Cooperstown's boys scored 33 points in the second quarter and cruised to a 79-58 non-league boys basketball victory over visiting Sherburne-Earlville in a matchup of Center State Conference division winners Saturday.
"That's the most we've had in a quarter this year," said Cooperstown coach Dave Bertram, whose team has scored 106 and 99 points in a game this season. "The defense was fantastic. We used fullcourt pressure and did a good job of getting up on their guards. Everybody was on the right page at the right place and the right time. We were able to run it up and get some great shots."
The Redskins (15-1), winners of Division III with an 8-0 record, had four players score in double figures. Jeremiah Ford had 18 points, Jeff Flynn and Michael Rowley contributed 14 apiece and Michael Moakler had 11.
Cooperstown led, 14-8 after one quarter and started the second quarter on a 21-2 run.
Flynn had nine points and Rowley had eight in the second quarter, which ended with the Redskins ahead, 47-18.
Austin Jasper scored 13 points to lead Sherburne-Earlville (13-4) which had been undefeated in the CSC coming into the game and clinched the Division I title at the end of January.
Cooperstown is at Sauquoit Valley on Tuesday and then travels to Sherburne-Earlville on Friday.
Cooperstown 79, S-E 58
SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE (13-4): Randy Briggs 2 0-0 5, Carter Cole 1 0-0 2, Jesse Yerton 1 0-2 2, Sam Caton 3 5-9 11, Paul Romanenko 3 1-2 8, John McDaniel 0 0-0 0, Cole Hodges 1 4-4 7, Mick Khoury 2 2-5 6, Austin Jasper 4 5-7 13, Thomas Knickerbocker 0 0-0 0, Matt Rajczi 1 0-0 2, Chris Marquard 1 0-2 2. TOTALS: 19 17-31 58.
COOPERSTOWN (15-1): Jay Davine 2 0-1 4, Jeremiah Ford 9 0-3 18, Harrison Clinton 2 0-0 5, Sam Bowen 1 1-2 3, Michael Moakler 5 1-1 11, Jeff Flynn 4 4-5 14, Ben Pierson 1 0-0 2, Michael Rowley 7 0-0 14, Sawyer Haney 0 2-2 2, Ethan Bliss 0 0-0 0, Nicolas Knull 2 0-0 4, Derek Liner 1 0-0 2. TOTALS: 35 8-14 79.
Sherburne-Earlville     8 10 16 24 _ 58
Cooperstown     14 33 19 13 _ 79
Three-point field goals: S 3 (Briggs, Romanenko, Hodges); C 3 (Flynn 2, Clinton). JV score: S-E won.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
SK 67, Davenport 50
Eighth-grader Tori Rockefeller hit five three-pointers and scored a game-high 21 points to lead unbeaten South Kortright to a non-league victory between Delaware League rivals.
The Mountain Division champion Rams (14-0), the No. 1-ranked Class D team in the state, also received 15 points and 10 rebounds from Kayla Craft, 11 points and 11 rebounds from Robin Ward, and 13 points from Britney Northrop.
"Their strength is every night somebody else steps up," said Davenport coach Ray Preston, whose team has lost twice to the Rams this season and could see them for a third time in the Delaware League final if his team beats visiting Hunter-Tannersville on Thursday in a game that will decide the Upper Division title. "We try to know where Ward and Craft are and then Rocky steps up and gets you for 21. The last time, Craft got me for 20."
Davenport (9-6) briefly took a lead in the second quarter, but the Rams rallied to take a 32-26 lead into halftime. SK extended its lead to 48-37 after three quarters then Rockefeller hit two threes and scored 10 points in the final quarter.
"She's legit," Preston said of Rockefeller. "She handles it well and we certainly didn't find her on threes."
Sarah Haight had 16 points, including a 7-for-9 showing from the free throw line, and Lauren Hotaling contributed 10 for the Wildcats, who travel to Morris on Monday before hosting H-T on Thursday.
Davenport and H-T are atop the Upper Division. Both teams have three league losses.
