Friday, October 31, 2003
Hunting mistakes can be costly
Outdoors Column
"The cabin's a little rustic, but you're more than welcome to use it," Danny said. He had warned me, I guess.
Edmeston wins, 5-2
High School Boys Soccer — Section Four Class D Semifinal
EDMESTON — Downsville had nothing left Thursday in a Section Four Class D boys soccer semifinal.
Rams move on to finals
High School Boys Soccer — Section Four Class D Semifinal
KORTRIGHT — After the Delaware League Championship game 10 days ago, Windham coach Jim Adair said if either his team or South Kortright could put a full game together against one another, the opponent could be in trouble.
Four area runners qualify for state cross country meet
High School Cross Country — Section Four Championships
Four area runners qualified for the state meet in the Section Four Cross Country Championships on Thursday at Chennago Valley State Park.
Cooperstown boys fall in semi, 8-0
High School Boys Soccer — Section Three Class C Semifinal
Cooperstown took perhaps the biggest boys soccer pounding in school history Tuesday, falling to Manlius-Pebble Hill in a Section Three Class C semifinal at Proctor High, 8-0.
Thursday, October 30, 2003
Class D girls final unlikely combo
Kicking Back Soccer Column
Raise your hand if you predicted Worcester vs. Hunter-Tannersville for the Section Four Class D girls soccer title.
O-State routs 'Wick
Area College Roundup
Five players scored and freshman goalie Jami Leibering earned her first shutout as visiting Oneonta State beat Hartwick College, 5-0, Wednesday in non-conference women's soccer game at Elmore Field.
Boys semis postponed
Wednesday's Section Four Class D boys soccer semifinals were postponed until today because of rain.
Wednesday, October 29, 2003
Christman to join Tigers family
Minor League Baseball
ONEONTA — Oneonta native Tim Christman will sign a Triple-A baseball contract with the Detroit Tigers this week, the 28-year-old left-hander said Tuesday.
Hoover equals respect
At The Half — High School Football Column
My brother went to Walton on Saturday to watch the Warriors' 30-20 Section Four Class C quarterfinal football loss to Unatego.
Spartans win, 2-0, take aim at final
High School Girls Soccer — Section Four Class C Semifinal
BAINBRIDGE — Defender Calli Jo Sheldon made it sound about as difficult as tying shoes.
Worcester a cut above G-MU
High School Girls Soccer — Section Four Class D Semifinal
GILBERTSVILLE — If advancing to the sectional finals wasn't enough motivation, the Worcester girls soccer team had some extra incentive Tuesday.
H-T girls advance
High School Girls Soccer — Section Four Class D Semifinal
Caitrie Santicola scored an unassisted goal Tuesday to lead host Hunter-Tannersville to a 1-0 girls soccer victory over Laurens in a Section Four Class D semifinal.
Amoako lifts Red Dragons
Oneonta State Men's Soccer
Jme Amoako's first-half goal held up as the Oneonta State men's soccer team defeated host Cornell, 1-0, in a non-conference game Tuesday.
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
Sectional tournaments continue today
Sectional tournaments continue today with quarterfinals in girls soccer, semifinals in field hockey and a Class C semifinal for the Cooperstown boys soccer team.
'Wick men to play at Fairfield
Hartwick Sports Roundup
The 17th-ranked Hartwick College men's soccer team plays a non-conference match at Fairfield University at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Monday, October 27, 2003
MLS will never be as good as the NASL
National Soccer Hall Of Fame Column
ONEONTA — I can speak for most 24-year-olds when I say I never saw a North American Soccer League game.
That '70s show on display at Hall
2003 National Soccer Hall Of Fame Inductions
ONEONTA — The National Soccer Hall of Fame partied like it was the 1970s Saturday night.
Spartans conquer top seed Walton
High School Football — Section Four Class C Quarterfinal
WALTON — The teams were as contrasting as their feature running backs.
Hawks thumped, 52-7
Hartwick Roundup
Quarterback Dan Cole threw three touchdown passes and Rensselaer's defense caused 11 turnovers in a 52-7 rout of the Hawks at All-Weather Field.
