Wednesday, Februaury 28, 2001
G-MU girls advance
BINGHAMTON — One minute and 19 seconds worth of Shelly Miles in the third quarter highlighted her 23-point performance on Tuesday night, carrying Gilbertsville-Mount Upton to the Section Four Class D girls basketball title game.
Stamford falls hard to top seed
BINGHAMTON — Stamford simply didn't have enough in its arsenal to contain top-seeded Odessa-Montour in a Section Four Class D semifinal Tuesday at the Broome County Arena.
Cobleskill's Phillips named Player of the Year by MVC
COBLESKILL — Kevin Phillips, a senior on the Cobleskill men's basketball team, earned Player of the Year honors from the Mountain Valley Conference, as voted by the league's coaches.
NJCAA regional seedings announced
COBLESKILL — Delhi Tech and SUNY-Cobleskill will take part in the 2001 NJCAA Division III Region III men's basketball tournament, which begins with quarterfinal play on Friday at Cobleskill.
Fireballs win Under-19 girls soccer crown
ONEONTA — The 11th annual PowerAde Indoor Soccer series concluded its second weekend of tournament competition last Saturday and Sunday at Oneonta State's Chase Gymnasium.
Kelleher honored as athlete of the week at Hartwick College
ONEONTA — Freshman Sheri Kelleher received Hartwick College/McDonald's Athlete of the Week accolades for the third time this winter, after winning two state championships in indoor track and field last weekend.
CORRECTIONS
• Oneonta State athletic director Steve Garner was the head coach of the Red Dragons' 1997-98 women's basketball team that won the program's first SUNY Athletic Conference championship and finished 25-3.
Tuesday, Februaury 27, 2001
O-State's McGraw earns SUNYAC's top award; school honors 3 players
ONEONTA — A 26-1 record can do wonders for a women's basketball program.
Five days after the SUNY Athletic Conference named Oneonta State senior Paula Polce its Player of the Year, the league honored the Red Dragons' Dan McGraw as Coach of the Year for the 2000-2001 season.
Former OHS guard Adams scores 2,000th varsity point
ONEONTA — Former Oneonta High guard Lindsay Adams scored her 2,000th high school varsity point during Indian River's 55-49 Section Three Class B semifinal victory over New Hartford on Saturday.
UV graduate wins two state indoor track championships
FREDONIA — Hartwick freshman Sheri Kelleher won two New York State Collegiate Track Conference championships on Saturday, helping the Hawks to a fourth-place finish in the indoor track meet.
Area Sports Briefs
DELHI — As part of their 75th anniversary tour, the Harlem Globetrotters will be at Delhi Tech at 7 p.m. on Feb. 28.
AREA BOWLING RESULTS
Country Club Chevrolet took 3 from Crickets, Sweet & Sticky split with Brandow's, and Otsego Automotive split with Cee-Jay Golf Course.
AREA HIGH SCHOOL STATISTICS
ONEONTA — Three-point field goals scored by area basketball teams as of Feb. 22, based on games reported to The Daily Star.
SUSQUENANGO ASSOCIATION
ONEONTA — The 2000-2001 selections to the Susquenango Association All-Star Teams. Player followed by grade and school.
Monday, Februaury 26, 2001
Unatego seventh-grader wins sectional title
BINGHAMTON — Unprecedented? Probably.
Rare? More so than a gazelle visiting a pack of hungry cheetahs.
Thirteen-year-old Eric Decker, a seventh-grader at Unatego, stunned top-seeded and two-time Section Four champion Lucas Quarella of Whitney Point, 6-4 on Saturday night, to win the 103-pound title at the Section Four Wrestling Tournament.
O-State women play for keeps
UTICA — Oneonta State's second SUNY Athletic Conference championship in women's basketball was definitely a keeper.
The top-seeded Red Dragons won their 24th consecutive game and set a school record for most victories in a season with a 68-63 defeat of No. 2 Cortland State on Saturday at the Utica Auditorium.
Delhi sweeps Walton Volleyball
JOHNSON CITY — Imagine a football team that could play two outstanding quarterbacks at the same time. Now imagine that team has two outstanding receivers, a tremendous ground game and an air-tight defense.
On the volleyball court, the above scenario translates into unbeaten Delhi.
Bulldogs shock Sidney boys, 58-57
SIDNEY — It marked the end of an era for Sidney boys basketball — and perhaps the start of a long postseason run for Delhi.
Such was the Section Four Class C quarterfinal won by the Bulldogs on Saturday night, 58-57, over the Warriors, who had captured two of the last three sectional championships.
Schenevus boys upset G-MU in quarterfinals
GILBERTSVILLE — If Dragons can wear glass slippers, then the Schenevus boys basketball team must find them a perfect fit.
Chris Comino and Jake Reed had double-doubles and Paul Neske scored all 17 of his points through the first three quarters to pace the Dragons to a 69-57 Section Four Class D quarterfinal victory Saturday over Gilbertsville-Mount Upton.
