SK girls are No. 1 again
TOP 10 LOCAL SPORTS STORIES OF 2006 ...
Hudson Valley Community College offers the ultimate test for the best girls basketball teams in the state.
Perfect
Jackets
ugly in
victory
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL ...
BINGHAMTON _ To say Oneonta High’s boys basketball team played better than Lansing on Friday would be accurate but misleading.
Unatego girls win Kazalski
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL ...
MVP Colleen O’Hara finished with 18 points, four steals and three assists Friday to lead the unbeaten Unatego girls basketball team to a 47-34 rout of Oneonta in the championship of the Kazalski Tournament at Bainbridge-Guilford.
South Kortright boys win Grasso Tournament
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL ...
Tournament MVP Lucas McMullen scored 17 points Friday to lead the South Kortright boys basketball team to a 48-36 victory over host Laurens in the Pat Grasso Tournament championship.
Time Warner: No Giants
Some area fans will have to go to great lengths Saturday to watch the New York Giants on TV.
The Smart Money
THE SMART MONEY ...
Bob Christ has been given a hypothetical $500 to wager on NFL games. The odds listed are the latest available from Las Vegas: Last week: -$5. Season total: $155.
Next season could be stacked with rookies
FANTASY ISLAND _ FANTASY FOOTBALL COLUMN BY MATT SCHAUF
Week 17 has no business being part of a fantasy season. A whole mess of scrubs play, a mess of studs rest, and we don’t always know beforehand who those guys will be.
Morris boys
fall in final
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL ...
Morris didn’t have an answer for Hamilton’s Matt Martin.
Seven of Martin’s nine field goals came from three-point range to help visiting Hamilton to a 50-43 boys basketball victory over Morris in the championship of the Ray Clement Tournament at Morris. Martin finished with 26 points.
Unatego girls rally past Bobcats, 45-42
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL ...
Unatego stepped up in the fourth quarter Thursday to complete a season sweep of Midstate Athletic Conference rival Bainbridge-Guilford.
Walton girls upset Cooperstown
Katie Eisele went 4-for-5 from three-point range, and Sybil Stanton had 16 points, 15 rebounds and seven assists Wednesday, leading Walton a 43-34 upset victory over Cooperstown in a first-round game of the O’Connor Tournament at Davenport.
Unbeaten OHS, Lansing to meet in tourney opener
37 area teams involved in holiday tournaments
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
For Oneonta High’s boys, it’s a chance to show their unbeaten start is legitimate, and do so at a venue they might re-visit later in the season when the stakes will be considerably higher.
Taylor leads Delhi to win
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL
Meghan Taylor scored a game-high 18 points to lead Delhi to a 42-28 girls basketball victory over Waterford-Halfmoon in the opening round of the Middleburgh Tournament on Tuesday.
Hopkins highlights Oneonta wrestling
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING ...
Oneonta High wrestler Mike Hopkins did a little bit of everything Saturday at the Johnson City Duals.
Girls Basketball
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL ...
Ashley Dunn scored eight points to lead Oneonta High (3-4, 2-3) in a Southern Tier Athletic Conference road loss Friday night.
Ranieri named AD at O-State
ONEONTA STATE SPORTS ...
Oneonta State looked as far as its soccer field for its next athletic director.
Toombs paces Davenport boys
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP ...
Dan Toombs scored a game-high 20 points Friday en route to MVP honors in the Lee Fisher Tournament as the Davenport boys basketball team topped Worcester, 52-38, in the championship game.
The Smart Money
Bob Christ has been given a hypothetical $500 to wager on NFL games. The odds listed are the latest available from Las Vegas: Last week: -$15. Season total: $160.
Take baby steps on the road to a fantasy championship
FANTASY ISLAND _ FANTASY FOOTBALL COLUMN BY MATT SCHAUF ...
I have to be honest with you. I know it’s championship week for most of us, and I have two teams of my own in the middle of title matches, but I haven’t paid a whole lot of attention to fantasy football over the past week and a half.
December 23, 2006
Ranieri named AD at O-State
ONEONTA STATE SPORTS ...
Oneonta State looked as far as its soccer field for its next athletic director.
Toombs paces Davenport boys
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP ...
Dan Toombs scored a game-high 20 points Friday en route to MVP honors in the Lee Fisher Tournament as the Davenport boys basketball team topped Worcester, 52-38, in the championship game.
The Smart Money
Bob Christ has been given a hypothetical $500 to wager on NFL games. The odds listed are the latest available from Las Vegas: Last week: -$15. Season total: $160.
Take baby steps on the road to a fantasy championship
FANTASY ISLAND _ FANTASY FOOTBALL COLUMN BY MATT SCHAUF ...
