Friday, August 31, 2001
Larrison cuts off Crosscutters
ONEONTA — It won't go down as a no-hitter for Oneonta Tigers right-hander Preston Larrison, but it was still mighty impressive. Larrison held the Williamsport Crosscutters without a hit for six innings in lifting the Tigers to a 5-3 victory Thursday from a game that was suspended on Aug. 3.
OHS golf wins 1st in STAC
Matt Schulte earned medalist honors Thursday with a 1-over-par 37 on the front nine of the Links at Hiawatha Landing in Owego as the Oneonta golf team defeated Owego Free Academy, 211-218.
Tigers name interim men's soccer coach
SUNY-Cobleskill track and field coach Steve Patrick has been named the Fighting Tigers interim head men's soccer coach, the college announced on Thursday.
Delhi College cross country starts Saturday
The Delhi College cross country program opens its 2001 season at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the Broome Community College Hornet Invitational in Binghamton.
AREA SPORTS BRIEFS
Oneonta High graduate Mike Connolly earned his 11th pitching victory of the Single-A South Atlantic League baseball season on Tuesday.
Thursday, August 30, 2001
O-Tigers gear up for stretch run
Three straight double-headers await the Oneonta Tigers as they enter their final 10 games in search of the final playoff spot in the New York-Penn League's Pinckney Division.
AREA GOLF BRIEFS
Frank Leo hit a hole-in-one on Aug. 21 at the Woodhaven Golf Club in West Oneonta. Leo used a 6-iron to ace the 146-yard, par-3 eighth hole. Jack Bresee, Frank LaRussa and Ben McElroy witnessed the shot.
Area high school roundup
Angela Mirabito had the only victory for Sidney, winning 9-3 over Kara Kellet at No. 1 singles on Wednesday.
AREA SPORTS BRIEFS
Sign-ups for Oneonta teams competing in Pee Wee football will run from 5:30-7:30 p.m. today at the Sixth Ward Booster Club field, located at the end of Scramblin Ave.
AREA SPORTS
Results Aug. 25 of the Otsego Sailing Club races. High winds on Aug. 26 forced racing to be canceled.
Wednesday, August 29, 2001
HIGH SCHOOL GOLF
Jamie Patten shot an even-par 36 at Afton Golf Club to pace the Bainbridge-Guilford golf team to a season-opening victory over Sidney, 198-216, on Tuesday.
Oneonta wins 4th straight
Ryan Raburn and Andy Yount homered and winning pitcher Ross Koenig struck out seven in six innings on Tuesday to pace the Oneonta Tigers to their fourth straight victory, 6-2, over host Utica.
Hawks look to begin as they ended
After winning the final five games of the season last year, the Hartwick College men's soccer team will look to start the 2001 season like the 2000 campaign ended.
AREA SPORTS BRIEFS
The Fat Man Computer Bowling League will meet at 8 p.m. on Aug. 30 at Holiday Lanes in Oneonta. New teams and individuals are welcome to join.
I don't even like apple pie
Only because I haven't gotten any fan mail in weeks ... • I have a degree in history, so trust me on this one. Jerry Jones is a bloody genius. By dumping QB Tony Banks, he assured the Cowboys will win the Super Bowl. Think about it:
Red Dragons to become Road Warriors
The 2001 fall season will get under way for Oneonta State this weekend as all teams — except for the volleyball squad — will open on the road.
Tuesday, August 28, 2001
O-Tigers rally yo win wild one in ninth, 6-5
ONEONTA — With almost 20 years in professional baseball, one might think Oneonta Tigers manager Gary Green has seen it all. Then came Monday night at Damaschke Field. Green's O-Tigers trailed by a run with one out and two on in the bottom of the ninth before Utica pitcher Toby David threw a wild pitch while trying to intentionally walk Mike Rabelo.
It's back to the future for Connolly
ONEONTA — Jon Connolly's young professional career is clearly moving forward, but the recent Oneonta High graduate will take a step back in time Friday night. Connolly will become the first OHS graduate to return to Damaschke Field as a professional.
