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CCS softball, baseball All Stars announced
By ERIC AHLQVIST
Cooperstown Crier
The Cooperstown softball
team had three first
team and three second
team members on the Center
State Conference All
Star team which was announced
recently.
All six players are underclassmen.
First team
members are pitcher Anna
Sams, a sophomore, and juniors
Sawyer Graham and
Stephanie Hascup.
Sams was 12-7 with 182
strikeouts in 127 innings
pitched. She had a 2.26
earned run.
Graham, a first baseman,
led the team with a
.364 batting average and a
single season program record
24 runs batted in.
Hascup, a third baseman,
was second on the team in
batting average (.318);
RBIs (17) and runs (16).
Second team members
are juniors Miranda Menhinick
and Cailin Huggins
and sophomore Samantha
Borgstrom. Leadoff hitter
Menhinick scored a program
record 20 runs this
season, Borgrstrom threw
out 13 would be base stealers
behind the plate and
Higgins was an excellent
defensive second baseman
and team leader, according
to head coach Dave Bliss.
The team finished with
a 13-7 record, the most
wins in program history,
and lost in the Section
Three Class C-1 semifinals.
``We have a chance to be
very competitive both in
our section and in the state
next year,’’ said Bliss.
The Cooperstown baseball
team had three Center
State Conference All Stars,
including seniors Mack
Curran and Nick Davoulas,
and junior Kyle Liner.
Liner had 32 hits in 58
at bats, including six doubles,
one triple, one home
run and 23 runs batted in.
Curran had 24 hits in 56
at bats, including five doubles,
and also had a 4-2 record
on the mound.
Davoulas, who transferred
to Cooperstown from
Edmeston this year, had 26
hits in 68 at bats, including
six doubles and a teamleading
five triples. He also
had a 2-2 pitching record.
The Redskins finished
the season with a 12-6 record,
including 5-5 in
league play, and lost in the
first round of sectionals.
In addition, head coach
Frank Miosek was awarded
the Good Sport Award
at the annual Cooperstown
Athletic banquet on June
11.
The award is named after
longtime Sports Booster
Club member Ken Kiser,
who died suddenly a couple
of years ago.
``Ken was like a brother
to me, and this is the best
award I have ever received,’’
said Miosek.
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Edmonds named athlete of the year
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Petroskey homers, but Hawkeyes eliminated
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C’town Legion finishes season 11-8
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Dawson has harsh words for steroid users
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C’town girls lose first
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Hawkeyes will host playoff game
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'Hawk,' 'Whitey,' 'God' to enter Hall
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Cooperstown All Stars fall in final
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