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CCS football suffers first loss; face must win Fri.
By ERIC AHLQVIST
Cooperstown Crier
After suffering its first loss of
the season in the Homecoming
Game Friday night, the Cooperstown
football team faces a mustwin
game Friday night at Frankfort-
Schuyler.
The Redskins, 4-1, are in a
three-way tie for first place in the
Center State Conference East division
along with F-S and Herkimer.
CCS head coach Steve
Pugliese said a loss this Friday
would end his team’s hopes for a
division title and put a postseason
berth in doubt as well.
``This will be our championship
game,’’ Pugliese said of the
Frankfort game. ``From watching
tapes, I think we’re a better defensive
team than them, and
they’re a better offensive team. It
will probably come down to which
team wants it more.’’
Cooperstown lost a 28-14 decision
to Adirondack last Friday, a
game they trailed throughout.
The Wildcats took advantage of a
poor opening kickoff and drove 50
yards for a touchdown on their
first possession.
Adirondack, which has won
three games in a row after an 0-2
start, converted two fourth down
tries and scored on a 13-yard
touchdown pass to Scott Hughes
midway through the first quarter.
Cooperstown’s R.J. Alton ran
33-yards on the Redskins’ first
play from scrimmage, but the
drive stalled when quarterback
Tyler Hoke was sacked on third
down.
The Redskins tied the score in
the second quarter, driving 19
yards after Tanner Niedzialkowski
recovered a muffed punt. On
fourth and five from the 14-yard
line, Hoke hooked up with Brad
Ashford on a 14-yard scoring pass
over the middle.
Adirondack answered with a
60-yard touchdown drive, capped
by a 19-yard run by senior Scott
Dunlap.
Dunlap, Adirondack’s all-time
leading rusher, injured his foot
on the first play of the third quarter,
but the Wildcats still managed
a 75-yard scoring drive
without him, capped by a oneyard
touchdown run by Matt
Pfendler.
The Redskins’ Chad Parshall
return the ensuing kickoff to the
Cooperstown 40-yard line, and on
the first play from scrimmage
Hoke recovered his own fumble
and ran 50-yards to the Adirondack
10-yard line on a broken
play. Two plays later, he hit Ashford
for the second time, looping a
pass just over a defender’s hands
to Ashford in the corner of the
end zone.
Cooperstown’s defense stopped
Adirondack on its next possession,
and Parshall got a hand on
the ensuing punt, giving Cooperstown
a first down at the 50-yard
line.
But the Redskins failed to
even gain a single first down, and
Adirondack drove 80 yards for a
touchdown on its next possession
to put the game away.
``We’ve got to execute our offense
more effectively,’’ Pugliese
said. ``Against Adirondack, we got
beat on the line of scrimmage on
both sides of the ball. We can win
Friday, but we’ve got to play a
better brand of football.’’
Cooperstown concludes its
regular season on Saturday, Oct.
18 when they host Little Falls at
2 p.m.
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