Warriors will have to rebound from graduation
SIDNEY — The Sidney boys basketball team has been used to postseason success in recent years: two Section Four championships, two trips to the state final four and one Class C crown.
But the Warriors will be hard-pressed to continue that tradition with the impending graduations of Michael Graham, Don Wood and a host to key role players.
Bulldogs get up to get past Sidney in sectional game
SIDNEY — With 11 seasons under his belt, Mike Brazee has coached basketball long enough to trust his instincts.
He didn't like what they were telling him the night before Sidney's 58-57 loss to Delhi in a Section Four Class C quarterfinal.
"I was talking to somebody (Friday) night after our practice," he said. "I said, `I'm not sure. I don't have a real good feeling going in.
Delhi Tech men win conference
JOHNSTOWN — Stanley Bolden went coast-to-coast for the winning basket with 7 seconds left to cap Delhi Tech's rally from a 14-point halftime deficit as it won the Mountain Valley Conference championship Saturday with a 73-71 overtime victory over Fulton Montgomery.
High school indoor track and field
ITHACA — Sidney's Josh DuMond and Walton's Bryan Malia each won two events Friday night at a non-scoring age group meet at Cornell University.
DuMond won the 55-meter dash (6.6 seconds) and the high jump (5-feet, 10-inches) among 11th and 12th-graders.
Saturday, Februaury 24, 2001
Third quarter spells end for Oneonta girls
FENTON — The first half of Friday night's game gave Oneonta's girls every reason to believe they could knock off No. 2 seed Chenango Valley in a Section Four Class B basketball quarterfinal.
That, however, was before the third quarter.
The Warriors scored a whopping 31 points in the third on 15-for-19 shooting from the floor en route to a 61-46 victory.
O-State women advance
UTICA — Next up for the Red Dragons: The Red Dragons.
The Oneonta State women's basketball team tied a school record for victories in a season with a 62-58 defeat of Fredonia in the SUNY Athletic Conference semifinals on Friday at the Utica Auditorium.
Top-seeded O-State (25-1), winners of 23 straight, will play No. 2 Cortland (25-1) for the league title at 1 p.m. today back at the Utica Auditorium.
Stamford edges Devils; G-MU upsets Rams
SOUTH KORTRIGHT — So much for being a one-girl show.
With leading scorer Brooke Davis on the bench after fouling out, Jessica Sloan scored the winning basket on a layup with 3 seconds left to lift the Stamford girls basketball team to a 46-44 Section Four Class D quarterfinal victory over Margaretville on Friday.
Centorani joins Star sports dept.
ONEONTA — When sports editor Dean Russin said I'd have to introduce myself to the community through a short story about myself, my first thought was this piece might have the potential to bore the paint off a space shuttle.
So instead of the usual mind-numbing stuff like where I'm from (Binghamton, where I still live), my experience (16 years in the business) and family life (married with two children), I thought I'd just list my likes and dislikes.
Six Unatego wrestlers advance to semis
BINGHAMTON — Unatego advanced six wrestlers to the semifinals and two top seeds lost on the first day of the Section Four Wrestling Tournament Friday at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena.
Hartwick women lose in first round of states
ELMIRA — Lisa Malecki had 16 points and five rebounds as fourth-seeded Mount St. Mary held on for a 61-55 victory over top-seeded Hartwick College in a New York State Women's Collegiate Athletic Association semifinal on Friday at Elmira College.
Ruth never called his shot; Jurges survived his
Today I am going to shoot a sacred cow — Babe Ruth's "called shot" home run in the 1932 World Series.
Most baseball fans know the story. On a two-strike count, the Bambino pointed dramatically at the distant seats, then hit the ball exactly where he pointed. It was clearly the defining moment of the drama that is baseball.
There's only one problem with that. It didn't happen.
Gordon top candidate to fill Earnhardt's shoes
Dale Earnhart's death leaves a gaping wound in the hearts of racing fans, some of whom have said they have lost a reason to watch Winston Cup races. But they'll be back.
The long-ago deaths of drivers Fireball Roberts, Alan Kulwicki and Davey Allison surely left their fans suffering much the same as backers of the driver of the No. 3 Monte Carlo are today, but after a period of healing, those racing enthusiasts returned. The drivers' friends and families did, so why not their fans?
Area high school scoring leaders
ONEONTA — Double-digit area high school basketball scorers as reported to The Daily Star as of Feb. 22.
Friday, Februaury 23, 2001
Delhi, Walton advance to final
DELHI — Jeanine Barber had 10 assists and six kills, and Kristin Vogt added nine kills to lead Delhi to a 15-1, 15-7, 15-2 Section Four Class C semifinal volleyball victory Thursday over Hancock.
The Bulldogs, who are the defending sectional champions, will play Walton in the title match at noon Saturday at Johnson City.
Favorites are few in Section Four tournament
ONEONTA — Perhaps more so than any in recent history, this weekend's Section Four wrestling tournament offers little in the way of sure things.
With several weight classes featuring up to six athletes with legitimate shots of wearing red Section Four singlets at the state meet March 2-3 in Syracuse, the two-day tournament that starts at 3:30 p.m. today at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena figures to be a wide-open event.