AREA AUTO RACING
Milford native Paul Wolfe, 24, had his best career finish in the NASCAR Busch North Series on Sunday. Wolfe placed second in the Nazareth 100 at Nazareth, Pa.
OHS golf places fifth in preseason event
Joe Sandoli led the Oneonta High golf team to a fifth-place finish Monday in the Nick DiNunzio Invitational, a preseason Southern Tier Athletic Conference event at the par-72 En-Joie Golf Club in Endicott.
Monday, August 27, 2001
Jon Connolly coming home
Professional athletes talk about the comforts of home-cooking and sleeping in one's own bed as being advantageous during homestands. For recent Oneonta High graduate Jon Connolly, those perks couldn't get any more literal.
AREA SPORTS RESULTS
WEST KORTRIGHT — Results of sixth-annual, five-mile race, held as a fund-raiser for West Kortright Centre.
Blue Sox may move to Pittsfield
Utica Blue Sox owner Robert Fowler said Saturday that he has given a 30-day purchase option to Lawrence A. Bossidy Jr., chief executive of Honeywell International Inc.
Saturday, August 25, 2001
Tigers keep falling
The Oneonta Tigers continued to lose ground in the race for a New York-Penn League playoff spot, falling to host Hudson Valley for the third straight game, 8-3, on Friday night.
Bench, Morgan were good, but not the greatest
During a recent conversation between myself and this paper's editor, Sam Pollak, Mr. Pollak said Hall of Famers Johnny Bench and Joe Morgan — mainstays of Cincinnati's famed "Big Red Machine" — were the best ever at their positions, catcher and second base, respectively. Mr. Pollak is a man whom I both like and respect, but upon both of these views he and I do not see eye-to-eye. I told him so at the time.
It'll never be completely safe, but NASCAR has made huge strides
I'm just sort of cleaning off the desk top and in a rambling mode: After reading the documents provided by NASCAR to the media this week regarding Dale Earnhardt's death in the Daytona 500, I'm flabbergasted anyone ever got in a car in NASCAR's formative days. If you ever head to Darlington, S.C., and visit the track's stock car racing museum, you'll see what I mean.
Friday, August 24, 2001
Bellinger making most of playing time
It wasn't that long ago Oneonta High graduate Clay Bellinger had an .045 batting average for the New York Yankees. Bellinger had one hit over his first 22 at-bats this season. He also had no extra base hits and no walks and was sent back-and-forth to Triple-A Columbus on three occasions.
Wind, waves can't ruin spirit of deep-water salmon fishing
In the cold, deep waters of the Great Lakes, the salmon are gathering. As the waters cool, they will begin their run back into the streams of their birth. Up over rock and riff, they will fight their way to the headwaters of the rivers to spawn. Right now, the fishing is confined to the deeper waters of the lakes.
O-Tigers fall to Hudson Valley
The Oneonta Tigers lost for the eighth time in 11 games Thursday night, falling to the host Hudson Valley Renegades, 5-1.
Area Sports Briefs
Family and Community Services of Schoharie County will hold its second annual golf outing, "Tee It Up For Our Neighbors," today at the Cobleskill Golf and Country Club.
CYCLING
Results of the Upper Susquehanna Pedalers and Paddlers bicycle time trial held Aug. 22. It was a 10.7-mile loop in West Oneonta and Laurens.
Thursday, August 23, 2001
Oneonta drops to fourth in division
Luis Candelario's two-out single in the 11th inning off James Gonzalez scored the winning run in Hudson Valley's 6-5 New York-Penn League victory Wednesday over the visiting Oneonta Tigers. Candelario's hit scored Fernando Cortez.
Hole-in-one at Stamford GC
Dave Barber hit a hole-in-one on Tuesday at the Stamford Golf Club. Barber used a 5-iron to ace No. 8, a 183-yard, par-3 hole. Barber's partners were Dick Weir, Ira Fyfe and Jake Schouller.
