Monday, March 31, 2003
Local players helping rise of O-State baseball
ONEONTA — The nine-game winning streak to open the season in Florida was proof that Oneonta State's baseball program had taken a step forward.
Delhi Tech lacrosse wins big
Delhi Tech
Justin Knapp scored five goals and had four assists in Delhi Tech's 23-4 lacrosse victory over visiting Morrisville on Saturday.
'Wick water polo goes 4-0
Hartwick Roundup
The Hartwick College women's water polo team went 4-0 over the weekend, clinching its third Collegiate Water Polo Association New York Region Championship on Sunday.
O-State roundup
Kristin Powell scored four goals to lead unbeaten Oneonta State to a 16-8 SUNYAC lacrosse victory at Potsdam on Saturday.
Saturday, March 29, 2003
It doesn't get any better
High School Boys Basketball — 2002-03 Daily Star All-Stars
They go together like Butch and Sundance, spaghetti and meatballs, and fairways and greens. To see Cooperstown standouts Jeremy Holmes and Shane Connolly work together on a basketball court is to swear that if one of them started a sentence, the other could finish it.
High school girls basketball
2002-03 Daily Star All-Stars
Shannon Weir's not a kid anymore. The Daily Star named Milford sophomore Weir, the Tri-Valley League's most dominant girls basketball player this past winter, its Player of the Year for the 2002-03 season.
Curse will end for Red Sox
Baseball Column
Making predictions is the stupidest thing a baseball columnist can do. Being an expert on baseball's past does not make you an authority on its future, and predictions can only make you look foolish.
Red Dragons to take on Brockport in baseball
Oneonta State Roundup
The Oneonta State baseball team brings a 10-1 record into Brockport on Saturday at it opens SUNY Athletic Conference play with a double-header.
Afton graduate Kelly hasn't missed a beat
On Campus
The transition from high school to college softball has not been a problem for Afton graduate Kris Kelly. Kelly is hitting .440, including team highs in doubles, home runs and RBIs as a freshman shortstop for Division II Mansfield (Pa.).
Hartwick baseball prevails, 5-3
Hartwick Roundup
Josh Jennings singled home the go-ahead run during a three-run ninth inning that lifted Hartwick College to a 5-3 baseball victory at Hampden-Sydney (Va.) College on Friday.
Friday, March 28, 2003
First big-game experience went down the wrong road
Outdoors Column
As I was filling out my Maine Moose Application, I thought back to my first big game hunt. I've previously told the story of that bear hunt in New Brunswick, Canada. It was a disaster, but it could have been a lot worse.
'Wick baseball loses slugfest, 15-10
Hartwick College Roundup
Senior left fielder Dave McIntosh went 3-for-5, but Hartwick College's baseball team lost, 15-10, Thursday at Lynchburg (Va.) College.
Thursday, March 27, 2003
Freshman sparks O-State victory
Oneonta State Roundup
Freshman Chris Brew's two-out, two-run double to right field in the sixth inning lifted host Oneonta State to a 5-3 victory over Rensselaer on Wednesday.
Hawks down 14th-ranked Rensselaer
Hartwick Roundup
Senior midfielder Ryan Maloney scored a game-high six goals and freshman attackman Mike Debrossy had five assists to lead the Hartwick College men's lacrosse team to an 11-7 victory over 14th-ranked Rensselaer on Wednesday at All-Weather Field.
Broncos rout BCC in lacrosse
Delhi Tech Roundup
Ryan Short had five goals and six assists and Steve Cottiers had five goals and four assists Wednesday as the Broncos won at Hartwick.
Wednesday, March 26, 2003
Builders added to Soccer Hall ballot
North American Soccer League "builders" eligible for induction into the Soccer Hall of Fame this October were added to the final 2003 ballot Tuesday.
State honors Sidney guards
All-State Girls Basketball
Sidney seniors Angela Mirabito and Paula Foote didn't return to Troy this past winter, but they did make it back to the all-state girls basketball teams.