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING
BINGHAMTON — Seeds for the two-day tournament that begins at 3:30 p.m. today at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena.
Technology has helped lake fishing come a long way
Below the cave of Natty Bumpo, the beautiful waters of Glimmerglass lie.
These waters hold a magnificent fishery from small and largemouth bass, landlocked salmon and Otsego bass to walleyes, browns and lake trout.
O-State men bounced
UTICA — Steve Greco shot 10 of 12 from the floor, including 6-for-7 from 3-point range in leading Geneseo to an 86-76 victory over Oneonta State Thursday in a SUNY Athletic Conference men's basketball quarterfinal.
Red Dragons set for semis
UTICA — The Oneonta State women's basketball team will play Fredonia at 3 p.m. today in a SUNY Athletic Conference tournament semifinal at Memorial Auditorium.
Hurley gets Empire 8 honor
ONEONTA — Hartwick College women's basketball player Tiffany Hurley was perhaps the most consistent player in the Empire 8 Conference this season.
Thursday, Februaury 22, 2001
Rockets end Rams' reign
ROXBURY — Arthur Choate hit both ends of a one-and-one with 2.2 seconds left Wednesday to give the Roxbury boys basketball team a 52-51 victory over defending champion South Kortright in the first round of the Section Four Class D tournament.
Bulldogs beat buzzer, Blackhawks, 60-57
OXFORD — Senior forward Matt Moyse hit a 3-pointer from the left corner at the buzzer to give Delhi a 60-57 victory over Oxford Wednesday in a Section Four Class C first-round boys basketball game.
Top-seeded O-State women advance
UTICA — It wasn't easy, but the Oneonta State women's basketball team advanced to the next round of the SUNY Athletic Conference tournament on Wednesday.
Hartwick water polo to play No. 1 Stamford
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — With 14 of the top 20 teams in the country at one tournament, the Hartwick College women's water polo team will have a huge test this weekend.
Wednesday, Februaury 21, 2001
The beat goes on for OHS girls
ONEONTA — Conventional wisdom suggests the Oneonta High girls basketball dynasty of the late-1990s ended when Krissy Zeh graduated and Tom Moriarty stepped down as coach.
Afton has a call for celebration
HARPURSVILLE — Hancock's Kym Wood banked in a long-range jumper from the wing with three seconds left that was ruled to be inside the 3-point arc as Afton escaped with a 55-54 first-round victory in the Section Four Class D tournament Tuesday.
Colleges
DELHI — Aquawasi St. Hillarie scored 21 points and had 10 rebounds to lead the Delhi Tech men's basketball team to a 66-51 victory over Mohawk Valley Community College on Tuesday.
Fast food for thought on Class D boys games
No, not because Burger King has 49-cent cheeseburgers.
Not because Jennifer Lopez is back on the open market.
And certainly not because the XFL's ratings have gone Titanic.
O-State opens SUNYAC play tonight
ONEONTA — Oneonta State basketball is on the move at the right time.
The Red Dragons women's basketball team opens play in the SUNY Athletic Conference Tournament at 8 tonight against Plattsburgh at the Utica Auditorium.
ECAC honors Hawks' swimmer
ONEONTA — With four school records and three individual victories to her credit, Hartwick College freshman swimmer Gayle Gregory earned Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Swimmer of the Week honors on Tuesday.
Tuesday, Februaury 20, 2001
Local resident says Daytona area quiet after fatal crash
ONEONTA — The Daytona 500 is like the Super Bowl of NASCAR races; an annual spectacle complete with parties and celebrations. Not this year. Not after Dale Earnhardt, NASCAR's biggest star, was killed in a crash on the final lap of Sunday's running. Wayne Hymers, owner of Otsego Auto Crushers, was at the race in Daytona Beach, Fla. He said Earnhardt's death cast a pall on the event.
New high school league just won't be the same without Big 3
An era ended Saturday night at Bainbridge-Guilford High School.
With it came some strong words from Windsor boys basketball coach Gary Vail, whose team won the final Susquenango Association winter championship with a 52-42 defeat of Delhi.
"You're talking to the wrong guy about that one," Vail said of the soon-to-be defunct Sus.
O-State wrestlers fifth at Empire championships
ITHACA — Oneonta State had one wrestler reach the championship round of the Empire Collegiate Wrestling Conference Championships on Saturday at Ithaca College.
Delhi Tech wins first men's indoor track title
HAGERSTOWN, Md. — Three top-five finishes in the 1,000-meter run led the Delhi Tech men's indoor track and field team to their first NJCAA Northeast District championship last weekend.
Wick freshman earns all-conference
CANTON — Freshman Laura Waters earned All-Conference accolades as she placed fourth overall at the New York State Collegiate Track Conference Indoor Championship and Pentathlon at St. Lawrence University on Sunday.
Area Bowling
ONEONTA — Jim Christy threw a 299 game as RJ Anderson Roofing routed two-time defending champion Oneonta Cellular 201/2-31/2, in the Genny Light Classic on Feb. 5 at Holiday Lanes.
