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October 8, 2008

Area Sports Briefs

{"HeadlineLight14"/}Franklin girls to wear pink

The Franklin girls soccer team will wear pink jerseys to support National Breast Cancer Awareness Month today, when the Purple Devils play Morris in their final home game of the regular season.

At the event, which also will mark Franklin's Senior Appreciation Game, the Devils will accept donations that will be given to the American Cancer Society.

{"HeadlineLight14"/}Soccer Hall rep to announce game

Jack Huckel, the National Soccer Hall of Fame's director of museum and archives, will serve as color analyst for Thursday's National Soccer Coaches Association of America College Game of the Week on Fox Soccer Channel.

Huckel will help broadcast an America East Conference women's soccer game between Boston University and host Binghamton University at 8 p.m. Thursday. The match will be televised locally on Time Warner Cable channel 129; DIRECTV channel 619; and DISH Network channels 149 and 877.

Huckel, a former high school and college soccer player who coached the sport for 30 years, has earned an NSCAA Premier Diploma and a U.S. Soccer A' Coaching License.

For more information on the game, visit the website www.foxsoccer.com.

{"HeadlineLight14"/}Colonial Ridge sets tourneys

The Colonial Ridge Golf Course in Laurens will host three tournaments that are open to the public this month.

The Minute Man Cup Fall Classic tees off at 8 a.m. Saturday. This 27-hole event (captain-and-mate; best ball; alternate shot) is for two-person teams. Cost is $25 per person. Greens fees and carts cost extra.

The Impossible Pin Captain and Crew starts at 11 a.m. Oct. 24. Cost is $20 per person. Greens fees and carts cost extra.

The Frostbite Open, also a captain-and-crew event, begins with a 10 a.m. shotgun start Oct. 25. Cost is $20 per person. Greens fees and carts cost extra.

For more information, call 607-263-5291.

{"HeadlineLight14"/}Sport Tech to host fitness day

Sport Tech in Oneonta will host a fitness and heath day from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday.

Dr. David Joseph, a podiatrist, will be available for free foot consultations from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday. Kristin Sloth (massage therapy and certified rolfing) will give free chair massages from noon-2 p.m. No appointments are necessary.

Sport Tech also will host Joey Adams from Intelligent Fitness of Shelburne, Vt. Adams will conduct metabolic testing until 6 p.m. Appointments are still available for the testing, which is not free.

Laura Delay, from Optimal Fitness, will conduct body composition analyses from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. as well. Appointments and walk-ins will be accepted for this test, which is not free.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, call Sport Tech at 607-432-1731, e-mail sports@dmcom.net or visit the website sporttechonline.com.

{"HeadlineLight14"/}Roberts to appear at Baseball Hall

National Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Robin Roberts will appear at the Cooperstown shrine at 7 p.m. Saturday in a Voices of sthe Game event inside the museum's Grandstand Theater.

Elected to the Hall in 1976, Roberts won 286 games and had six consecutive 20-win seasons. A seven-time All-Star, right-hander Roberts pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles, Houston Astros and Chicago Cubs over 19 seasons. Roberts also led the National League in pitching victories four times.

Tickets are required and cost $10 for adults and $5 for children younger than 12. To purchase tickets, call the Hall's membership department at 607-547-0397.

{"HeadlineLight14"/}Youth football set for Sunday

The Delhi Pee Wee Football Association will host two games Sunday at the Delhi American Legion Field near the pavilion.

The Delhi American Legion Jets will play the Sherburne T&M Jr. Marauders at 1 p.m., followed by the Delaware National Bank Bulldogs and the Sherburne Sr. Marauders at 3 p.m.

{"HeadlineLight14"/}Utica-Rome banquet Nov. 8

Utica-Rome Speedway will close its season with its annual awards banquet at 6 p.m. Nov. 8 at Turning Stone Casino and Resort. The top 10 points leaders in the 358-modifieds, sportsman, pro stocks and pure stocks will be recognized, among others.

The formal-attire event is open to the public. Tickets cost $30 apiece and must be purchased by Oct. 31 by calling Connie Plows at 315-822-6347 or 315-404-0977; Barb Clark at 315-725-5709 or 315-829-4557; or Brenda Belden at 315-855-7688.

For more information, visit the website www.uticaromespeedway.com or call the speedway office at 315-829-4557.

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    COLLEGE ROUNDUP ... One season after winning its first Empire 8 Conference men's basketball championship, Hartwick College is one victory from clinching the conference's regular-season title and earning home-court advantage for the E8 tournament.

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    HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP ... Cooperstown junior Michael Boyle earned a fifth-place finish during the Section Three Division II Wrestling Tournament at Onondaga Community College's SRC Arena.

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    AREA COLLEGE ROUNDUP ... Senior Samantha Szkotak scored 14 of her game-high 20 points in the second half to help Oneonta State pull away for a 63-40 SUNY Athletic Conference women's basketball victory over visiting Oswego on Friday.

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  • Big fourth quarter propels SK boys

    HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP ... Trevor Holdridge finished with 13 points and held Roxbury's Kyle Ciaravino scoreless in the fourth quarter of South Kortright's 68-48 Delaware League boys basketball victory over visiting Roxbury on Friday.

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  • Cooperstown girls earn share of division title

    HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP ... Not only will Cooperstown take a 15-3 record into the Section Three Class C-2 tournament next week, the Redskins also are getting healthier. The Redskins' girls basketball team defeated visiting Waterville, 63-29, and earned the co-championship in Division III of the Center State Conference on Friday. Cooperstown and Hamilton each finished with 9-1 league records.

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    YOUTH BASKETBALL _ 2012 ELKS HOOP SHOOT ... Tanner Russin of Oneonta is looking to hit Glens Falls with his best shot. Center Street Elementary third-grader Tanner made it three in a row Feb. 4, when he won the 8-9 boys age-group title during the 2012 Elks Hoop Shoot State Semifinals at Herkimer County Community College.

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  • Davenport girls clinch 10th straight division title

    HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL ... Double-doubles from Sarah Haight and Sam Maidens helped Davenport clinch its 10th consecutive Delaware League Upper Delaware Division championship as the host Wildcats downed Hunter-Tannersville, 45-35, in a winner-take-all girls basketball game Thursday night.

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