News Briefs: May 1, 2025
CCS Tennis Sweeps Hamilton
COOPERSTOWN—Cooperstown tennis defeated Hamilton 5-0, 5-0 in a double header at home on Monday, April 28. Freshman Henry Ayers, senior Owen Marling and eighth grader Alfred Hom won their singles matches 10-1, 10-8 and 10-0, respectively. The first doubles team of junior Bianca Adam and senior Lexi Wolfe won 10-2, as did the second doubles team of junior Rigzin Gazan and seventh grader Emmett Ayers. In the second match, Marling, Adam and Wolfe took their singles matches 10-6, 10-6 and 10-3, respectively. Henry Ayers and Hom won first singles 10-2, and the second doubles team of eighth-grader Micah Raffo and sophomore Hayden Spencer won 10-2. Cooperstown stands undefeated at 5-0 for the season, 2-0 in their division, and will face Waterville in a division match after press time on Tuesday, April 29.
Coop Second at Invitational
COOPERSTOWN—The Cooperstown boys and girls track and field teams each finished second to their Cobleskill-Richmondville counterparts in the Don Howard Invitational on Saturday, April 26. It was the first one without beloved track coach Howard, who passed away in June, 2024. The girls team tied Marathon in a field of 14 teams, and senior Annelise Jensen won the 800m (2:22.17) and 1500m (4:51.07) events. Senior Polly Kennedy won the 400m hurdles (1:14.66) and took third place in the high jump at 4’8”. Junior Mia Pelcer finished second in the 100m hurdles at 0:18.43, and the girls 4x400m relay team placed second in 4:38.76.
The boys team finished the day second in a field of 13 teams. Senior Cooper Bradley won the 110m hurdles (0:16.04) and the high jump (6’0”). Senior Marco Spinosa took second place in the 400m with a time of 0:54.58. Junior Jacob Johnson finished second in the 800m (2:09.28) and Senior Cameron Fritts took third in the high jump at 5’4”. The relay teams finished second in the 4x100m, 4x400m and 4x800m events, in 0:47.40, 3:43.16 and 9:42.42, respectively.
