BY ERIC AHLQVIST
COOPERSTOWN CRIER
The home fans went home doubly
disappointed Tuesday night in
Cherry Valley.
Not only did senior Morgan VanAlstine
fall short of the 1,000-point
milestone, but the Cherry Valley-
Springfield girls lost a key league
game to Schenevus, 56-31.
A win by CV-S would have pulled
them into a first place tie with the
defending East and overall champion
Dragons, but the loss eliminated
them from the East race.
VanAlstine, who scored 32 in the
teams’ first meeting in December,
entered the game needing 19 points
to become the third girls players
in program history to amass 1,000
points. After scoring four points in
the first quarter, she was held to two
in the second quarter and did not
score in the second half, eventually
fouling out with just over seven
minutes left in the game.
Schenevus used a box-and-one
defense on VanAlstine, and head
coach Tim Walke said he wanted to
limit her touches.
``We knew if we stopped her we’d
win the game,’’ said Walke. ``She’s a
phenomenal player, but our defense
was very good tonight.’’
CV-S, 8-5 overall, trailed by just six
at the half, but the Dragons scored
the first eight points of the second
half, including a three-point shot
from Jessica Bentley, while holding
the Lady Patriots scoreless over the
first six minutes of the third quarter.
``We started getting our transition
game going, and we also started
passing the ball much better in the
second half,’’ Walke said.
VanAlstine needs 13 points in
Friday’s game at Edmeston to reach
1,000. Last year, teammate Courtney
VanBrink hit 1,000 points in her final
career game, a loss to Schenevus in
sectionals.
Aria Dubben led CV-S with nine
points Tuesday, while junior guard
Katie Upson had eight, including a
pair of three-point baskets.
Chelsea Gantner had 12 and Bentley
11 for Schenevus.
The Lady Patriots were coming
off a dramatic 52-50 home win over
Milford on Friday night. VanAlstine
scored the final two of her gamehigh
30 points on an offensive
rebound to give her team the win.
Milford’s Mariah Coville and Chandler
Prouty combined for 38 of their
team’s 50 points.
CV-S BOYS CLINCH
The Cherry Valley-Springfield boys
basketball team won their sixth
game in a row and clinched their
second straight Tri-Valley East title
with a 51-41 victory at Milford Friday
night.
The Patriots, 10-3, will meet T-V
West champion Morris in the Tri-Valley
Championship Game on Saturday,
Feb. 20 at Oneonta State.
``This is a hard-working team,’’ said
CV-S head coach Terry Brant. ``They
key to our success has been our
defense. We try to force turnovers
and get easy baskets.’’
Not only was Friday’s win CV-S’s
sixth in a row, but ninth in 10 games
as they improved to 10-3 on the
season.
One of the losses came at Morris
early in December, the first league
game of the season.
``We played that game without
one starter and two others fouled
out,’’ Brant said. ``Both teams are
probably much different at this
point.’’
Alex Shuster had 16 points and
Kyle Flint 11 in the win.
Local Sports
CV-S girls lose key game; boys clinch T-V East title
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Pair complete lake swim
EMILY KERR, LEFT, David Bonderoff and Amy Hage Delli-Coli were all smiles after their lake swim on Saturday.
David Bonderoff, 17, of Cooperstown and Amy Hage Delli-Coli, 41, of Exeter, N.H swam the entire length of Otsego Lake last Saturday. They began their 9.2-mile swim at Springfield Landing at 7 a.m. on the north end of the lake, along with their friend, Emily Kerr, of Exeter, New Hampshire.
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Patriots have shot at another stellar season
The Cherry Valley-Springfield boys soccer team had a dream season last fall, coasting through the regular season undefeated and capturing its third straight Tri-Valley Championship title with a 3-0 victory over Morris.
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Former CCS star to play for Hartwick
Former Cooperstown girls basketball and Herkimer County Community College star Samantha Fox is taking her hardwood talents to Hartwick College next season.
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Deer suggestions made
A citizen task force for the 4F Wildlife Management Unit, which includes most of Otsego County, has recommended the DEC set a no net change in the estimated deer population.
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Hawkeyes players honored
Two Cooperstown Hawkeyes players earned Second Team All-League honors from the New York Collegiate Baseball league on Monday.
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Girl is in a league of her own
Some may argue that girls do not belong on the ballfield playing among boys, but a 13-year-old Little League girl from Plant City Fla., has proven she can hold her own.
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Perez to represent the East for National Title
Last spring, Elias (E.J.) Perez was the recipient of Cooperstown Youth Football’s inaugural Youth Football Camp Scholarship award, and recently attended the Offense/Defense football camp held in Rochester.
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Benefit golf tournament is Aug. 29
Prizes, good food and fun will be ``par for the course’’ at a benefit Golf Tournament on Sunday, Aug. 29, at the Otsego Golf Course. The Tournament is organized by the newly created Cooperstown Rotary Foundation (CRF), a nonprofit, tax deductible organization.
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Edmonds named athlete of the year
Cooperstown’s Caleb Edmonds did more than enough to earn Daily Star Athlete of the Year honors in track.
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Petroskey homers, but Hawkeyes eliminated
Cooperstown Hawkeyes owner Tom Hickey said on Monday the team’s inaugural season was a success on every level except for one.
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C’town Legion finishes season 11-8
The Cooperstown American Legion baseball team completewhat head coach Ed Dubben called a successful season by defeating Herkimer, 5-2, last Thursday at Doubleday Field.
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Dawson has harsh words for steroid users
Andre Dawson entered the Hall of Fame wearing a Montreal Expos cap on Sunday, but it was clear his heart was still in Chicago.
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Hall voting process restructured
Thanks to a restructuring in the way the National Baseball Hall of Fame selects veterans for enshrinement, the late George Steinbrenner might have a plaque in the Cooperstown shrine next summer.
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C’town girls lose first
The Clark Sports Center hosted four games in the girls summer basketball league last Wednesday.
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Hawkeyes will host playoff game
This much is sure: The Cooperstown Hawkeyes will host a playoff game at 5 p.m. on Saturday at Doubleday Field. Who their opponent will be though, is still very much up in the air. Cooperstown clinched a playoff berth with a 4-1 victory over Albany Tuesday evening at Doubleday Field and played two games on Wednesday. They are currently 21-19, a halfgame ahead of fourth place Glens Falls. They played Glens Falls at 1 p.m. on Wednesday and with a win would lock up third place and a likely first round match-up with the Oneonta Outlaws beginning Friday night.
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The Outlaws ended their regular season on Tuesday with an 8-5 win at Albany. - Thursday, July 22, 2010
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'Hawk,' 'Whitey,' 'God' to enter Hall
When former Cubs’ second baseman Ryne Sandberg was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005, he took time during his speech to single out former teammate Andre Dawson, who was in attendance that day.
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Tennis tournament 'a success'
The third annual Chris Gentile Memorial Tennis Tournament was held last weekend at the Clark Sports Center.
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Ozzie to host Play Ball on Friday
He blazed a trail across the baseball world for parts of three decades, forever changing the game with fielding accomplishments never before seen.
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Hawkeyes in playoff hunt as season winds down
If the New York Collegiate Baseball League playoffs were to begin today, the Cooperstown Hawkeyes and Oneonta Outlaws would meet in a first round series. The top four teams in each division qualify for postseason play, and currently Oneonta is in second place and Cooperstown in third with one week left in the regular season.
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Cooperstown All Stars fall in final
The Cooperstown Major League All Star team advanced to the finals of the week-long Oneonta tournament, but fell to the hosts, 15- 8, in the championship game on Sunday.
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