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senior Jack Lambert goes in for a layup as Thousand Islands’ Joey Melfi tries to defend during the Hawkeyes win at home.

All nine Cooperstown players scored and the Hawkeye defense allowed just five field goals as second-seeded Coop dispatched No. 15 Thousand Islands, 71-20, in the second round of the Section III Class C boys basketball tournament.

The Hawkeyes ouscored TI, 20-9, in the first quarter, in what proved to be the most productive offensive quarter for the Vikings.

"They came out in a box-and-one on Jack (Lambert), and we were ready for that. It took 90 seconds for the rest of the guys to figure it out," Cooperstown coach John Lambert said. "Defensively we jumped on them right away, great help defense and great team defense."

An 18-5 run in the second quarter made the deficit 38-14 at halftime before the Hawkeyes did not allow TI a point in the third quarter.

Jack Lambert finished with 16 points on six field goals to lead all scorers, recording a double-double with 10 rebounds, six assists and three steals. Calvin Sandler also reached double digits, hitting two 3-pointers to total 12 points.

Spencer Lewis and Ryan Lansing each had nine, while John Kennedy and Noah Lifgren scored eight each.

Joey Melfi scored eight points to lead Thousand Islands.

"I was really proud of the defense," coach Lambert said. "Defense is a lot of hard work and they really dug deep and played well defensively."

Cooperstown hosts No. 7 Oriskany in the quarterfinals at a date and time yet to be determined.

Unadilla Valley 42, Delhi 39

Unadilla Valley used balanced scoring and tough defense to defeat Delhi and win the Midstate Athletic Conference championship.

UV had even scoring throughout each quarter, whereas Delhi ended strong with a 15-point fourth quarter.

“It was a low-scoring defensive battle,” UV coach Matt Osborne said. “In the second half we got into foul trouble and allowed them to get open shots.”

Levi Rifanburg earned a double-double with 14 points and 13 rebounds, leading UV in both categories.

“Levi did a good job on the glass with rebounds and taking the ball to the basket to force fouls,” Osborne said.

Andrew Jackson scored nine points with nine rebounds, Caleb Parker had seven points and Cameron Osborne had six.

Alex Haight and Connor Aikens combined to score more than three-quarters of Delhi's points. Haight led the Bulldogs with 16 points and Aikens had 15.

UV (14-5) enters the Section IV Class C tournament as the fourth seed. It hosts No. 13 Sidney (8-8) on Tuesday at 6 p.m.

No. 5 Delhi (14-5) hosts No. 12 Union Springs, also on Tuesday at 6 p.m.

Oneonta 57, Marathon 34

Teddy McGraw scored 11 of his 17 points in the first half to power Oneonta past Marathon.

The Yellowjackets outscored Marathon, 20-10, in the second quarter to take a 12-point lead into halftime. The Oneonta defense held Marathon to single digits in both periods of the second half to pull away.

McGraw made eight field goals to total his game-high 17 points. He was the only Oneonta to reach double digits as 10 Yellowjackets recorded points.

Graham Wooden finished with nine, while Khi Atchinson and Alex Osterhoudt had seven each for the hosts.

Diego Castellot paced Marathon with 12.

Oneonta (14-5), seeded third in the upcoming Section IV Class B tournament, opens its section run by hosting No. 6 Chenango Valley on February 23 at 6 p.m.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Cooperstown 61, Mount Markham 40

Kate Trosset scored 21 points to lead fourth-seeded Cooperstown past No. 13 Mount Markham in the second round of the Section III Class C tournament.

The Hawkeyes took control early by outscoring the Mustangs, 19-8, in the first quarter. At halftime, the lead was 32-16.

Trosset went 7-for-7 at the foul line to lead all scorers with her 21. Emilie Perez scored 15 points, Piper Seamon had nine and Meagan Schuermann contributed seven for the Hawkeyes.

Hayleigh Gates scored 16 points to lead Mount Markham. Hanna Gigliotti scored eight, while both Olivia Ostrander and Allison Sterling scored six.

Cooperstown (16-5) hosts No. 5 Onondaga (16-5) in the quarterfinals. Date and time are yet to be announced.

SWIMMING

SECTION III CHAMPIONSHIPS

Maddox Aramini won three gold medals and Gareth Austin earned one to lead Cooperstown at the Section III Class C swim championships at Nottingham High School.

All 12 competitors on the Cooperstown roster qualified for section competition, and the sophomore duo led the Hawkeyes to a third-place finish with 319 points, 107 behind winners Weedsports (426).

