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COOPERSTOWN - SECTION II FREEMAN’S JOURNAL s p o r t s ION II J L Sports Briefs Nagelschmidt leads all-stais to win WEST WINFIELD - The Center State Conference’s toys’ and ghis’ CooperstOwn cent^ Reid Nagetschniidt scored 18 points to lead the CSC’s Eastern Division to a 92-91 v ictt^ over the W e^ra Division. Cooperstown’s other participant, Howard Graham, finishedi wUh six points on .two three-pointers. Richfieid Springs’ Oraig Harris (eight points) and Sean ICelly (four points) played for the Westmn Division. In the ^ i s ’ game, the Western Division took a 76-7S win over the Eastern Division, Cooperstown’s Meghan Arquin scored six points and Sarah Miner added three for the Eastern Divisioa Tania Zytinsky and Kelly Evans o f Richfield Springs went scoreless for the Western Division. Continentals fall in tournament CLINTON - Hamilton College’s first-ever trip to tto NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Champton^ips ended on Friday. March 10 with a 96-86 loss at New Jersey Institute of T«:hnology in the seitiifinais of the Atlantic Secdonal. The Continentals (21-6) trailed by as many as 11 in the first half but battled biak to lake a 46-45 halftime lead on a ihroe-pointcr by junior A1 Lewis, a Cfooperstown High School graduate. After scoring the first three points of the second half, Hamilton was done in by the Highlanders' hot outside shooting. Lewis made a big contribution off the bench with 14 points, eight rebounds and five assists. In his role as sixth-man this season. Lewis came o ff the bench in all of the team’s 27 games and avoaged 18.4 minutes, 6.1 points, 4.3 retounds and 1.6 assists per contest. This reason, Lewis, had single- game highs of 46 minutes. 17 points, nine rebounds and reven assists. Poulson helped Saints to success CANTON - The S l Lawiencc University field hockey leain recently aimpletcd its mast successful season in a number of years, finishing in ito Top 20 m the nanon and reaching the NCAA Easttnti Regional Final.. Junior Susanna Poulson, a Ctoperstowm High Schcxit graduate, was of the playws that helped the Saints succeed this reason. According to a press release from the school. “Poulson played important part of bmh the offense and defense while starting in all 20 games. Highly regarded by her coach and opposing teams, she is a valuable player-and will provide the team with a great deal of support m her semctf year.\ Playing against Division III competition, the Saints compiled a 9- William Smith. 5-1 regular season record, losing to only one team that was not nationally ranked. One of die wins was a 2-1 upset over top-ranked After comj fn-8-l)eam(od ipeung in the New York State Tournament, n a berth in the Eastern Rcgjonals. In the I St. Ljtwreoce first round the Sams defeated Wiiienburg of Ohio. 2-1. in overtime before losing, 3- 1. to eventual nauonal champion Cortland Stole in the regional finals. COOPERSTOWN - Barry Gray’s game-high 12 pumts led a b alanc^ reonng attack as the ACC Gym team defeated Brand X, 45-39, in the Slow Break League’s tide game M onday, March 13, at the Clark Sports C ^ter. Mike Manko (8 points) scored revat quick points as ite ACC Gym team jumped outto a quick 10-3 lead. Brand X came back to tie the game at 10-10 behind three 6re throws by Mike Adams (13 points) and two rebound tesk^ by Dan Adams (6 {toiius). Jamie StackhtHire's three- point basket just before the end of the first half provided Brand X with a 19- 18 lead at the midway print. Mike Adams scored 10 stroi^t jtoims in the second half to give Brand X a 29-24 lead. After some key free throw shooting got them back in the game, a Steve Porter (7 points) basket gave die ACC Gym team a 31-30 lead. Stackhouse (eight points) and the ACC Gym team’s Shane Barton (10 puiiusi uaded liuee-pouii hoskeis Cooperstown High School boys' junior varsity basketball coach Don Howard (seated tar right) was honored with a surprise party Sunday afternoon. Howard recently retired as basketball coach atter 31 years Howard honored by past, present CCS boys' JV coach to retire after 31 years “It be pretty ni( ily like then By BILL FRANCIS .Sports Fxlitor iWN - Som eiim cs surpi ice even for those who don't nccessar- es about the effec t Howard had on them, and for some who could not attend, letters were read essing affeeuon fortheir tormc*r coach was something I'll never forget. So many special things happened ■ letters from tormer play- crs.JctUTS from family - and afterward hearing from people who'could mu'make it bccaasc of prior tumrmimcnLs It is something that will mean more to me as the years g o by,\ Howard said. Photo by Bill Frontis varsity basketball out Sum •pcrslown High School boys'junior ball coach Don Howard found this lough Howard is retinng as the boy's junior varsity basketball coach, he wanted to make iday afternoon when, after the Boys’ Basketball Awards Cercinony. he was