O-State baseball loses first of season
Oneonta State Roundup
Mount St. Mary's scored four runs in the fourth inning on five singles and an error in handing visiting Oneonta State its first loss of the season.
Hartwick softball drops opener
Tracy Wagner's single in the bottom of the ninth inning drove in pinch-runner Brian Awkard with the winning run as Bridgewater College rallied for a 7-6 non-conference victory over Hartwick College on Monday.
Cobleskill track teams seek return to NJCAAs
Coming off the most successful seasons in program history, the SUNY-Cobleskill track and field teams look to return to the NJCAA Division III Championships in 2003.
Tuesday, March 25, 2003
Empire 8 picks two Hartwick men for weekly lacrosse honors
Hartwick College Spring Sports
Hartwick College men's lacrosse players Brett Raboy and Mark Colite earned weekly honors from the Empire 8 Conference and Hartwick College on Monday.
SUNYAC honors two from O-State
Oneonta State Spring Sports
Two Oneonta State athletes received honors from the SUNY Athletic Conference on Monday as senior second baseman Beth Oppenheimer earned player of the week in softball and senior pitcher Rick Vesely got pitcher of the week in baseball.
Area bowling
Joe Ingalls shot a 752 triple to lead all ISD Classic bowlers Wednesday night at Holiday Lanes in Oneonta. Ingalls bowled games of 263, 247 and 242, helping JMF Associates to a sweep of ISD.
Monday, March 24, 2003
Graham wins title with Ephs
NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship
SALEM, Va. (AP) - Sidney graduate Michael Graham scored nine points Saturday for the Williams College men's basketball team, which won the NCAA Division III championship, 67-65, over Gustavus Adolphus.
Big first half propels Hartwick lacrosse
Hartwick Roundup
The Hartwick College men's lacrosse team scored nine goals in the first half en route to a 12-6 victory at St. John Fisher College in Empire 8 Conference play on Saturday afternoon.
O-State women improve to 3-0; men lose
Oneonta State Roundup
Senior Sarah Andrews scored six goals in leading the Oneonta State women's lacrosse team to a 13-7 non-conference victory at Rensselaer on Saturday.
Delhi Tech men cruise past Jefferson, 26-4, in opener
Delhi Tech Roundup
Ryan Short had seven goals and three assists as the Delhi Tech men's lacrosse team opened its season with a 26-4 victory over Jefferson at Hartwick on Saturday.
Saturday, March 22, 2003
Uecker's still juuuuust a bit outside of Hall
Inside The Park — Baseball Column
Bob Uecker, the catcher with a .200 lifetime batting average, is now a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame — at least according to the recent Associated Press release printed around the country:
O-State baseball returns home unscathed
Oneonta State Roundup
Oneonta State's baseball team extended the best start in program history and completed its Florida trip unbeaten after an 8-4 victory over McDaniel College at Cocoa Beach on Friday. The Red Dragons are 9-0.
Hawks' Cramer honored
Hartwick Roundup
Hartwick College senior forward Nate Cramer was named to the D3hoops.com East Region Second Team on Thursday.
Why did the start-finish line cross the track?
Auto Racing Column
While watching last week's Winston Cup race at Darlington, which was won by Ricky Craven's No. 32 Tide car, I couldn't figure out the big deal awhile back about changing the start-finish line from one side of the track to the other.
Players aren't always invincible
Baseball Column
A recurring theme runs through history and literature: The hero, the demigod, slain prematurely.
Friday, March 21, 2003
Grin and bear it: Recent 'sighting' brings back memories
Outdoors Column
A friend told me he had seen a bear cross the Mass Pike the other day. I told him he was nuts; it was probably someone's over-sized German Shepherd.
O-State baseball makes it 8-for-8
O-State Roundup
The Oneonta State baseball team won two more games Thursday in Florida to raise its record to 8-0.
'Wick lacrosse loses
Raina Arnos scored three goals, but the Hartwick women's lacrosse team lost an Empire 8 game to Rensselaer, 13-6, on Thursday at All-Weather Field.