I have to be honest with you. I know it’s championship week for most of us, and I have two teams of my own in the middle of title matches, but I haven’t paid a whole lot of attention to fantasy football over the past week and a half.
December 22, 2006
OHS boys unwrap ninth win
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP ...
Oneonta High won its ninth straight boys basketball game Thursday to earn an early Christmas present.
Avoid
winter
brain
freeze
OUTDOORS COLUMN BY RICK BROCKWAY ...
Some of us are awaiting news on the fate of three climbers who were recently lost on Oregon’s Mount Hood.
Sanford’s 29 lead Afton past Hornets
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
Senior Phil Sanford, who Afton coach Dick Winans had never reached double figures in scoring in a varsity game, scored 16 of his game-high 29 points in the fourth quarter Wednesday as the Crimson Knights rallied for a 78-70 Midstate Athletic Conference victory over visiting Harpursville.
Downsville girls stump Davenport in DL, 50-42
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL ...
Stephanie Shellman scored half of her game-high 24 points in the fourth quarter Tuesday, keeping host Downsville ahead in a 50-42 Delaware League girls basketball victory over Davenport.
Delhi boys rally for road win
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP ...
Patrick O’Connell’s 13 points and clutch shooting by Davionne Price rallied Delhi to a 49-42 non-league boys basketball victory at Worcester on Monday.
Area College Honors
SUNY Delhi named Lisa Ruff and Rich Esposito its athletes of the week last week.
OHS
boys
surge
to win
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL ...
Alex Mirabito saved all seven of his points for the fourth quarter Saturday, when host Oneonta High pulled away for a 47-33 victory over defending Section Four Class A champion Owego in a Southern Tier Athletic Conference boys basketball game.
G-MU girls top Morris in final
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL ...
Danielle Conway seems to have a handle on things this girls basketball season.
Delhi
burns
B-G on
late 3
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL ... Luke Burns’ three-pointer from the right corner with 17 seconds left gave visiting Delhi a one-point lead en route to a 43-39 Midstate Athletic Conference victory over Bainbridge-Guilford on Friday.
Underage alcohol abuse led to canceled basketball trip
HARTWICK COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ...
An on-campus violation of Hartwick College’s alcohol policy led to the removal of two games from the women’s basketball schedule, Hartwick president Richard P. Miller Jr. said Friday.
Big third-quarter lifts UV girls
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP ...
Theresa Lazarus scored eight of her team-high 14 points in the third quarter, when Unadilla Valley pulled way for a 58-45 Midstate Athletic Conference girls basketball victory over visiting Afton on Friday.
Soccer
Hall of
Famer, 83, dies
NATIONAL SOCCER HALL OF FAME ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- National Soccer Hall of Famer Ahmet Ertegun, who helped define American music as the founder of Atlantic Records, died Thursday at 83, his spokesman said.
The Smart Money
Bob Christ has been given a hypothetical $500 to wager on National Football League games. The odds listed are the latest available from Las Vegas:
’Wick drops two women’s games
HARTWICK COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ...
So much for a winter getaway for the Hartwick College women’s basketball team.
G-MU hands ’Cats 1st loss
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP ...
Sophomore Danielle Conway hit two free throws with five seconds left to provide the winning margin in Gilbertsville-Mount Upton’s 39-37 victory over previously-unbeaten Davenport in a first-round game of the Morris Booster Club Tournament on Thursday at Oneonta State.
December 14, 2006
Davenport boys beat Stamford in DL
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
Dan Toombs scored a game-high 24 points as host Davenport rallied for a 53-47 Delaware League boys basketball victory over Stamford on Wednesday.
Foote’s 15 points lead Sidney
Andy Foote scored 15 points and Brett Pendorf contributed 13 to lead Sidney to a 46-37 Midstate Athletic Conference boys basketball victory Tuesday night.
OHS girls fall to Norwich, 43-40, in STAC
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
Alicia Testani scored 13 points to lead host Norwich to a 43-40 Southern Tier Athletic Conference girls basketball victory over Oneonta on Tuesday night.
Hall of Fame Schedule
Schedule for major upcoming events at the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Two earn all-state honors
HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER
Oneonta High junior Aaron Gallusser and Laurens senior Carter Bailey were the lone area boys soccer players on the New York State boys all-state team as announced by National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
Raiders rally by Morris
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
Cody Hall hit two free throws with 3.6 seconds remaining to give Gilbertsville-Mount Upton a 53-52 Tri-Valley League boys basketball victory at Morris on Monday night.
’Wick’s Wilson earns Empire 8 accolades
AREA COLLEGE HONORS ...