O-State women's soccer falls, 2-1
Oneonta State Roundup
An old nemesis handed the Oneonta State women's soccer team its first loss of the season Saturday.
Wood finishes first as Delhi wins title
Junior Colleges
Delhi Tech runner Justin Wood earned a berth in the NJCAA national cross country championships as the Walton graduate finished first among 69 runners at the Region III meet at the Delhi College Golf Course Saturday.
Downsville blitzes Laurens in quarterfinal, 5-0
High School Boys Soccer — Section Four Class D Quarterfinal
DOWNSVILLE — Saturday's outlook didn't call for flurries, but one hit the Laurens boys soccer team hard in a Section Four Class D quarterfinal.
Rams top G-MU, 2-0
High School Sports
Jon Paczkowski scored twice Saturday to lead second-seeded host South Kortright past No. 7 Gilbertsville-Mount Upton, 2-0, in a Section Four Class D soccer quarterfinal.
Delhi football stuns Moravia; B-G/A falls to Forks
High School Football
So much for seeds. Seventh-seeded Delhi, behind 225 rushing yards from Matt Oliver, rallied from a 14-point deficit to win at No. 2 seed Moravia, 40-20, Saturday in a Section Four Class C football quarterfinal.
Saturday, October 25, 2003
Hall to honor NASL
National Soccer Hall Of Fame Inductions
Before Major League Soccer, there was the North American Soccer League. On Saturday, almost 20 years after the final NASL game was played, the National Soccer Hall of Fame will welcome 16 players and builders from the NASL during its annual Induction Ceremony.
H-T girls beat No. 1
High School Girls Soccer — Section Four Class D Quarterfinal
Davenport lost just about everything Friday in a Section Four Class D girls soccer quarterfinal.
Sidney wins first playoff game
High School Football — Section Four Class C Quarterfinal
SIDNEY — Sidney overcame a lot Friday night en route to winning a Section Four Class C playoff game for the first time in school history.
Jackets seeing purple after beating Sidney, 3-1
High School Girls Soccer — Secton Four Class B Semifinal
ONEONTA — It didn't take long for the "D-word" to come up following Oneonta High's 3-1 sectional semifinal soccer victory over Sidney on Friday.
The smart money
What's the life expectancy of a voodoo yarn doll, anyway?
Talbot leads G-MU to 4-2 victory
High School Girls Soccer — Section Four Class D Quarterfinal
GILBERTSVILLE — Milford lost its grip on Jessica Talbot and Gilbertsville-Mount Upton during the Section Four Class D quarterfinals Friday.
Unatego girls start slow, win in OT
High School Girls Soccer — Section Four Class C Quarterfinal
ONEONTA — After being off for two weeks, the Unatego girls soccer team got off to a slow start on Friday.
Victor leads Hawks
Hartwick Men's Soccer
Senior midfielder Greg Victor scored 3 minutes into the first overtime Friday to give Hartwick College a 2-1 victory over host Philadelphia University in the Atlantic Soccer Conference.
Undermanned OHS football falls, 12-0
NORWICH — For the Oneonta High School football team, Friday night's game at Division III champion Norwich was a series of what-ifs.
Newman's streak should be rewarded by NASCAR
The Inside Track Column
Too bad there's not a wild card in NASCAR like there is in all major team sports. That way Ryan Newman's remarkable surge the past five months could be rewarded with a driving championship.
Major awards mean another baseball season is in the books
Inside The Park — Baseball Column
The baseball season is down to its last two days, leaving us one-sport fans the prospect of "The Void," the five long months — November through March — between the conclusion of one season and the beginning of the next.
Friday, October 24, 2003
Education of bucks continues
Outdoors Column
This is an exciting time of the year in the woods and forests. There is a restlessness in the air as the hints of winter creep quietly over the meadows and hills.
A Level All His Own
Watching Tosh DeMulder carry a football is to swear the young man could type 70 words a minute with his feet.