Thursday, March 20, 2003
Sidney grad Hinsch jumps into Lehigh record book
Sidney graduate Lindsay Hinsch set two school records for Lehigh College at the Patriot League Indoor Track championships Feb. 21-23 at Colgate University.
Hartwick victory sweet for 3 reasons
ONEONTA — Hartwick College won its home opener, avenged a late-season loss from last season and beat rival Oneonta State in one sitting Wednesday.
Delhi Tech golf team opens with victory
Vernon Gorgant finished second overall with a 79 as the Delhi Tech men's golf team opened the season with a victory at a tournament in Evandale, Pa.
O-State baseball wins another
Oneonta State Roundup
The Oneonta State baseball team remained undefeated with a 10-4 victory over Mount St. Mary's in Florida on Wednesday.
Wednesday, March 19, 2003
Smile, Eddie's ready for Hall
COOPERSTOWN — A funny thing happened to Eddie Murray on the way to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He turned into Eddie Murphy.
B-G graduate pitches O-State baseball to 8-1 victory in Fla.
Oneonta State Spring Sports
Bainbridge-Guilford graduate Erik Weber allowed one run over five innings in leading Oneonta State's baseball team to an 8-1 victory over Baker University of Kansas on Tuesday.
Hartwick college women's lacrosse
Senior Lindsay Maynard and junior Elizabeth MacNabb scored five goals apiece to lead the 11th-ranked Cortland State to a 19-1 lacrosse victory over visiting Hartwick on Tuesday.
Tuesday, March 18, 2003
Murray does it his way
COOPERSTOWN — Eddie Murray has a style all his own. It is defined as much by 504 home runs and 3,255 hits as by baby-soft words and a super-thick mustache. On Monday, though, it went way beyond all of that. "I'm standing right here and this is the main place to be," Murray said during his first visit to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Sidney's Graham earns third trip to semifinals
Sidney graduate Michael Graham is heading back to the final four. Graham, a 6-foot-2 guard, has helped Williams College of Massachusetts to the NCAA Division III basketball semifinals this weekend at Salem, Va.
Unatego freshman wins girls wrestling title
Unatego freshman Billie Jean Dill won the 110-pound weight class in the United States Girls Wrestling Association Championships at Binghamton High on Sunday.
Hartwick Athletes of the Week
Sprinter Sheri Kelleher and swimmer Julie Landmann were named Co-Hartwick College/McDonald's Athletes of the Week on Monday.
O-State baseball remains perfect
Oneonta State Roundup
Rob Bernstein hit a pinch-hit, three-run homer in the sixth inning to lift the undefeated Oneonta State baseball team past St. Mary's of Maryland, 7-3, on Monday in Cocoa Beach, Fla.
Monday, March 17, 2003
Cooperstown runs out of steam
High School Boys Basketball — Class C State Championship
GLENS FALLS — Cooperstown isn't perfect after all. The Redskins' boys basketball team lost its first game of the season Saturday, 66-59, falling to Buffalo City Honors in the Class C state championship at the Glens Falls Civic Center.
Redskins were one of a kind
High School Basketball Column
GLENS FALLS — Who am I to argue with David Bertram? It wasn't until his 27th game that he experienced a loss as the varsity basketball coach at Cooperstown — that coming in Saturday's Class C state final.
Suffolk County bumps DuPage in NJCAA final; Broncos win
NJCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
Darrin Miller forced a turnover with 10 seconds left and then hit a 3-point field goal at the buzzer Saturday to give Suffolk County Community College a 61-56 men's basketball victory over College of DuPage in the NJCAA Division III Championship at Delhi Tech.
O-State baseball starts season 3-0
O-State Roundup
The Oneonta State baseball team improved to 3-0 with two one-run victories in Florida on Sunday. The Red Dragons beat McDaniel, 3-2, and topped Old Westbury, 4-3.