SK 67, Davenport 50
SOUTH KORTRIGHT (14-0): Kayla Quigley 0 0-0 0, Kayla Warycha 0 1-2 1, Tori Rockefeller 8 0-0 21, Cali Lutz 0 0-0 0, Kayla Craft 5 5-6 15, Britney Northrop 6 1-2 13, Miquela Hanselman 2 2-2 6, Robin Ward 4 3-5 11. TOTALS: 25 12-17 67.
DAVENPORT (9-6, 8-3): Cassie Wubbenhorst 0 0-0 0, Kassie Jeffers 3 1-4 7, Kate Swantak 2 2-2 6, Brittani Pietrefesa 0 0-0 0, Sarah Haight 4 7-9 16, Melissa Sperry 0 0-1 0, Sam Maidens 2 5-6 9, Lauren Hotaling 3 1-2 10, Jenna Lutz 0 0-0 0, Katie Goss 1 0-0 2, Megan Keil 0 0-0 0, TOTALS: 15 16-24 50.
SK          20 12 16 19 _ 67
Davenport     13 13 11 13 _ 50
Three-point field goals: S 5 (Rockefeller 5); D 4 (Hotaling 3, Haight).
INDOOR TRACK
Section Four
Class Championships
Oneonta High's Shelby Cleaveland, Walton's Kevin Flaherty and Bainbridge-Guilford/Afton's Chris Puerilie won events Friday in the Section Four Class Championships at Cornell University.
Cleaveland placed first in the Division I 55-meter dash in a time of 7.62 seconds. Flaherty won the Division II 55 hurdles for the second straight year, crossing in 8.27 seconds and Puerilie won the shot put, his best effort covering 42 feet, 3 inches.
Oneonta's girls finished tied for fifth with Dryden in Class A-B. The Yellowjackets had 50 points in a meet won by Elmira with 108.
Eighth-grader Taylor Hitchcock placed second for OHS in the 3,000 (11:13.38) and helped the Yellowjackets' 3,200 and 1,600 relay teams to fourth-place finishes. Jennifer Jelic contributed a third-place shoting in the 55 hurdles, running a 9.74 in the final for OHS, which also received a fourth from Kim Scofield in the triple jump (33-0 3/4).
Walton's Kristine Reed finished fourth overall in the 1,000. She finished in 3:11.09 to beat the school record of 3:11.44 she set last week.
B-G/A's Nikiah Gaydorus placed third in the D-II 300, crossing in 45.72.
Sidney received a third-place showin from Jill Livingston in the D-II 55 hurdles. She finished in 10.30. Sidney teammates Asia Revis and Sam Mullineaux finished third and fourth, respectively in the shot put. Revis had a distance of 32-4 1/2. Mullineaux's was 30-0.
On the boys side, B-G/A finished fourth in the Class C-D team scores with 72 points. Trumansburg won with 91.
Other top boys finishes belonged to Gilbertsville-Mount Upton's Eddie Ray Cotton, who finished third in the 300 (38.26) and fourth in the 55 (7.06); Oneonta High's Aaron Murphy, who finished third in the triple jump (41-2); Unadilla Valley's Kody Homann, who placed fourth in the long jump (19-7 1/2); and B-G/A's Noah Ives, who finished third in the D-II 600 (1:30.27).
Section Four Class Championships
Friday at Cornell
Results of area athletes in top six
BOYS
Class A-B team scores: Corning 108, Horseheads, 74, Elmira 52, Vestal 42, Binghamton 41, Norwich 37, Chenango Forks 34, Windsor 27, Dryden 24, Oneonta 13.5, Union Springs 8, Johnson City 4.5.
Class C-D team scores: Trumansburg 91, Waverly 90, Lansing 72, Bainbridge-Guilford/Afton 72, Elmira Notre Dame 34, Watkins Glen 29, Marathon 18, Unadilla Valley 18, Walton 15, Gilbertsville-Mount Upton 12, Sidney 11, Newfield 9, Groton 4, Moravia 2, Harpursville 1.