Area college athletes of the week
ONEONTA — Hartwick College recognized freshman swimmer Gayle Gregory as the Hartwick/McDonald's Athlete of the Week, for the week ending Feb. 18.
SUSQUENANGO ASSOCIATION ALL-STARS
ONEONTA — First- and second-team All-Star selections for Susquenango Association swimming. Name followed by grade and school.
Delhi boys unravel in Sus title game
BAINBRIDGE — Well before things started to unravel for Delhi's boys Saturday evening, there were unmistakable signs the Susquenango Association basketball championship game was slipping away.
While the Bulldogs had earned a three-point halftime lead on the strength of aggressive play at both ends, the two-point cushion they took into the final quarter was a jump-shooting mirage.
Dragons to enter SUNYACs on highs
ONEONTA — The Oneonta State women's basketball team finished the 2000-2001 regular season on a 21-game winning streak after defeating Potsdam, 83-44, on Saturday at Alumni Fieldhouse.
'Wick women earn top seed for state tournament
ALFRED — Sophomore guard Sara Lambert scored a game-high 13 points to lead the Hartwick College women's basketball team to a 50-43 victory over Alfred University on Saturday.
Saturday, Februaury 17, 2001
O-State wins 20th in a row
ONEONTA — Senior Paula Polce led three players scoring in double figures with 18 points to lead Oneonta State to a 67-59 SUNY Athletic Conference women's basketball victory over Plattsburgh on Friday at Alumni Fieldhouse.
Oneonta won its 20th straight and improved to 22-1 overall and 18-1 in the SUNYAC.
Bellinger headed to hall
SIDNEY — Clay Bellinger's been in the majors two seasons and he's already a Hall of Famer.
Of course, it's Section Four — not Cooperstown — that has come calling.
Oneonta native Bellinger, a utility player for the World Series champion New York Yankees, is one of 10 area sports figures to be inducted to the Section Four Hall of Fame on March 3, the Section Four Athletic Council announced on Friday.
Eagles center shakes up Windham
DELHI — Kevin Reed shook off sickness, a technical foul in the fourth quarter and a determined Windham defense.
He scored a huge basket midway through the final period and added two big assists during a 12-point spurt that sealed the Eagles' 67-52 victory over the Warriors in the Delaware League championship game Friday at Delhi Tech.
Rams run past Devils
DELHI — Be it from the outside, the open floor, on the boards, with her passing or on defense, South Kortright junior Ashlei Kenchen had her way with Margaretville on Friday night.
Delhi surging at right time, play for Sus title Saturday
ONEONTA — Delhi boys basketball coach Dan Wagner knew his team would be OK on Jan. 19.
In a Susquenango Association game at Whitney Point, the underdog Bulldogs held on to a small lead in the closing minutes.
"We made a couple of mistakes in the fourth quarter and we called a timeout," Wagner said. "I said a few words to the team and then both Doug (Vredenburgh) and Matt (Moyse) spoke. They reiterated words that I had spoke at practice. It was all coming back.
Delhi volleyball wins Sus championship
DELHI — Of all the goals the Delhi volleyball team set before the season began, it can now check winning the Susquenango Association championship in the `accomplished' column.
Hurley leads Hawks women
ROCHESTER — Junior forward Tiffany Hurley, an Oneonta High graduate, went 4-for-4 from the foul line during the last 10 seconds of Hartwick's 50-45 Empire 8 Conference victory over St. John Fisher College on Friday night.
Friday, Februaury 16, 2001
Home of the brave
ONEONTA — The Gilbertsville-Mount Upton girls basketball team is like the Atlanta Braves of the Tri-Valley League.
Despite reaching the championship round for so many years, both teams have just one title to show for it.
The Braves won their World Series championship in 1995 — their only triumph in five trips to the Fall Classic in the 1990s.
Wildcats will try to muscle past Raiders
ONEONTA — One needs only to look at the respective high scorers for the boys basketball teams from Milford and Gilbertsville-Mount Upton to understand their contrasting styles.
Milford is led by senior center Pat Kelly, who averages just under 21 points a game.
Delhi girls fall in Sus semi, 52-34
OXFORD — So much for needing rest.
Playing its third game in as many days, the Oxford girls basketball team opened a 15-point first-quarter lead and cruised past Delhi, 52-34, on Thursday in a Susquenango Association semifinal.
Any way you cut it, ice fishing produces same rewards
Step by step, we followed the narrow path up over the hill to Fawn Lake. Every bow of the dark green spruces hung heavy with deep, white snow. A bitter wind blew as we followed along single file through the Adirondack back country in search of a unique strain of lake trout through the ice.
Cobleskill Basketball
COBLESKILL — Mike Beaton and Steve Mazier scored 17 points apiece to lead Fulton-Montgomery to a Mountain Valley Conference victory over Cobleskill.