Hawks' Kelleher earns All-American honors
Hartwick Roundup
Hartwick's Sheri Kelleher earned All-American honors for the second straight year in the 400 meters at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday at DePauw University (Ind.).
Saturday, March 15, 2003
Next please!
High School Boys Basketball — Class C State Semifinal
GLENS FALLS — And so it continues. This season of perfection will last at least another day for Cooperstown's boys, who rallied from a double-digit deficit in the third quarter Friday to defeat Potsdam, 55-51, in a Class C state basketball semifinal.
Broncos lose 2nd game at NJCAAs
Men's Basketball — NJCAA Division III Tournament
Aaron Austin hit two free throws with 7.8 seconds left Friday as Fergus Falls Community College (Minn.) defeated host Delhi Tech, 78-76, in the second round of the NJCAA Division III Tournament for men's basketball.
O-State baseball set for first game
Oneonta State 2003 Baseball Preview
Oneonta State baseball begins its 2003 season at 1 p.m. Saturday against Richard Stockton in Cocoa Beach, Fla.
Red Dragons softball returns key components
Oneonta State 2003 Softball Preview
Oneonta State softball coach Denise Marchese returns all of her top offensive players and the team's best pitcher from 2002, as the Red Dragons prepare to open their 2003 season Sunday against Wheaton College in Fort Meyers, Fla.
City Honors moves on
GLENS FALLS (AP) - Erik Roberson scored 29 points and Micole Parker had 23 points and 10 rebounds as Buffalo City Honors beat Fallsburg, 69-53, Friday in a Class C semifinal at the New York State Boys High School Championships.
'Wick women's lacrosse loses
Hartwick College Women's Lacrosse
Sophomore attacker Carolyn Cherry had four goals and two assists Friday to pace St. Lawrence University to a 10-5 women's lacrosse victory over Hartwick at All-Weather Field.
Cortland considered the team to beat in SUNYAC
SUNYAC Softball Preseason Poll
The Cortland State softball team edged Geneseo in the first SUNY Athletic Conference coaches preseason poll and is the coaches' choice to win the 2003 regular-season title.
Friday, March 14, 2003
Delhi dunked in 1st round
NJCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
DELHI — Playing before a home crowd more than 2,000 miles away from his hometown, Richland College senior point guard Jarmaine Byrd could have succumbed to the pressure. He didn't.
Redskins in state of semi bliss
High School Boys Basketball — Class C State Semifinal Preview
Cooperstown senior guard Jeremy Holmes went to the boys basketball state tournament in 2000 to watch cousin Luke Graham play for Section Three's Hamilton.
Cooperstown undercover
High School Boys Basketball — Class C State Semifinals
COOPERSTOWN — It's like a book that has a cute Dr. Seuss picture on the cover and a gruesome Stephen King novel inside. Or a box of chocolates that looks yummy on the outside but turns out to be ulcer-inducing.
NJCAA Division III men's basketball tournament capsules
Brookdale (N.J.) Community College narrowed a 10-point deficit to one in the final 1 minute, 12 seconds, but lost to Suffolk CC, 78-75, in an NJCAA Division III basketball quarterfinal Thursday at Delhi Tech.
Oneonta State lacrosse
Oneonta State's men will play their home opener in lacrosse against Union at 1 p.m. Saturday. The Red Dragons (1-3) lost at Hamilton, 10-9, on Thursday. The Continentals scored the winning goal with two seconds left in regulation.
Diaries dear to angling program
Outdoors Column
For the last three years, the Fisheries Department of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has run a program with the cooperation of anglers in this area. The Angler Diary Program began on Otsego Lake but was expanded to include the tailwater regions of the Delaware River system.
Thursday, March 13, 2003
McIntyre crossing street to Hartwick
Why did Hartwick College graduate Ian McIntyre cross West Street? To get his dream job. "I wasn't looking for a job," said McIntyre, who left Oneonta State to become head coach of Hartwick's Division I men's soccer program, the school announced Wednesday.
