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STATE QUARTER-FINALS SATURDAY IN WHITESBORO
Lady, Gentleman Hawkeyes Both Due At State Tourneys
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Fishies for Kiddies’ Abby Weeks captures a gold fish in preparation for a sale at the eighth annual TREPS Marketplace Sunday, Feb. 28, at CCS’ Bursey Gym. Some 80 entrepreneurs from Cooperstown and Richfield Springs participated. More photos, see WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM
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tate Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, will be showing MaryEllen Elia, the new state education commissioner, through Laurens Central School Thursday, March 3. The last education commisioner to visit the county was John King, who observed the Common Core being taught at Cooperstown Elementary in March 2014. AT THE GALA: At least two 19th District Congressional candidates, Republican John Faso and Democrat Will Yandik, are expected at the Otsego Chamber’s Annual Dinner & Celebration of Business Thursday, March 3, at SUNY Oneonta’s Hunt Union Ballroom. ORDER FISH, TREES: Order forms for the county Soil & Water Conservation District’s annual tree and fish sales, as well as a list of trees and fish species, are now available at www.otsegosoilandwater.com or at the office at 967 Route 33, near the county’s Meadows office building.
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When the CCS Boys Varsity Basketball Team arrived at Onondaga Community College Saturday, Feb. 27, for the sectional final against Tully, the Girls Varsity Team, which was due back at OCC the following day for their sectional final, were on the sidelines cheering them on. They included, from left, Alexandra Russo, Liz Millea and Jen Flynn.
By LIBBY CUDMORE & BRIAN HOREY COOPERSTOWN
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ith the Section III Championships under their belt, the CCS boys and girls Hawkeyes basketball teams are both heading off this weekend to the state tournament. Both teams advance to the state quarter-finals Saturday, March 5, Saturday at Whitesboro, outside Utica.
Boys’ Coach Dave Bertram receives highfives all around as he was named sectional Coach of the Year.
At 2 p.m., the boys play Moravia Blue Devils. At 4, the girls play Watkins Glen, which they defeated last year in the state championship. “If they win this, they advance to the Final Four,” said Mike Cring, the CCS middle/ high school principal and athletic director. And though it’s the first time in Cring’s memory that both basketball teams have gone to the state quarter-finals, it does happen, according to Joe Agostinelli, communications director at the New York State Please See STATES, A2
At Farmers’ Market, Milk’s The One, Pure, Pasteurized, From Local Cows
CCS Shares Hard Lesson Learned By LIBBY CUDMORE
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he Byler family’s Mountain View Dairy Farm, Richfield Springs, has just expanded to include production of pasteurized bottled milk for the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, beginning last month. “It’s brilliant for our customers and the market, for sure,” said Lyn Weir, The Freeman’s Journal market manager, “our thanks to the Grace Shipman Please See MILK, A7 tries a sample.
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ince she was a little girl, Jess Jecko, captain of Syracuse University’s field hockey team, wanted to win a championship. “My freshman year, I went in thinking that I would be a starting goalie, but Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal Listening to keynoter Jess Jecko are, I failed seven of my nine fitness tests,” from left, CCS students Molly Mooney, she said. “I played three games.” But rather than give up, she trained Mary Kennedy, Carson Haney, Sylvia Johnson and Liz Olmstead. Please See HABITUDES, A3
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