STAFF REPORT
The Cooperstown boys basketball
team bounced back from a
crushing home loss last week with
two big road wins.
Sophomore Jeff Flynn was instrumental
in both victories, scoring
a team-high 22 points in an
81-71 win at Canastota last Friday
and netting the game-winner with
five seconds remaining in a 55-54
win at Sauquoit on Tuesday.
With the pair of wins, Cooperstown
improved to 9-7 on the
season with two home games
remaining; Thursday against Sherbrune-
Earlville and next Wednesday
against Herkimer.
``We’ve qualified for sectionals,
now we’d like to finish strong
and get some momentum for the
postseason,’’ said CCS head coach
Dave Bertram.
Flynn had 14 points on Tuesday
to again lead the Redskins in scoring,
while Jeremiah Ford had 13
and Mike Moakler 12. All three are
sophomores.
Cooperstown had a nine-point
lead with two and half minutes left
but squandered the lead, a a team
trait that Bertram said has been a
season-long problem.
``We had a 20-point lead against
Canastota but let them back in it
too,’’ he said. ``We need to learn
how to finish games when we have
a lead.
We’ve lost a bunch of close
games this year and in almost all
of them we had a fourth quarter
lead.’
