{"HeadlineLight14"/}Baseball Hall to host sleepovers
The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown will host its Extra Innings Overnight program for youths ages 9 and older this Friday and Nov. 20.
Children will arrive at the Hall at 7 p.m. for a sleepover in the Plaque Gallery. Guests will have access to the museum after hours and may watch a movie or a baseball game in the Bullpen Theater. The Hall will provide evening snacks, breakfast and a Hall of Fame back sack filled with mementos.
Cost is $49.95 for juniors and $39.95 for adults. This Friday's session is for youth groups only. The Nov. 20 session is exclusively for museum members and their families.
For more information, call the Hall at 607-547-0312.
{"HeadlineLight14"/}Baseball sign-ups start Saturday
Catskill Mountain Little League will be hold sign-ups for the 2009 season at Robinson Terrace Skilled Nursing Facility in Stamford beginning Nov. 14. Sign-up times and dates are as follows: 10 a.m.-noon this Saturday; 6:30-9 p.m. Nov. 19; 10 a.m.-noon Nov. 28; and 6:30-9 p.m. Nov. 30. For more information, call 607-278-9979.
{"HeadlineLight14"/}OBGC to continue softball camp
The Oneonta Boys and Girls Club will continue its 2009 Oneonta Pitching Camp for softball players this Sunday.
The camp, which is designed for girls ages 8-18, will hold its last session Nov. 22. Times are as follows: Intermediate/Advanced Session I, 1-2 p.m.; Intermediate/Advanced Session II, 2-3 p.m.; Beginning Session III, 3-4 p.m.
Cost is $75 per session. Cost for those who participate in both intermediate/advanced sessions is $125.
For more information, call John Seedborg at 607-765-6837 or Randy Brockway at 607-433-6626.
{"HeadlineLight14"/}OBGC to hold winter lacrosse
The winter session of Lacrosse Oneonta will run Mondays from Nov. 16-Feb. 15 at the Oneonta Boys and Girls Club.
OBGC members in grades 3-7 will play from 5-7 p.m., followed by grades 8-12 from 7-9 p.m. There is no cost to play, but participants must be OBGC members. Equipment is limited.
For more information, call Bob Leary at 607-433-0998.
{"HeadlineLight14"/}State football schedule changes
The New York State Public High School Athletic Association changed its schedule for the state football championships at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse because a Syracuse University basketball game is slated for Nov. 27.
The revised schedule opens with the Class D state championship game at noon Nov. 28. The Class C final follows at 3 p.m. and the Class A title game will start at 6 p.m.
The Class AA and Class B championship games are scheduled for 1 and 4 p.m., respectively, Nov. 29. The NYSPHSAA originally scheduled some games for Nov. 27.
There are no changes to the state semifinal schedule. Dietz Stadium in Kingston will host the East semifinals and Paetec Park in Rochester will host the West semis on Nov. 20 and Nov. 21.
{"HeadlineLight14"/}Perch Derby scheduled for Feb. 6
The Oxford Lions Club will host the 11th Chenango Lake Perch Derby Feb. 6 on Chenango Lake in New Berlin.
Should the event need to be postponed, it will run Feb. 20.
The derby offers numerous prizes, including ones for catching the largest perch and the largest pickerel of the day. Prizes also will be awarded for the largest perch every 15 minutes.
A specially-tagged perch is worth $1,000 in cash. If it is not caught, the prize will be raffled off to registered participants. Should insufficient ice result in the cancellation of the derby, the prize will be raffled off to those who pre-registered.
The Oxford Lions Club also will hold a raffle that will be drawn on the day of the derby. All raffle prizes will be worth at least $100. Proceeds from the Chenango Lake Perch Derby are used to maintain many community and area projects supported by the Oxford Lions Club, such as eye examinations and eyeglasses for those in need.
For more information or to register, visit Mayhood Sporting Goods in Norwich or the website www.oxfordlions.org. Last year's derby attracted more than 800 participants and spectators.
{"HeadlineLight14"/}O-State hosting weekly TV show
Oneonta State is hosting a weekly television sports show called "Inside Red Dragon Sports" at 7:30 p.m. Mondays on Time Warner Cable channel 23. Replays of each show will be televised at 6 p.m. the following Saturday on TWC channel 23.
The show also will be available through the Internet on the campus' streaming site, which has a permanent link on O-State's athletics homepage at www.oneonta.edu/academics/athletics/.
{"HeadlineLight14"/}Soccer club trying to start team
The Delaware County United Soccer Club is seeking people to help start a travel team for boys and girls that will compete in the Hudson Valley Youth Soccer League next spring.
Anyone interested in coaching or in becoming a board member should call Abby Rose at 845-586-4308 or Keith Gavette at 845-586-5136.
