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CCS Honors Student Athletes at All Sports Award Ceremony

Hosted by the Cooperstown Sports Booster Club, the ceremony featured the presentation of end-of-school-year awards, as chosen by the booster club, school officials, athletic coaches and students. Three coaches paid tribute to CCS legend Don Howard, who died June 9 from complications from liver cancer. Howard spent more than 40 years at CCS, and was responsible for getting the school’s track built. The school’s annual track invitational and boys track post-season awards are named for Howard, who attended this year’s…

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Dietz Third Golfer in HC Program History To Finish as All-American

Dietz Third Golfer in HC Program History To Finish as All-American HERKIMER—Herkimer College freshman Jaydon Dietz was named an NJCAA Division III Men’s Golf All-American after his 18th-place finish at the National Championship at Chautauqua Golf Course last week. Dietz, a New York Mills native, is the third golfer in program history to be named an All-American and the second in the last two years, following Evan Crouse’s 16th-place finish last year. Dietz began the first round with an 80,…

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Lady Yellowjackets Are State Champions in 4×100 Relay

Dave Slater, head coach for the boys team and the sprinters, said, “It is a big deal that 12 of Oneonta High School’s runners [went] to the state competition this year. In qualifiers, the girls 4x100 team came in first overall. The girls 4x400 and boys 4x800 came in second overall, first for Division II. The boys 4x400 came in fifth overall and first for Division II.”…

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New Exhibit, Statue Unveiled at BHoF

The East-West Game on Saturday, May 25 was the culmination of the weekend’s celebration of the Black baseball experience, beginning with the unveiling of a new statue of Hall of Fame slugger, civil rights activist, philanthropist and humanitarian Henry “Hank” Aaron in a private ceremony near the base of the museum’s Grand Staircase on the first-floor lobby beginning at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 23.…

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Baseball Seminar Returns for 35th Year

“Baseball is a mirror of the American culture,” said Simons in a May 19 telephone interview. “A lot of American history can be reflected through baseball—race relations, military history, women’s history. Baseball developed at a time when America was moving to the city, yet it evokes a rural nostalgia,” he said.…

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George, Aho Advance in Tennis Sectionals

George, Aho Advance in Tennis Sectionals COOPERSTOWN—Cooperstown tennis fell 4-1 to Skaneateles in the second round of Sectional playoffs on Monday, May 13, but much of the team still qualified for individual sectionals at Hamilton College on Monday, May 20. In the intervening week, the Hawkeyes swept Sauquoit Valley and Herkimer to finish their regular season with a perfect 15-0 record. “It was my first undefeated season in four years here,” Head Coach Amy Porter said. “We came very close…

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Hall of Fame To Dedicate New Hank Aaron Statue

“The legacy of Hank Aaron has always been about so much more than just his incredible baseball achievements,” Clark said. “His philanthropic vision, his support of youth empowerment efforts and his pioneering work as an executive have opened the doors of opportunity for millions throughout the United States and around the world. We are extremely privileged to care for and preserve his entire personal collection in Cooperstown."…

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