Sports

The Delaware League basketball all-stars have been announced for the 2009-2010 season.

Margaretville — The MCS Booster Club will host its seventh annual indoor soccer tournament at Margaretville Central School on Friday evening, March 12 and all day Saturday, March 13.
The tournament will include 48 teams divided into four age groups.

By Julia Green
It was very nearly a Cinderella story when the 12th-seeded Andes boys trailed top-seeded Davenport by only a point with 12.5 seconds remaining in Thursday’s Section IV Class D semifinal match in Oneonta.
“I was convinced we were going to be in the game,” said Andes Head Coach John Bernhardt.

By Julia Green
Andes 45, Cherry Valley 37
Mighty Ducks? Try Mighty Mountaineers.
The Andes Mountaineers advanced to the semifinal match of the Section IV Class D boys’ basketball tournament following a 45-37 victory over the host Patriots of Cherry Valley-Springfield on Monday night. The victory signaled the first trip to the semifinal for the 12th-seeded Mountaineers since 1989, according to Head Coach John Bernhardt.

By Julia Green
Margaretville 26, Jefferson 38
It looked as though they hadn’t seen the court in days – and in fact, they hadn’t. When the Margaretville Blue Devil girls traveled to Stamford Saturday to face the Jefferson JayHawks in the opening round of the Section IV Class D basketball tournament, it was the first time either team had picked up a basketball since meeting in the last game of the regular season on Tuesday – before upwards of three feet of snow was dumped on Delaware County.

The Andes Mountaineers advanced to the semifinal match of the Section IV Class D boys’ basketball tournament following a 45-37 victory over the host Patriots of Cherry Valley-Springfield on Monday night. The victory signaled the first trip to the semifinal for the 12th-seeded Mountaineers since 1989, according to Head Coach John Bernhardt.

After nearly a week of delays due to a late winter snow storm measuring up to four feet in some locations, area basketball teams finally got back on the court over the weekend as the Section IV Class D tournament got underway.

Three days of heavy snowfall that has left many local areas with more than three feet of snow has wreaked havoc on the 2010 Section IV Class D basketball tournament schedule – but organizers are working to get games in around the weather.

By John Bernhardt
Davenport’s Jackie Gilley has to wish she had a bit more patience as time wound down in Friday night’s Delaware League girls’ basketball title game at SUNY Delhi. With her team leading 35-28 and with only 1:58 left on the clock, aggressive defensive play resulted in Gilley’s fifth foul. The Davenport point guard’s departure from the game would spell doom for the Wildcats as South Kortright rallied to outscore the Wildcats, 12-5, down the stretch and in overtime clinch an exciting, 40-39, Delaware League Championship.

By John Bernhardt
Several local high school basketball teams took advantage of a new experiment in the Delaware League this season. Each year, Delaware League teams hold one game in their schedule to cover the possibility of qualifying for the Crossover Championship Game. Two teams play in the title game and nine teams end up one game short.