Broncos in hunt for title at nationals
NJCAA Basketball Preview
For the third consecutive season, Delhi Tech finds itself three victories from an NJCAA Division III men's basketball title. The Broncos (29-4), who are playing host to the tournament for the 13th straight year, begin play in the eight-team tournament at 8 tonight against Richland College of Dallas, Texas.
O-State women's lacrosse rolls, 21-5
Oneonta State Roundup
The Oneonta State women's lacrosse team defeated visiting Utica College, 21-5, in a non-conference game Wednesday.
Hawks women prevail
Emily Dark had three goals and an assist to lead the Hartwick College women's lacrosse team to a 10-9 victory over Oswego State on Wednesday.
Wednesday, March 12, 2003
Soccer Hall to choose from 27 NASL members
National Soccer Hall Of Fame Inductions
The National Soccer Hall of Fame announced 27 finalists Tuesday for its 2003 Induction Ceremony, which will be dedicated to the North American Soccer League.
Cooperstown boys can cement place in history this weekend
High School Boys Basketball Column By Dean Russin
Now the real fun begins for the undefeated Cooperstown boys basketball team. The Redskins' 61-58 overtime defeat of Seton Catholic Central last Saturday at Binghamton University earned them much more than a spot in the Class C state semifinals this weekend.
Hartwick lacrosse
Ryan Maloney, Mike Debrossy and Brian Prescott scored four goals apiece as the Hartwick lacrosse team won its season opener, 14-9, at Scranton on Tuesday.
Oneonta State lacrosse
Oneonta State women's lacrosse plays host to Utica College at 4 p.m. today in its home opener.
Cobleskill
SUNY-Cobleskill men's basketball players Chris Holmes and Prince Jackson earned NJCAA All-Region III honors by the region's coaches.
Tuesday, March 11, 2003
Mattingly bright spot for SBU
On Campus
Courtney Mattingly (Bainbridge-Guilford) scored 11 points in her final collegiate game for the St. Bonaventure women's basketball team, which lost to Richmond, 58-43, in the opening round of the Atlantic-10 Tournament on Thursday.
Mumbulo provided another great Bainbridge memory
High School Wrestling — State Championships Commentary
SYRACUSE — Memory Lane winds many places at different times. Saturday night, it meandered once again between Bainbridge and Syracuse.
Four players earn honors
Oneonta State Sports
Oneonta State wrestlers Greg Winn and younger brother Dustin Winn, from Bainbridge, earned Scholar All-American honors from the NCAA Division III Wrestling Coaches Association, the college announced Monday.
'Wick swimmers All-Conference
Hartwick College Sports
Hartwick College's Gayle Gregory and Julie Landmann were named to the Empire 8 All-Conference Swimming and Diving Team for their performances at the state championships, the college announced Monday.
Monday, March 10, 2003
Skins sink Seton CC
High School Boys Basketball — Class C State Quarterfinal
VESTAL — At least one game, and possibly two, remain in this dream basketball season for Cooperstown's boys. It's unlikely, though, that the Redskins will feel the same jubilation that accompanied Saturday's dramatic 61-58 overtime victory over Seton Catholic Central in a Class C state quarterfinal.
Eagles fall to Faith in D quarters
High School Boys Basketball — Class D State Quarterfinals
ONEONTA — Watching Kyle Emerich with or without the ball is a lesson in versatility. Watching Kyle Emerich with four fouls is a different story.
Mumbulo wins it all at states
High School Wrestling — State Championships
SYRACUSE — Brotherly love only goes so far. That's why Bainbridge-Guilford/Afton junior Tyler Mumbulo couldn't resist the chance to one-up older sibling Nate on Saturday night at the Onondaga County War Memorial.
Red Dragon wrestling club begins Tuesday
The Red Dragon Wrestling Club will start at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the wrestling room of Oneonta State's Chase Physical Education Building.
Hartwick water polo goes 4-0
Hartwick Roundup
The 14th-ranked Hartwick College women's water polo team won all four of its games over the weekend and remained undefeated in CWPA New York Region competition with a 20-3 victory over host Utica College on Sunday.
