By Jaime Thomas Jacopo Spezia comes from Arco, an alpine village in Northern Italy. Manuchehr Dorgabekov comes from Khorog, a Middle Eastern town located in the foothills of the Himalayas in Tajikistan. What do the two have in common? They’re both spending a year in Granville as foreign exchange students. The 17-year-old boys live with [...]
Jr. Football finished undefeated
The Whitehall junior tackle football team recently completed a perfect season with a come-from-behind 28-20 win over visiting Fort Edward. “When we started the season with a 34-0 win in Warrensburgh without even allowing a first down I knew we were in for an exciting season,” said coach Ray Lyman. “I attribute the wins to hard [...]
Tamarac ekes past Horde on late score
The Granville Golden Horde came oh-so-close to upsetting Tamarac in football Saturday, dropping a 12-8 game at home that came down to the last play. In a largely defensive struggle, both teams drove the ball well in the fourth quarter. First Tamarac punctuated a long drive with a one-yard quarterback dive by junior Dan Motzer. [...]
Big plays sink Railroaders for second week
For the second time in three games Whitehall’s football team was done in by big plays and missed opportunities, as it fell to Greenwich 36-13 on Sept. 14. Greenwich quarterback Jake Jennings threw for 187 yards and three touchdowns and the Witches rushed for 325 yards in the game as Whitehall fell to 1-2 on [...]
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 [...]
Diekel, Hoagland honored
After a successful 5-4 season, the accolades are rolling in for the Whitehall Railroaders football team. A pair of players, led by Offensive Player of the Year Josh Hoagland, was selected as Class D all-stars last week. Zach Diekel was selected to first team defense for his play along the defensive line. Hoagland, a junior, [...]
Round One: Cambridge wins in rout; rematch looms in playoffs
Cambridge’s football team confirmed what theWhitehallcoaching staff already knew, that the Indians are a good team. The undefeated Cambridge Indians (7-0) dismantled the Railroaders 48-0 inWhitehall’s final regular season game, held Saturday afternoon inCambridge. Playing perhaps their best game of the season,Cambridgeliterally ran byWhitehall, racking up 446 yards on the ground as they displayed the [...]
Railroaders season ends
In the first quarter, it looked like the Whitehall that played in every other game of the season. After that, it looked like the Whitehall that played Rensselaer two weeks ago. The Railroaders varsity football team jumped out to an opening drive 8-0 lead against the Rams in the Section II Class D semifinals Oct. [...]
‘The surgery went as planned, if not better’
Hughes returns to sidelines after kidney transplant operation for former player It was actually quite surprising. Neil Hughes knew he was doing something good as he headed toward the doors of the operating room at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center on Sept. 15, but he may not have realized how much support he had from the [...]







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 [...]