AREA SPORTS BRIEFS
Area division winners of the Roundball Ruckus 3-on-3 basketball tournament, held Aug. 4-5 in Oneonta, will participate in the Basketball Hall of Fame 3-on-3 National Championships.
Wednesday, August 22, 2001
Raburn drives Tigers
Ryan Raburn homered and drove in four runs to lead the Oneonta Tigers to a 10-5 New York-Penn League victory Tuesday at Hudson Valley Teammates Don Kelly, Chris Kolodzey, Jed Stringham and Rich Gomersall each had two hits for the O-Tigers, who improved to 29-30 this season.
Grand opening of new soccer field on Sept. 8
Oneonta State will celebrate the grand opening of its new soccer field before the start of the 26th Mayor's Cup at 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 8. The event is free and open to the public.
Stock car hall inducts three at Utica-Rome
Sonney Seamon of Vernon Center, Bernie Miller of Canastota, and Jon Button of Chittenango were inducted to the New York State Stock Car Association Hall of Fame last Sunday at Utica-Rome Speedway.
Baseball Hall to hold event for Topps
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown will commemorate the 50th anniversary of Topps trading cards with a special event, Topps in the Game Weekend, on Saturday and Sunday.
AREA SPORTS BRIEFS
Saint Michael's College recently appointed 1997 Delhi graduate Margot Fleming as an assistant coach to its women's basketball team.
Tuesday, August 21, 2001
Astros' grand finale sends O-Tigers to 8-7 loss
ONEONTA — It was a game the Oneonta Tigers had no business losing, but they found a way. Charlton Jimerson's two-out grand slam in the ninth inning completed a six-run comeback Monday night as the Pittsfield Astros defeated the Tigers, 8-7, at Damaschke Field.
The heat is on area football programs
It's a recipe for tragedy. First, take enormous athletes out of a relaxing summer. Place these big guys on hot practice fields. Mix in heavy pads and add a dash of competition for starting positions. Exercise vigorously. What you have is the potential for life-threatening results.
Five steps will help to prevent problems
Jeff Hewlings, the general manager at Healthlinks for Fox Hospital, laid out several guidelines that coaches and athletes should follow in preseason practices. Hewlings is also the coach of the boys club lacrosse team at Oneonta High in the spring.
AREA SPORTS BRIEFS
A series of 1-mile road races will be held at 7 p.m. today at Neahwa Park in Oneonta.
Monday, August 20, 2001
Victory is sweet for Honey Brown team
COOPERSTOWN — Even though the forecast threatened thunderstorms for Sunday's 19th annual Glimmerglass Triathlon, Ithaca resident Glenn Swan saw nothing but sunny skies. Who could blame him? Swan and his four-man team — the J.W. Dundee's Honey Brown Lager — won the overall Glimmerglass title for the fifth consecutive year.
Oneonta resident plays Amateur like a pro
Oneonta resident Bruce Miller majored in course management at the Leatherstocking Golf Course in Cooperstown on Sunday. Miller successfully defended his Otsego County Amateur Golf championship with a six-stroke victory after shooting the lowest score in both rounds of the two-day tournament.
Oneonta loses its legs, 5-3
ONEONTA — Pittsfield's Modesto De Aza has legs, and he knows how to use them. Pittsfield's speedy center fielder singled in a run and stole home in the ninth inning to carry the Astros to a 5-3 New York-Penn League victory over the Oneonta Tigers on Sunday at Damaschke Field.
O-Tigers beat Scrappers in season finale
Oneonta right-hander Jeremy Johnson had one of his best outings of the season, allowing three hits over eight innings as the Tigers got their sixth shutout of the season with a 1-0 victory over Mahoning Valley on Saturday at Damaschke Field.
Saturday, August 18, 2001
O-Tigers snap four-game slide
ONEONTA — Timely hitting, strong pitching and good fielding led the Oneonta Tigers to a 9-1 victory Friday over the Mahoning Valley Scrappers at Damaschke Field.
