Redskins
catcher is
top star
2007 DAILY STAR BASEBALL PLAYER AND COACH OF THE YEAR ... It’s about respect.
That which Cooperstown junior Philip Pohl receives and gives.
Freshman Winans makes it look easy
DAILY STAR SOFTBALL PLAYER AND COACH OF THE YEAR ... Often, the argument is made that great players on Class D teams would be merely average if they played for a bigger school.
Track trio
focused on
lofty marks
DAILY STAR TRACK ATHLETES OF THE YEAR ... Like Tiger Woods’ pursuit of Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18 major golf championships, they’re chasing history.
Green Wave, Sidney
win tourney openers
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL ... Devlin Vanderhoof pitched a four-hitter and Ryan Lynch had two hits to lead Oneonta Post-259 to a 7-2 American Legion baseball victory over the host team in the Moscow (Pa.) Red Devil Wood Bat Classic on Friday.
2007 All-State Baseball Teams
ALL-STATE BASEBALL ... The 12th annual all-state baseball teams from the New York State Sports Writers Association and the New York State Baseball Sportswriters and Coaches Organization, as of June 29, 2007.
Wells
blasts
off for
Tigers
2007 ONEONTA TIGERS ... Maybe all Schenectady graduate Casper Wells needed was some home cooking.
Goodyear
perfect for
great time
OUTDOORS COLUMN BY RICK BROCKWAY ... The small, chartreuse popper gently settled onto the water. The round cork piece with several tiny, rubber legs hardly caused a ripple.
Two local golfers qualify
for men’s state amateur
LOCAL GOLF ... Two former Otsego County champions qualified for the 85th New York State Golf Association Men’s Amateur Championship via a June 18 qualifier at the Seven Oaks Golf Club in Hamilton.
Rodriguez homers in O-Tigers’ 6-2 win
2007 ONEONTA TIGERS ... Orlando Rodriguez hit a three-run home run in the top of the eighth inning Wednesday as the Oneonta Tigers earned a 6-2 victory over the host Vermont Lake Monsters in the New York-Penn League.
Donnelly
strikes out
17 as Wave
earns win
LEGION BASEBALL ... Kyle Donnelly struck out a Legion-best 17 in a two-hitter Tuesday, and Jon Wolfanger homered and tripled as Oneonta Post-259 cruised past host Cooperstown, 9-0, at Doubleday Field.
O-Tigers
ride HRs
in 4-2 win
2007 ONEONTA TIGERS ... Devon Thomas’ two-run homer with none out in the seventh inning Tuesday gave the Oneonta Tigers the lead for good in a 4-2 New York-Penn League victory over the host Vermont Lake Monsters in front of 2,212 fans.
OCC pro a tiger vs. PGA players
LOCAL GOLF ... In a fivesome that included Paul Azinger, Blaine McCallister and Ed Fiori _ players who’ve combined for 21 PGA Tour victories _ it was Oneonta Country Club pro Jeremy Kerr who emerged victorious Monday.
O-Tigers fall at Vermont
2007 ONEONTA TIGERS ... Kody Kaiser and Ronnie Bourquin had three hits apiece Monday, but the Oneonta Tigers lost, 5-3, at Vermont in a New York-Penn League game.
Va. team sends Sidney to first loss
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL ... Justin Woods hit an RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the eighth to give Hampton (Va.) a 6-5 victory over Sidney in an American Legion baseball game Monday at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown.
O-Tigers beat themselves
2007 ONEONTA TIGERS ... ONEONTA _ Russell Dixon jump-started the struggling Tri-City ValleyCats at Damaschke Field on Sunday night.
Stamford brothers look to make it big in football
HARTWICK COLLEGE FOOTBALL ... From buckling a chip strap to learning a stance to the physical, snap-to-span contact that is football at the Division III college level, brothers Jason and Frank Gaddis have a lot to learn.
O-Tigers rally past ’Cats
2007 ONEONTA TIGERS ... Jorge Patino reached on a fielder’s choice in the top of the eighth inning Saturday to give the Oneonta Tigers a 3-2 victory over host Tri-City in the New York-Penn League.
