Baseball tops SV, 5-4
Tennis loses in playoffs to MPH
BASEBALL
Cooperstown 5, Sauquoit Valley 4
Joey Paterno had nine strikeouts in a complete-game win as Cooperstown beat host Sauquoit Valley in a Center State Conference Division II game Monday, may 11.
Cooperstown took a 5-0 lead in the top of the first off the strength of five-straight hits. Paterno, Braden Rawitch and Elijah McCaffrey had RBI and Ty Burkhart had a two-RBI single.
Paterno gave up six hits and walked one. SV got one run back in the bottom of the first and three more in the second.
Cooperstown will celebrate its Senior Night on Wednesday, May 13, with a non-division game against Frankfort-Schuyler at Doubleday Field.
TENNIS
Manlius-Pebble Hill 5, Cooperstown 0
No. 6 seeded MPH eliminated No. 3 Cooperstown in a Section III Class D quarterfinal playoff match Monday at The Clark Sports Center.
At first singles, Savir Ghambhir defeated Henry Ayers, 6-1, 6-1. At second singles, Eric Hu defeated Alfred Hom, 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (3). At third singles, Will Spear defeated Hayden Spencer, 6-3, 6-2. At first doubles, Andy Lurvy and Owen Hay defeated Bianca Adam andMicah Raffo, 6-1, 6-3. At second doubles, Momin Naveed and Adam Sana defeated Rigzin Gazan and Emmett Ayers, 6-0, 6-1.
SOFTBALL
Sauquoit Valley 11, Cooperstown 2
Lanie Nelen went 2-for-4 with an RBI but host Cooperstown lost a Center State Conference Division II game to SV on Monday.
Carlotta Falso took the loss, walking seven and giving up five hits while striking out seven in seven innings.
Allyson Brennan doubled twice and had three RBI for Sauquoit Valley.
Sophia Johnson and Scarlett Bong scored runs for Cooperstown (2-10, 2-6), which plays a non-division game at Frankfort-Schuyler on Wednesday.
Cooperstown Sports News is sponsored for the 2025-2026 school year by New York Susquehanna & Western Railway & The Cooperstown Sports Booster Club. Baseball coverage is sponsored by the Rawitch family. Softball coverage is sponsored by Crippen Excavating.