Unatego cross country sweeps MACs
High School Roundup
Unatego's boys and girls cross-country teams each won titles in the Midstate Athletic Conference Championship on Thursday at Otego Elementary School.
Hawks aiming to engineer big upset
Hartwick Football
The Hartwick College football team plays host to undefeated Rensselaer at 1 p.m. Saturday on All-Weather Field.
Thursday, October 23, 2003
Eagles play it by ear
High School Boys Soccer — Section Four Class D Tournament
DOWNSVILLE — Brett Reed made some noise Wednesday for the Downsville boys soccer team.
Sidney boys finished in OT
High School Boys Soccer — Sectional Tournaments
Sidney coach Steve Hornung said before sectionals that getting through the Section Four Class C bracket would be a "real brawl."
O-State, D-I Fairleigh Dickinson make Velan's final four
Kicking Back — High School Soccer Column
Mary Velan's spot in Section Four history is secure: The Stamford senior can be considered one of the best offensive players to ever pass through this area.
Cobleskill cross country coach wins MVC award
Junior Colleges
SUNY-Cobleskill cross country coach Mitch Tomaszkiewicz earned Women's Coach of the Year honors from the Mountain Valley Conference earlier this week.
Oneonta grad honored by conference
On campus
Oneonta High graduate Erinn Sosa, a senior at Johns Hopkins, was named to the Centennial Conference's weekly honor roll last week.
Soccer Hall of Fame tickets
Tickets for the 2003 National Soccer Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and the NASL Festival are available to the public.
Wednesday, October 22, 2003
Class C playoffs feature great 8
At The Half — High School Football Column
This might be the most intriguing and unpredictable Section Four Class C playoff picture ever.
Patriots bump off Devils, 1-0
High School Girls Soccer — Section Four Class D Tournament
CHERRYVALLEY—Bethany Garretson had just enough Tuesday to send the Cherry Valley-Springfield girls soccer team to the Section Four Class D quarterfinals.
Velan era ends as Stamford falls to H-T, 3-1
High School Girls Soccer — Section Four Class D Tournament
STAMFORD — The scoreboard said senior Mary Velan walked off the field a loser. But in so many other ways, she left Stamford's Archibald Field a winner.
'Wick soccer cooks Colgate, 2-1
Hartwick College Sports
The 20th-ranked Hartwick College men's soccer team received two goals from freshman defender Craig Potter in a 2-1 victory at Colgate University on Tuesday.
Delhi Tech men advance on pks
Junior College Soccer
After a scoreless tie with visiting Morrisville, Sherdon Smith helped Delhi Tech advance in a Region III men's soccer quarterfinal by converting the decisive shot in a penalty kick round Tuesday.
O-State field hockey wins seventh straight game
Oneonta State Sports
Senior Jess Keller scored in the ninth minute of the first overtime Tuesday to lift host Oneonta State to a 4-3 field hockey victory over non-conference foe Hamilton College.
Laurens clips No. 4 Downville; Sidney wins
High School Girls Soccer — Section Four Tournaments
Laurens grabbed what could be the biggest upset of the Section Four Class D girls soccer tournament Tuesday.
Tuesday, October 21, 2003
Hawks men at Colgate tonight
The 20th-ranked Hartwick College men's soccer team will travel for a non-conference match at Colgate University at 7 tonight.
Men's goalie, setter receive league honors
Oneonta State Sports
Oneonta State men's goalie Jack Potter and women's volleyball player Lacey Musso received honors from their respective conferences Monday.
DeMulder runs down Seton as Unatego clinches
High School Football
ONEONTA — To see Tosh DeMulder's gaudy statistics, one might think Unatego's offense is DeMulder right, DeMulder left and DeMulder up the middle.
Stingy Edmeston wins title, 1-0
ONEONTA - The Edmeston boys soccer team didn't persevere through a 17-game regular season to share the Tri-Valley League title.
Walton shakes down Tioga, earns top seed
High School Football
BINGHAMTON — The self-destructive play that doomed Walton in its loss to Sidney a week ago re-surfaced early against Tioga on Saturday.