O-State, Hartwick have high hopes for men's soccer season
ONEONTA — Senior midfielder Lenny Camacho pointed out a significant difference in the Oneonta State men's soccer program when second-year coach Ian McIntyre took over. "When I was a freshman, it was pretty easy," Oneonta High graduate Camacho said of the team's workouts. "But now with this coach, it's tougher. It's more fitness, more running and less with the ball. "You can see (the difference on the field)," he continued. "We hustle to the ball more, we're not as tired and we play longer and harder."
Glavine, Maddux will be teammates in Hall
Sometimes, it's easy to link two pitchers from the same team. The most successful tandem, in terms of pennants won, was undoubtedly Lefty Gomez and Red Ruffing. The Yankees won seven pennants and six World Series in the years that they were teammates.
Lowly Hut finds reason for optimism among NASCAR's slums
I don't know how he does it, but Hut Stricklin says he enters every race thinking he has a chance to win. That's a preposterous outlook for someone who has never won a Winston Cup race and who drives for an owner of a low-budget team that has one victory in 52 seasons.
Tickets for WUSA game go on sale Monday
Ticket packages for the 2001 National Soccer Hall of Fame Game will go on sale Monday. The Washington Freedom, featuring Mia Hamm, and the Boston Breakers, with Kristine Lilly, will play a Women's United Soccer Association game on Oct. 8 at the Wright National Soccer Campus in Oneonta.
Friday, August 17, 2001
Alaskan adventure thrilling to the end
Nights in Alaska during the summer are very short. The sun had dipped below the horizon only a couple of hours ago, but that wouldn't have made any difference. After seeing that giant moose late last night, sleep was impossible.
Frustration sets in with another loss
ONEONTA — The Oneonta Tigers have been traveling down Frustration Boulevard for the last four games and it must feel like a dead-end street.
Tee times set for Otsego County Amateur golf event
Tee times for the first round of the Otsego County Amateur Golf Championship are set. The opening day, which is Saturday, will be played at the Oneonta Country Club.
New York - Penn League brief
The Pittsfield Astros of the New York-Penn League will become the Tri-City ValleyCats in 2002, when the team will move from Pittsfield to Troy.
Area sports results
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Thursday, August 16, 2001
Cobleskill adds up to tough day
COBLESKILL — Those greens, impeccably manicured and perfectly frustrating, unreadable and undulating. Those double-digit scores on Nos. 13 and 17, 22 strokes of round-ruining horror resulting from amoeba-brained decisions. That Africa-like heat, stifling and unbearable. That get-me-to-the-19th-hole heat. Those four pitchers of post-round lemonade, great-tasting and simply amazing. We went through it faster than the Devil Rays manager during a 10-run inning. It all added up to the second major on the BUY.ROB Tour last Thursday at Cobleskill Golf and Country Club.
Key hits elude O-Tigers again
ONEONTA — For the second consecutive night the Oneonta Tigers managed four hits en route to a one-run loss. However, Wednesday night's 1-0 setback to the last-place Mahoning Valley Scrappers before 3,132 at Damaschke Field included the added a sting of injury. Juan Francia, the Tigers' second baseman, suffered a shoulder injury while making a backhanded stab near second base in the seventh inning.
Hartwick soccer opens camp on Friday
The Hartwick College preseason training camp will begin the 46th year of men's collegiate soccer at the school on Friday morning. Hartwick head coach Jim Lennox returns for his 26th season with the Hawks. Lennox should reach the 300-victory milestone this season, as he stands at 297-149-40 at Hartwick.
Wednesday, August 15, 2001
Tigers jammed in loss
The Oneonta Tigers were held to four hits — two over the last eight innings — in losing a New York-Penn League game at Jamestown, 3-2, on Tuesday.
Glimmerglass Triathlon set for 19th annual competition
Robert and Heidi Underwood of Kattskill Bay have obviously taken the Glimmerglass Triathlon for better, not worse. The husband and wife have won titles the last two years and are set to return to Glimmerglass State Park on Sunday for the 19th running of the triathlon.
