advanced to Monday’s
game with a 63-45 victory
over Hunter-Tannersville Sunday
night in Cherry Valley.
The game was originally
scheduled for Tuesday, but was
postponed five consecutive days
because of snow.
Shuster had 20 points, including
10 in a decisive second quarter as
the Patriots opened up a nine-point
halftime lead.
Shawn Cope had 11 and Flint 10
for CV-S, which ends the season at
14-6.
Only Flint will be lost to graduation,
and CV-S should also get help
from this year’s junior varsity team,
which was undefeated in league
play and 16-2 overall.
Brant said four players from that
team will likely be on the varsity
next season.
``Those players will give us more
of a scoring threat from the outside,
which is exactly what we need,’’
Brant said. ``The future is definitely
bright for the program.’’
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Patriots shot down by Andes
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MCS girls take advantage of Patriots’ off-night
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It may have been unseasonably warm outside, but for Cherry Valley- Springfield’s girls, it was a cold night in Milford on Friday. The Patriots went on long stretches without making baskets and the Wildcats took advantage for a 55-31 victory.
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Cooperstown boys show up to play
Cooperstown’s boys scored 33 points in the second quarter and cruised to a 79-58 non-league victory over visiting Sherburne- Earlville in a matchup of Center State Conference division winners Saturday.
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Lady Redskins get non-league win
Nicole Cring had 12 points, eight blocks and seven rebounds as the Cooperstown- High girls basketball team took an early lead and beat visiting New York Mills 55-44 on Tuesday in a non-league game.
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Hall to offer tools to teach dangers of drugs
Students will be taught about the danger of performance-enhancing drugs through a national education and outreach program announced Wednesday by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown. The use of such drugs could affect upcoming balloting for several Hall of Fame candidates.
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Baseball Hall of Fame releases calendar of events
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Unatego wrestlers beat C’town, UV; Sidney’s Stafford among top seeds for class tourneys
Austin Ryan and Nate Wilsey won two head-tohead matches apiece last Thursday, helping host Unatego to dual-meet wrestling victories over Cooperstown and Unadilla Valley.
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CCS swimmer finds diving challenging
After a day of highs and lows, Cooperstown’s Aaron Idelson finished in the middle.
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Brothers compete in the pool
Sometimes things are not always as they seem. Just look at Cooperstown’s varsity swimming brothers Sean and Erik Mebust.
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Volleyball team wins tournament at home
The host Cooperstown volleyball team won a six-team round robin tournament last Saturday. The Redskins tied Stockbridge with identical 7-3 records, but owned the tiebreaker by a single point in head-to-head match-ups, winning 25-22 and losing 23-25.
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Lady Redskins come out strong in second half
Nicole Cring’s double, double helped Cooperstown make a decisive second-half run and beat visiting Mohawk 45-28 in a Center State Conference game on Monday. Cring had 12 points, 12 rebounds and five blocked shots as the
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CCS wrestling team competes in championships
Cooperstown teammates Michael Boyle and Jacob Miller had runner-up finishes in the Center State Conference Championships on Saturday at Adirondack.
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Niekro, Ozzie to return for Hall of Fame Classic
The Knucksies and Wizards will go at it again this June in Cooperstown. The Baseball Hall of Fame announced Monday that Hall of Famers Phil Niekro and Ozzie Smith will return as team captains for the fourth annual Hall of Fame Classic at Doubleday Field.
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Redskins hit century mark
If at first you do succeed, try to do even better next time. Dave Bertram led the Cooperstown boys basketball team to its highest points total in his 10 years as head coach Tuesday, when the Redskins thumped visiting Morrisville- Eaton, 106-51, in a Center State Conference Division III game.
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Davine, king of Cooperstown assists
If you need help, try calling Jay Davine. Senior point guard Davine broke Cooperstown’s all-time assists record last Thursday and scored 13 points to lead the Redskins to a 71-43 boys basketball thumping of visiting Westmoreland in a Center State Conference Division III game.
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Fox has big night for Hartwick women
Cooperstown graduate Samantha Fox scored a varsity-high 14 points Friday to lead the Hartwick College women’s basketball team to a 59-49 victory over visiting St. John Fisher in the Empire 8 Conference.
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Patriots hold off Gilbertsville-Mount Upton with score of 59-53
A varsity-high 27 points from Kyle Jaquay led host Cherry Valley- Springfield to a 59-53 Tri-Valley League boys basketball victory Monday over Gilbertsville-Mount Upton.
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CCS wrestles with the ‘Big Dogs’
Cooperstown’s wrestling revival got a reality check on Saturday in the form of visiting Dolgeville. Both teams came in undefeated in the Center State Conference, but only the Blue Devils left that way after a 64-10 win over the Redskins. “Dolgeville is definitely a tough team. Top to bottom, they really don’t have any weak spots on their roster,” Cooperstown coach Micaiah Abts said.
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Coach says he thinks his girls will return to top of their class
Close, but not there yet. That’s the story of Cooperstown’s volleyball team this season, and it played out again on Monday in a 3-1 loss to visiting Waterville in a Center State Conference match.
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Clark Sports Center hosts tournament
The Clark Sports Center recently held its eighth annual Pat Fetterman Memorial Tournament. There were six girls’ teams and six boys’ teams from as far away as West Philadelphia, according to a media release from the sports center.
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Boy one step closer to seeing football dreams come true
Since Cowboy Stadium in Dallas opened in 2010, football fans have marveled at the massive, modernstadium. Over the holidays, Cooperstown Central School freshman Michael Perrino got to play two games in it himself.
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