Photo by Alan M. Dumoff
Jeri Patrick, mother of former Our Lady of Mercy Academy softball coach Jamie Cook, is presented a framed plaque containing her daughter’s jersey and softball signed by the entire team, by current coach Melissa Connor on April 8. A coach for 11 years, as well as a health and physical education teacher at the school, Cook died March 15 at the age of 38. Before the game, which the Villagers won, it was announced that the home team’s diamond in Newfield would be now called Jamie S. Cook Softball Field.