COOPERSTOWN —
Boys soccer
CV-S 2, Morris 0 (sept. 7)
Second-half goals by Ben Drugatz and Jordan Manikus lifted defending Section Four Class D champion Cherry Valley-Springfield to a 2-0 victory over visiting Morris on Friday.
Drugatz opened the scoring 4 minutes, 40 seconds after halftime, beating Morris goalie Kerry Smith with a 6-yard shot to the right side off a pass from Manikus.
Wyatt Cowley set up the insurance goal with a liner to Manikus, who found the left side of the net from the 18-yard line.
Smith made 10 saves for the Mustangs, who played the Patriots (3-0, 2-0) to a scoreless tie in the 2011 Tri-Valley League championship game.
Jon French stopped two shots for CV-S.
Milford 4, Laurens 3 (sept. 7)
Blake Elliott converted a penalty kick in the second half to snap a 2-all tie and Elijah Coley followed with another goal as Milford won at home in the Tri-Valley League.
Peyton Griffiths and Michael Strenck also scored for the Wildcats (1-0-1, 1-0-1), who received 10 saves from Parker Fish.
“We went up, 2-0, and they came back and tied the score,” Milford coach Frank Spurchise said. “Credit them for that. They came right back and tied it before halftime. That’s Laurens. They don’t ever give up.”
Pheonix Howard, Jerry Soucia and Carter Powers scored for the Leopards (1-1, 1-1), who got 14 saves from David Fraser.
CV-S 3, Laurens 0 (sept. 11)
Ethan Drugatz, Ben Drugatz and Jordan Manikas scored first-half goals to lead visiting Cherry Valley-Springfield to a 3-0 Tri-Valley League boys soccer victory over Laurens on Tuesday.
Ben Drugatz scored 11 minutes into play before Manikas and Ethan Drugatz scored three minutes midway through the half.
CV-S, the defending Section Four Class D champion, had a 10-1 advantage in shots.
David Fraser made six saves for the Leopards (1-2, 1-2), who travel to Morris on Friday.
Milford 3, G-MU 1 (sept. 11)
Peyton Griffiths and Elijah Coley scored for Milford, which benefited from an own goal to win in the Tri-Valley League.
After Griffiths put Milford ahead, 1-0, a Gilbertsville-Mount Upton defender inadvertently kicked the ball into the goal to make it 2-0.
Neyen Romano scored late in the first half for the Raiders.
Coley answered 13 minutes into the second half for Milford.
G-MU (1-2, 1-2) is at the Greene Tournament on Friday.
Girls Soccer
Milford 5, G-MU 1 (Sept. 11)
Hannah Saggese scored the first goal and set up the second to lead host Milford in the Tri-Valley League.
Saggese received a throughball from Kiera Higgins, touched it once and then scored on a low shot to the far post 11 minutes into play.
Then 8½ minutes before the half, Saggese dribbled down the right flank before sending a cross to Kaley Chase, who one-timed into the goal.
Chase finished with two goals, and Addy Lawson and Alyssa Quick also scored for the Wildcats (3-1, 2-1), who travel to Franklin on Friday.
Tayler Nichols scored for Gilbertsville-Mount Upton.
CV-S 8, Laurens 1 (Sept. 11)
Lauren Loucks had three goals and an assist to lead host Cherry Valley-Springfield to a Tri-Valley League triumph.
Zane Ashford, Chelsea Zembower, Jordan Loucks, Olivia Preston and Kylie Graham also scored for the Patriots (3-1, 2-1), who visit Gilbertsville-Mount Upton on Thursday.
Heather White scored for Laurens, who were outshot, 31-16.
Local Sports
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Wainright sets the tone as Panthers capture T-V crown
Cheryl Clough Milford's Kevin Musser tries to tag out Linton Wainright as shortstop Paul Van Warner watches the play in Friday's Tri-Valley championship game won by the Panthers by a score of 8-1.
Sophomore right-hander Linton Wainright struck out 10 and walked two in a four-hitter for the Panthers, who beat Milford, 8-1, in the Tri-Valley League baseball championship game at Oneonta State.