O-State to play host to men's Mayor's Cup
The Mayor's Cup for men's soccer has a new home for 2001. Oneonta State announced on Tuesday that it will play host to the Sept. 8-9 Mayor's Cup this fall on its new soccer field.
Baseball Hall to give short re-enactment this weekend
The small tale of Eddie Gaedel will celebrate its 50th anniversary on Sunday at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. The Hall will play host to a re-enactment of the at-bat in which the 3-foot-7 Gaedel became the shortest batter in the history of the major leagues.
Hartwick names tri-captains for 2001 season
Head coach Steve Stetson has named Daniel Pincelli, Mike Young and Mike Reznicek as tri-captains of the 2001 Hartwick College football team.
Tuesday, August 14, 2001
O-Tigers produce split with Jammers
Don Kelly and David Mattle drove in three runs apiece to power the visiting Oneonta Tigers to an 8-5 victory over Jamestown on Monday in the first game of a double-header. The O-Tigers lost the second game, 7-1. Jamestown's Mailon Kent went 3-for-4 and teammate Richard Lewis homered.
Area Sports Briefs
A bases-loaded walk to Mike Vulaj in the bottom of the seventh inning gave the Oneonta Stars (22-6) a 6-5 victory over Nick Lia of Staten Island (15-17) during recent play in the Blue Jays Baseball Tournament.
Monday, August 13, 2001
Saturday's Game: Ostlund wins first for O-Tigers
Ian Ostlund has one of the best earned run averages in the New York-Penn League this season. Now, he has a victory to show for it. Ostlund (1-3) allowed four hits and struck out eight in seven shutout innings Saturday to lead the Oneonta Tigers to a 5-0 victory over host Lowell.
O-Tigers burned by errors in loss
The Oneonta Tigers would have a tough time blaming this one solely on the rain. Third baseman Ryan Raburn committed five errors and the O-Tigers got just three hits Sunday in a six-inning, rain-shortened 9-1 loss to host Lowell.
Area Sports Briefs
The following are the times, dates and places sports teams at Oneonta High will begin practice for the fall season.
Saturday, August 11, 2001
Tigers take it away
Mike Rabelo went 4-for-4 and Ryan Raburn hit his team-leading fifth home run of the season to lead the Oneonta Tigers to a 9-3 victory over the host Lowell Spinners on Friday night. Andy Yount went 3-for-5 and Don Kelly and Raburn each had two hits. The O-Tigers had 13 hits for the game.
Poor record, injuries place Skinner's future in doubt
Mike Skinner, driver of the No. 31 Lowe's Chevrolet, has got to be feeling like garbage these days. He's been off from work the past four weeks because of injuries suffered at Chicagoland Speedway, and it doesn't appear anyone misses him.
Mental cases of baseball
The Batavia Muckdogs' manager put on a show in the sixth inning of a New York-Penn League game Monday that was probably unprecedented in Damaschke Field history.
Friday, August 10, 2001
Softball team has new coach
The next challenge for new Oneonta State softball coach Denise Marchese will be quite different from her first. Marchese, who built a successful program at St. Joseph's College in Connecticut from the ground up, was named head coach at Oneonta State on Thursday.
Streak spins to an end
The Oneonta Tigers' three-game winning streak came to an end Thursday night with a 2-1 road loss to the Lowell Spinners. With the score tied at 1, the Spinners scored an unearned run in the third inning. Michael Gambino walked to lead off against losing pitcher Preston Larrison (0-2).
AREA SPORTS BRIEFS
The Blue Jays Baseball Organization will play host to its third annual youth baseball tournament today at Neahwa Park.
AREA GOLF
Results Thursday of the Women's Golf Association's Four Ball Tournament at the Oneonta Country Club.
OHS graduate Potterlifts Tremors to title
Oneonta High graduate Jessi Potter helped the TC Tremors to victory in the American Softball Association 18-and-under Northeast Zone qualifier last weekend at Whitehall, Ohio.