Sidney wins last game before playoffs
SIDNEY — In its final tune-up before it begins defense of its Section Four Class C championship, the Sidney boys basketball team beat Johnson City, 65-50, on Thursday in a non-league game.
'Wick basketball to end regular season
ONEONTA — The Hartwick College basketball teams are on winning streaks at the right time of the season. Hartwick's women (14-7 overall, 9-3 Empire 8) have won four straight heading into today's 6 p.m.
Thursday, Februaury 15, 2001
O-Tigers staying put — for now
ONEONTA — It's an offer Sam Nader can refuse.
On Monday, Oneonta Athletic Corp. President Nader said former AlliedSignal CEO Lawrence A. Bossidy Jr. recently offered more than $2.5 million for his Oneonta Tigers franchise of Class A baseball's New York-Penn League.
Delhi boys too tough for Oxford
DELHI — Followers of the Delhi boys basketball team have grown used to seeing seniors Doug Vredenburgh and Matt Moyse shoulder the offensive load this season.
Sophomore Sean Whittaker got into act Wednesday, scoring a game-high 23 points — nearly twice as much as his previous high this season — to help the Bulldogs knock off Oxford, 59-38, in a Susquenango Association semifinal.
Unlikely pair to meet for DL boys title
ONEONTA — From a historical perspective, the participants in the Delaware League boys basketball championship game are an unlikely pairing.
Few changes in store for next season
ONEONTA — Few things will change for the Oneonta Tigers this season.
On Monday, Oneonta Athletic Corp. president Sam Nader said virtually all of his staff from the 2000 New York-Penn League season will return in 2001.
Devils to focus defensive heat on Kenchen
ONEONTA — Everything Margaretville's girls do on a basketball court is based on sharing.
So when the balanced Blue Devils face South Kortright at 6 p.m. Friday at Delhi Tech for the Delaware
Unatego girls win regular-season finale
OTEGO — Rhonda Whitbeck was one of three Unatego players in double figures in scoring with 17 points as the Spartans won their regular-season finale Wednesday, 56-35, over Afton.
Schroh picks up ECAC honor
ONEONTA — Oneonta State senior forward Patti Schroh was selected as to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Upstate New York Weekly Honor Roll earlier this week.
Wednesday, Februaury 14, 2001
Windham boys suffer first loss
WINDHAM — And then there were none.
The last undefeated boys basketball team in the state in Class D, Windham, suffered its first loss of the season Tuesday, a 58-56 Delaware League setback to Davenport.
Seniors lead way for Hawks
ONEONTA — With all six seniors contributing solid games, the Hartwick College men's basketball team took a 105-94 non-conference victory over Cazenovia College on Tuesday night at Binder Gymnasium.
AREA SCORING LEADER
ONEONTA — Double-digit area high school basketball scorers as reported to The Daily Star as of Feb. 12.
Tuesday, Februaury 13, 2001
Kenchen leads Rams to victory
GILBERTSVILLE — Ashlei Kenchen hit 14 field goals en route to a game-high 32 points as South Kortright defeated Gilbertsville-Mount Upton, 50-46, in a non-league girls basketball game on Monday night. G-MU (13-4), which lost its second straight, rallied from a 23-11 deficit for a 28-27 lead in the third quarter.
Wrestling coach to enter hall
ONEONTA — Oneonta State wrestling coach Al Sosa will be inducted into the Division III National Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame during a March 2-3 tournament at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa. Sosa, an Oneonta resident, is completing his 35th season as head coach of O-State.
Cobleskill basketball
COBLESKILL — Becky Wenzel and Connie Oliver combined to score 45 points in leading SUNY-Morrisville to a victory on Monday.
O-State basketball at Utica-Rome tonight
ONEONTA — The Oneonta State men's and women's basketball teams will travel for the final time during the regular season today as the Red Dragons visit Utica-Rome.
O-State forward honored by SUNYAC
ONEONTA — Oneonta State's Patti Schroh was named women's basketball player of the week by the SUNY Athletic Conference in addition to earning athlete of the week honors at Oneonta State.
Hawks men look to get even
ONEONTA — With a four-game winning streak and three games left to play, the Hartwick College men's basketball team is looking to reach a .500 record for the first time this season.
Cazenovia College stands in the way.
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING
Seedings for Saturday's Section Four Class Meets in wrestling for classes B, C and D
Monday, Februaury 12, 2001
B-G/A wins last Sus wrestling tournament
GREENE — An outstanding rivalry came to a thrilling end during the Susquenango Association Wrestling Tournament on Saturday.
How appropriate.
Take nothing away from Dustin Winn's 7-6 victory over Chris Hand in the 130-pound championship nor the third straight league title for Bainbridge-Guilford/Afton, but the big news is that the Susquenango Association itself has come to an end.
Delhi girls clinch Div. III
HARPURSVILLE — The Delhi girls basketball team clinched its second straight Division III crown in the Susquenango Association on Saturday with a 53-40 victory over Harpursville
The Bulldogs, who are 12-6 overall, improved to 9-5 in the league, one game better than Unatego in the division. Freshman Meaghan Morley led Delhi with 11 points and went 3 of 3 from 3-point range. "It was the best game of her career," coach Dick Alwine said.