G-MU girls keep rolling, win T-V
High School Girls Soccer
ONEONTA - When it's all said and done, Jessica Talbot is going to have quite the high school soccer scrapbook.
Delaware League girls final is all Davenport
High School Girls Soccer
DELHI — It took a minute and 44 seconds for Davenport to take control against Gilboa in the Delaware League girls' soccer championship Saturday at Legion Field in Delhi.
Saturday, October 18, 2003
Hartwick goalie gets reinstated
College Men's Soccer
The NCAA cleared Hartwick College freshman goalie Josh Wagenaar to play in Saturday's Atlantic Soccer Conference men's game at Oneonta State, Hartwick director of communications Rob Clark said Friday.
OHS wins STAC title
High School Girls Soccer
ENDICOTT — Junior Theresa Kabat became Oneonta High's equivalent of former New York Yankee Bucky Dent on Friday.
Oneonta football hurting after 28-6 loss
High School Football
ONEONTA — Every time Oneonta's Mike Konstanty or Andrew Brown attempted to pass the football, Whitney Point's Christopher Hand was there to cause trouble for the Yellowjackets.
SK, Windham boys one for the scouts
Delaware League Soccer Championships
South Kortright and Windham can give their scouts the day off Saturday as a preview of potential Section Four Class D boys soccer semifinalists will start at 2 p.m. at the Delhi Legion Field.
Area bowling
David Elliot threw a 727 series as Dante's Pizzeria beat first-place U-Page, 18-6, Oct. 13 in the Michelob Light Classic at Holiday Lanes.
O-State volleyball wins two
The Oneonta State women's volleyball team won two matches Friday at the Oswego Invitational.
B-G/A's George is scary good in rout of Sidney
High School Football
SIDNEY — It's not Halloween yet, but Bainbridge-Guilford/Afton's Garrett George proved to be a monster in the Bears stunning 42-6 victory Friday night over host Sidney.
Cooperstown prevails, 3-0
High School Sports
Bryant Rosen and Reid Snyder combined for a shutout in goal Friday as Cooperstown won a Center State Conference boys soccer match at Sauquoit, 3-0.
The smart money
Last Monday there was no way I was going to go to bed early again, especially since I had fake money riding on the Rams-Falcons outcome. No way was I going to miss another miracle comeback and be the odd man out at the water cooler.
Friday, October 17, 2003
'Wick vs. O-State has ingredients of classic meeting
Men's College Soccer
Pick your favorite storyline. • Maybe you like the fact that Hartwick College graduate Ian McIntyre left Oneonta State after four years as soccer coach to take the same job at his alma mater in January.
U-E last obstacle in STAC for Oneonta
The fact that none of the players on Oneonta High's girls soccer team were alive when the Yellowjackets last won a Southern Tier Athletic Conference title hardly seems to matter.
Velan scores five more goals
High School Soccer Roundup
Suddenly, matching last season's goal total doesn't seem like a longshot for Stamford's Mary Velan.
Salmon are elusive bunch, but they're worth the risk
Outdoors Column
The first run of the mighty fish was over 100 yards straight down river. The reel screamed as the line was ripped from the spool. The graphite rod was bent to its max in an attempt to slow the powerful king salmon, but nothing was going to stop its desire to escape.
OHS swim team falls to JC
High School Roundup
Liz Willis had two individual victories and swam a leg on Oneonta's winning 200-yard medley relay team, but the Yellowjackets lost to visiting Johnson City, 114-72, Thursday.
O-State Hall to induct seven
Oneonta State Weekend Preview
Seven members will be inducted into the Oneonta State Athletic Hall of Fame at 10 a.m. Saturday in Alumni Field House.
Thursday, October 16, 2003
Devils' Palen a class act until end
Kicking Back Column
Soccer won't be the same next year. After 33 extraordinary years, Margaretville boys coach Pete Palen said he's retiring.