The Empire 8 Conference named Hartwick senior guard Lindsay Wilson its women’s basketball player of the week, the college announced Monday.
Hartwick men stay hot
AREA COLLEGE BASKETBALL ...
Cory Carson scored a game-high 18 points as one of three double-digit scorers for the Hartwick College men’s basketball team Saturday as the Hawks beat non-conference host Oneonta State, 57-49.
UV cruises to crown at tournament
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING ...
Tyler Peet, Shayne Wilcox and T.J. Brownell each earned championships Saturday to help the Unadilla Valley wrestling team win the Calkins Memorial Tournament title at Richfield Springs.
O-State wrestler
defeats No. 1 foe
Oneonta State’s Dave Ballard upset the No. 1-ranked Division III wrestler in the country at 165 pounds Saturday.
Fighting Tigers fight back for 59-56 triumph on road
JUNIOR COLLEGE ROUNDUP ...
Stanley Francois had 13 points and 10 rebounds Sunday as visiting SUNY Cobleskill rallied for a 59-56 men’s basketball victory over the Borough of Manhattan Community College.
It’s time to shoot down shootouts
GUEST COLUMN BY PETE PALEN
Coaches and players have lived by the penalty-kick resolution to deadlocked soccer games, seemingly forever, but neither player nor coach embraces it.
Defensive matchups key in fantasy playoffs
FANTASY ISLAND COLUMN
No messin’ around this week.
We’re into the last three games of the fantasy season for most leagues (final four if you’re subjected to the R&R that disguises itself as Week 17), and that means those of us who still care about our teams at this point are either vying for the playoffs or trying to progress through them.
Delhi wrestling beats Oneonta
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
William Wells pinned Matt Pidgeon in 1 minute, 32 seconds at 145 pounds, giving host Delhi a 38-33 non-league wrestling victory over Oneonta on Thursday night.
Third-quarter lifts Walton boys
Casey Killian scored eight of his 11 points in the third quarter when visiting Walton outscored Harpusville by 21 points en route to a 75-54 Midstate Athletic Conference boys basketball victory on Wednesday.
Mariners sign Hurba
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Former Oneonta High player Craig Hurba is back in the mainstream of professional baseball.
The Seattle Mariners purchased Hurba’s contract from the independent Kansas City T-Bones on Friday and he agreed to a 1-year deal with the team Wednesday.
Eight area girls make it on all-state soccer teams
That seven of the nine area girls who received all-state soccer recognition Monday are underclassmen is a clear indication that next season could be something special.
Hartwick men improve to 5-2
Hartwick College’s Ramond Doyley had his first college double-double to lead the Hawks to a 72-48 basketball victory over visiting Green Mountain College on Monday.
Wehner, Fox lead Redskins to title
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
Samantha Fox had 24 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks to lead Cooperstown to a 53-30 girls basketball victory over Morrisville-Eaton in the championship of the Cooperstown Tip-Off Tournament on Sunday.
Davy knocks off Section 4 champ
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING
Bainbridge-Guilford/Afton’s Justin Davy opened his season with a big victory.
Senior Davy defeated Unadilla Valley senior Shayne Wilcox, 5-2, in the 135-pound championship Saturday at the Clyde Cole Tournament at Oxford, one of the top early-season tournaments in Section Four.
O-State men perfect in conference play
Oneonta State senior Eric Bratt scored nine of his 11 points from three-point range helping Oneonta State to a 56-51 SUNY Athletic Conference basketball victory over visiting Fredonia on Saturday.
O-State women top Buffalo State, 59-52
AREA COLLEGE ROUNDUP ...
Freshman reserve Sara Chrystie scored a team-high 11 points Friday to lift the Oneonta State women’s basketball team to a 59-52 SUNY Athletic Conference victory over visiting Buffalo State.
THE SMART MONEY
NFL WEEK 13 BEST BETS ...
Bob Christ has been given a hypothetical $500 to wager on NFL games. The odds listed are the latest from Las Vegas: Last week: +$30. Season total: $290.
Preston one away from 500
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL ...
Start making room for Ray Preston in the 500 Club.
Win slips away from Gilboa girls
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP ...
Ashley Farrell hit both ends of a 1-and-1 free-throw opportunity with 11 seconds left Thursday to lift host Middleburgh to a 41-40 non-league girls basketball victory over Gilboa.
Hunting
for prize
up north
is a thrill
OUTDOORS COLUMN BY RICK BROCKWAY ...
As the season gets closer to the end in the northern zone, I get the urge to head north some morning to wander the back country, looking for that lone Adirondack monarch.
