By Bill Toscano Granville suffered a painful 28-0 loss at Mechanicville Friday night in a game in which Horde coach Mario Torres said his team was physically outplayed. The loss left Granville at 0-3 on the season and 0-3 in Class C North competition. Now the Horde travels to Cohoes Saturday to face an unfamiliar [...]
Horde football opens Friday
In a season stacked with tough opponents, it’s even more important than usual for the Granville football team to get a victory in its season-opener Friday night at Corinth. The Horde and the Tomahawks are traditionally well-matched teams, and both could be challenged in a Section II’s rugged Class C North. So when the teams [...]
High-flying Hoosick Falls races past Granville
The Granville Golden Horde ended its regular season making the trip few teams in the entire state want to make, visiting Hoosick Falls and falling to the Panthers 53-6 to bring and end to the Class C North season for 2011. The Panthers have been ranked in the state for the entire season, and positioned [...]
Sports: Horde fall in shootout
With the clock running out tight end Jared Beattie popped up out of nowhere and caught a pass over the middle and fell on the goal line at Sam Eppolito Field for a touchdown. The Granville Golden Horde had just pulled even in an improbable Class C North shoot out game with the Corinth Tomahawks [...]
Section II releases Horde football schedule
Controversy should be the farthest thing from Granville Golden Horde fan’s minds this fall after the recent release of the 2011 football schedule for Class C North. Head coach Mario Torres said with a handful of teams dropping into Class D the teams in Class C and evened up with eight in the north and [...]
Horde Toppled by Greenwich
It was going to come down to execution Saturday and both head coaches knew it. Both men, Granville’s Mario Torres and Greenwich’s Brandon Linnett, said so way back in August when the two teams met at Granville’s annual Coaching Connections football camp while preparing for the season. Each coach said the team to execute, commit [...]
Horde falls; Fonda next
After losing 36-0 to Cambridge, the Granville Golden Horde lost any chance for a part of the Wasaren League title Saturday and dropped to the three-seed in the Class C Section II playoffs based on game results from the weekend.
Saturday could be title day
League title within grasp The Class C North Champion Granville Golden Horde. Say that out loud; notice how it rolls off the tongue.






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 [...]