High School Boys Basketball: Sectional Tournaments

Staff Report

It figured to be a long night for the Cooperstown boys basketball team when 6-foot senior Reid Snyder was announced as its starting center against Tully on Tuesday.

It was, as fourth-seeded Tully's front line featuring a 6-5, 6-4 and 6-4 player proved too much in the Redskins' 75-66 loss in the first round of the Section Three Class C Tournament.

Shane Connolly had 29 points for fifth-seeded Cooperstown, which ended the season 13-8.

The Redskins, who reached the state final before losing their first game of the season last winter, fell behind, 11-0. They were down by as many as 16 in the third quarter before coming back. Cooperstown got [an error occurred while processing this directive]