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Cooperstown wins section baseball title with extra-innings walkoff

Cooperstown wins section baseball title with extra-innings walkoff By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Alex Hage’s walk-off single to left field scored pinch runner P.J. Kiuber to give top seeded Cooperstown its third Section III Class C baseball title in five years, with a 4-3 eight-inning win over No. 3 Port Byron in the C1 tournament championship Saturday, June 12, at Damaschke Field. “Right off the bat, I knew. We won,” said Hage, a senior who plays…

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Hughes Field opens: Coop tops Jackets on rally in seventh

Hughes Field opens: Coop tops Jackets on rally in seventh Oneonta gets two STAC wins; Hawkeyes top Norwich at Doubleday Field By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Cooperstown scored seven runs in the seventh inning to stage a comeback against the host Yellowjackets at Joe Hughes Field, 11-9, on Saturday, May 1. The rally marked the best action for the two teams opening weekend as the two powerhouse programs in the region both beat Norwich, and Oneonta also topped…

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CCS Boys, Girls Win, Move To Semis At OCC

SECTION III, CLASS C TOURNEY CCS Boys, Girls Win, Move To Semis At OCC By THOM RHODES • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Led by Ryan Lansing’s 22 points, the Cooperstown Hawkeye Varsity boys basketball team held on to win a tense 63-56 battle against Herkimer in a packed Bursey Gym this evening in the first round of the Section III, Class C playoffs. John Kennedy had 15 points and 19 rebounds. Kaishaun Jefferson has 18 points. Joseph Senchyshyn had…

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CCS Boys, Girls Win As Sectionals Begin

JOHN KENNEDY, KATE DONNELLY SHINE CCS Boys, Girls Win As Sectionals Begin Cooperstown’s John Kennedy, above, tries to pull in a rebound among teammates Joe Senchyshyn, Ryan Lansing and Kendall Haney in the Hawkeyes’ 71-62 win over Waterville at Bursey gymnasium last evening. Kennedy had 33 points to lead the Hawkeyes in the opening round sectional win. Cooperstown moves on to play Herkimer in the quarter finals at home on Tuesday.  Cooperstown senior Kate Donnelly, right, shoots a foul shot…

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700-Plus Fans Sign Petition To Save CCS Football

700-Plus Fans Sign Petition To Save CCS Football By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.ALLOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN More than 700 people have signed a Change.org petition in support of the Cooperstown Hawkeyes’ JV and Varsity football team after discussions arose that the team may be cut in the 2020-21 budget. “If we don’t join together and peacefully let the board know how we feel: We will lose football,” wrote Kimberly Burkhart, who started the petition. She is a Milford Elementary School…

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HAWKEYES HEAD TO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

Hawkeyes Hold Back Pierson 5-2 HAWKEYES HEAD TO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP COOPERSTOWN – Following 5-2 win against the Pierson Whalers this evening, the Cooperstown Hawkeyes baseball team are headed to the state championship tomorrow afternoon, where they will take on Ticonderoga Sentinels at 4 p.m. at Binghamton University. Pierson started with a 2-0 lead until the top of the second, when Cooperstown’s bats and aggressive base running propelled the Hawkeyes to a 3-2 lead. With Erik Dysenroth brought in as middle…

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CCS Baseball Team In Final 4

CCS Baseball Team In Final 4 By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com BINGHAMTON For Coach Matt Hazzard, the Cooperstown Hawkeyes hard-won 8-7 victory over the Tioga Tigers was “surreal.” “You can’t make that stuff up,” he said. “It was just incredible.” The win – it came after a 4-7 deficit into the seventh inning – puts Cooperstown in the Class C Final Four for the second time in three years. At 5 p.m. Friday, June 14, the Hawkeyes play…

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CCS Baseball Wins Section Championship

Speaking Of Sports CCS Baseball Wins Section Championship COOPERSTOWN – The Hawkeyes avenged an early season loss to Oriskany last night in an extra-inning 2-1 battle that saw both teams bring their best pitching and defense to the game.  The Hawkeyes emerged the winner after Kendall Haney got a one-out single in the eighth inning that scored Jackson Martz. Chris Ubner pitched a one-hitter into the seventh inning and controlled the high-powered Oriskany offense for much of the game.  He…

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THE MAKING OF A CHAMPIONSHIP

HAWKEYES TAKE DOWN KATS FOR STATE TITLE THE MAKING OF A CHAMPIONSHIP By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com BINGHAMTON – Hot on the heels of yesterday’s triple-overtime win against Greenport, the Hawkeyes made their 71-61 championship game against the Middle Early College Kats look easy, seizing a 10-point lead early on and never letting up. “A game like yesterday can drain you emotionally, but when I got on the bus this morning and saw them I knew they were…