O-Tigers quick to win
2007 ONEONTA TIGERS ... ONEONTA _ Kody Kaiser finally heard some cheers.
Wells seeks a turn for the better
2007 ONEONTA TIGERS ... ONEONTA _ Since his selection in the 14th round of the 2005 draft, Schenectady High graduate Casper Wells said he hasn’t taken full advantage of his opportunity in professional baseball.
OHS graduate reaches NJCAA World Series
ON CAMPUS ... Oneonta High graduate Don Potter helped the Herkimer County Community College baseball team advance to the NJCAA Division III World Series for the second consecutive year.
O-Tigers get fresh start
2007 ONEONTA TIGERS ... ONEONTA _ Barely out of the driveway this season, the Oneonta Tigers will play their fourth game of the 76-game New York-Penn League season tonight and first at Damaschke Field.
Expect juggling act early
2007 ONEONTA TIGERS ... ONEONTA _ The numbers game could work against the Oneonta Tigers early on this season.
Barkett
looks to
manage
success
2007 ONEONTA TIGERS ... ONEONTA _ Call it an honorary degree.
After 11 years as a professional baseball player, mostly spent in cramped minor-league buses and something less than first-class hotel accommodations, Andy Barkett has put in his time.
Mahoney’s familiar with road back
2007 ONEONTA TIGERS ... ONEONTA _ Collin Mahoney’s trip back from surgery has brought him to a familiar place.
O-Tigers’ Vasquez hit hard by Lowell
2007 ONEONTA TIGERS ... Sendy Vasquez joined the Oneonta Tigers’ roster on Thursday, following a 50-game suspension for testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs, but lasted three innings in the Tigers’ 13-8 loss at Lowell.
Attacks by bears on man are rare
OUTDOORS COLUMN BY RICK BROCKWAY ... This past Sunday night a 300-pound black bear ripped open a tent in a Utah campground, dragged an 11-year-old boy from his sleeping bag and killed him.
Sidney improves to 6-0
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL ... Kyle Palmer went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored to lead visiting Sidney Post 183 to a 6-4 victory over Tri-Valley on Thursday at Edmeston.
Kaiser leads to O-Tigers to first win
2007 ONEONTA TIGERS ... The Oneonta Tigers’ first victory of the 2007 New York-Penn League season came in dramatic fashion.
Mott’s walk-off homer lifts Sidney over Greene
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL ... Chase Mott hit a walk-off homer in the bottom of the eighth inning to give Sidney Post 183 a 6-5 American Legion baseball victory over visiting Greene on Wednesday at Bainbridge-Guilford.
O-State loses two coaches
ONEONTA STATE SPORTS ... Dan McGraw will cast a smaller shadow next basketball season, but the spotlight will be much brighter.
Tigers fall in opener
2007 ONEONTA TIGERS ... Kody Kaiser hit his first professional home run, but the Oneonta Tigers lost their New York-Penn League season opener, 3-2, at the Lowell Spinners on Tuesday night.
History on O-Tigers’ side
2007 ONEONTA TIGERS ... ONEONTA _ Rookie Oneonta Tigers manager Andy Barkett has some history to protect when his team opens its 76-game New York-Penn League schedule at 7:05 p.m. tonight in Lowell.
Three Afton players make all-state teams
ALL-STATE SOFTBALL ... Three area players made all-state softball teams and not surprisingly, all of them attend school at Afton.
Freshman shortstop Jessie Winans and junior pitcher Morgan Muller made the first team in Class D, and junior first baseman Marie Loher was a second-team selection for the Crimson Knights.
Hey, trees ... what’s eatin’ ya?
OUTDOORS COLUMN BY RICK BROCKWAY ... It’s that time of year again when we can see the defoliation of trees around the area by the tent caterpillar.
Campbell leads Sidney to win
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL ... Kevin Campbell went 3-for-3 with two RBIs to lead Sidney Post 183 to an 8-3 victory over visiting Tri-Valley in an American Legion baseball game Thursday.