High school field hockey
Meghan Sittler scored off Susan Clark's penalty corner with 18 minutes, 49 seconds remaining in the first half Wednesday to lift host Cooperstown to a 1-0 Center State Conference field hockey victory.
Wednesday, October 15, 2003
Hoover blames self for big fall
At The Half — High School Football Column
Sept. 23, 1995. That was the last time a team scored 40 points against Walton and the last time the Warriors lost a division game before Saturday's 44-38 setback against Sidney.
Zeroes across for Worcester, Milford girls
WORCESTER — Milford and Worcester will have some unfinished business should the two girls soccer teams meet during the upcoming Section Four Class D Tournament.
Cooperstown girls celebrate Valentines' Day
High School Sports
Michelle Valentine scored Tuesday off an assist from sister Alissa in the second half as the Cooperstown girls soccer team beat Canastota in the Center State Conference, 1-0.
Tuesday, October 14, 2003
Hawks nip Army on Ruiz goal
Hartwick College Sports
Junior midfielder Edwin Ruiz scored in the 49th minute Monday to lift the 17th-ranked Hartwick College men's soccer team to a 1-0 victory over Army at Elmore Field.
O-State keeper honored
Oneonta State Sports
Oneonta State junior goalkeeper Kelli Mohr earned SUNY Athletic Conference Player of the Week honors in field hockey Monday.
Hartwick tennis team places sixth
Hartwick College Sports
Second-seeded Ithaca College defeated top-seeded Nazareth College, 7-2, to win the Empire 8 women's tennis championship Sunday at Nazareth College.
Late high school sports roundup
Oneonta High runners Tom Vogler and Alex Vogler, and Richfield Springs' Mark McCoskey finished in the top 10 in their respective divisions Saturday at Cobleskill.
Monday, October 13, 2003
Walton run is history
High School Football
WALTON — Walton's seven-year stranglehold on the Division V championship came to a screeching halt Saturday against Sidney at Jim Hoover Field.
Sidney boys fall to Greene in OT
High School Boys Soccer
SIDNEY — Thirty-two seconds. That's all that separated the Sidney boys soccer team from a highly redemptive victory over Greene on Saturday night and a share of the Midstate Athletic Conference crown.
Yellowjackets win second straight
High school football
CONKLIN — It wasn't so much who carried the football for Oneonta High on Saturday, but where the Jackets carried it.
Oneonta's Gallusser scores vs. FIU
Oneonta State Sports
Oneonta High graduate Jeff Gallusser scored the first goal Sunday in Oneonta State's 1-1 men's soccer tie with Florida International at Red Dragon Field.
Hartwick roundup
Alfred University blew open a 7-6 halftime lead by scoring on its first five possessions of the second half as the Saxons blew out the visiting Hawks, 41-6, at Merrill Field.
DeMulder joins 3,000 club; Unatego wins, 38-7\
Senior running back Tosh DeMulder had 123 yards rushing and scored twice to lead Unatego over Harpursville, 38-7, Section Four Football Conference Division VIII game at Hartwick on Saturday.
High school roundup
Brad Belden had his third multiple-goal game this season, scoring twice to lead Edmeston to its eighth straight victory Saturday, over visiting Franklin, 3-0.
Saturday, October 11, 2003
Hawks lose game, players may be next
ONEONTA — Hartwick had every excuse it needed to cover a 4-2 men's soccer loss Friday night to Florida International in an Atlantic Soccer Conference opener at Elmore Field.
Canadian pro league at center at controversy
ONEONTA — Hartwick College freshmen men's soccer players Josh Wagenaar and Tyler Hemming are being investigated by the school for possible violations of NCAA eligibility rules.
Connolly, Redskins win in OT
High School Roundup
Shane Connolly scored the winning goal in overtime to lift visiting Cooperstown to a 1-0 Center State Conference victory over Waterville on Friday.
Hartwick football visits Alfred on Saturday
Hartwick Roundup
Hartwick College's football team will play its final Empire 8 Conference game of the season at Alfred University at 1 p.m. Saturday.
