The week after Christmas is full of high school sports action and most of it will be within shouting distance of Granville. After a short break for the holiday, the boys basketball team and wrestling team will rush toward 2012 locked in competition and tuning up for Wasaren League action. Starting Tuesday, Dec. 27, the [...]
Rugged defense crucial for success
If the Whitehall varsity boys’ basketball team expects to be competitive in the Adirondack League they will need to rely on a stingy and opportunistic defense. “One of our strengths will be the ability to mix our defenses to help provide some transition baskets,” said long-time head coach Keith Redmond who enters his 17th consecutive [...]
Horde boys drop final two
Despite dropping its last two regular season games, the Granville Golden Horde* boys basketball team will head to the post season. Head Coach Duane Dodge said last week the team will compete in a sectional game despite a losing streak down the stretch resulting from numerous injuries among the starting five. Granville will find out [...]
‘Post-holing’ or the reason you buy snowshoes
It really is winter when I go and pull out the ice fishing boots from the closet. I actually had to dust them off and not figuratively. This winter reminds me of the ones when I was a kid, big snowbanks for building forts and lot of shoveling/snowblowing. Although the area trails had lots of [...]
Railroader previews coming
The Whitehall 2010-11 winter sports previews will hit the stands tomorrow, and, as part of the preview, there will be one team profiled each day on the Whitehall Times web site, starting with the arsity boys basketball team. Check in each day for another sports preview as the Railroaders prepare for the upcoming season.







VPR commentator entertains at Slate Valley Museum
By Jaime Thomas About 75 people gathered at the Slate Valley Museum Thursday evening to listen to Vermont Public Radio [...]