Oneonta grad gets win out of ’pen
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ... Oneonta High graduate Mike Connolly pitched 4 1/3 innings of scoreless relief Tuesday, leading the Wichita Wranglers to a 7-3 victory over Tulsa in a Double-A Texas League game.
Impatience costs Afton in softball final
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL _ CLASS D STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ... NIMMONSBURG _ Afton’s batters seemed as if they couldn’t wait to win a state championship Saturday.
Afton rides early run to 1-0 state semi win
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL _ CLASS D STATE SEMIFINAL ... NIMMONSBURG _ Back-to-back hits by Amanda Rupakus and Amber Lynn in the second inning produced a run Saturday, and Morgan Muller pitched her fifth shutout this postseason as Afton beat Section Five’s Elba, 1-0, in a Class D state semifinal.
Holowacz’s
best good for
10th in 1,500
HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD _ STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS ... Bainbridge-Guilford/Afton’s Kati Holowacz set a personal best in the 1,500-meter run Saturday, finishing 10th overall and third among Division II runners at the State Track and Field Championships at Dietz Stadium in Kingston.
Edmonds, Eustis win Covered Bridge runs
LOCAL RUNNING _ DELHI COVERED BRIDGE RACES ... Cooperstown graduate Josh Edmonds and Delhi senior Colin Eustis earned Delhi Covered Bridge overall championships Saturday.
June 9, 2007
Ross rallies to 2nd in 400
HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD _ STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS ... KINGSTON _ Bainbridge-Guilford/Afton sophomore Dustin Ross found a new gear Friday.
Knights
to rely on
experience
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL _ CLASS D STATE SEMIFINALS PREVIEW ... Since 1995, three Class D softball teams have combined to win 10 of the last 12 state championships.
Baseball Draft Selections
BASEBALL DRAFT ... The 2007 baseball draft selections made by the Detroit Tigers, the New York Mets and the New York Yankees. The draft ran Thursday and Friday and went 51 rounds, including the Comp A Round after the first 30 picks. A total of 1,453 selections were made.
Mahlmeister
looks to extend
Sidney’s streak
HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD _ STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS PREVIEW ... Every year this decade, Sidney’s track and field program has had at least one athlete win an outdoor state championship.
State Track and Field Seeds
HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD _ STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SEEDS ... High school boys and girls seeds for the track and field state championships, which run Friday and Saturday at Dietz Stadium in Kingston. Seeds are as of Tuesday. Entries courtesy the website http://www.leonetiming.com.
Sidney rallies past Oneonta, 3-2
LEGION BASEBALL ... Parker Umbra went 2-for-3 with a double to lead Sidney Post 183 to a 3-2 victory over host Oneonta Post 259 in an American Legion baseball game Wednesday at Neahwa Park.
Winans powers Afton softball
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL _ CLASS D STATE QUARTERFINAL ... NIMMONSBURG _ When Jessie Winans came strolling to the plate in the seventh inning with a runner on first, Afton coach Cindy Bostelman said she figured she knew what was coming.
Walk-off single ends Redskins’ season
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL _ CLASS C STATE QUARTERFINAL ... ENDICOTT _ The first three innings belonged to Cooperstown’s Philip Pohl.
State Track and Field Seeds
HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD _ STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SEEDS ... High school boys and girls seeds for the track and field state championships, which run Friday and Saturday at Dietz Stadium in Kingston. Seeds are as of Tuesday. Entries courtesy the website http://www.leonetiming.com.
Time is on B-G/A’s side
HIGH SCHOOL TRACK ... It took two races, a pair of school records and four days, but Bainbridge-Guilford/Afton’s 1,600-meter girls relay team finally made it to the state meet.
Afton rides shutout streak into state play statequarterfinal
CLASS D STATE QUARTFINAL SOFTBALL PREVIEW ... OK, they haven’t allowed a run in the postseason.
They’ve outscored their four playoff opponents this spring by a combined 40-0 and won their 13th consecutive Section Four Class D championship with a 5-0 victory over Hancock on Saturday.