Women's relay team qualifies for NCAAs
Oneonta State Roundup
Not bad for a first season. The Oneonta State women's distance medley team had an NCAA-qualifying performance at the ECAC Championships at Tufts University on Friday night.
Delhi Tech's Wood sounding like broken record
Junior College Roundup
Delhi Tech's Justin Wood continues to outdo himself. Wood (Walton) broke the school record — twice — at the NJCAA Track and Field Championships over the weekend at Southern Illinois University.
Sidney's Haney places second at state meet
High School Indoor Track
Three area athletes placed in the top 10 at Saturday's indoor track and field state championships in Syracuse.
Oxford girls determine fate of RS
High School Girls Basketball — Class D State Quarterfinal
ONEONTA — The Richfield Springs girls seemed determined not to let Oxford's Sara Chrystie defeat them with the final shot Saturday. Maybe a little too determined.
Redskins had right timeout in right place
High School Boys Basketball — Class C State Quarterfinal
VESTAL — A good coach knows how to use a timeout, not just when to call one. Just look at Cooperstown's boys basketball team, on its heels and taking a beating from Seton Catholic Central early in the second quarter of Saturday's Class C state quarterfinal at Binghamton University.
Saturday, March 8, 2003
Anticipation makes wait worth while
High School Boys Basketball Column
I witnessed the true meaning of anticipation the past couple weeks through the eyes of my 5-year-old son. His birthday was Thursday, but the days leading up to it carried almost as much excitement as the day itself.
Redskins to hit another heavyweight
High School Boys Basketball — Class C State Quarterfinal Preview
In one corner sits fidgety Cooperstown — a mile-a-minute squad that hasn't slowed down for any of its 24 victories. The other corner features the calmness of Seton Catholic Central (22-2) — a fundamental team built around discipline and defense.
Eagles, Saints lived season on a prayer
High School Boys Basketball — Class D State Quarterfinals
Last year, Downsville and Faith Heritage entered their state Class D quarterfinal with perfect records and had state championship aspirations. But the teams combined to lose 10 players from a year ago — nine by graduation, one to transfer — and didn't figure to be anywhere close to this position this season.
B-G/A has 2 reach semis
High School Wrestling — State Championships
SYRACUSE — Two area wrestlers are down, but there's still two to go in the state high school tournament at the Onondaga County War Memorial.
O-State's winn takes one at nationals
Oneonta State Wrestling — Ncaa Division III Championships
Oneonta State's Dustin Winn won once and lost twice at Friday's NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships at Ohio Northern University.
Hartwick women to open lacrosse season
Harwick College Women's Lacrosse
With six returning starters, Caddie Knight has talent to work with in her second season as head coach of the Hartwick College women's lacrosse team.
Triple-header at Hartwick on Saturday
Women's Water Polo
Do you know the way to Moyer Pool? The Hartwick women's water polo team probably does, but don't be too sure. With the 2003 season about halfway through, the Hawks will have their first — and only — home meet of the season this weekend, a triple-header with Iona, Wagner and Utica at Moyer.
Hawks pick a fine time to fine tune with home meet
Women's Water Polo
With a home meet this weekend and no tournaments for three weeks, the Hartwick women's water polo team will have plenty of time to fine tune its game.
Labonte looks to new pit chief for leadership
Auto Racing Column
Bobby Labonte probably is going to find out this season or next whether he can recapture the winning magic the way Jeff Gordon did in the 24 car after winning a championship and then changing crew chiefs.
Dante's sweeps in ISD
Area Bowling
First-place Dante's Pizzeria swept LL Dog on Feb. 26 in the ISD Classic at Holiday Lanes in Oneonta. Rich Fink threw a 710 series and Bill Walker had a 644 set for the winners. Greg Muehl rolled a 718 series for LL Dog.
Walton graduate leads Delhi to school record
College Indoor Track
Justin Wood led Delhi Tech's distance medley relay team to a school-record time at the NJCAA Indoor Track and Field National Championships on Friday in Carbondale, Ill.