LaPolla and Davis lead unbeaten O-State, 4-0
Oneonta State Roundup
Amanda LaPolla and Brooke Davis (Stamford) each had a goal and an assist, leading Oneonta State's women to a 4-0 SUNYAC soccer victory at Oswego State on Friday.
The smart money
Now I've seen almost everything. Not only did the Cowboys, the newest bullies of the NFC East, earn their third victory in a row last week, they made Emmitt Smith cry.
Don't believe everything about Wagner-Cobb Feud
Baseball Column
The 1909 World Series was ballyhooed as the meeting of each league's outstanding player: the Pittsburgh Pirates' veteran, gentlemanly 35-year-old shortstop, Honus Wagner, and the Detroit Tigers' prodigious, vicious 22-year-old outfielder, Ty Cobb.
Johnson's laid-back approach is paying off
Auto Racing Column
Until two weeks ago at Talladega, I didn't realize how uncuddly the relationship between Jeff Gordon and protege Jimmy Johnson is. The guy who drives the No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet has matured into a worthy adversary and sometimes a pain in the keister for the four-time driving champ and co-owner of the car.
Friday, October 10, 2003
Clean sweep for OHS girls
High School Sports
Brianne Sosa scored three goals and Oneonta High completed a perfect regular season with a 4-0 soccer victory Thursday over visiting Chenango Valley.
It's easy to learn about the past
Outdoors Column
Centuries ago, before Europeans set foot on the North American continent, vast forests covered most of the northeast. This pristine land was inhabited by native tribes, who hunted the forests, navigated the rivers and planted food crops in small clearings in the valleys.
Tennis kicks off title chases for Red Dragons
College Sports
Women's tennis is the first Oneonta State team to get a shot at a league title when the Red Dragons open competition today in the SUNY Athletic Conference championships at Eastside Racquet Club in Manlius. The event runs through Sunday as O-State tries to improve on its third-place finish in 2002.
O-State field hockey wins in 5 Ots
Area College Sports
Kate Yarmowich ended a five-overtime field hockey game with the first goal of a sudden-victory stroke off Thursday, lifting Oneonta State to a 2-1 SUNY Athletic Conference victory at Geneseo.
Thursday, October 9, 2003
Balancing act could be key to success
Kicking Back Soccer Column
The Mary Velans and Evan Speros of the world ought to be watching their backs in the coming weeks.
Oneonta boys top Windsor
High School Roundup
Oneonta High's starting sharing in the second half and the added passing helped it to a 4-0 boys soccer victory over Southern Tier Athletic Conference host Windsor on Wednesday.
Wood leads way for Delhi
Area College Roundup
Walton graduate Justin Wood broke his course record Wednesday, winning the sixth annual Bronco Weekday 5K Classic at the Delhi College Golf Course.
Wednesday, October 8, 2003
G-MU boys stop 'Cats
High School Sports
Seth Diters scored an unassisted goal in the first half Tuesday as host Gilbertsville-Mount Upton kept pace for the top spot in the Tri-Valley League's West Division with a 1-0 boys soccer victory over Milford.
Davenport girls clinch division
High School Girls Soccer
DAVENPORT — There were no Gatorade showers nor banner-raising ceremonies following Davenport's division-clinching 3-1 victory over Hunter-Tannersville on Tuesday.
O-State men win, 4-0
Oneonta State Sports
In its first home game in two weeks, Oneonta State earned a 4-0 non-conference victory over Lafayette in men's soccer.
Delhi golfer third at event
Junior College Roundup
Dan Wolf of Delhi Tech placed third Tuesday at the Le Moyne College Mike Bello Golf Invitational at the Drumlins Golf Course in Syracuse.
Men's soccer ranked 9th in country
Hartwick College Sports
The Hartwick College men's soccer team will meet Atlantic Soccer Conference rival Florida International University at 7 p.m. Friday on Elmore Field.
Chest bump lifts Raiders to victory in T-V League
High School Girls Soccer
MILFORD — Gilbertsville-Mount Upton's Chelsea Theis won a footrace to a short cross Tuesday and pushed the ball into an open net with her chest for a huge insurance goal in the Raiders' 2-0 girls soccer victory over Milford in the Tri-Valley League.