pleasantly surprised to find out he was being recogmred frar all he has dofKi over the years. , Under the pretext of watching a video about the fast basketball season, the group from the basket ball banquet m oved from the schtxil’s cafcicna to the auditonum. When everyone was finaiiy seated, a surpnsed Howard was c^lcd up on stage u> he honored by some o f his past and present players everyone knew that he would be remaining as the s very surprised, overwhelmed and I can't on stag!e. experience,\ Howard said the next day t express everything I felt during that time o n stag It was just an overwhelming ' Howard said the next day Tm xiys' track and field coach as well continuing as an eighth grade history teacher He has been teach mg m the C’lxjperstown schtxil distnci for 3 1 years He began his coaching career during the 1964- 65 season, where, according to H o w ^ d , he was paid S.30O to coach the boys' junior high u He moved up to the boys' junior varsity job the l% u .70 season where he remainedemained i i junior varsity coach, Howard compiled r unul season, except for one sea.son. 1973 '’4,, was the boys' varsity c< nt weather forced d^ very grateful t o those who were involved \ Thi players who originally ha< first time c o u ld not attend on the new date. 23 of Howard’s former players from the past ,Vi yean, as well as this year's current varsity and junior varsity teams, were present for the special evenu Current and former players made speech- le surprise wa.s suppose to have taken place on March «, bui inclcmei poncmem unul Su players who originally had planned to come the this past 1 w here he t 4 5 1 16 record According to Pally Hill, who helped organi/c some rexogmuon' for all he has done pn->e as well as doing some of ihe rcscarc h, t the parents thought [ Howard deserved apost- years Putting it together to»>k about ^ --t wcekN Though -.omc loimer and it ycarbiHsk photos arc accurate, Howard has coached approximately 276 basketball players over the past 31 years “I coa'h because I enjoy coaching, and coachinu The athletes are gtxd ciorcns to work with, and at CixipcrsuiwTi ha.s been an utopian cxpcmt Coaching has been special here,\ Howard are tun They ’re eniovahle kids to work with ' .orJing lo tormer player .Seth .Schacllcr. a Lurrent member ot Colgate Lmversitv men's has kelhall team, words .an't truly express whai Howard has nie,uit to him \What vnu get liom Coash Howard is persona! relationships one to one th.ngs \ .Schaetler sanl \Words slo not Jo lustne to *hal 1 think ut him ' .According to Howard the decision U' retire as the junior sarsiis haskethall .oach was unmnally made last season \It was lust time It s harder to get up the inten sity level tc> he sucscsslul \ Howard said 1 made the dc-cision last sear hut .ame hack tor another year Howardalsu wanted to stress the imporunse ol working with varsity baskclball coach Dick White over the years ■ [>ick's love and knowledge for the game has led the (vogram. and I'sc teamed a lot from him He and I got along and thought the same about supfKi-cd to he pli \He gave me the ti , 1 'ach lo Jo what I thouchi needed to he done ■d 1(1 have a lot ot tun making upoltenss-s ihat w.'uld tit ITU stub mixing the X s and t ) s with the ulent ot the team ' H--ward adslcd that he has learned iroin wu nessirig Wtnu- s leadership' 'Duk is ,i:i excellent loach and does a lot tor the kids Howard said ' One sear there was a budect ,n-.is and Disk soaihed the junior high team a- well as the sarsitv team to make sure the kids skills would keep gmwing and the program woukt sontinije to stay at its high level I hat kitiJ ol teailership ss-i an example tor the rest ol us ' how the game is supfKi-cd to he played.\ Howard treedom as the junior var Jayhawks defeat 'Gate in tourney FtuXobyBlQFrtacli Dave Chase Sr. (12) gets fouled during the Slow Break I caguc's title game last Monday nighl. Gym team takes title that started a run of one-point lead changes. Niles Parker (6 points) then swished two straight medium jumpers that gave the ACC Gym team a 40-37 advantage. Brand X was forced to foul after Gray stole the ball and went the length of the court for a layup. Gray’s three-point play at the end of the game ^ e d the victory. It was the second straigtii year that the regular sttoson tuniter-op has won the playoff championship. Last year. Stretch’s Lawn Care def^ted the ACC Gym team to win the title. In the remifinals, the ACX Gym team prevailed ov^ (joopeatstown Imurance Ag«rey. SM0,ani) Brand X. behind Adams’dS points, took a 51-39 xrictwy over Stretch’s Lawn Care. Manko, Banw) and Gray combined f v 42 ptlnfi in the ACC Gym’s win, white TdneO led CIA with 13 points. Gray and Mike Adams ended the playoff toumev with 37 points to lead alt scoicis. By BILL FRANCLS Sports Editor DAYTON, OH • March Madness had a tcacal flavor, if only for 12 tninutes. Thursday night when the “ Igaie Ltuversiiy basketball team faced