Friday, March 7, 2003
Four area wrestlers hit state mats today
High School Wrestling — State Championships Preview
It's the kind of information that'll be about as significant as the color of their shoes once wrestling starts at 1 today at the Onondaga County War Memorial — the stuff one might hear in the Did You Know segment of SportsCenter.
Redskins: So good, it's ridiculous
High School Boys Basketball Column
So Cousin Larry is getting hit with his third or fourth, "Well, of course not. Don't be ridikilus," from Balki as I'm wiping down the kitchen countertop in the wee-wee hours Thursday.
Steelhead fishing heats up winter
Outdoors Column
Within the snow-choked banks of the mighty river, the cold water flows an abundance of lake-run rainbows that fill the pools.
O-State women in semifinal Saturday
Oneonta State Weekend Preview
Oneonta State will continue its women's basketball postseason Saturday at Geneseo, when the Red Dragons meet Rensselaer at 4 p.m. in an Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III Upstate New York Tournament semifinal.
Thursday, March 6, 2003
There's no sophomore jinx for O-State's Winn
ONEONTA — Dustin Winn bleeds wrestling. This weekend, he'll have a chance to prove it when the Oneonta State sophomore competes at 149 pounds in the NCAA Division III Championships at Ohio Northern University.
Redskins win sectional title
Section Three Class C Championship
ROME - Cooperstown teachers rest assured, Shane Connolly may daydream once in a while, but he's not wasting time. He's visualizing. Connolly converted four consecutive one-and-one free throw opportunities in the last 39.3 seconds Wednesday night at Rome Free Academy, capping a 51-47 victory for the undefeated Cooperstown boys basketball team in the Section Three Class C Championship against Onondaga.
O-State women's basketball prevails
Oneonta State's Melissa Donohue scored the winning basket with eight seconds left to lift the seventh-seeded Red Dragons to a 68-66 upset of second-seeded Union in the first round of the ECAC Tournament on Wednesday.
Hartwick lacrosse set to open season
The Hartwick College men's lacrosse team might have lost a wealth of talent from last year's team, but the cupboard is by no means bare.
Wednesday, March 5, 2003
Redskins guarding unbeaten season tonight
High School Boys Basketball — Section Three Class C Championship Preview
Potentially, 10-point leads could come and go quicker than New York City cab drivers at LaGuardia. Additionally, the 35-second shot clock probably will be about as useful as a quarter in a dollar store.
Oneonta can't solve Red Hook
High School Boys Basketball — Class B State Regional
VESTAL — The last three seasons, Oneonta High's defensive game plan has been simple: If someone starts scoring in bunches, just stick Geoff Bean on him. Problem solved. For perhaps the first time in that stretch, the problem got worse.
High school volleyball
Mac Exceptional Seniors
Unatego's Marcia Kafchinski had eight assists, 13 service points and two aces in leading Division I to a 25-17, 25-13, 25-27, 19-25, 25-14 victory over Division II in the Midstate Athletic Conference Exceptional Senior match Monday at Unatego.
Tuesday, March 4, 2003
OHS' foe is eerily familiar
Six years ago to the day, Oneonta High's boys basketball team played a Red Hook team led by a player named Nero in a state Class B first-round game.
O-State women earn ECAC berth
Area College Roundup
There Oneonta State women's basketball season isn't over, after all. The Red Dragons earned a spot in the ECAC Div. III Upstate New York Tournament on Monday. O-State (13-13) was selected as the seventh seed and will play at No. 2 Union College (22-4) at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
Monday, March 3, 2003
Milford runs out of steam
High School Girls Basketball — Section Four Class D Championship
BINGHAMTON — Top-seeded Milford brought a spotless record and the best player of the bunch into Saturday's Section Four Class D girls basketball championship at the Broome County Arena.
