News Briefs: April 10, 2025

Spring Sports Start Strong

COOPERSTOWN—Cooperstown softball opened its season with an 8-3 win against Herkimer on Wednesday, April 2. Senior Emmy Lippitt struck out 12 batters, giving up eight hits, and went 2-for-3 at the plate, including a double and an RBI. Junior Katie Crippen drove in two runs with a double in the second inning. The game was shortened to six innings due to a hailstorm.

Lippitt struck out eight more batters and gave up three earned runs and eight hits in the Hawkeyes’ 5-3 win over Sauquoit Valley on Monday, April 7. Cooperstown recovered from a 3-2 deficit with a three-run fifth inning. Crippen stole four bases, including one in the fifth inning that put her in scoring position for senior Grace Sperry’s RBI double.

The baseball team fell 4-3 to Frankfort-Schuyler in the hail on opening day, Wednesday, April 2. Junior Joey Paterno struck out five in four innings and gave up four hits and two earned runs. Junior Christian Lawson held the Scarlet Knights hitless for two innings in relief. Sophomore Brody Murdock hit a double, and freshman Braden Rawitch and sophomore Elijah McCaffrey each had singles.

Cooperstown’s tennis team defeated Sauquoit 4-1 in a Division I match on Thursday, April 3. Freshman Henry Ayers and senior Owen Marling won first and second singles in straight sets. Alfred Hom fell to another eighth-grader in third singles. Junior Bianca Adam and senior Lexi Wolfe, and sophomore Hayden Spencer and eighth-grader Micah Raffo won their doubles matches.

The Hawkeyes swept Holland Patent 5-0 at home on Friday, April 4 without losing a set. Cooperstown stands at 2-0 for the season.

CCE Announces Events

COOPERSTOWN—Cornell Cooperative Extension will hold two animal biosecurity seminars to demonstrate pest and pathogen control measures for livestock. The first will be held at the Otsego County CCE, 123 Lake Street in Cooperstown, from 6-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 15, followed by a second at 173 South Grand Street in Cobleskill from 9:30-11 a.m. on Thursday, April 17. There will also be Zoom options for remote attendance. Register at reg.cce.cornell.edu/Animal_Biosecurity_243 or by calling (518) 234-4304, extension 119.

There will be plant biosecurity seminars in Cooperstown and Cobleskill from 9:30-11 a.m. on Tuesday, April 29 and from 6-7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30, respectively. Register at reg.cce.cornell.edu/Plant_Biosecurity_243 or by calling. Additionally, there will be an Intro to Swine Production class from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, May 15 at 5657 State Route 5 in Herkimer. For a full list of events, visit https://cceschoharie-otsego.org/.

CAA Exhibits Open This Week

COOPERSTOWN—The Cooperstown Art Association’s spring season will begin with two new exhibits on display from April 12 through May 7. “Figurative Connections,” in Gallery A, is a retrospective of printwork and paintings by Scott Magin, 2023 Regional Juried Art Show winner. Sasha Glinski’s “From Backyard to Bog,” featuring landscape oil paintings including many vistas from Otsego County, will be displayed in Gallery B. The exhibits will share an opening reception from 5-7 p.m. on Saturday, April 12. There will be a Meet the Artist event with Glinski from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, May 3.

The Cooperstown Central School District Art Exhibit will be on display from April 26 through May 9 in the Village Hall Ballroom. Art and Music Night, the popular annual opening reception, will be held from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, April 25.