Redskins ride seniors to season-opening win

Staff Report

November 22, 2008 04:00 am

Ryan Davine scored a varsity-high 22 points and Brad Ashford contributed 16 as the Cooperstown boys basketball team opened its season Friday with a 54-37 victory over Fort Plain in the opening round of the Anton Remy Tournament at Milford.

Senior point guard Davine hit three three-pointers en route to a game-high scoring performance for the Redskins, who jumped to a 12-3 lead after one quarter. Senior forward Ashford scored 12 points in the third quarter, when Cooperstown outscored Fort Plain, 20-7, to extend its lead to 45-27.

"Brad took it to the basket really strong in the third quarter," Cooperstown coach Dave Bertram said. "We had a lot of steals in transition, and he was the beneficiary."

Chris Gattman paced Fort Plain with 14 points.

The Redskins meet Family School in the tournament championship game at 7 p.m. Saturday. Family School downed Milford, 57-29, in Friday's other first-round game.

Milford and Fort Plain play in the consolation game at 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

Cooperstown 54, FP 37

ANTON REMY TOURNAMENT

First round at Milford

FORT PLAIN (0-1): Tyler Barhydt 0 0-0 0, Brent Baker 1 0-0 3, Cianon Porter 2 0-0 4, Ryan Kane 4 0-0 8, Ben Clute 0 0-0 0, Justin Smith 1 1-1 3, Evan Yacowenia 0 0-0 0, Ben Compton 0 0-0 0, Chris Gattman 6 2-3 14, John Resch 1 1-2 3, Marcus Eley 1 0-0 2. TOTALS: 16 4-6 37.

COOPERSTOWN (1-0): Ryan Davine 8 3-6 22, Brad Ashford 8 0-1 16, Mack Curran 1 0-1 2, Kyle Liner 1 3-4 5, Kyle Steer 0 2-4 2, Tanner Niedzalkowski 0 2-4 2, Pat Horrigan 1 0-0 2, Tyler Hoke 0 0-0 0, Nick Davoule 1 1-4 3, Alec Silvera 0 0-0 0, Pat Claudy 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 20 11-24 54.

Fort Plain3 17 7 10 _ 37

Cooperstown12 13 20 9 _ 54

Three-point field goals: F 1 (Baker); C 3 (Davine 3).

FS 57, Milford 29

Brian Edelstein scored a game-high 12 points, but Milford fell in the first round of its Anton Remy Tournament.

Wildcats coach Frank Spurchise cited a height advantage for Family School as the key to its victory.

"They have three big kids," he said of Family School's Will Martel, Chris Robinson and Chal Muhammad, who each stand about 6-foot-3 and scored 10 points apiece Friday. "We just didn't match up well with them. Our biggest kid (Andrew Yerdon) is 6-1. We're going to have that problem this year _ trying to deal with that size."

Family School limited Edelstein to two field goals, but he finished 8-for-10 from the free throw line en route to the Wildcats' only double-digit scoring effort.

Family School 57, Milford 29

ANTON REMY TOURNAMENT

First round at Milford

FAMILY SCHOOL (1-0): Christian Hansey 0 0-0 0, Jay Jonas 2 0-0 5, Will Martel 4 0-0 10, Chris Robinson 3 4-4 10, Chal Muhammad 4 2-2 10, Andrew Aylnard 1 0-0 2, Austin Curmine 0 0-0 0, Malik Pineyro 3 1-2 7, Casey Wong 1 0-1 2, Henry Wittich 1 0-0 2, Pat Clark 2 0-0 5, Mike Mancini 0 0-1 0, John Angus 1 2-2 4. TOTALS: 22 9-12 57.

MILFORD (0-1): Danny Locher 0 0-0 0, Trevor Kosturock 0 0-0 0, Andrew Yerdon 2 0-0 4, Cameron Dutcher 0 0-0 0, Terence Harrison 1 0-0 2, Ryan Strong 1 0-0 2, Joe Hoppe 0 0-0 0, Miguel Martinez 1 0-0 2, Caleb Radulewicz 2 0-0 5, Brian Edelstein 2 8-10 12, Brandon Holler 0 0-0 0, Devin Vaultin 0 0-2 0, Gideon Powers 0 0-0 0, Yonnick Schepke 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 11 8-12 29.

Family School14 15 18 10 _ 57

Milford9 5 2 13 _ 29

Three-point field goals: F 3 (Jonas, Martel 2, Clark); M 1 (Radulewicz).

