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CCS football in first place
By ERIC AHLQVIST
Cooperstown Crier
SAUQUOIT — The undefeated
Cooperstown football team
moved into sole possession of
first place in the Center State
Conference East division with a
triple overtime, 16-9 victory over
Sauquoit Friday night.
The win did not come without
a price, however, as junior Luke
Folts suffered a leg fracture in
the first quarter, the same leg he
broke last year, and is out for the
season, said head coach Steve
Pugliese.
``Luke is one of our best, if not
the best, all-around football players
on the team and we can’t replace
him with just one person,’’
Pugliese said. ``At the same time
we did a nice job of adjusting
without him for most of the game
Friday night.’’
R.J. Alton broke a 9-9 tie in
the third overtime, running 25-
yards for a score on the first play
from scrimmage, and Brad Ashford
intercepted a Sauquoit pass
on the Indians’ ensuing possession
to seal the win.
In the first overtime, Chad
Parshall kicked his first field
goal of the season to give the
Redskins a 3-0 lead, but Sauquoit
answered with a field goal of its
own to force a second overtime.
That marked the first points
Cooperstown’s defense had given
up in three plus games.
In the second O.T, Sauquoit
scored first but missed the extra
point to take a 9-3 lead. Ashford
caught a pass from quarterback
Tyler Hoke and broke several
tackles to make his way into the
end zone to tie the score again,
but Cooperstown also missed the
extra point to leave the game tied
at 9-9 and setting up Alton’s heroics.
``R.J. Alton played a fantastic
game on both sides of the ball,’’
Pugliese said.
Alton was Cooperstown’s leading
rusher with 79 yards on 19
carries, while Alec Silvera had
58 yards on 10 carries. Andrew
Auriemma led the team with 13
tackles, while Tanner Niedzialkowksi
and Jed Rowley were
each in on 11 tackles.
Cooperstown, 3-0, failed to
convert several good scoring opportunities
during regulation,
which ended in a 0-0 tie, including
a first and goal from the nine
yard line which stalled on the
two-yard line.
``We had the ball inside their
15-yard line four times but
couldn’t score,’’ Pugliese said.
``We still need to get our offense
clicking and that will come when
we start executing our blocks.’’
Cooperstown will head to Mt.
Markham Friday night for their
only non-league contest of the
season, and then will host Adirondack
on Friday, Oct. 3 in the
annual Homecoming contest.
``We’re in first place now, but
our league is very tough and any
team can beat any other on any
given day,’’ Pugliese said. ``We’re
in a good position right now, but
we still have a lot of work ahead
of us.’’
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