Tuesday, October 7, 2003
O-Tigers have four all-stars
2003 Oneonta Tigers
Randy Ready didn't go 2-for-2, but the Oneonta Tigers still placed four players on the New York-Penn League's 2003 All-Star Team.
Sidney girls edge Bobcats, 1-0
High School Sports
Katelyn Guerriere scored her ninth goal of the season Monday to lift host Sidney to a 1-0 Midstate Athletic Conference victory over Bainbridge-Guilford in girls soccer.
Former Daily Star Player of the Year honored twice
Oneonta State Sports
Stamford graduate Brooke Davis received two awards Monday after leading the Oneonta State women's soccer team to two victories last week.
Fighting Tigers name coaches for women's basketball, baseball
Suny-Cobleskill Sports
SUNY-Cobleskill recently filled two coaching vacancies, choosing Josh Suttles to take over its women's basketball program and Jason Trufant to head the baseball program.
Monday, October 6, 2003
Kenyans cruise at Pit Run
2003 Pit Run
ONEONTA — Kenya natives Paul Mwangi and Atalelech Ketema made it look smooth and effortless Sunday in the 10th annual Pit Run.
Big risk, huge reward for OHS
High School Football
ONEONTA — Some heads shook, some were curiously scratched Saturday when Oneonta High senior Joffre Alvarez called for a re-kick to start the second half.
Davenport betters Worcester
High School Roundup
The Davenport girls soccer team got another scare, but it's perfect season remained intact Saturday.
Mistakes catch up with 'Wick football
ONEONTA — The 44-18 score was indicative of a St. John Fisher football squad that played a much cleaner game than Hartwick on a windy and sometimes rainy Saturday night at All-Weather Field.
Hoover, Walton get past Delhi
High School Football
DELHI — Jim Hoover's days of playing catch-up with Dave Kelly are over — for now.
O-State men's soccer ties Howard
Oneonta State Sports
Howard University scored twice in men's soccer Saturday — once for the Bison and once for Oneonta State as the Red Dragons escaped from Washington, D.C., with a 1-1 tie in an Atlantic Soccer Conference opener.
Men's soccer defeats Niagara
Hartwick Roundup
Senior defender Josh Herrera scored in the third minute to lift the 10th-ranked Hartwick College men's soccer team to a 1-0 victory over Niagara University on Saturday.
Saturday, October 4, 2003
Pit Run's elite still missing in action
Ossining resident Paul Mwangi is the odds-on favorite to three-peat as Pit Run champion this Sunday. Now all he has to do is show up.
Wrestler defines true champion
Robert Sulkoski isn't your ordinary high school wrestler. Not counting a forfeit, the 17-year-old Oneonta High senior is winless. Some matches are over in seconds, others last just long enough to break his spirit. Results like that don't usually grab the attention of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Wrestling at the high school level while dealing with cerebral palsy does.
O-State field hockey rallies for victory
Oneonta State went down a goal early, but scored the next four for a 4-1 field hockey victory over visiting Brockport on Friday.
Worcester girls win, Davenport up next
The Worcester girls soccer team won its sixth straight game Friday, but the real fun starts Saturday. That's when the Wolverines, the seventh-ranked Class D team in the state, visit top-ranked Davenport (14-0) at 4 p.m. in the Chic Walshe Tournament final.
The Smart Money
I've been giving this a lot of thought, and if it works out for the best, I want credit. I'm thinking coaches ought to grab a rubber mallet and take a whack at their starting quarterback.
Turnovers cost Bears again
BAINBRIDGE — Bainbridge-Guilford/Afton spells frustration E-N-D. Elmira Notre Dame more than likely put an end to the Bears' playoff hopes Friday night, holding off a furious B-G/A rally to win, 21-20, in a Section Four Football Conference Division IV game.
