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Coop baseball wins 8th straight,clinches division
By ERIC AHLQVIST
Cooperstown Crier
Philip Pohl went batty last
week.
The senior catcher, mired in a
hitting slump, decided to switch
from an aluminum to a wood bat
before Friday’s game against Canastota,
and responded with a triple
and home run in a 7-3 victory.
On Monday, he hit two long
home runs over the leftfield fence
at Doubleday Field in his only two
official at bats, giving him three
home runs and a triple with the
wood bat.
``I think I’ll keep using it,’’ dead panned
Pohl, who played in a wood
bat league last summer.
Pohl’s home runs on Monday led
to a key, 8-5, Center State Conference
victory over Mt. Markham,
the Redskins’ eighth straight win.
The next night Cooperstown
beat Canastota again, 8-3, to earn
their second straight CSC Division
II title. The Redskins are 9-0 in
league play and 12-3 overall a year
after winning the Class C title.
``We haven’t swept Mt. Markham
in a season series since I’ve been
playing,’’ said Pohl, a four year
starter heading to Clemson University
next fall on a baseball scholarship.
``We started out 4-3 this
year, but obviously we’ve been
playing well since then and really
finding our groove.’’
``It’s been a pleasant evolution,’’
said CCS baseball coach Frank Miosek.
``We went from three guys
contributing early in the season to
10 or 11 now. The other guys have
really come along and filled in the
missing pieces.’’
Pohl, a dominant pitcher when
he’s not catching, and fellow senior
and captain Jim Fort are two big
reasons why CCS was able to repeat
this season despite losing six
starters to graduation. Fort pitched
six innings against Canastota,
striking out 10 and walking just
one. Fort has a 6-1 record on the
mound, while Pohl is 3-1, and Kyle
Liner and Brad Ashford have been
effective on the mound as well, Miosek
said.
Softball moves to 9-8
The Cooperstown softball team
lost three of five games last week,
but their 9-8 record has already
earned them a trip back to sectionals
after missing the Class C tournament
last year. Two of the three
losses came to powerhouse Canastota
by a combined 31-2 score, including
a 21-1 loss on Tuesday
when CCS had just eight healthy
players and had to call up a junior
varsity player just before the
game.
Cooperstown came up with one
of their best wins of the season last
Wednesday at Waterville, as freshman
pitcher Anna Sams struck out
13 batters and allowed three hits
in a 5-2 victory. The win avenged
an earlier season loss to Waterville.
``Anna pitched well, and we hit
the ball well and made just two errors,’’
said head coach Dave Bliss.
``It was a good win over a very solid
club.’’
Cailin Huggins had two hits and
Sawyer Graham also had two hits
and drove in two runs.
On Saturday, the Lady Redskins
lost to Class A Oneonta at home,
5-2. Oneonta led 2-0 heading to to
the top of the seventh inning, but
broke the game open with three
runs.
Cooperstown’s Sam Fox drove in
both runs with a single in the bottom
of the seventh, and had two
hits.
On Monday, Cooperstown took a
3-2 victory over Mt. Markham
when winning pitcher Sams singled
in Jen Wehner in the bottom
of the seventh inning to break a 2-2
tie. Wehner had singled and stole
second to start the inning. Sams
struck out 10 in the game.
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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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