Thursday, August 9, 2001
Meyer off to Red-hot start in rookie season
Oneonta State graduate Scott Meyer did not have his name called during the amateur draft in June, but that hasn't stopped the left-hander from starting his professional career in dominant fashion. Meyer, pitching for the Cincinnati Reds' rookie Gulf Coast League team in Sarasota, Fla., has a 4-1 record and a 0.87 earned-run average.
Wednesday, August 8, 2001
O-Tigers spark new streak, win third straight
ONEONTA — The Oneonta Tigers' victory over the Batavia Muckdogs Tuesday was kind of like "Scary Movie 2." The good stuff came in the first few minutes and it was over early. The O-Tigers scored six runs in the second inning and weren't seriously threatened the rest of the way in a 10-4 victory at Damaschke Field.
Puckett goes from ghetto to Hall of Fame
This is why Kirby Puckett reached the National Baseball Hall of Fame. "I broke a lot of things because there wasn't any place to play. We had to play against the wall. "We had our rules down; if the ball hit the other building on the fly (second floor), it's a home run.
AREA SPORTS BRIEFS
Brian Hess and Jim Herring took top honors from the member doubles tournament at Woodhaven Golf Course on Saturday and Sunday. The pair shot a combined 112.
Tuesday, August 7, 2001
Some kids have all the fun
COOPERSTOWN — Fredi Gonzalez may have been the oldest kid at Doubleday Field on Monday. But like all the other kids attending the Hall of Fame Game between the Florida Marlins and the Milwaukee Brewers, Gonzalez, 37, had a tough time scoring autographs.
Hall of Fame Weekend ends with 6-2 victory for Brewers
COOPERSTOWN — Everett Stull put on quite an exhibition at the 55th annual Hall of Fame Game. The right-hander allowed one hit in six innings and went 2-for-3 with a run scored to pace the Milwaukee Brewers to a 6-2 victory over the Florida Marlins on Monday at Doubleday Field.
Area Sports Briefs
The West Oneonta Fire Department will play host to the ninth annual Hughson-Benson Associates/Firemen's Invitational Golf Tournament on Saturday at the Woodhaven Golf Course.
O-Tigers run to second straight victory
ONEONTA — Speedy Juan Francia provided many of the in-game highlights in leading the Oneonta Tigers to their second consecutive walk-off victory.
Monday, August 6, 2001
A great day for thanks
COOPERSTOWN — Bill Mazeroski, Dave Winfield and Kirby Puckett sure have good manners. The three new living members of the Baseball Hall of Fame made sure to say "Thank you" during their induction speeches at Clark Sports Center on Sunday. But they found three distinctly different ways to express it.
Class acts enter Hall
COOPERSTOWN — A picture is worth 781 more words than Bill Mazeroski, but his induction speech Sunday at the Clark Sports Center was priceless. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum inducted four former players — Mazeroski, Dave Winfield, Kirby Puckett and the late Hilton Smith — during its 62nd annual Induction Ceremony.
Mazeroski's speech gives the short of it
COOPERSTOWN —It may take you longer to read Bill Mazeroski's induction speech than it did for the Hall of Famer to give it on Sunday at the Clark Sports Center.
HALL OF FAME QUOTABLES
"Dave Winfield is the greatest Yankee to ever enter the Hall of Fame — as a Padre."
AREA SPORTS BRIEFS
The Oneonta State women's soccer team will present the fifth annual Eastman Associates-Munchkin All-Sport Camp from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. today through Thursday at O-State.
O-Tigers end big skid with 3-2 victory in 10
ONEONTA — Ian Ostlund's superb pitching coupled with a big night at the plate from Andy Yount allowed the Oneonta Tigers to bid farewell to a season-long, six-game losing streak.
Oneonta loses at Doubleday
The Oneonta Tigers hit a season-high four home runs, including two by Jason Knoedler, but lost their sixth consecutive game, 9-7, Saturday to the Auburn Doubledays at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown.
