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In an unusual scene the afternoon of Saturday, September 7 at Cooperstown Central School, it wasn’t until after the varsity football game ended that the parking lots around the high school began to really fill up with cars. The reason? Hundreds of people gathered at the school’s auditorium to pay their respects, share remembrances, have a laugh, and perhaps even shed a tear or two as longtime influential community figure and CCS educator, coach, and athletics Hall of Fame member…
Hundreds of people gathered in the Cooperstown Central School auditorium on Saturday, September 7 to pay their respects, share remembrances, have a laugh, and perhaps even shed a tear or two as longtime influential community figure and CCS educator, coach, and athletics Hall of Fame member Don Howard was celebrated posthumously.…
While Universal Pre-K was not among the topics on the published agenda for the meeting, the subject was the primary focus of CCSD Superintendent Sarah Spross’ prepared report to the BOE. Spross said she’s heard, indirectly, that Universal Pre-K is a desire of some community members, so the superintendent felt it was the right time to “put everyone on the same page” about the idea so that the current board could decide whether to further explore the possibility.…
The Class of 2024 will be inducted on Saturday, September 21 as part of homecoming weekend. There will be a ceremony at 4 p.m. in the middle/high school’s Sterling Auditorium, followed by the homecoming football game at Lambert Field at 7 p.m. Inductees will also be introduced before the football game.…
Lifelong Cooperstown resident, teacher and coach David Peplinski was welcomed into honored company at The Otesaga on Thursday, October 12. The long-serving and beloved modified boys soccer coach, golf coach and sixth-grade teacher received the Clark Sports Center’s Patrick C. Fetterman Award for outstanding dedication to local youth athletics.…
Cooperstown Comes out to Celebrate Boys Soccer Team Main Street was the place to be this evening a little around 4 p.m. as the Cooperstown community celebrated the Cooperstown Boys Varsity Soccer team. Cooperstown, Fly Creek, fire department and emergency squads as well as the county Sheriff were all represented in the parade carrying the boys on a circuit down Chestnut St., Main Street, and River Street. Braving the chilly weather and a delay caused by an afternoon thunderstorm to…
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…
Hawkeye Boys Motivated By Chance At Title By CHAD G. WELCH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The last time the Cooperstown boys baseball team took the field was in June 2019, in the school’s first-ever appearance in the championship game of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association’s Class C baseball tournament. Cooperstown fell, 7-3, to Ticonderoga that day and CCS coach Frank Miosek said they have been looking forward to playing ball ever since. “It will be two…