Redskins cut down Mounties
High School Boys Basketball — Section Three Class C-1 Championship
SYRACUSE — So basketball's a big man's game, huh? Cooperstown's boys proved Sunday there's still room for average-sized athletes as long as they're aggressive, scrappy, team-oriented, fleet-footed and competitive.
Delhi men win title
NJCAA Division III Region III Basketball
Delhi Tech won the NJCAA Division III Region III Men's Basketball Tournament with a 51-46 victory Sunday over Mohawk Valley Community College at SUNY-Cobleskill.
Eagles soaring atop Class D again
BINGHAMTON — A hellish fourth quarter didn't prevent the Downsville boys from reaching the promised land once again Saturday.
Records fall for Hartwick track
Hartwick Roundup
Sheri Kelleher, Renata Williams and the women's 1,600-meter relay team all broke conference records and led the Hartwick College women's indoor track and field team to a fourth-place finish at the New York State Collegiate Track Conference Indoor Championships on Friday and Saturday at St. Lawrence University.
Unatego volleyball wins title
High School Roundup
Danielle Reed had 10 kills and 12 blocks as Unatego won its first Class D intersectional title with a 25-19, 25-22, 17-25, 25-16 victory at Onondaga CC.
O-State relays excel again
Oneonta State Roundup
Oneonta State's distance medley relay team of Rose Velan, Ashlee Robertson, Jen Macri and Kelly Stevens won in a school-record time at Friday's NYU Invitational.
Saturday, March 1, 2003
B-G girls to try to march past Saints
High School Girls Basketball Preview — Section Four Class C Championship
BINGHAMTON — Get to the drawing board before Saturday's Section Four Class C Championship in girls basketball. There's a pretty good chance somebody will be using it when No. 2 seed Bainbridge-Guilford meets top-seeded Seton Catholic Central.
Big game for Cooperstown
High School Boys Basketball Preview — Section Four Class C-1 Championship
To win the Section Three Class C-1 crown Sunday, Cooperstown's undefeated boys basketball team will have to come up big. The Redskins (22-0) really have no choice.
Unbeaten Milford hits final on a roll
High School Girls Basketball — Section Four Class D Championship
Milford girls basketball coach Jim Weir described his team's play for a majority of this 22-0 campaign as "footloose and fancy free." But with one victory separating the Wildcats from their first sectional title since 1998, Weir said his squad has turned it up a notch in sectionals and is playing its best basketball of the season.
Oneonta boys win B crown
High School Boys Basketball — Section Four Class B Championship
BINGHAMTON — Oneonta High gave itself a chance at redemption Friday and made the most of it. With standouts Mike Konstanty and Geoff Bean combining for 35 points and 24 rebounds, and a highly effective 3-2 zone, the Yellowjackets won the Section Four Class B title game, 51-36, over top-seeded Corning West at the Broome County Arena.
Two-time defending champ Downsville boys to play surging Afton at B.C. Arena on Saturday
High School Boys Basketball Preview — Section Four Class D Championship
It would have been an absurd prediction before the 2002-03 boys basketball season. To think that an Afton team coming off a four-victory season and a Downsville squad that lost three key starters from a 23-1 team would meet the next winter for the Section Four Class D title appeared to be a longshot.
Hamilton column will be missed
Guest Commentary
I'm going through a withdrawal of sorts. Two weekends ago marked the first time in a number of years I haven't read "Talkin' Baseball" on a Sunday morning after Church. I understand that long-time Daily Star contributor Jim Hamilton will no longer write his column because of health problems.
Championship not all that's driving veteran Martin
Auto Racing Column
For the most part, Winston Cup drivers are polite to a fault. There are the occasional Tony Stewart outbursts, terse remarks by a hothead who was just spun out by Jimmy Spencer or Jack Sprague, and then there was Mark Martin the other day. At least it seemed clipped by his cordial standards.
Water polo at Indiana; swimmers at state meet
Hartwick College Sports Roundup
The 12th-ranked Hartwick College women's water polo team travels to Indiana University for two games this weekend in the sixth annual Indiana Invitational.
