BINGHAMTON — Making one state final is difficult. Making back-to-back appearances is a sign of a real quality.

ENDWELL — Cooperstown baseball coach Frank Miosek has coached a lot of talented teams in his 29 years at the helm, including 2017’s state semifinalists, but Friday, as the Hawkeyes defeated Pierson, 5-2, in the Class C semifinals at Maine-Endwell High School, the 2019 team became the first i…

BINGHAMTON — No team prefers to be trailing in the later moments of a game, especially one as important as Saturday’s Section III Class C regional baseball final between Cooperstown and Tioga. But some teams respond better to adversity than others. Some teams can look at a three-run deficit …

UTICA — Chris Ubner carried the load for Cooperstown during most of Sunday’s Section III Class C championship game. But when the time came for others to take charge, the rest of the Hawkeyes responded.

The name of the game is boys tennis, but that didn’t stop three Cooperstown girls from winning Section III championships in the sport this spring. 

UTICA — Quality pitching, clean defense and timely hitting helped Cooperstown to a Section III Class C baseball title Sunday Night with a 2-1 win over Oriskany in eight innings at Donovan Stadium.

COOPERSTOWN — Orlando Cabrera’s first grand slam since his minor-league days saved Team Rollie from a potential loss Saturday at the Hall of Fame Classic at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, but it couldn’t guarantee a win against Team Goose.

Canoes on the Susquehanna River are a familiar sight in Bainbridge on Memorial Day. For the top two boats in Monday’s marquee race, the C-2 Pro, the results were also familiar.

Cooperstown won three of five final matches to win the Section III C-2 championship Monday at Utica Park Tennis Center.

The Oneonta girls placed first in Saturday’s Don Howard track and field invitational at Cooperstown.

 Postseason accolades continued to roll in for Cooperstown boys basketball and the Lambert family as Jack Lambert was named The Daily Star Player of the Year and John Lambert was named Coach of the Year.

Presidential terms, college degrees and enough extra time for an additional day on the calendar.

Cooperstown’s Jack Lambert was named the 2018-19 Class C boys basketball Player of the Year last week by the New York State Sportswriters Association.

Cooperstown's Jack Lambert was named the 2018-19 Class C boys basketball Player of the Year Wednesday by the New York State Sportswriters Association.

BASEBALL

For Cooperstown boys basketball coach John Lambert, last week’s Class C state championship featured enough heart-warming storylines to be a television movie. 

Sean Mebust’s placed fifth in the 200-meter breaststroke and he and brother Ted Mebust, both graduates of Cooperstown, competed at last weekend’s NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships.

BINGHAMTON – To get its first state title in boys basketball, Cooperstown needed 32 minutes of basketball Sunday, preceded by more than half a century of preparation.

BINGHAMTON — If Saturday’s Class C state semifinal was an offensive exhibition for Cooperstown, Sunday’s state title game was a return to defensive norms.

BINGHAMTON — It was the same old strategy for Cooperstown boys basketball, just blown up to match the size of the stage.

Green in the horns, but not with envy.

BINGHAMTON — It was never a question of heart, only how far heart would take the Cooperstown girls basketball team.

Local basketball fans are fortunate both Unadilla Valley and Cooperstown have advanced to the state quarterfinals.

After the Section III Class C girls basketball championship, Cooperstown coach Michael Niles had an interesting way of describing senior captain Kate Trosset’s competitiveness.

SYRACUSE — As Cooperstown senior Noah Lifgren headed to the foul line with 8.3 seconds remaining and the chance to extend the Hawkeyes’ 57-56 lead, he looked to coach John Lambert for a bit of advice before the pressure-packed free throws.

SYRACUSE — The Cooperstown girls basketball team is used to overcoming adversity. That came in handy Feb. 28 in the Section III Class C final at the Carrier Dome.

SYRACUSE — Cooperstown upperclassmen Kate Trosset, Piper Seamon, Emilie Perez and Lauren Vibbard have waited for the chance to make a mark in a successful Hawkeyes girls basketball program.

ALBANY — Milford sophomore Avery Leonard placed third at 106 pounds for Cooperstown in the NYSPHSAA Division II championships Saturday at the Times Union Center. 

SYRACUSE — Ryan Lansing called it energy. Jack Lambert called it energy. Coach John Lambert called it a combination of focus, energy and defense.

Piper Seamon and Kate Trosset combined for 33 points as fourth-seeded Cooperstown built an early lead to defeat No. 5 Onondaga, 77-32, in the quarterfinals of the Section III Class C girls basketball tournament on Tuesday.

SWIMMING

Cooperstown’s Avery Leonard won a Section III Division II title at 106 pounds Saturday at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse to clinch a spot in the state wrestling tournament.

Jack Lambert scored his 1,500th varsity point, but Cooperstown lost to Utica Academy of Science, 70-56, in a Center State Conference Division III game at Herkimer County Community College in Herkimer. 

Mariano Rivera, recently selected as the first unanimous choice for induction to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, made his first visit to Cooperstown on Friday, Feb. 1. Rivera toured the museum and looked at the plaques dedicated to his fellow baseball immortals before answering questions…

The cradle rocked again for Milford sophomore Avery Leonard.

Nate Edwards scored 19 points to lead five Morris players with at least nine, and the Mustangs ended Milford’s 11-game win streak with a 70-64 road win in a battle of state-ranked Tri-Valley League boys basketball teams.

WRESTLING

Cooperstown eighth-grader Meagan Schuermann scored a varsity-high 18 points as the Hawkeyes downed Poland in a battle of Center State Conference division basketball  leaders, 67-29.