Cobleskill men's basketball
SCHENECTADY — Kyle Jones became Cobleskill's all-time scoring leader after his game-high 23 points led the Fighting Tigers to a victory on Saturday.
Jones, who also had 12 rebounds, passed 1997 graduate Keith Kelley for the all-time lead. Jones is a second-year forward at Cobleskill and has 996 points.
Delhi men win 22nd straight game
DELHI — The Delhi Tech men's basketball team won its 22nd straight game Saturday, 95-62 over North Country.
Balford McLeod and Carlton Graham scored 16 points apiece for the Broncos, who are 24-1 overall. Rodney Pete had 15 points and five rebounds.
Delhi Tech, which is ranked fifth in the NJCAA Division III national rankings, will play at Adirondack at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Women whip Geneseo; men lose fifth straight
ONEONTA — Patti Schroh and Paula Polce scored 25 points apiece Saturday as the Oneonta State women's basketball team won its 18th straight game, 79-60 over Geneseo at Alumni Fieldhouse.
Schroh also had a game-high 14 rebounds and Polce had 11. Kristin Lemon had 13 points, six rebounds and six assists.
Hurley leads Hawks
ONEONTA — Junior forward Tiffany Hurley scored 30 points and had 15 rebounds as the Hartwick College women's basketball team took a 65-56 victory over Nazareth in an Empire 8 Conference game on Saturday at Binder Gymnasium.
Friday, Februaury 9, 2001
Hawks set for pool party
ONEONTA — After taking a year to build his team, Hartwick College women's water polo head coach Michael Maroney will get a chance to see his squad in competition on Saturday.
The Hawks open their inaugural NCAA Division I season at the Princeton Invitational. Hartwick's first game will be at 10:05 a.m. against Michigan State.
Ice age set to begin at O-State
ONEONTA — The emergence of a new athletic team will take sports at Oneonta State to a whole new playing field: an ice rink.
What had been only a concept last fall will become reality next week when the O-State ice hockey team plays its first game. The club was founded by Tamara Moore, a residential advisor at Oneonta State. She said a student's interest in ice hockey sparked her curiosity.
Playoff run starts this weekend for Red Dragons
ONEONTA — It may still be the regular season, but it probably feels like the playoffs for the Oneonta State men's basketball team.
The Red Dragons need to win three of their last five games in order to qualify for the SUNY Athletic Conference tournament for the first time since the 1996-97 season.
Sportsman shows often can be a good cure for winter boredom
In just a few months big game hunting will begin again. Many of us have dreams of great hunts. Maybe it's whitetails in Saskatchewan or in Illinois. Others are determined to hunt elk in Montana or Colorado, while some might want to pursue mountain goats or sheep in Alaska.
Reed reaches 1,000 points as Eagles win
SOUTH KORTRIGHT — For a change, a late-season Downsville-South Kortright game didn't have much in the way of playoff implications.
Downsville, which clinched the Delaware League's Mountain Division crown last week, swept the season series with the Rams for the first time in eight years Thursday following a 61-52 victory.
High school championships
ONEONTA — The following is a breakdown of league championships in each area high school sport. Parenthesis indicate division won.
SUSQUENANGO ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIPS
ONEONTA —The following are the top four seeds in each weight class for the Sus tournament, which is set to begin at 5 p.m. today at Greene and continue at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Hawks look to stay in hunt for conference championships
ONEONTA — The Hartwick College women's basketball team will look to stay in the hunt for the Empire 8 Conference title with home games against Rochester Institute of Technology today and Nazareth on Saturday.
Thursday, Februaury 8, 2001
O-State wrestlers win finale, 30-13
ONEONTA — Oneonta State ended its dual-meet wrestling season with a 30-13 defeat of the University of Scranton on Wednesday night.
After Blaire Surgent dropped a 5-4 decision at 165 pounds to open the meet, O-State (4-13) won the next six weight classes. Freshman Derek Joines tied the team score at 3-3 with an 8-2 decision over Scranton freshman Tim Grover.
OHS girls lose everything in last second
ONEONTA — In the span of a half-second, the Oneonta High girls basketball team saw its shot at a division championship evaporate.
Whitney Point got the winning basket on a putback with 0.5 seconds remaining to claim a 43-41 victory Wednesday and win Division I of the Susquenango Association for the second straight season.
Oneonta needed to beat the Eagles as well as win Saturday at Oxford to claim at least a share of the division title.
O-State Academic Honors
ONEONTA — Oneonta State placed 42 student-athletes on the SUNY Athletic Conference All-Academic Team for the fall season.
To qualify for the honor, a student-athlete must have carried a 3.3 grade point average while playing a varsity sport for the entire fall season. Those maintaining a 3.3 GPA over three semesters earned Commissioner's List status, which 20 O-State athletes received.
NYSSWA RANKINGS
SYRACUSE — The New York State Sportswriters Association winter rankings as of Feb. 4.
