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Lining up for a portrait in front of Otsego Lake’s famed vistas as the 60th Cooperstown Ballroom Cotillion began last evening at The Otesaga are, from left, Henry Michaels, Ashton Jicha, Theodore Ignatovsky, Ben van der Riet, Gavin Henry, Luca Gardner-Olesen, Declan White and Sam Vezza. At left, mom and daughter combination, Jean Marie and Jessica Cocivi, battle high winds as they pose for photos. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)
COLUMN VIEW FROM THE GAME It’s All We Need To Know: Home Plate 17 Inches Wide Editor’s Note: Tim Mead, incoming Baseball Hall of Fame president, cited John Scolinos, baseball coach at his alma mater, Cal Poly Pomona, as a lifelong inspiration, particularly Scolinos’ famous speech “17 Inches.” Chris Sperry, who published sperrybaseballlife.com, heard Scolinos deliver a version in 1996 at the American Baseball Coaches Association in Nashville, and wrote this reminiscence in 1916 in his “Baseball Thoughts” column. By CHRIS SPERRY • from www.sperrybaseballlife.com In 1996, Coach Scolinos was 78 years old and five years retired from a college coaching…
1,000 THANKS! Piper Seamon 5th CCS Girl To Hit High Mark The Cooperstown Central student section erupts as Piper Seamon scores her 1,000th career point in the Hawkeyes’ 57-39 win over Waterville at home last evening. Seamon becomes the fifth girl and only the 14th player in school history overall to score 1,000 points. Inset at right, Pipershares a hug with teammate Meagan Schuermann after the game was stopped to acknowledge her achievement. Seamon will play basketball next year at Hamilton College. (Cheryl Clough/AllOTSEGO.com) …
CLICK HERE FOR MEMO TO SCHOOLS Sports Can Resume, Superintendents Told COOPERSTOWN – In a memo released Friday evening, county Public Health Director Heidi Bond advised local school superintendents that sports can resume as early as Monday. “Effective Feb. 1, participants in higher-risk sports may participate in individual or distanced group training and organized no/low-contact group training,” Bond wrote, “…including competitions and tournaments, if permitted by local health authorities.”…
The dance lessons leading up to the cotillion used to be held in the Clark Museum in the gym on the second! I remember it well!
Great cotillion memories from the mid 60’s! Monday night dance classes@th Otesaga ballroom with Burr Harrington and the May cotillion at the Fenimore House.