Staff Report

Luke Tirrell and Chris Gentile pushed the Cooperstown boys soccer team past host Waterville, 2-0, in a Section Three Class C Tournament quarterfinal Friday.

"Cooperstown did very little right in the first half," Redskins coach Frank Miosek said. "It was a nightmare in the first half. Everything we’ve practiced, we did not do. We were lucky to have a 0-0 tie at halftime."

Tirrell headed in a throughball to the far post from outside back Peter Coccoma, snapping a scoreless tie with 18 minutes, 21 seconds left. Gentile followed 1:20 later with a 16-yard liner off a long, diagonal pass from Jason Conklin for 2-0 lead.

"The goalie never moved," Miosek said of Jamie Wragten, who made 24 saves for seventh-seeded Waterville (9-9-1). "It was a bullet."

Zack Sittler stopped six shots for the second-seeded Redskins (16-3), who advanced to the sectional semifinals against West Canada Valley or Fabius-Pompey. Miosek said the semifinal will be played Tuesday or Wednesday at a time and site will be determined.

Cooperstown 2, Waterville 0

SECTION THREE CLASS C QUARTERFINAL

Cooperstown 0 2 _ 2

Waterville 0 0 _ 0[an error occurred while processing this directive]

2-Cooperstown (16-3): Luke Tirrell 1-0, Peter Coccoma 0-1, Chris Gentile 1-0, Jason Conklin 0-1.

7-Waterville (9-9-1): None.

Shots-corner kicks: C 30-7; W 10-3.

Goalies: Zack Sittler (C) 6; Jamie Wragten (W) 24.