"We said we were gonna set our sights on the end of the year," Cooperstown coach Cheryl Rock said. "It's been the whole team. I've never in my 14 years had everybody make the sectional cut."

Aramini got his first title of the day in the 200-yard individual medley, breaking his own Section III Class C meet record, set last year, with a time of 2:05.48. His time was more than a second faster than the previous record, 2:06.93, and more than 10 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher, Aidan Wolf of Lowville (2:16.07).

Aramini returned to the top of the podium in the 100-yard butterfly, touching the wall in 57.66 to win by more than two seconds. Sherburne-Earlville senior Mathew Ryan took second in 1:00.13.

The Cooperstown sophomore earned his third win of the meet in the 200-yard freestyle relay, swimming the anchor leg behind Ewan Chapman, Will Friedman and Max Hinrichs. The team finished in 1:36.29, beating out Weedsport in second place (1:37.65).

Austin, also a sophomore, rounded out the Cooperstown winners in the meet's penultimate race, finishing the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:05.97 to win by more than three seconds.

He also reached the podium in the 200-yard IM, backing up Aramini's first-place performance with a time of 2:17.32 to finish third.

Both Aramini and Austin, as well as other Cooperstown teammates, have the opportunity to qualify for the state meet during the state qualifiers on Saturday.

"It's really hard to make states as a sophomore and they will have to cut a lot of time," Rock said. "But they have two more years. To do so well as sophomores is really something."

The Hawkeyes put together eight other top-eight performances, led by Hinrichs' third-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle (2:01.22). Hinrichs also took sixth in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:04.88.

Like Hinrichs, Chapman added to his win in the 200 relay with a fourth-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle (24.31). He was followed in the event by Will Friedman's seventh-place finish in 25.06.

The same duo placed in the 100-yard freestyle, with Chapman taking fifth in 54.88 and Friedman touching seventh in 55.58.

Michael Rudloff beat his seed time by more than two seconds to take seventh in the 100-yard breaststroke.

The Hawkeyes have 10 opportunities to compete for a state berth on Saturday, entering teams in the 200 medley relay, the 200 freestyle relay and the 400 freestyle relay.

Aramini competes in the 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly, while Austin competes in the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke. Hinrichs owns a spot in the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke, while Chapman competes in the 50 freestyle.

"We only had twelve swimmers this year and to get into those spots with 12 guys is great. They worked really hard," Rock said. "The guys that make it into the finals are from the really big schools so to make it in there, to me it was just really amazing. We only have 12, but we have 12 really outstanding swimmers."

Action begins on Saturday at 1:15 p.m. at Nottingham High School.

SECTION IV CHAMPIONSHIPS

Robert Murray, Gabe House and Nate Kuhlmann all posted a pair of top-eight finishes to lead Oneonta in the preliminaries at the Section IV Class B swimming championships.

House qualified second in the 200-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 1:48.75, behind only Peyton Broderick of Chenango Valley (1:48.33). Kuhlmann touched in 1:59.01 to take eighth, also qualifying for the A final.

House also qualified for the A final in the 100-yard freestyle, qualifying third in 50:01.

Kuhlmann also recorded a third-palce qualification, recording a time of 5:28.16 in the 500-yard freestyle.

Murray's best finish came in the 100-yard backstroke, as his time of 1:01.03 was good for second. In the 200-yard individual medley, his time of 2:14.51 qualified fifth.

Yellowjacket teams will also compete in the 200 medley relay, the 200 freestyle relay and the 400 freestyle relay.

Ian House competes in the B final of the 200 IM and the 100 breaststroke, wile Brandon Erario swims in the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly. Jake Keough-Vilanti qualified for the B final of the 100 backstroke.

Competition begins on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Watkins Glen High School.

FRIDAY'S RESULTS

BOYS BASKETBALL

Cooperstown 71, Thousand Islands 20

Cooperstown ..... 20 18 16 17 - 71

Thousand Islands ..... 9 5 0 6 - 20

Cooperstown: Ryan Lansing 4 0-0 9, Calvin Sandler 5 0-1 12, Spencer Lewis 3 0-0 9, Jack Lambert 6 3-4 16, Jesse Furnari 1 0-0 3, Ben Tafuro 2 0-0 4, Kyle Myer 1 0-0 2, Noah Lifgren 2 4-4 8, John Kennedy 4 0-0 8. TOTALS: 28 7-9 71.