D-II 55 meters: 4, Eddie Ray Cotton (G-MU) 7.06; 5, Kevin Flaherty (Walton) 7.17. D-II 600: 3, Noah Ives (BGA) 1:30.27. D-II 55 hurdles: 1, Kevin Flaherty (Walton) 8.27. D-II 300: 3, Eddie Ray Cotton (G-MU) 38.26; 6, Kevin Flaherty (Walton) 38.86. 3,200 relay: 4, Oneonta (Levi Anderson, Ben Gollin, Mat Robinson, Wembo Tiapo) 8:53.74; 6, B-G/A 8:59.90. D-II 800 relay: 3, Sidney (Aaron McCarroll, Nate McDonald, Noah McKee, Ethan Green) 1:42.63; 4, Unadilla Valley (David Blomquist, Ryan Chapman, Kody Homann, Neil Barker) 1:45.01; 5, Walton (Kevin Sutton, Nick Raymond, Daniel Norris, Brent Fuller) 1:46.22. D-I 1,600 relay: 6, Oneonta (Aaron Murphy, Zach King, Tom Talbot, Alex Fox) 4:07.68. Long jump: 4, Kody Homann (UV) 19-7 1/2. Triple jump: 3, Aaron Murphy (Oneonta) 41-2. Shot put: 1, Chris Puerilie (B-G/A) 42-3.
GIRLS
Class A-B team scores: Elmira 108, Corning 101, Vestal 77, Horseheads 60, Oneonta 50, Dryden 50, Binghamton 14, Johnson City 8, Norwich 8, Chenango Forks 6, Windsor 6.
Class C-D team scores: Trumansburg 137, Waverly 79, Newfield 45, Elmira Notre Dame 44, Marathon 42, Lansing 29, Sidney 28, Bainbridge-Guilford/Afton 21, Groton 16, Walton 15, Moravia 10, Unadilla Valley 6, Watkins Glen 6, Whitney Point 6.
3,000 meters: 2, Taylor Hitchcock (Oneonta) 11:13.38. D-I 55: 1, Shelby Cleaveland (Oneonta) 7.62. D-II 55: 6, Christina Bochicchio (BGA) 8.11. 1,000: 4, Kristine Reed (Walton) 3:11.09 (school record; old record of 3:11.44 set last week by Reed); 6, Missy Emilio (Oneonta) 3:13.60. D-I 55 hurdles: 3, Jennifer Jelic (Oneonta) 9.74 (clocked in 9.59 in semifinals). D-II 55 hurdles: 3, Jill Livingston (Sidney) 10.30. D-II 300: 3, Nikiah Gaydorus (BGA) 45.72. 3,200 relay: 4, Oneonta (Missy Emilio, Taylor Hitchcock, Kim Scofield, Lauren Ward) 10:20.59. D-I 800 relay: 2, Oneonta (Shelby Cleaveland, Jennifer Jelic, Alexandra Sakoulas, Lauren Ward) 1:54.95. D-I 1,600 relay: 4, Oneonta (Missy Emilio, Alexandra Sakoulas, Taylor Hitchcock, Samantha Stamp) 4:39.47. D-II 1,600 relay: 3, Bainbridge-Guilford/Afton (Chloe McElligott, Katrina Ross, Daphne Knapp, Nikiah Gaydorus) 4:38.10. Triple jump: 4, Kim Scofield (Oneonta) 33-0 3/4. Shot put: 3, Asia Revis (Sidney) 32-4 1/2; 4, Sam Mullineaux (Sidney) 30-0.
SWIMMING
Frontier League
Sean Mebust earned the best Cooperstown finish during the Frontier League Swimming Championships on Saturday at Watertown High.
Mebust finished third in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:23.45. Andrew Marilley of team champion Watertown won the event (5:10.93), followed by Barrett Celecki of Holland Patent (5:17.97).
Mebust's older brother Erik contributed a fourth in the 200 free, finishing in a personal-best time of 1:59.91.
The Mebusts helped the Redskins to a sixth-place finish in the 15-team championships, with 137.5 points.
Watertown won the team title with 449 points.
Cooperstown will compete in the Section Three Championships, which run Feb. 16-17 at Syracuse Nottingham.
