Sports Snippets

June 8, 2023

Softball Takes Sectionals, Falls in Regionals

COOPERSTOWN—The Cooperstown softball team won its third sectional title in program history with a 4-2 victory over eight-seed Port Byron on May 31. Dani Seamon threw a two-hitter with six strikeouts, hit two singles and stole a base. Seamon singled in the first inning and two walks put Savannah Kirkby and Sophia Hotaling on base. Brenna Seamon walked and Jeana Geertgens hit a two-RBI single to open a three-run lead. Port Byron scored twice in the fifth inning before Katie Crippen blasted a solo home run over the left field fence in the bottom of the inning. Seamon stranded a runner on second in the sixth inning and went one-two-three in the seventh to finish the game.

The Hawkeyes faced Section IV victor Thomas A. Edison (Elmira) in the Class C regional game on Friday, June 2. Their impressive season came to an end with a heartbreaking 6-1 loss in the Center Region Championship. The Hawkeyes made nine hits but were unable to convert them into runs. Uncharacteristic fielding errors allowed Edison to run away with the game offensively. Cooperstown can be proud of a strong season, ending with a 17-3 record and the program’s first sectional title since 2016.

Seamon, who graduates this month, threw five strikeouts in the loss. Crippen went two-for-three with a triple and a walk. Hotaling added two hits and the Hawkeyes’ lone run. Kirkby and Geertgens, whose sacrifice fly allowed Hotaling to score, will also graduate.