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Milford girls lose to eighth-grade phenom
The good news for the Edmeston softball team was a 5-2 victory over Milford in the Tri-Valley League championship game Friday at Oneonta State. The better news? Winning pitcher Catherine Johnson and batterymate Sarah Lawrence have yet to spend one day in high school.
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CV-S boys win division track title
Dustin Collins won two titles for Cherry Valley-Springfield while Hannah Saggese and Elijah Coley had two titles each for Milford in the Tri-Valley championships on Friday.
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DEC launches shooting range grant program
In an effort to support recreational opportunities for sportsmen and women across the state and to promote safe and responsible use of firearms, state Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens, in partnership with the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Saratoga County, have launched the Shooting Range Small Grants Program.
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Milford upset in opening round of playoffs
Colby Russo helped the 14th-seeded Blue Devils to a 3-1 upset of Milford in a Section Four Class D first-round game at third-seeded Milford.
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MCS softball clinches East title
Kaley Chase and Natasha Skillen hit two-run doubles during a seven-run fourth inning that carried visiting Milford to a 10-7 softball victory at Richfield Springs on Wednesday that clinched the Tri-Valley League East Division title for the Wildcats.
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MCS baseball clinches Tri-Valley East
Kevin Musser did a little bit of everything for the Milford baseball team last Thursday. Make that the Tri-Valley League East Division champion Milford baseball team, who won its first league title since 1997.
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Cooperstown softball wins first CSC title
The Cooperstown softball team has reached its goal, it will have a banner of its own to hang at Red Bursey Gymnasium.
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Harmon, Ratliff win titles at Yellowjacket Invitational
Oneonta High's boys held off Holland Patent and Sidney while the host school's girls cruised to victory Friday night in the Yellowjacket Invitational at OHS. The boys compiled 76 points -- four better than Holland Patent and six ahead of Sidney. Cooperstown finished tenth of 16 teams with 21 points. Milford finished eleventh with 11 points. OHS girls had 139 points to beat runner-up B-G/A by 70. Cooperstown finished fourth of 16 teams with 49 points. Milford finished sixth with 33 points.
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CCS tennis wins division title in CSC East, finishes season 9-1
Cooperstown's tennis team won a division title in the first week of May and finished the season 9-1 in division play. Cooperstown clinched the Center State Conference East Division with a 4-1 win at the Clark Sports Center on May 6 over Sauquoit Valley.
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CV-S boys tie for track title at Kyle Hysack Invitational.
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Milford holds off Roxbury for tournament title
Roxbury threatened to give the Wildcats their first loss of the season Saturday and take the Milford Booster Club Tournament softball title, but Milford made strong defensive plays in each of the final three innings to preserve a 6-5 win.
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C'town girls beat Hamilton for second time
Hamilton tried to make sure Maggie Hall didn't beat them again in softball on Friday, but Hall still found a way. After being intentionally walked for the third time, Hall eluded Kendall Rusch's tag on Ellen Vibbard's bases loaded grounder down the third-base line to score the game-winning run in the bottom of the sixth inning of Cooperstown's 5-2 home win.
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Oneonta sweeps Don Howard Invitational
Oneonta High's boys and girls cruised to victories in the Don Howard Invitational on Saturday at Cooperstown.
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CCS names six athletes, two teams to HOF
Six individuals and two teams will be inducted into the Cooperstown Central School's Athletic Hall of Fame on Sept. 28.
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SPORTS ROUNDUP
Cooperstown tennis continues to win. Hannah Saggese has big day on the track for Milford. Dustin Collins wins three events for CV-S. Cooperstown baseball returns to Doubleday Field with a win over Sidney.
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Hall of Fame releases results from survey
Ninety-seven percent of the American public believes that negative health effects exist from using steroids, yet only 19 percent believe that steroid use is a big problem among high school students, according to a national study announced in New York City last week.
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Scouts honored with opening of museum's Diamond Mines exhibit
Hall of Fame executive Branch Rickey once described the role of a scout as having the ability to “assay the gold content in a handful of ore.� Today, the long and storied history of those same miners, always on the lookout for the next diamond in the rough, is told at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
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