Sidney graduate Carvin tackles seven in victory
Sidney graduate Jon Carvin made a college-high seven tackles in helping the University of Albany to a 42-7 Division I-AA football victory over Sacred Heart last Saturday.
Mays' running catch spoke for itself
The most famous catch in World Series history occurred in Game One of the 1954 Fall Classic, 49 years ago this week. Willie Mays made the catch on a drive hit by Vic Wertz.
Friday, October 3, 2003
Detroit simply wasn't Ready
Randy Ready stood up for his beliefs and got shot down. But please, keep the Randy Ready Charity Golf Tournament on the shelf for the time being. In his first season managing minor league baseball, Ready won the New York-Penn League's 2002 Manager of the Year after leading the Oneonta Tigers to the Stedler Division title.
B-G girls tie Unatego in MAC
A late rally by Unatego allowed the Spartans to avoid their first Midstate Athletic Conference girls soccer loss Thursday. The Spartans' Christina Olsen and Erika Puffer scored goals with under seven minutes left as visiting Unatego tied Bainbridge-Guilford, 2-2.
OHS girls pump record up to 14-0 with 4-1 triumph
ONEONTA — It didn't matter that the Oneonta girls soccer team already clinched its division, and it didn't matter that Seton Catholic is a bit down this season. OHS junior Katie Friedman said beating the Saints is always special.
O-State men open ASC play today
The Oneonta State men's soccer team will begin its quest for an automatic NCAA berth when it plays at Howard University on Saturday in an Atlantic Soccer Conference opener.
Getting hooked on catch-and-release much easier today
I was only about knee-high to a grasshopper when Bill Naatz took me trout fishing on the Otego Creek for the first time. Gosh, that was about a half-century ago. As we walked along the farmer's meadow near the brook, we paused for a minute. "Let me show you something," he said. He took my hand and with a light tug and a shake, he showed me what it would feel like when a trout hit my bait. "That's a fisherman's handshake," he explained.
Gus's, Zim's on top
Mike Packard threw a 735 series Sept. 22 to lift Gus's Diner into the early lead in the Michelob Light Classic at Holiday Lanes in Oneonta.
Thursday, October 2, 2003
Unatego forward is on the rise in MAC
Kicking Back — High School Soccer Column
If you're in a Midstate Athletic Conference fantasy girls soccer league, chances are Unatego's Josie McDermott wasn't a high pick in the preseason draft.
O-Tigers manager Ready out
2003 Oneonta Tigers
Randy Ready and the Detroit Tigers have agreed to disagree. That's what cost Ready, 44, his job as a manager within the Tigers' organization.
Panthers earn top spot with triumph
High School Boys Soccer
EDMESTON — Revenge game? No, Edmeston's 2-0 victory over Tri-Valley League rival Laurens on Wednesday meant much more than that to Paul Stanton and his Panthers teammates.
Worcester boys win; CV-S girls tie Milford
High School Sports
Harry Hults converted a cross from Chris Jowell in overtime Wednesday to lead Worcester over visiting Schenevus, 2-1, in a Tri-Valley League boys soccer game.
Wednesday, October 1, 2003
Nothing rivals Walton vs. Delhi
At The Half — High School Football Column
It probably won't have the heart-stopping finishes that the games in 2000 provided.
O-State men get what they deserve
Oneonta State Men's Soccer
VESTAL — As the final seconds ticked off in overtime, Oneonta State men's soccer coach Iain Byrne said, "That's fair."
Bearcats give a shout out to Deemer
College Men's Soccer
VESTAL — It's almost impossible not to watch Oneonta High graduate Mark Deemer on a soccer field.
Unatego girls headed toward MAC title
High School Sports
Christina Olsen's header to the far post Tuesday gave Unatego a 1-0 girls soccer victory at Greene as the Spartans inched closer to a Midstate Athletic Conference championship.
Hartwick field hockey wins at Elmira
Hartwick College Sports
Junior forward Kelly Cooman scored in the 57th minute Tuesday to pace the Hartwick College women's field hockey team to a 1-0 victory over Elmira College.