Wednesday, Februaury 7, 2001
Delhi Tech men win 21st straight
COBLESKILL — Paul Scott and Rodney Pete clinched an 81-80 victory for the Delhi Tech men's basketball team on Monday night as the Broncos held off Cobleskill for their school-record 21st consecutive triumph.
Milford beats the press
MILFORD — Basketball teams that win with the press often lose by it, too.
The latter happened to the Gilbertsville-Mount Upton boys on Tuesday in its 63-54 Tri-Valley League setback to Milford, which won its 12th straight game.
Sidney boys go out in style
SIDNEY — It was a scenario that could not have been scripted any better for the Sidney boys' basketball team.
On Senior Night, playing Division I champion Windsor for the last time in a league game, three seniors who have been so much a part of the success the Warriors have enjoyed the past four seasons collaborated on a last-second gem that lifted Sidney to a 59-57 victory Tuesday night.
Windham boys keep rolling
WINDHAM — Three double-doubles helped the Windham boys basketball team to an 18-0 record on Tuesday as the Warriors took a 66-49 Delaware League victory over Stamford.
Hartwick men edge Utica; Hurley scores 800th point
UTICA — The Hartwick College men's basketball team got balanced scoring on the way to a 63-61 victory over Utica College in Empire 8 Conference play on Tuesday.
O-State women's basketball ranked nationally in Div. III
ONEONTA — The Oneonta State women's basketball team has gone national.
The Red Dragons, owners of the longest Division III women's winning streak in the country, debuted in the D3Hoops.com Top 25 poll this week at No. 17.
Area Scoring Leaders
ONEONTA — Double-digit area high school basketball scorers as reported to The Daily Star as of Feb. 5 (not including Tuesdays games).
Tuesday, Februaury 6, 2001
O-State's Polce earns second league honor
ONEONTA — The honors keep rolling in for Oneonta State senior women's basketball player Paula Polce. For the second time this season, Polce has earned SUNY Athletic Conference player of the week honors. Polce, a forward, averaged 26.3 points per game last week in leading the Red Dragons women to three victories. Polce leads the SUNYAC in scoring (19.5 ppg) and averages 7.1 rebounds per game. Oneonta is 14-1 in the conference and 18-1 overall.
Oneonta High graduate Knapp among Div. II rebounding leaders
ONEONTA — Merrimack junior Stacy Knapp is rebounding in a big way.
The Oneonta native and Merrimack sophomore is second among women's basketball players in the Northeast-10 Conference and fifth in the country among Division II schools with 12 rebounds per game.
Knapp, a graduate of Oneonta High, recently earned her seventh NE-10 honor roll mention after averaging 14 points, 19.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists in two games during late January.
'Wick basketball at Utica tonight
ONEONTA — The Hartwick College women's basketball team needs to take care of business and then get a little help for a chance at the Empire 8 Conference title and the NCAA Division III Tournament bid that goes along with that championship.
High school postponements
ONEONTA — A handful of high school sports activities were postponed on Monday due to the snowstorm that swept through the area. The following is a list of Monday's scheduled events, followed by their new dates, if any. All times listed are junior varsity starts.
AREA SPORTS BRIEFS
ONEONTA — Pre-registration for Oneonta Little League will be held today and Wednesday at the Oneonta Boys and Girls Club from 6-8 p.m. Any player who will be 8 years old before Aug. 1, 2001 and who will not be 13 years old by that date is eligible.
Monday, Februaury 5, 2001
Sidney boys lose second straight
WHITNEY POINT — The impending showdown between the Sidney and Windsor boys basketball teams lost some of its luster Saturday.
While the Warriors were losing 59-48 to Whitney Point, the Knights knocked off Oneonta, 63-49, to clinch Division I of the Susquenango Association for the fourth straight season.
Had Sidney won Saturday, it could have clinched the division with a victory at home over Windsor on Tuesday.
O-State women reach sweet 16
BUFFALO — The streak continues for the Oneonta State women's basketball team.
Paula Polce scored 24 points, going 10-for-15 from the field and 4-for-4 from the line, to lead the Red Dragons to a 66-56 SUNY Athletic Conference victory Saturday over Buffalo State. It was O-State's 16th straight triumph.
Hawks men need OT; women get by Elmira
ELMIRA — Joel Blackwell had 12 points, 10 rebounds and five assists to lead the Hartwick College men's basketball team to a 53-49 overtime victory against Elmira College in Empire 8 Conference play on Saturday.
Saturday, Februaury 3, 2001
Windham boys still undefeated
TANNERSVILLE — The Windham boys basketball team found a good time to finally take a lead on Hunter-Tannersville.
John Pelham's putback with eight seconds left gave the Warriors their only lead of the game and capped a comeback from a 10-point deficit as Windham stayed unbeaten with a 58-57 Delaware League victory on Friday.
"These guys just find a way to get ahead when the buzzer goes off," H-T coach Randy Mudge said.
