Center fielder Mike Seroka doubled twice and had four RBIs as Oneonta Post 259 clinched the Otsego County title

Star photo by Anita Briggs Cooperstown Legion’s Scott Dubben looks to turn a double play after forcing out Oneonta’s Andrew Brown at second base during the fourth inning of Tuesday’s game at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown.

with a 7-4 victory over Cooperstown on Tuesday.

Lance Thomas, Don Potter, Cory Obergefell and P.J. McMullen finished with two hits apiece for the Green Wave, who clinched their 10th straight county title by sweeping Cooperstown this summer. Oneonta and Cooperstown are the only Legion teams in the county.

The Green Wave scored three runs in the fourth inning, including an RBI double by McMullen, to take a 3-1 lead.

Cooperstown got within one run twice, but Oneonta answered with at least one run in the next inning both times.

[an error occurred while processing this directive]Scott Dubben (Cherry Valley-Springfield) singled and scored on an error in the bottom of the seventh to bring Cooperstown within 7-4, and his team proceeded to load the bases with one out.

However, Shawn Connolly (Richfield Springs) hit a fading line drive to center field that defensive replacement A.J. Herrmann caught. Cooperstown’s Eddie Bauer started running to third base, and Herrmann threw behind him for the last out.

Dubben and Colin Weeks each finished with two hits for Cooperstown (8-7).

Oneonta (14-18) visits the Cortland County champion at 5 p.m. Sunday in the opening round of the 10-team, double-elimination District VI Tournament in Cortland. The Green Wave went 4-2 at districts last summer en route to a fourth-place finish.

Oneonta has taken second place four times — 1994, ’96, 2000 and ’01.

ONEONTA 7, COOPERSTOWN 4

Oneonta Post 259 000 312 1 — 7 11 2

Cooperstown 100 110 1 — 4 10 2

Kyle Donnelly and Mike Sclafani. Ian McGillvray, Jim Simonds (4), Scott Dubben (7) and Hyde Clarke. 2B — Scott Dubben (C), Cody Losie (O), Don Potter (O), Mike Seroka (O) 2, P.J. McMullen (O).

Pony League

Scott Sheldon hit a three-run double to highlight a nine-run sixth inning as Cherry Valley-Springfield clinched the division title.

Spencer Staley finished 2-for-3 with four runs for CV-S, which finished the regular season with an 8-2 record. The top two teams from four divisions advance to the Pony League playoffs. CV-S opens against the second-place team from another division Thursday.

Oneonta Sports Park (6-4) also qualified for the playoffs despite finishing tied with Worcester (6-4). OSP won the tiebreaker by scoring more runs.

Worcester split a double-header with Cobleskill on Tuesday. Zack Clark won the second game on a walk-off, two-run homer in the fifth inning.

CV-S 15, ONEONTA SPORTS PARK 6

Oneonta 010 202 — 6 6 5

CV-S 012 039 — 15 8 3

Jason Hitchcock, Jacob Hitchcock (5) and Bellinger. Anthony Brant, Adam Halay (3,W) and Nate Herringshaw. 2B — Scott Sheldon (C), Nate Herringshaw (C), Anthony Brant (C), Jason Hitchcock (O).

Highlights: Spencer Staley (C) 2-3, 4 runs; Scott Sheldon (C) three-run double in sixth inning; Dave Adams (C) 2-3, 3 RBIs.

COBLESKILL 5, WORCESTER 4

Worcester 120 01 — 4 4 2

Cobleskill 000 23 — 5 1 2

Steve Keever and Zack Clark. Noxon and Jones. 2B — Clark (W).

WORCESTER 6, COBLESKILL 4

Cobleskill 201 01 — 4 5 3

Worcester 022 02 — 6 8 3

Noxon, Siers (2) and Brooker. Joey Nelson, Keegan Althiser (4) and Jason McHargue, Chris Foster (4). 2B — Nelson (W). 3B — Brooker (C). HR — Clark (W). Highlights: Boxon (C) 2-2; Nelson (W) 2-3; Althiser (W) 2-2; Clark (W) 2-2, 3 RBIs.