Nader leads Oneonta to win
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL ... Some quality relief work by Mark Nader and an eight-run third inning helped Oneonta Post 259 rally for a 10-5 American Legion baseball victory over visiting Amsterdam on Monday.
Afton clicks in 5-0 defeat of Hancock
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL _ SECTION FOUR CLASS D CHAMPIONSHIP ... NIMMONSBURG _ Now three years into their second decade of Section Four Class D softball dominance, the Crimson Knights of Afton displayed many of the traits that have brought them so much success over the years Saturday.
Fate leads Redskins to top-ranked Oxford
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL _ CLASS C STATE QUARTERFINAL PREVIEW ... Should Cooperstown ever need resident psychics, Philip Pohl and Frank Petroskey would be a good place to start.
Howard coaches final meet for Cooperstown
HIGH SCHOOL TRACK ... Three Cooperstown boys placed in the Section Three State Qualifiers on Friday night at Cicero-North Syracuse, including Stephen Scrafford, who set a school record in the 800 meters.
Oneonta Legion sweeps Binghamton 1645
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL ... Oneonta Post 259 opened its American Legion season with a sweep of Binghamton Post 1645 by scores of 4-3 and 10-9 (eight innings) in a doubleheader Saturday at Neahwa Park.
Konstanty doubles in two runs in NCAA loss
COLLEGE BASEBALL _ NCAA DIVISION I TOURNAMENT ... Oneonta High graduate Mike Konstanty completed his junior season with a 1-for-5 effort for the University at Albany baseball team, which exited the NCAA Division I Tournament with a 21-11 loss to Creighton on Saturday.
Unatego grad 18th in women’s 5K
LOCAL RUNNING ... Unatego graduate Amanda Laytham placed 18th Saturday during the 29th Friehofer’s Run for Women, a 5-kilometer race in Albany.
Edmeston
drops out
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL _ SECTION FOUR CLASS D CHAMPIONSHIP ... BINGHAMTON _ Jordan Williams’ right arm was anything but a loose cannon Friday.
B-G/A’s 1,600 relays make the grade
SECTION FOUR STATE TRACK QUALIFIERS ... ENDICOTT _ One ended with a photo finish in which a winner could not be determined and the other was decided by sixth-hundrenths of a second.
Afton going for 13th straight
SECTION FOUR CLASS D SOFTBALL PREVIEW ... If not for 56 minutes earlier this season, just about every aspect of the Section Four Class D softball championship would lean heavily in Afton’s favor.
Walton girls break record
HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD ... Walton’s 1,600-meter girls relay team set a school record Tuesday during the Warwick Valley Fast Times Track Jamboree.
O-State woman
earns regional
lacrosse honor
AREA COLLEGE ROUNDUP ... Oneonta State junior defender Alyssa Greenbaum earned first team all-region honors from the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association for the Empire Region in Division III, the college announced Wednesday.
Skins win crown
SECTION THREE CLASS C CHAMPIONSHIP ... Philip Pohl pitched a two-hitter to lead Cooperstown to its first Section Three Class C baseball championship since 1999 with an 8-0 victory over Fabius-Pompey at DeLutis Field in Rome on Thursday night.
B-G/A’s Ross qualifies in a flash
HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD _ SECTION FOUR STATE QUALIFIERS ... ENDICOTT _ Much like the lightning that forced a suspension of the Section Four State Qualifiers in track, Bainbridge-Guilford/Afton’s Dustin Ross came out of nowhere Thursday.
Saturday
the 13th?
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL _ SECTION FOUR CLASS D SEMIFINALS ... Lucky No. 13 is right around the corner for the Afton softball team.
Edmeston final postponed
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL _ SECTION FOUR CLASS D CHAMPIONSHIP ... BINGHAMTON _ Mother Nature seemed to be the only one ready to slow down Jordan Williams on Thursday night.
Big adventures in a small canoe
OUTDOORS COLUMN BY RICK BROCKWAY ... In last week’s column on the General Clinton Canoe Regatta, I listed some reasons why I don’t get into a canoe and paddle down the Susquehanna River on Memorial Day.