OHS girls rally to victory; Delhi beats Walton
WINDSOR — Meghan Stetson scored a team-high 12 points and reserve Elizabeth Brown had 11 to lead Oneonta to a 44-37 come-from-behind victory over Windsor on Friday night.
'Wick basketball swept in Ithaca
ITHACA — With possession of second place in the Empire 8 Conference on the line, the Ithaca College women's basketball team pulled out a 61-58 victory over Hartwick College on Friday night at Ben Light Gymnasium.
O-State women win again; men edged
FREDONIA — It's now 15 and counting for the Oneonta State women's basketball team.
Paula Polce scored 27 points on 13 of 24 shooting to pace the Red Dragons to a 64-56 SUNY Athletic Conference victory over Fredonia on Friday.
U-Page gets 700 series to move up
ONEONTA — Carl Bagnardi had a 700 series on Jan. 22 at Holiday Lanes, leading U-Page over Gorne Gompers, 21-3.
Friday, Februaury 2, 2001
Bears rally again
ONEONTA — The Bainbridge-Guilford/Afton wrestling team certainly knows how to Locke up a victory. For the third time in a week, late triumphs by Ben and Chris Locke helped the Bears, who are ranked 19th in the state among large schools, win a dual meet.
It happened again Thursday as Ben Locke earned a 14-2 decision over Fran Carter at 189 pounds and Chris Locke took a 12-0 decision over Liam Murray at 215 pounds to propel B-G/A to a 35-28 victory over Oneonta.
Bright future ahead for OHS
Random thoughts regarding Oneonta High's 67-62 overtime victory at Sidney on Wednesday night:
But before we get to the varsity game, I'd like to ask Warriors junior varsity coach Bob Finnegan for a small favor. Could you respectfully ask your team on my behalf to stop playing overtime games on nights that yours truly is covering the varsity game.
Bowling Pro-Am set for Sunday
ONEONTA — The 20th annual Pro-Am Invitational Bowling Tournament will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Holiday Lanes Family Recreation Center.
Last February more than 100 "pros" and "ams" helped raise about $7,400 for United Way of Delaware and Otsego Counties, Inc.
Searching for anglers can be a worthwhile hunt
A friend of mine called me after spotting a huge nine-point buck in the Cooperstown area while he was plowing snow on Sunday.
That's not so unusual, except deer should have shed their antlers by now. Often, deer antlers are shed by the end of deer season in early December. Late January seems a little late.
Cobleskill basketball
COBLESKILL — Todd Cooper hit a school-record 11 3-pointers Thursday to lead the Cobleskill men's basketball team to a 90-54 victory over Herkimer.
Zeh tops former teammate Knapp
ALBANY — In a battle of Oneonta High products, Krissy Zeh and the College of St. Rose women's basketball team got the better of Stacy Knapp and Merrimack College with a 74-60 victory on Wednesday night.
O-State women look to extend streak
ONEONTA — The Oneonta State winter sports teams will be road-tripping this weekend for the last time in the regular season.
The men's and women's basketball teams will be at Fredonia tonight and Buffalo State on Saturday. The wrestling team will be at the Rochester Institute of Technology on Saturday.
'Wick women, men hit the road
ONEONTA — With one of the more difficult road trips in the Empire 8 Conference facing it, the Hartwick College women's basketball team needs two victories this weekend.
Thurday, Februaury 1, 2001
'Jackets zip past Sidney
SIDNEY — Freshman Mike Konstanty scored a team-high 21 points, including a critical three-pointer early in overtime as Oneonta High surprised Sidney, 67-62, Wednesday night in a Susquenango Association basketball thriller.
Konstanty, who started the season on the junior varsity and was playing in his fifth varsity game, hit a three from the left wing with 3 1/2 minutes left in overtime to give the Yellowjackets a 59-58 lead.
Eagles on verge of greatness
ROXBURY — The Downsville boys basketball team is on the cusp of two milestones.
With Wednesday's 57-40 triumph over Roxbury, the Eagles clinched at least a tie for the Delaware League's Mountain Division championship for the first time in eight years. It was also coach Jeff Baier's 199th career victory.
G-MU girls rally to tough victory; Milford wins
GILBERTSVILLE — Shelly Miles scored nine of her game-high 21 points in the fourth quarter as Gilbertsville-Mount Upton rallied to a 53-42 girls basketball defeat of Schenevus in the Tri-Valley League on Wednesday.
Area college roundup
UTICA — The Delhi Tech men's basketball team kept its winning streak alive Wednesday. Barely.
Down eight points with 1:58 to play, the Broncos came back to post their 19th straight victory following a 70-68 triumph over Mohawk Valley.
NYSSWA RANKINGS
SYRACUSE — The New York State Sportswriters Association winter rankings as of Jan. 28.
Area sports briefs
ONEONTA — The Steering Committee of Mayor's Cup 2001 recently announced the teams participating in this fall's events.
The men's and women's teams from Hartwick College and Oneonta State will compete.
Area high school roundup
OTEGO — The Walton and Unatego volleyball teams should have brought their running shoes to Wednesday's contest because they both engaged in a marathon match.
