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Cooperstown’s Caleb Edmonds did more than enough to earn Daily Star Athlete of the Year honors in track.
Home-schooled until his senior season, Edmonds broke school records in the 1,600 meters, the 3,200 and the 3,000 steeplechase. He also earned a Division II runner-up finish at the state championships and ran for a 3,200 relay team that set a program record.
Edmonds set a 3,200 record for athletes in the Daily Star’s circulation area with a time of 9 minutes, 6.67 seconds during the June 12 state meet at Vestal High’s Dick Hoover Stadium.
Local Sports
August 19, 2010
Edmonds named athlete of the year
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Adams remains unbeatable in T-V
Brett Adams went 3-for-3 Friday at Oneonta State. And that was on the mound. Adams struck out eight, walked five and scattered five hits to leadCherry Valley-Springfield to its third straight Tri-Valley League baseball championship as the Patriots beat Edmeston, 11-3.
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Cooperstown boys track team wins CSC championships
Cooperstowns boys won the Center State Conference Division II championship at Sauquoit Valley. The team was led by senior Jeremiah Ford, who was named the meet’s outstanding track athlete. He placed first in the 110- and 400-meter hurdles. Ford won the former in a season-best time of 15.4 seconds and the latter in 1:00.6. The senior also placed second in the 400 in 52.3 and helped the Redskins’ 400 relay team to victory.
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CV-S tops Downsville in sectional play
Scott Stiles threw a two-hitter and five second-inning singles helped Cherry Valley-Springfield to five runs in its Section Four Class D victory over visiting Downsville. The eighth-seeded Patriots (13-4) were scheduled to play No. 1 Hancock (15-3) Wednesday in a Class D quarterfinal. Scores were not available by deadline.
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Cooperstown defeats undefeated Herkimer, 8-3
The lady Redskins knocked off unbeaten Herkimer in a non-league game at home last Wednesday. Herkimer, which beat Cooperstown, 7-2, in the Redskins’ second game of the season, brought an 18-0 record into the game. Nicole Cring pitched a three-hitter and Holli Erkson hit a two-run single during Cooperstown’s seven-run fifth inning.
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Milford defeated in tiebreaker
Taylor Spranger relieved Jessica Kruh in the second inning and threw 5 2/3 innings of scoreless softball, allowing Schenevus to rally for a 21-7 win over Milford in a Tri-Valley League East Division tiebreaker Friday at Oneonta State. Milford led, 7-3, when Spranger stepped in the circle.
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Smith sets MCS record, but CV-S boys win T-V track title
Milford’s Brett Smith set a program record in the 200-meter dash last Thursday during the Tri-Valley League Track and Field Championships at Edmeston. Smith won in 22.8 seconds, which is the top 200 time of the season according to performances reported to The Daily Star through Monday. Before Thursday’s meet, Smith topped the area’s 200 list at 23.0 seconds.
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Annual KeyBank Bassett Medical Center Invitational set
The 15th annual KeyBank Bassett Medical Center Invitational will tee off on Tuesday, May 29, at The Leatherstocking Golf Course. According to a media release, proceeds generated by the tournament will go to support the Friends of Bassett Healthcare Network Annual Fund.
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Tri-Valley finals up in the air
Rain has put a damper on the championship schedules for baseball and softball. The Tri-Valley League finals may be pushed back as division titles remain up for grabs.
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CCS tennis clinches division
With a sweep of host Herkimer on Monday, Cooperstown tennis has clinched its division in the Center State Conference. The Redskins won 5-0, the second sweep of Herkimer this month, after a 5-0 win on May 4 in Cooperstown.
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Sauquoit Valley pitcher one-hits Cooperstown
Aaron LaPiccolo fell a swinging bunt short of a no-hitter and hit an RBI triple as host Sauquoit Valley clinched the Center State Conference Division III title with a 2-0 victory over Cooperstown on Monday. Sauquoit Valley finished 9-1 in league play. Cooperstown (10- 6) is 8-2 in conference. With one out in the fifth, Derek Liner hit a 40-footer toward third base for Cooperstown’s lone hit.
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Photo exhibit to open at Baseball Hall
The faces belong to another era, but the timelessness of the images remains seven decades after young Forrest S. Yantis snapped photos of his favorite ballplayers in a series of intimate, bust-length portraits.
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Larkin’s talking baseball a lot more these days
The only thing that has changed for Barry Larkin is his contact list. “People said it would change my life,” former Cincinnati Reds shortstop Larkin said of his election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, during his Class of 2012 orientation tour Saturday.
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“I don’t think it has changed my life, but it has changed who is calling me. I’ll get home and there will be a message from Richard (Goose) Gossage. Rod Carew called and I asked him, ‘Mr. Carew, what do I call you?’ He said, ‘Call me Rod,’ and I thought, ‘No way.’ Or my son says, ‘Dad, Hank Aaron just called you.’ -
Ford siblings power Cooperstown track and field teams
In no other sport is there a place for everyone short or tall, thin or heavy, speedy or just plain determined. With track and field, there is an event for everyone. Two high-powered Fords drive the 2012 Cooperstown track and field teams. Senior Jeremiah Ford was named Outstanding Athlete of The Meet at the Don Howard Invitational in Cooperstown on Saturday. He leads the boys, while younger sister Lucy is a key component of the girls program. The Redskins, led by Jeremiah, took the boys title with 106 points four better than runner-up OHS in the 11-team meet.
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Lady Redskins lose to Hamilton
Rebecca Rogers out dueled Cooperstown’s Nicole Cring as visiting Hamilton (13-0, 7-0), the No. 1 ranked team in Class D, beat the Redskins, 6-1, in a Center State Conference softball game on Monday. Rogers struck out 19 batters and pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the third inning for the complete game win. She gave up five hits and walked two.
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Milford wins home tournament
Kaley Chase Peggy Paffenroth and Michelle Paffenroth had three hits and combined for 10 RBIs as Milford defeated Sharon Springs, 21-6, in the final of its tournament on Saturday. Addy Lawson, Jordan Griffiths and Stephanie Ashe contributed two hits apiece for the Wildcats, who scored 11 runs in the first inning. Kaitlin VanWinkler and winning pitcher Chase combined on a five-hitter.
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MCS track and field athletes are standing out
Milford track athletes have been shining. Three MCS outdoor track and field records fell last week as the Wildcats swept a fourteam Tri-Valley League meet at home. On Saturday, Brett Smith was named OutstandingMale Runner at the Don Howard Invitational in Cooperstown. At the same meet, the girls relay team of Emilie Mertz, Alyssa Quick, Hannah Saggese and Avalon Ward won in a Tri-Valley League record time of 4:13.80.
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Cooperstsown duo among all-state picks
Cooperstown Central School’s Jay Davine and Michael Moaklerall are among the all-senior list of area all-state boys basketball selections, which were recently released by the New York State Sports Writers Association.
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Double play keeps CCS on top
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C’town youth baseball league starts season
Hundreds of young baseball and softball players and their families paraded through the streets of Cooperstown on Saturday for Cooperstown Youth Baseball’s Opening Day, but to CYB president David Borgstrom, something was still amiss.
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CV-S coach: Team ‘back in the groove’
Three no-no’s – no hit, no run - victories over Tri-Valley League foes were just what the doctor ordered for the defending Tri-Valley League champions after getting off to a very rocky early-season start. After last Thursday’s win over Franklin, Cherry Valley-Springfield baseball coach Ed Dubben said: “We’re back in the groove.”
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Adams remains unbeatable in T-V
