As head coach Steve Palmer heads into his 12th season leading the Granville Golden Horde wrestlers onto the mat the team faces a challenge that is as daunting as it is typical of high school sports. The team’s graduation losses were big, very big. With the departure of Eric Hastings who placed in the New [...]
Palmer pins down spot for tourney
Palmer returns to states; Hastings* one short Out of seven there will be only one Golden Horde wrestler at the state championships in Albany. Top-seeded Karl Palmer (140) won a section II title, while Eric Hastings (285) finished second; Brendan Miller (130) finished in third place and Kurt Ehntholt (145) finished sixth. Palmer made [...]
Wrestlers defeat Mechanicville
The Golden Horde added an unplanned match to fill the schedule when the highly anticipated match-up with Corinth could not get rescheduled, picking up the Mechanicville Red Raiders and a 54-15 win to end the regular season. Granville reached 13-13 overall with the non-league win. The most significant event of the night was the century [...]
Horde send seven to Sectionals
Horde third at C’s, seven to Sectionals The Granville Golden Horde will send seven wrestlers to the Glens Falls Civic Center after the Class C Tournament Saturday, Feb. 5, in Corinth. Brendan Miller, Karl Palmer, Kurt Ehntholt, Eric Hastings, Hayden Miller, Christian Carr and David McCullen will have a shot at a section title [...]
Another Granville Wrestling Milestone
103 and counting Ask Brendan Miller about reaching the 100-win milestone for his career as a Granville Golden Horde wrestler and you might be left with the wrong impression. “It felt just like any other win,” Miller said when asked about joining teammates Karl Palmer and Eric Hastings with 100-plus wins over the span of [...]
Wrestlers capture Coach Ken Baker
The Golden Horde gained momentum for the Class C Tournament on Feb. 5 with a dominating performance at the Coach Ken Baker Classic, formerly the Wasaren League Tournament, last Saturday. With four of five wrestlers reaching the finals and ending the night as champions, the Horde cruised to the team title by 24.5 points over [...]
Delays equal busy week for Horde wrestlers
Like all of the sports programs at all of the schools across the North Country, the Granville wrestlers have lost some days of competition due to the frequent recent snowfalls and school closures. Coming into the week the Horde already faced matches Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday before heading into weekend competition at the Shenendahowa Tournament [...]
Horde dominate War Eagles
The Granville Golden Horde took a 51-24 win over the combined team from Hadley-Luzerne-Lake George at the annual exhibition match between the two teams on Dec. 23. Granville got wins at 285, 125 up to 152 to comfortably win the dual meet put on at a special time of the day to allow the students [...]
Horde second at Ken Harrison
The South Glens Falls Bulldogs were rude guests in their first appearance at the Ken Harrison Memorial Lions Tournament on Saturday, Dec. 18, as they prevented the Golden Horde from repeating, beating Granville, 145.5 to 127, for the team title. Granville went three for five, including tournament most outstanding wrestler Brendan Miller (125), but it [...]
wrestling results
An outstanding year for all, although I imagine dissappointing, no one wants to lose. Looking at it glass-half-full – only Walter Foster will not get the chance to try again. Foster had a great sports year when you think about it between football and wrestling – the stuff many dream of and never reach. A great [...]