Thousand Islands: Joey Meji 2 4-5 8, Xander Howard 0 0-0 0, Brayden Wiley 0 0-0 0, Connor Mackay 2 2-2 7, Emmet Baker 0 1-2 1, Walter Cummings 0 0-0 0, Joe Clark 0 2-2 2, Kyle Byer 1 0-0 2 . TOTALS: 5 9-11 20.

Three-point field goals: C 8 (Lansing, Sandler 2, Lewis 3, Lambert, Furnari), TI 1 (Mackay).

Unadilla Valley 42, Delhi 39

Delhi ……. 7 6 11 15 - 39

Unadilla Valley …… 11 10 11 10 - 42

Delhi: Tyler Bruce 1 0-0 2, Logan Aikens1 0-0 3, Alex Haight 5 3-6 16, Connor Aikens 5 3-4 15, Luke Branigan 0 3-6 3, Diego Aguirre 0 0-0 0, A.J. Aukstikalnis 0 0-0 0, Rich LaLosh 0 0-2 0. TOTALS: 12 9-18 39.

Unadilla Valley (15-5): Andrew Jackson 2 3-4 9, Dylan Nichols 0 3-6 3, Levi Rifanburg 4 6-10 14, Wyatt Grey 1 0-2 3, Cameron Osborne 1 4-6 6, Caleb Parker 3 0-0 7. TOTALS: 11 16-28 42.

Three-point field goals: D 6 (Haight 3, C. Aikens 2, L. Aikens); U 4 (Jackson 2, Parker, Grey).

Oneonta 57, Marathon 34

Oneonta ..... 11 20 14 12 - 57

Marathon ..... 9 10 8 7 - 34

Oneonta: Isaac Medina 2 0-0 4, Teddy McGraw 8 0-0 17, Graham Wooden 3 3-4 9, Kevin Kurkowski 1 0-0 3, Mariano Hernandez 0 0-0 0, Alex Osterhordt 3 0-0 7, Evan Sitts 1 0-0 3, Khysani Atkinson 0 0-0 0, Khi Atchinson 3 0-0 7, Zyeir Lawrence 0 1-2 1, Aiden Mackey 1 0-0 2, Carter Mackey 2 0-0 4, Ryan Packard 0 0-0 0, Seamus Catella 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 24 4-6 57.

Marathon: La’Zhoy Reinford 2 0-0 5, Conor Holland 2 0-2 4, Andrew Tillotsow 0 0-0 0, Elijah Teeter 0 0-0 0, Brendan Morrison 0 0-0 0, Michael Hoyt 0 0-0 0, Darrian Roberts 0 0-0 0, Owen Hoyt 2 0-0 4, Kenyon Depuy 1 1-2 3, Caleb Ticknor 2 2-4 6, Joesph Hulbert 0 0-0 0, Diego Castellot 5 0-1 12. TOTALS: 14 3-9 34.

Three-Point Field Goals: O 5 (McGraw, Kurkowski, Sitts, Atchinson, Osterholdt), M 3 (Castellot 2, Reinford)

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Cooperstown 61, Mount Markham 40

Cooperstown ...... 19 13 13 16 – 61

Mount Markham …… 8 8 10 14 - 40

Cooperstown: Abby Ford 0 0-0 0, Ashley Kiuber 1 0-0 2, Meagan Schuermann 3 1-3 7, Lauren Vibbard 1 1-2 3, Gabby Woeppel 0 2-2 2, Baileigh Behan 0 0-0 0, Kate Trosset 6 7-7 21, Kate Donnelly 0 0-0 0, Hailey Seamon 1 0-0 2, Piper Seamon 3 3-5 9, Natalie Fountain 0 0-0 0, Emilie Perez 4 7-9 15. TOTALS: 19 21-28 61.

Mount Markham: Hayleigh Gates 6 2-2 16, Mackenzie Doyle 0 0-0 0, Ally Congden 0 1-2 1, Katie Gates 0 0-0 0, Olivia Ostrander 3 0-0 6, Hanna Gigliotti 3 2-2 8, Mackenzie Johnson 0 0-0 0, Julia Kocienda 0 0-0 0, Zoe Hoke 0 0-0 0, Allison Sterling 2 0-5 6, Alexis Clark 1 0-0 3. TOTALS: 14 5-9 40.

Three-point field goals: M 2 (Gates); C 2 (Trosset).
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