Kansas in the first round of the NCAA Division I Men's Baskettoll TournamenL Freshman guard Seth Schaeffer, a 1994 Cooperstow n graduate who left aithcithuoTiJl umc Icaduig scorer, played 12 minutes in the Red Raiders’ 82-68 loss to Kansas. Before the game, televised nation ally by CBS-TV, this Midwest RegionaJ first round matchup in Dayton, OH appeared to be a mis match between the top-seeded jayhawks firom the Big Eight Conference and I6th-seeded Colgile. The RtoRafoarsody made itamong the 64 trains in the touma- nteni broau^ it had an aaiomalic bid by winning the I^triot League ToamaiiKni over Navy. TfKHigii a 16lh-seed had never was a bouroanient ^me, the Red Raideisgave it tlreir brat shot The fiist half entfal with Kansas fnlding a 41-29 leatL but Colpie cattre tock after iiueiin^tHi by fdoitig 6of-8 ^lots. hM k ( ^ i d ’s three>-i»inter cut Kansas’ Head to 5046 with IS minntssinplav. The J^hawte used a d » ^ betKii and deteri^ve pt^sure to build the lead laele up todeubte % ii^. The Red Riders Irept byteg to figlu back tl» (tf llto way tat to DO aval], os they evraouaSy tost fty 14 points. ' “The^itewastraRy^dting. As 9t»n a« ? xvas cut there playing ? wa' SETH SCHAEFFER nervous, but afta a couple tun^ up and down the coiut I was in the flow of things. After the coach tc»k me out I just wantta.to get bock in the game,” Schaeffo said in a telephone conversation from his dormitory loom Monday afternoon. \We set out ^xtls to ^ to the toumamrau and afla we got thrae. we set new goals to beat Kanras. Oursuppwters just wanu^t us to put ip a gota fight, but wte went out thsre to beat K oigos . I think (Hir toigh nrat-teagire tehed- ute early this swsaa printed us the NCAA tousnrarait—we w i ^ ’t as tiovous whai playing on tetevi- skm and in fitsa of big crowds. We were able to play ogoinn Kailas under effliiposure. 'Tt was unfor&inate dtai we h ^ Utey (Kans^) caunton^ us and jua wore us down,\ Sebaeffer added. ‘1 was s t u p id we as many (^shoisasw e d ld... nutehtnote Item had ngiiina Syractso earlier this teason. I think that ^ w s the prtxgTOS w-e rode and vi!! bopefu!!;- ctHitinue next season ' This season the Red Raiders played regular seasai games agamvt the likes of Ssraiuse. Mars land, Mississippi Slate, Pcnasylvanu, Manhauah and Sianlord Colgate was led bv senior shix'ung guard Tucker Neale's live three point baskete and game-high 2*1 points. Freshman center Adonal Foyle added 16 points and a game- high laretxjuiuLs In Schaeffer's 12 minutes ot action, he went scoreless on (Tof-2 shooting fiom the field and grabbed one rebomd. Kansas had five players in dixiblc figures, led by Billy Thomas' 19 points off the brach. Othors in dtni- b k digits mclinted Scot Pollard (13 points), Raef Lofientz (12 points). Jacqvte Vaughn ( 11 points) and Jcrwl Haase (10 points). D te ItKS dropped Colgate's overall rreord to 17-13, while Kan.sas con tinued in ihe toumaiitetu ^xirung a 24-5 mark. Sdiaeffaended his foeshmansea- ren with Ihe Red Raiders having crane off the batch in 23 gamra, ov^aging 3.6 points and 1.3 p^iou^ per ^ me. Heshol29-of- 74 6wn the fidd (22-of-57 foom ffiree-pxnt range), craivmral 2-of-3 fbee throw aaetnpts, mode eight m i s and dished off nine assists. A^tordiitg to StdtaefFer, the future kx8(S bri^t for the Red Raiders desire the tc^ of Nrate, who aver aged points per thra season. “TtM kss of Dicker (JVeale) will l» tough, but we are Still a young 'uea/ri and ATfuil J-'o/ic, ;.’ils .\ k tic IS going U' be aniund for three mure SCOT. Colgate is guards and if wie nxnuUng a lot ot r- get some mine big pcxrplc, vxe will be m gixid shiqv. V haetfer said 'C o a.h (Jack) Bruen udd me wfton ter recruited me ihai I would have a chance at starting in Tuckei's -qH'i as a sophoncore and that us no way out ol the i^tesuon if 1 work hard this summer wlien I'm in Cooperstown I think 1 have to work on my batlhandlmg, defensive mten sity and offensive aggressiveness' Schaeffer, who was headed ui the weight room nght after this inter view, wants do bulk up to 200 pounds this »inuner, up from his cur rant 1 ^ pounds. He plans on trying out for the Empire Slate Games' CCTtial max’s tra^abali team, play ing in a basketball league in Binghamton and paiticipaung in some collegiate camps. According to Schaeffer, there were some hurdles involved m the iransi- uon frran ball m O t s ^ County to Divisiax I men’s basketball \Going from the Center State Confaratce one yrar to the F^iriot League the next year was a big te^, going ffom Ctach Dick White (varai- ty) and Coach Don Howard (janror varsity) to college iroadiing was no trap. They were ray b i g ^ asset,” S c t i ^ a ’ said. \Starring with pe- searon training, it aided up being a seven-n»nth basiretball season and by llB rad I was physically, psycto- It^cally raid emotionally fotigaed. With all the excitrairent alraut the NCAA toumararatt, I bad taouble focusing on my shod! work towards Us: c.si u. uic season.' f