{"HeadlineLight14"/}Soccer

Hayen, Naito all-STAC

Oneonta High boys soccer goalkeeper Chris Hayen and girls soccer midfielder Chacha Naito earned all-conference Central/East Division selections from the Southern Tier Athletic Conference, the STAC announced Friday.

Hayen amassed nine shutouts in helping Oneonta's boys to a 9-7-1 record and the No. 2 seed in the Section Four Class B Tournament this past season, which ended with a 2-1 loss to No. 7 Chenango Forks on Oct. 24.

Three other OHS boys _ forward Jacob Joseph, midfielder Ryan Graig and defender Kyle McCue _ received all-Central Division honors. Joseph, who scored against Forks, led the Jackets in points with 21 on 10 goals and an assist. McCue contributed five goals and an assist, and Graig had three goals and an assist.

Naito received girls all-conference honors as a midfielder. She had 14 goals and seven assists for OHS, which finished 10-6.

Fellow midfielder Monica Jones joined defenders Bridgette Aikens and Nora Walker on the all-Central Division team. Jones led Oneonta in scoring with 37 points on 16 goals and five assists.

Walker had two goals and three assists and Aikens finished with two goals and an assist for the Jackets, who earned the third seed in the Section Four Class B Tournament but fell, 3-0, to No. 6 Dryden in a quarterfinal.

STAC ALL-STARS

ONEONTA Boys SOCCER

Central/East All-Conference: Chris Hayen, goalie.

All-Central Division: Kyle McCue, defender; Ryan Graig, midfielder; Jacob Joseph, forward.

ONEONTA GIRLS SOCCER

Central/East All-Conference: Chacha Naito, midfielder.

All-Central Division: Bridgette Aikens, defender; Nora Walker, defender; Monica Jones, midfielder.

{"HeadlineLight14"/}Volleyball

Oxford 3, B-G 2

Alli Roosa had 12 kills, seven assists, four aces and two blocks for Bainbridge-Guilford in a 25-22, 21-25, 25-21, 16-25, 25-18 Midstate Athletic Conference loss at home.

Melissa Reigle contributed 13 kills and four aces for the Bobcats, who received 12 assists and three aces from Stephanie Mulhair.

Marlana Franks had six aces and three kills to pace Oxford (1-0), which hosts Walton on Tuesday.

Bainbridge-Guilford (0-1) travels to Greene at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Oxford 3, B-G 2

Game scores: Oxford def. Bainbridge-Guilford, 25-22, 21-25, 25-21, 16-25, 25-18.

Oxford (1-0): Marlana Franks 6 aces, 3 kills; Jessica Roach 6 aces, 5 kills; Lauren Bullock 4 aces, 5 assists; Kristie Shepard 3 assists.

Bainbridge-Guilford (0-1): Alli Roosa 2 blocks, 4 aces, 12 kills, 7 assists; Melissa Reigle 4 aces, 13 kills; Stephanie Mulhair 3 aces, 12 assists.

Delhi 3, Greene 0

Delhi's Kelsey Davidson had nine aces and nine digs in a 25-18, 25-14, 25-10 MAC home win.

Carlene Bracci contributed eight kills for the Bulldogs (1-0), who host Afton on Tuesday.

Hailey MacLaren had six assists to pace Greene.

Delhi 3, Greene 0

Game scores: 25-18, 25-14, 25-10.

Greene (0-1): Hailey MacLaren 6 assists; Devyn Staley 5 kills; Genna Farrell 3 blocks; Amanda Weeks 3 digs; Tara Hickey 2 aces.

Delhi (1-0): Antoinette Astuto 7 assists; Carlene Bracci 8 kills; Tiffany Hall 2 blocks; Kelsey Davidson 9 digs, 9 aces.

JV: Delhi, 2-1.

{"HeadlineLight14"/}Bowling

Cooperstown swept

John Karpowich rolled a 204, but Cooperstown dropped its season opener, 5-0, at Ilion on Thursday.

The Redskins' girls also fell, 5-0.

Boys: Ilion 5, Cooperstown 0

Thursday's match

Cooperstown (2,197): John Karpowich 204.

Ilion (2,687): Ryan Risi 209, 246 _ 610; Brett Risi 209; Ryan Laynon 201.

JV boys: Ilion 5, Cooperstown 0.

Girls: Ilion 5, Cooperstown 0

Thursday's match

Cooperstown (1,000): None.

Ilion (2,168): Sarah Sullivan 183.

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