Clark gym becomes summer basketball gathering spot By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MIDDLEFIELD — As summer began and COVID regulations eased, Clark Sports Center Assistant Athletic Director Scott Whiteman started getting more activity on his phone. It was the basketball athletes checking on open gym status. “We couldn’t practice the last week of school, because it was finals,” said Piper Seamon, a 2020 Cooperstown Central School graduate and college basketball player at Hamilton College in Clinton. “So, I…
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From state title to college hoops, Lambert looks for his shot By CHAD WELCH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com When Jack Lambert graduated from Cooperstown Central School, he was second on the boys’ basketball program’s career scoring list and as a senior had led his team to the school’s first-ever Class C state championship in boys basketball, while earning Most Outstanding Player honors after setting several state tournament scoring records. He was also named the NYSPHAA Class C Player of the…
After Transfer, Bertram Finds Hoops Home At Binghamton University By CHAD G. WELCH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com When Cooperstown Central School’s all-time leading scorer in basketball, Tyler Bertram, decided to transfer from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, he said he was looking for a better fit, a bigger role and an opportunity to play closer to home. He found all three with Binghamton University men’s basketball team during the 2020-2021 season. After finishing his high school career at…
Kennedy, Martin, Wooden Make State All-State Team COOPERSTOWN – CCS junior John Kennedy landed on the Class C 2nd team NYSSWA all-state boys basketball team. Kennedy averaged 17.3 points a game and led the Hawkeyes to the Section 3 Class C championship game this season. Edmeston’s Josh Martin was also a 2nd team selection for Class D. Martin, a junior. averaged 22 points a game and helped the Panthers win their second consecutive Tri-Valley League title this season. Oneonta’s Graham Wooden…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, MARCH 14 Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner To Go ST. PATRICKS DINNER – 4 – 7 p.m. Enjoy Corned Beef & Cabbage dinner, performance by Irish Step Dancers hosted by The Knights of Columbus. Take-out encouraged. Free, Donations accepted. St. Mary’s Parish Center, 31 Elm St., Cooperstown. 607-437-4626 or e-mail andreaskruger68@gmail.com SHAMROCK SWING – POSTPONED…
SUNDAY. BINGHAMTON. BE THERE! CCS Boys, Girls Going To States By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN – With their victory over Utica Academy of Science Atoms on Sunday, March 3, Hawkeyes’ basketball team Captain Jack Lambert has his dad beat. “My team won sectional championship in 1985 and ’86,” the elder Lambert said. “But now Jack has one more on me!” The boys will play Section IV champions Unadilla Valley in the state Class C quarterfinals on Sunday, March 10, at the…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, MARCH 3 Sugaring Season Begins PANCAKE BREAKFAST – 8:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. Sugaring Off Sundays include pancake breakfast with fresh maple syrup, demonstrations and tours of the Farmers Museum. The Farmers Museum, 5775 Route 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.farmersmuseum.org.…
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Dad John Coaches, Son Jack Plays, As Hawkeyes Look Toward Finals By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN Growing up, John Lambert always had a ball in his hand. “My dad, Paul Lambert, coached Cooperstown basketball, 1958-64,” he said. “And I want to do the same thing for my son.” The CCS Redskins are now the Hawkeyes, but some things stay the same. Like his father, John Lambert is coaching the CCS team.…