Sports Snippets: October 12, 2023

Cooperstown Girls Crush Waterville

WATERVILLE—Cooperstown girls soccer rolled to an 8-0 shutout of Waterville on Monday, October 9, led by a hat trick by senior and offense star Sophia Hotaling. Senior Rory Nelen and Sophomore Cecilia Franck scored twice each and junior Annelise Jensen contributed a goal and an assist. Brenna Seamon made eight saves to earn another clean sheet. The Hawkeyes moved to 10-3-1 for the season and 3-3 in their division.

Tri-Valley League Soccer Playoffs Begin

OTSEGO COUNTY—Tri-Valley League girls soccer playoff games were played on Monday, October 9. Milford defeated Franklin 4-2 just days after losing to them 3-2 in Oneonta. Delaney Maison scored for Milford less than a minute into the game and Kara Mertz put together a hat trick. Shannon Kingsbury and Haylee Taggart each scored for Franklin in the final 15 minutes of the game. Edmeston/Morris came from behind to beat Laurens 2-1 after Eowyn Chickerell scored for Laurens in the first half. Hannah Wist made a goal and an assist for E/M and Maiya King netted the game winner with six minutes to go. E/M will face Milford in the title game on Saturday, October 14. Cherry Valley-Springfield beat Richfield Springs 2-0, led by Morgan Huff with a goal and an assist. Lily Competiello scored four times to lead Schenevus to a 5-0 shutout of Sharon Springs. Worcester beat Gilbertsville-Mount Upton 2-1 thanks to a two-goal second half by Hailey Shalor.

Junior Rowing Team Has Debut Performance

SCOTIA—Otsego Area Rowing sent its junior team to the Mohawk Fall Classic Regatta in Scotia on Sunday, October 1. More than 180 entries from 20 clubs participated in the Regatta, which is sanctioned by U.S. Rowing. OAR’s junior team has athletes from Oneonta and Cooperstown high schools and is coached by Whitney MacDonald, Lang Keith and Andrea Thies. The regatta is a time-trial style event covering 2.3 miles of the Mohawk River. Polly Kennedy of Cooperstown finished sixth in junior girls singles. Creighton Williams of Cooperstown finished fourth in the junior boys singles with a personal record. OAR fielded a junior girls quad team for the first time in more than six years and it finished seventh. The junior boys doubles team of Williams and Cooperstown’s Theo Feury placed sixth and the girls doubles squad of Charlotte Feury and Oneonta’s Iz Dudek finished ninth. OAR’s junior team will compete in several more events this fall.