Saturday, August 4, 2001
Big names will draw big crowds
Leave the binoculars at home for Sunday's Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Although an above-average crowd is expected for the Class of 2001, which includes Dave Winfield, Kirby Puckett, Bill Mazeroski and the late Hilton Smith, there should be plenty of spectator-friendly seats at the Clark Sports Center, Hall official Jeff Idelson said.
O-Tigers' latest enemy is not nice to fool
ONEONTA - As if fighting a five-game losing streak wasn't enough, the Oneonta Tigers had to combat another foe Friday: Mother Nature. A 40-minute rain delay interrupted a New York-Penn League game at Damaschke Field, shortly after the O-Tigers took a 3-1 lead over the Williamsport Crosscutters in the second inning of a double-header opener.
Sports Briefs
The city of Oneonta's third annual Roundball Ruckus 3-on-3 basketball tournament will be held Saturday and Sunday at the Dietz Street Parking Lot.
Gwynn, Ripken sure bets for 2007
When Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken Jr. recently announced their retirements at the end of the season, the Hall of Fame ballot for 2007 started to take shape.
Friday, August 3, 2001
O-Tigers fall below .500
ONEONTA — If charity begins at home, then the Oneonta Tigers gave the Williamsport Crosscutters plenty during the second inning at Damaschke Field on Thursday. Four Oneonta errors in the inning essentially gave Williamsport three extra outs, and the Crosscutters cashed in, scoring five times en route to an 8-4 triumph.
Mama Mia! Hamm will appear at Hall
ONEONTA — Mia Hamm will arrive in Oneonta way ahead of schedule. The all-time international soccer scoring leader will be one of the featured players in the National Soccer Hall of Fame's inaugural Hall of Fame Game at 1 p.m. on Oct. 8 at the Wright National Soccer Campus.
Oneonta's season ends with 8-2 loss to Endicott
David Amaro went 3-for-4, with a homer, a triple and four RBIs to lead Endicott Post 82 to an 8-2 victory over Oneonta Post 259 in the losers' bracket final of the District 6 American Legion tournament Thursday at Conlon Field in Binghamton.
Thursday, August 2, 2001
Tigers drop 4th in a row
Steve Checksfield homered for the third straight game as the host Pittsfield Astros swept the three-game series from the Oneonta Tigers with a 7-3 victory Wednesday night. Checksfield, who went 3-for-4, hit a two-run homer off losing pitcher James Gonzales (1-1) in the bottom of the eighth to give the Astros a four-run lead.
Hacksters try to master tour's first major at Delhi
DELHI — The dream always used to begin on the 18th hole at Augusta National. Nicklaus and I are deadlocked and he's got a kick-in for par. I'm staring at a double-breaker from 30 feet for birdie. The gallery is dead silent as I survey the putt from every conceivable angle. Finally, the putt is struck and it's tracking ... tracking ...
AREA SPORTS BRIEFS
The 24th annual Otsego County Golf Amateur Championship will be played at the Oneonta Country Club and Leatherstocking Golf Course on Aug. 18-19.
Oneonta falls in 10 innings
Fernando Rodriguez hit a RBI double in the bottom of the 10th to lift Binghamton over Oneonta, 5-4, in the winner's bracket final of the District 6 Tournament on Wednesday night at Conlon Field.
U.S. women's soccer team to receive Medal of Honor
The 1991 World Champion U.S. Women's National Soccer Team will receive the National Soccer Medal of Honor on Oct. 8 at the 2001 Hall of Fame inductions in Oneonta.
Wednesday, August 1, 2001
Third straight loss a first for O-Tigers
It had to happen sometime. The Oneonta Tigers lost their third straight game for the first time this season as Pittsfield's Mark Obradovich drove in four runs and Russ Rohlicek pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings in the host Astros' 10-1 triumph on Tuesday.
Hartwick Hall taps four to claim honors in 2001
Two former All-American soccer players, a three-sport athlete and a top women's swimmer make up the 2001 induction class for the Hartwick College Athletic Hall of Fame.
